Anora

The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association voted the comedy-drama ANORA as the best film of 2024, according to the results of its 31st annual critics’ poll. Following is a complete list of award winners, with choices listed in order of votes received.

Rounding out the composite list of the top 10 films of the year were as follows:

2) The Brutalist

3) Conclave

4) Dune: Part two

5) A Complete Unknown

6) The Substance

7) Wicked

8) Nickel Boys

9) A Real Pain

10) Sing Sing

Best Actor

Conclave1) Ralph Fiennes for Conclave

2) Adrien Brody for The Brutalist

3) Timothee Chalamet for A Complete unknown

4) Colman Domingo for Sing Sing

5) Hugh Grant for Heretic

 

Best Actress

Anora1) Mikey Madison for Anora

2) Demi Moore for The Substance

3) Karla Sofia Gascon for Emilia Perez

4) Marianne Jean-Baptiste for Hard Truths

5) Nicole Kidman for Babygirl

 

Best Supporting Actor

The Brutalist1) Guy Pierce for The Brutalist

2) Kieran Culkin for A Real Pain

3) Edward Norton for A Complete Unknown

4) Denzel Washington for Gladiator II

5) Clarence Maclin for Sing Sing

 

Best Supporting Actress

Emilia Perez1) Zoe Saldana for Emilia Perez

2) Margaret Qualley for The Substance

3) Ariana Grande for Wicked

4) Danielle Deadwyler for The Piano Lesson

5) Monica Barbaro for A Complete Unknown

 

Best Director

Anora1) Sean Baker for Anora

2) Brady Corbet for The Brutalist

3) Denis Villeneuve for Dune: Part Two

4) Coralie Fargeat for The Substance

5) RaMell Ross for Nickel Boys

Best Foreign Language Film

The Seed of the Sacred Fig1) The Seed of the Sacred Fig

2) Emilia Perez

3) All We Imagine As Light

4) I'm Still Here

5) Knee cap

 

Best Documentary

Sugarcane1) Sugarcane

2) Daughters

3) Will and Harper

4) Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

5) Dahomey

 

Best Animated Film

The Wild Robot1) The Wild Robot

2) Flow

 

 

 

Best Screenplay

The Brutalist1) Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold for The Brutalist

2) Sean Baker for Anora

 

 

 

Best Cinematography

Dune: Part two1) Greig Fraser for Dune: Part Two

2) Lol Crawley for The Brutalist

 

 

 

Best Musical Score

The Wild Robot1) Kris Bowers, The Wild Robot

2) Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for Challengers

 

 

 

Russell Smith Award

The Seed of the Sacred FigThe association also voted The Seed of the Sacred Fig as the winner of the Russell Smith Award, named for the late Dallas Morning News film critic. The honor is given annually to the best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film.

 

 

The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association consists of 25 broadcast, print and online journalists from throughout North Texas. For more information, visit www.dfwcritics.com or follow us on Facebook or Twitter @dfwfilmcritics.