The Phoenix Critics Circle are pleased to announce the recipients of their 2024 awards…

A24’s The Brutalist stood tall with the most awards including Best Picture in a varied and diverse winners list. Comedy/Drama Anora, Jesse Eisenberg’s A Real Pain, and director David Egger’s Nosferatu all grabbed two awards as the only other multiple award winners.

Announced on Thursday, December 12th, 2024, at the annual Phoenix Critics Circle Awards Party at Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre, here is the full list of the PCC nominees with the winners highlighted in each category:

BEST PICTURE

• ANORA 
• THE BRUTALIST 
• NICKEL BOYS 
• SING SING  
• THE SUBSTANCE

BEST COMEDY FILM

• ANORA
• BABES 
• THE FALL GUY 
• HIT MAN  
• THELMA

BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM

• ALIEN: ROMULUS
• DUNE: PART TWO 
• FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA
• I SAW THE TV GLOW
• THE WILD ROBOT

BEST HORROR FILM

• ALIEN: ROMULUS
• HERETIC
• LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL
• NOSFERATU
• THE SUBSTANCE

BEST ANIMATED FILM

• FLOW
• INSIDE OUT 2   
• MEMOIR OF A SNAIL
• TRANSFORMERS ONE
• THE WILD ROBOT

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT 
• EMILIA PEREZ
• EVIL DOES NOT EXIST 
• THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE
• THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• COPA ’71
• DAUGHTERS
• NO OTHER LAND
• SUPER/MAN: THE CHRISTOPHER REEVE STORY
• WILL AND HARPER

BEST ACTOR

• ADRIEN BRODY, THE BRUTALIST
• TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET, A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
• DANIEL CRAIG, QUEER
• COLMAN DOMINGO, SING SING
• RALPH FIENNES, CONCLAVE

BEST ACTRESS

• LILY-ROSE DEPP, NOSFERATU
• CYNTHIA ERIVO, WICKED
• NICOLE KIDMAN, BABYGIRL
• MIKEY MADISON, ANORA  
• DEMI MOORE, THE SUBSTANCE

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• YURA BORISOV, ANORA
• KIERAN CULKIN, A REAL PAIN
• CLARENCE MACLIN, SING SING  
• GUY PEARCE, THE BRUTALIST
• JEREMY STRONG, THE APPRENTICE

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• MONICA BARBARO, A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
• ARIANA GRANDE, WICKED
• FELICITY JONES, THE BRUTALIST
• MARGARET QUALLEY, THE SUBSTANCE  
• ISABELLA ROSSELLINI, CONCLAVE 

BEST DIRECTOR

• SEAN BAKER, ANORA
• BRADY CORBET, THE BRUTALIST 
• ROBERT EGGERS, NOSFERATU 
• CORALIE FARGEAT, THE SUBSTANCE
• RAMELL ROSS, NICKEL BOYS

BEST SCREENPLAY

• JESSE EISENBERG, A REAL PAIN
• BRADY CORBET AND MONA FASTVOLD, THE BRUTALIST 
• SEAN BAKER, ANORA 
• PETER STRAUGHAN AND ROBERT HARRIS, CONCLAVE 
• CORALIE FARGEAT, THE SUBSTANCE

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• JARIN BLASCHKE, NOSFERATU 
• LOL CRAWLEY, THE BRUTALIST
• GREIG FRASER, DUNE: PART TWO 
• JOMO FRAY, NICKEL BOYS 
• ALICE BROOKS, WICKED

BEST SCORE

• VOLKER BERTELMANN, CONCLAVE 
• DANIEL BLUMBERG, THE BRUTALIST 
• ROBIN CAROLAN, NOSFERATU
• TRENT REZNOR AND ATTICUS ROSS, QUEER
• HANS ZIMMER, DUNE: PART TWO

The Phoenix Critics Circle is established as an association for professional film critique and analysis. Administered by the non-profit Phoenix Film Foundation, the Phoenix Critics Circle is committed to the progression and preservation of film and is composed of print, television, radio and internet film critics from Arizona.