2024 AWARDS
Members of the Portland Critics Association are pleased to announce the nominees for our annual awards, honoring the best films, filmmakers, actors and other achievements of 2024.
Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist leads the pack, earning nominations in 13 categories, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Lead Performance (Male), Best Supporting Performance (Male) and Best Supporting Performance (Female). Winners will be announced January 14.
Please see below for the full list of nominees.
2024 PCA Award Nominees
Best Picture
Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
I Saw the TV Glow
The Substance
Best Director
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Robert Eggers, Nosferatu
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
George Miller, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys
Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Two
Best Lead Performance (Male)
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice
Sebastian Stan, A Different Man
Best Lead Performance (Female)
Nicole Kidman, Babygirl
Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance
June Squibb, Thelma
Maisy Stella, My Old Ass
Anya Taylor-Joy, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Best Supporting Performance (Male)
Yuri Borisov, Anora
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Chris Hemsworth, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
Denzel Washington, Gladiator II
Best Supporting Performance (Female)
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Margaret Qualley, The Substance
Katy O’Brian, Love Lies Bleeding
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Zoë Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Best Ensemble Cast
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Saturday Night
Sing Sing
Wicked
Best Animated Feature
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Transformers One
Ultraman: Rising
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Best Documentary Feature
Dahomey
Daughters
No Other Land
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Sugarcane
Will & Harper
Best Film Not in the English Language
About Dry Grasses
All We Imagine as Light
Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World
Emilia Pérez
Evil Does Not Exist
Seed of the Sacred Fig
Best Comedy Feature
Deadpool & Wolverine
A Different Man
Hit Man
A Real Pain
Saturday Night
Thelma
Best Horror Feature
Heretic
I Saw the TV Glow
Longlegs
Nosferatu
Oddity
The Substance
Best Science Fiction Feature
Alien: Romulus
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Megalopolis
A Quiet Place: Day One
Best Screenplay
Anora
The Brutalist
Challengers
I Saw the TV Glow
Nickel Boys
A Real Pain
Best Cinematography
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Evil Does Not Exist
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu
Best Original Score
The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys
Best Costume Design
The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked
Best Production Design
The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked
Best Sound Design
Alien: Romulus
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Nosferatu
Best Visual Effects
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked
Best Stunts or Action Choreography
Alien: Romulus
Dune: Part Two
The Fall Guy
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Gladiator II
Monkey Man
Best Film Editing
Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max: Saga
The Substance
Top 10 Films of 2024
To be announced January 14.
about Us
The Portland Critics Association is founded as a group of writers, reviewers, broadcasters and cinema historians, dedicated to amplifying public awareness and appreciation of the cinematic arts.
Established in 2021, our objective is to support and promote the local film community, encourage the progression and preservation of films, and recognize extraordinary achievements in filmmaking -- local, national and global -- through the administration of our annual awards.