Cinema 2024: Best Films of the Year (per Indiewire and other surveys)

ANORA, from left: Mark Eidelshtein, Mikey Madison, 2024. © Neon /Courtesy Everett Collection — ‘Anora’ Courtesy Everett Collection

1. “Anora”
2. “The Brutalist”
3. “Nickel Boys”
4. “All We Imagine as Light”
5. “Challengers”
6. “I Saw the TV Glow”
7. “The Substance”
8. “Dune: Part Two”
9. “Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World”

10. “Hard Truths”

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Best Director

THE BRUTALIST, from left: Guy Pearce, Adrien Brody, Isaach De Bankole, 2024. © A24 / Courtesy Everett Collection — ‘The Brutalist’ Courtesy Everett Collection

1. Brady Corbet, “The Brutalist”
2. RaMell Ross, “Nickel Boys”
3. Sean Baker, “Anora”
4. Payal Kapadia, “All We Imagine as Light”
5. Luca Guadagnino, “Challengers”
6. Jane Schoenbrun, “I Saw the TV Glow”
7. Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance”
8. Jacques Audiard, “Emilia Perez”
9. Bertrand Bonello, “The Beast”
10. Edward Berger, “Conclave”

Best Performance

1. Marianne Jean-Baptiste, “Hard Truths”
2. Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist”
3. Mikey Madison, “Anora”
4. Demi Moore, “The Substance”
5. Ilinca Manolache, “Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World”
6. Nicole Kidman, “Babygirl”
7. Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing”
8. Daniel Craig, “Queer”
9. Lea Seydoux, “The Beast”
10. TIE: Fernanda Torres, “I’m Still Here”/Josh Hartnett, “Trap”

Best Documentary

NO OTHER LAND, Basel Adra, 2024. © Dogwoof / Courtesy Everett Collection — ‘No Other Land’ Courtesy Everett Collection

1. “No Other Land”
2. “Dahomey”
3. “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat”
4. “Pictures of Ghosts”
5. “Will & Harper”
6. “The Remarkable Life of Ibelin”
7. “Black Box Diaries”
8. “Sugarcane”
9. “Look Into My Eyes”
10. “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story”

Best Cinematography

NICKEL BOYS, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, 2024. © Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / courtesy Everett Collection — ‘Nickel Boys’ MGM/Courtesy Everett Collection

1. “Nickel Boys”
2. “The Brutalist”
3. “Nosferatu”
4. “All We Imagine as Light”
5. “Challengers”
6. “Dune: Part Two”
7. “I Saw the TV Glow”
8. “The Girl with the Needle”
9. “Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell”
10. “Conclave”

Best Screenplay

ANORA, Mark Eidelshtein, 2024. © Neon /Courtesy Everett Collection — ‘Anora’ Courtesy Everett Collection

1. “Anora”
2. “A Real Pain”
3. “The Brutalist”
4. “Challengers”
5. “Conclave”
6. “The Substance”
7. “All We Imagine as Light”
8. “Janet Planet”
9. “Nickel Boys”
10. “I Saw the TV Glow”

Best International Film

ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT, Divya Prabha, 2024. © Janus Films / Courtesy Everett Collection — ‘All We Imagine as Light’ Courtesy Everett Collection

1. “All We Imagine as Light”
2. “Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World”
3. “The Seed of the Sacred Fig”
4. “Evil Does Not Exist”
5. “The Beast”
6. “Close Your Eyes”
7. “Flow”
8. “No Other Land”
9. “Emilia Perez”
10. “Kneecap”

11. ”Red Rooms”