As co-chair of the Denver Film Critics Society, the most exciting part of the year is always award season. It’s when we honor and celebrate some of the year’s best films. Our 2024 nominees include indies and blockbusters, films from across the globe and Hollywood productions, dramas, comedies, horror, and sci-fi. Here are all the nominated films.

Best Film
Dune: Part Two
Anora
The Substance
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing

Best Director
Denis Villeneuve (Dune: Part Two)
Sean Baker (Anora
Coralie Fargeat (The Substance)
Luca Guadagnino (Challengers)
Brady Corbet (The Brutalist)

Best Cinematography
Greig Fraser (Dune: Part Two)
Jarin Blaschke (Nosferatu)
Lol Crawley (The Brutalist)
Jomo Fray (Nickel Boys)
Stéphane Fontane (Conclave)

Best Lead Performance by an Actor, Female
Demi Moore (The Substance)
Mikey Madison (Anora)
Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths)
Cynthia Erivo (Wicked)
Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez)

Best Lead Performance by an Actor, Male
Colman Domingo (Sing Sing)
Ralph Fiennes (Conclave)
Adrien Brody (The Brutalist)
Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown)
Sebastian Stan (A Different Man)

Best Supporting Performance by an Actor, Female
Ariana Grande (Wicked)
Margaret Qualley (The Substance)
Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez)
Katy O’Brian (Love Lies Bleeding)
Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)

Best Supporting Performance by an Actor, Male
Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)
Denzel Washington (Gladiator II)
Clarence Maclin (Sing Sing)
Yura Borisov (Anora)
Guy Pearce (The Brutalist)

Best Ensemble
Conclave
Sing Sing
Wicked
Anora
Dune: Part Two

Best Non-live-action Performance
Lupita Nyong’o (The Wild Robot)
Maya Hawke (Inside Out 2)
Pedro Pascal (The Wild Robot)
Amy Poehler (Inside Out 2)
Jonno Davies (Better Man)

Best Stunts
The Fall Guy
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Dune: Part Two
Monkey Man
Gladiator II

Best Sci-Fi
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
The Substance
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Alien: Romulus

Best Horror
The Substance
Nosferatu
Heretic
Longlegs
I Saw the TV Glow

Best Animated Film
The Wild Robot
Inside Out 2
Flow
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

Best Comedy
Deadpool & Wolverine
The Fall Guy
Anora
Thelma
Saturday Night

Best Visual Effects
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
The Substance
Wicked

Best Sound
Dune: Part Two
Wicked
Alien: Romulus
The Substance
Nosferatu

Best Original Screenplay
The Substance
Anora
A Real Pain
Challengers
The Brutalist

Best Adapted Screenplay
Dune: Part Two
Conclave
Sing Sing
Nickel Boys
Wicked

Best Documentary Feature
Will & Harper
No Other Land
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Sugarcane
¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor!

Best Original Song
“Compress/Repress” (Challengers)
“El Mal” (Emilia Pérez)
“Kiss the Sky” (The Wild Robot)
“Like a Bird” (Sing Sing)
“Harper and Will Go West” (Will & Harper)

Best Original Score (tie)
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (Challengers)
Daniel Blumberg (The Brutalist)
Hans Zimmer (Dune: Part Two)
Kris Bowers (The Wild Robot)
Volker Bertelmann (Conclave)
Robin Carolan (Nosferatu)

Best Non-English Language Feature
Emilia Pérez
All We Imagine as Light
Flow
Kneecap
The Seed of the Sacred Figg