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

Glenn Garner

4 January 2025 at 6:07 pm·2-min read

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.

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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
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