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DFW FILM CRITICS NAME “ANORA” BEST PICTURE OF 2024

Todd Jorgenson

The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association voted the comedy-drama ANORA as the best film of 2024, according to the results of its 31st annual critics’ poll. Following is a complete list of award winners, with choices listed in order of votes received.

 

BEST PICTURE

Winner: ANORA

Runners-up: THE BRUTALIST (2); CONCLAVE (3); DUNE: PART TWO (4); A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (5); THE SUBSTANCE (6); WICKED (7); NICKEL BOYS (8); A REAL PAIN (9); SING SING (10)

 

BEST ACTOR

Winner: Ralph Fiennes, CONCLAVE

Runners-up: Adrien Brody, THE BRUTALIST (2); Timothee Chalamet, A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (3); Colman Domingo, SING SING (4); Hugh Grant, HERETIC (5)

 

BEST ACTRESS

Winner: Mikey Madison, ANORA

Runners-up: Demi Moore, THE SUBSTANCE (2); Karla Sofia Gascon, EMILIA PEREZ (3); Angelina Jolie, MARIA (4); Marianne Jean-Baptiste, HARD TRUTHS (5, tie); Nicole Kidman, BABYGIRL (5, tie)

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Winner: Guy Pearce, THE BRUTALIST

Runners-up: Kieran Culkin, A REAL PAIN (2); Edward Norton, A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (3); Denzel Washington, GLADIATOR II (4); Clarence Maclin, SING SING (5)

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Winner: Zoe Saldana, EMILIA PEREZ

Runners-up: Margaret Qualley, THE SUBSTANCE (2); Ariana Grande, WICKED (3); Danielle Deadwyler, THE PIANO LESSON (4); Monica Barbaro, A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (5)

 

BEST DIRECTOR

Winner: Sean Baker, ANORA

Runners-up: Brady Corbet, THE BRUTALIST (2); Denis Villeneuve, DUNE: PART TWO (3); Coralie Fargeat, THE SUBSTANCE (4); RaMell Ross, NICKEL BOYS (5)

 

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Winner: THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG

Runners-up: EMILIA PEREZ (2); ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT (3); I’M STILL HERE (4); KNEECAP (5)

 

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Winner: SUGARCANE

Runners-up: DAUGHTERS (2); WILL AND HARPER (3); SUPER/MAN: THE CHRISTOPHER REEVE STORY (4); DAHOMEY (5)

 

BEST ANIMATED FILM

Winner: THE WILD ROBOT

Runner-up: FLOW

 

BEST SCREENPLAY

Winner: Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold, THE BRUTALIST

Runner-up: Sean Baker, ANORA

 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Winner: Greig Fraser, DUNE: PART TWO

Runner-up: Lol Crawley, THE BRUTALIST

 

BEST MUSICAL SCORE

Winner: Kris Bowers, THE WILD ROBOT

Runner-up: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, CHALLENGERS

 

RUSSELL SMITH AWARD (best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film)

Winner: THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG

 

The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association consists of 25 broadcast, print and online journalists from throughout North Texas. For more information, visit dfwcritics.com. You can also follow us on Bluesky @dfwcritics, or on Facebook or X (formerly Twitter) @dfwfilmcritics.

DFW FILM CRITICS NAME “THE HOLDOVERS” BEST PICTURE OF 2023

Todd Jorgenson

The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association voted the comedy-drama THE HOLDOVERS as the best film of 2023, according to the results of its 30th annual critics’ poll. Following is a complete list of award winners, with choices listed in order of votes received.

 

BEST PICTURE

Winner: THE HOLDOVERS

Runners-up: OPPENHEIMER (2); KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (3); POOR THINGS (4); AMERICAN FICTION (5); PAST LIVES (6); MAESTRO (7); ANATOMY OF A FALL (8); BARBIE (9); MAY DECEMBER (10)

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DFW FILM CRITICS NAME “EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE” BEST FILM OF 2022

Todd Jorgenson

The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association voted the science-fiction adventure EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE as the best film of 2022, according to the results of its 29th annual critics’ poll. Following is a complete list of award winners, with choices listed in order of votes received.

 

BEST PICTURE

Winner: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

Runners-up: THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (2); THE FABELMANS (3); TAR (4); TOP GUN: MAVERICK (5); WOMEN TALKING (6); THE WHALE (7); GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO (8); BABYLON (9); THE WOMAN KING (10)

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DFW FILM CRITICS NAME “POWER OF THE DOG” BEST FILM OF 2021

Todd Jorgenson

The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association voted the Western drama THE POWER OF THE DOG as the best film of 2021, according to the results of its 28th annual critics’ poll. Following is a complete list of award winners, with choices listed in order of votes received.

 

BEST PICTURE

Winner: THE POWER OF THE DOG

Runners-up: BELFAST (2); KING RICHARD (3); WEST SIDE STORY (4); LICORICE PIZZA (5); DUNE (6); NIGHTMARE ALLEY (7); THE FRENCH DISPATCH (8); THE LOST DAUGHTER (9); CODA (10)

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DFW FILM CRITICS NAME “NOMADLAND” BEST PICTURE OF 2020

Todd Jorgenson

The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association voted the road drama NOMADLAND as the best film of 2020, according to the results of its 27th annual critics’ poll. Following is a complete list of award winners, with choices listed in order of votes received.

 

BEST PICTURE

Winner: NOMADLAND

Runners-up: PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (2); THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 (3); MINARI (4); ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI (5); MANK (6); MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM (7); SOUND OF METAL (8); DA 5 BLOODS (9); FIRST COW (10)

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