‘Nickel Boys’ Wins National Society Of Film Critics’ Best Film — Full Winners List

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 Picture Nickel Boys Runners-up: Anora , All We Imagine as Light Best Director Payal Kapadia, All We Imagine as Light Runners-up: RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys ; Sean Baker, Anora Best Screenplay Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain Runners-up: Radu Jude, Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World ; Sean Baker, Anora Best Actor Colman Domingo, Sing Sing Runners-up: Adrien Brody, The Brutalist ; Ralph Fiennes, Conclave Best Supporting Actor Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain Runners-up: Guy Pearce, The Brutalist ; Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown ; Adam Pearson, A Different Man Best Actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths Runners-up: Mikey Madison, Anora ; Ilinca Manolache, Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World Best Supporting Actress Michele Austin, Hard Truths Runners-up: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Nickel Boys ; Natasha Lyonne, His Three Daughters Best Cinematography Jomo Fray, Nickel Boys Runners-up: Lol Crawley, The Brutalist ; Jarin Blaschke, Nosferatu Best Film Not in the English Language All We Imagine as Light Runners-up: Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World , The Seed of the Sacred Fig Best Nonfiction Film No Other Land Runners-up: Dahomey , Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat Special Citation for a Film Awaiting U.S. Distribution No Other Land Best Experimental Film The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire Film Heritage Award To Save and Project: The MoMa International Festival of Film Preservation Film Heritage Award IndieCollect Film Heritage Award Scott Eyman.