The New York Film Critics Circle has named The Brutalist as its pick for the best film of 2024.
Adrien Brody, who stars in the Brady Corbet-directed film, also won best actor for his performance as a Hungarian Jewish architect who immigrates to the U.S. after World War II to build a new life.
Nickel Boys also won two awards, for best director (RaMell Ross) and cinematography (Jomo Fray).
Best actress went to Hard Truths‘ Marianne Jean-Baptiste, while A Real Pain‘s Kieran Culkin was named best supporting actor and Between the Temples‘ Carol Kane won best supporting actress.
Sean Baker won best screenplay for Anora, while best animated film went to the animal-centric Flow.
All We Imagine as Light was named best international film, and No Other Land was named best nonfiction film. Best first film went to Janet Planet.
Last year, the NYFCC selected Killers of the Flower Moon as its pick for the best film of 2023.
A complete list of the NYFCC’s 2024 winners follows.
Best Film: The Brutalist
Best Director: RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys
Best Actor: Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Best Actress: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths
Best Screenplay: Sean Baker, Anora
Best Supporting Actor: Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Best Supporting Actress: Carol Kane, Between the Temples
Best Animated Film: Flow
Best Cinematography: Jomo Fray, Nickel Boys
Best First Film: Janet Planet
Best International Film: All We Imagine as Light
Best Nonfiction Film: No Other Land
Special Award: To Save and Project: The MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation
Student Prizes: Alexander Swift (Undergraduate, Vassar) and Drew Smith (Graduate, NYU)
Founded in 1935, the organization’s membership includes critics from daily newspapers, weekly newspapers, magazines and qualifying online general-interest publications. Every year in December, the group meets in New York to vote on awards for the previous calendar year’s films.
In addition to the regular categories, which include best picture, director, actor and actress, special stand-alone awards are given to individuals and organizations that have made substantial contributions to the art of cinema, including producers, directors, actors, writers, critics, historians, film restorers and service organizations.
Award winners will be celebrated in New York in January.
This story was first published on Dec. 3 at 7:10 a.m.
