One year shy of its diamond anniversary, the National Society of Film Critics has announced its winners.
On Saturday, the NSFC held its 59th voting meeting in which they awarded Nickel Boys the Best Film of 2024, with acting honors for Colman Domingo, Kieran Culkin, Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Michele Austin, as well Best Director for All We Imagine as Light‘s Payal Kapadia and Best Screenplay for A Real Pain‘s Jesse Eisenberg.
The organization also bestowed awards to Sing Sing, Hard Truths and No Other Land. Anora, Conclave, The Brutalist, His Three Daughters, Nosferatu, A Complete Unknown and A Different Man were among the runners-up.
Founded in 1966, the NSFC consists of more than 60 members from major publications, using a weighted ballot system to determine its annual winners.
See the National Society of Film Critics’ full list of winners below.
Best PictureNickel BoysRunners-up: Anora, All We Imagine as Light
Best DirectorPayal Kapadia, All We Imagine as LightRunners-up: RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys; Sean Baker, Anora
Best ScreenplayJesse Eisenberg, A Real PainRunners-up: Radu Jude, Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World; Sean Baker, Anora
Best ActorColman Domingo, Sing SingRunners-up: Adrien Brody, The Brutalist; Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Best Supporting ActorKieran Culkin, A Real PainRunners-up: Guy Pearce, The Brutalist; Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown; Adam Pearson, A Different Man
Best ActressMarianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard TruthsRunners-up: Mikey Madison, Anora; Ilinca Manolache, Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
Best Supporting ActressMichele Austin, Hard TruthsRunners-up: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Nickel Boys; Natasha Lyonne, His Three Daughters
Best CinematographyJomo Fray, Nickel BoysRunners-up: Lol Crawley, The Brutalist; Jarin Blaschke, Nosferatu
Best Film Not in the English LanguageAll We Imagine as LightRunners-up: Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World, The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Best Nonfiction FilmNo Other LandRunners-up: Dahomey, Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Special Citation for a Film Awaiting U.S. DistributionNo Other Land
Best Experimental FilmThe Ballad of Suzanne Césaire
Film Heritage AwardTo Save and Project: The MoMa International Festival of Film Preservation
Film Heritage AwardIndieCollect
Film Heritage AwardScott Eyman
