The Music City Film Critics’ Association has announced its list of nominations representing the best of film in 2024.
MCFCA members voted for up to three films (except Best Picture) in each category that, among other criteria, were screened in a theater between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024. Members’ ballots were due at 11:59p Central on New Years Eve and the nominations were announced on January 3.
The Untitled Film Project Podcast is proud to boast three voting members of the MCFCA. Below are the list of nominees, in alphabetical order, as voted by the Association.
UPDATE (1/10): This post has been updated to reflect the winners of each category, as announced on January 10, 2025.
BEST ACTION FILM
Deadpool/Wolverine
Dune: Part Two š
The Fall Guy
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Kill
BEST COMEDY FILM
Deadpool & Wolverine
Hundreds of Beavers š
My Old Ass
Saturday Night
Thelma
BEST HORROR FILM
Heretic
The Last Night With the Devil
Nosferatu š
Smile 2
The Substance
BEST MUSIC FILM
A Complete Unknown
Emilia Perez
Kneecap
Piece by Piece
Wicked š
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Emilia Perez
Flow š
I’m Still Here
Red Rooms
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot š
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Daughters
No Other Land
Sugarcane
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story š
Will & Harper
BEST STUNT WORK
Dune: Part Two
The Fall Guy š
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Gladiator 2
Hundreds of Beavers
BEST EDITING
Anora
The Brutalist
Challengers š
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Hundreds of Beavers
Nosferatu š
Wicked
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu š
BEST SOUND
Civil War
Dune: Part Two š
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked
BEST SCORE
The Brutalist
Challengers š
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Claw Machine” from I Saw the TV Glow
“Compress/Repress” from Challengers
“El Mal” from Emilia Perez
“Kiss the Sky” from The Wild Robot š
“Like a Bird” from Sing Sing
BEST SCREENPLAY
A Real Pain
Anora š
The Brutalist
Challengers
The Substance
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Saturday Night š
Sing SIng
Wicked
BEST YOUNG ACTOR (must have been 20 or younger during filming)
Elliott Heffernan (Blitz)
Ethan Herisse (Nickel Boys)
Griffin Kramer (The People’s Joker)
Ian Foreman (I Saw the TV Glow)
Izaac Wang (Didi) š
BEST YOUNG ACTRESS (must have been 20 or younger during filming)
Alisha Weir (Abigail)
Alyla Brown (Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga)
Ariel Donoghue (Trap)
Beatrice Schneider (The Best Christmas Pageant Ever)
Maisy Stella (My Old Ass) š
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Clarence Maclin (Sing Sing)
Denzel Washington (Gladiator 2)
Guy Pierce (The Brutalist)
Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice)
Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain) š
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Ariana Grande (Wicked)
Katy O’Brian (Love Lies Bleeding)
Margaret Qualley (The Substance) š
Monica Barboro (A Complete Unknown)
Zoe Saldana (Emilia Perez)
BEST ACTOR
Adrien Brody (The Brutalist)
Coleman Domingo (Sing Sing)
Ralph Fiennes (Conclave)
Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice)
Timothee Chalamet (A Complete Unknown) š
BEST ACTRESS
Cynthia Erivo (Wicked)
Demi Moore (The Substance) š
Lily-Rose Depp (Nosferatu)
Mikey Madison (Anora)
Nicole Kidman (Babygirl)
JIM RIDLEY AWARD (a film or individual that embodies the spirit of Nashville)
Close Your Eyes
Eno
Hundreds of Beavers š
The People’s Joker
The Substance
BEST DIRECTOR
Brady Corbet (The Brutalist)
Coralie Fargeat (The Substance)
Denis Villeneuve (Dune: Part Two) š
RaMell Ross (Nickel Boys)
Robert Eggers (Nosferatu)
BEST PICTURE
Anora
The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: Part Two š
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu
Sing Sing
The Substance
Wicked
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