Yesterday, The Kansas City Film Critics Circle announced their nominations for the best of 2024!  The winners will be announced on January 4th!

BEST FILM
Anora
Civil War
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
I Saw The TV Glow
Nickel Boys
A Real Pain
Sing Sing
The Substance
Wicked

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Sean Baker – Anora
Jon M. Chu – Wicked
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two

BEST ACTOR
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Timothée Chalamet – Dune: Part Two
David Dastmalchian – Late Night with the Devil
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave

BEST ACTRESS
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance
June Squibb – Thelma

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Yura Borisov – Anora
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Chris Hemsworth – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Adam Pearson – A Different Man
Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice
Denzel Washington – Gladiator II

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Joan Chen – Didi
Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson
Ariana Grande – Wicked
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Zoe Saldana – Emilia Pérez

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anora
The Brutalist
Civil War
A Real Pain
The Substance

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
The Wild Robot

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Brutalist
Civil War
Dune: Part Two
Gladiator II
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu
Wicked

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
The Substance
The Wild Robot

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
All We Imagine as Light
Emilia Pérez
Flow
I’m Still Here
Kneecap
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Dahomey
Look Into My Eyes
Seeking Mavis Beacon
Sugarcane
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Will & Harper

VINCE KOEHLER AWARD FOR BEST SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY/HORROR
Dune: Part Two
I Saw The TV Glow
Late Night with the Devil
Nosferatu
The Substance

TOM POE AWARD FOR BEST LGBTQ FILM
I Saw The TV Glow
Emilia Pérez
Love Lies Bleeding
My Old Ass
Will & Harper
Queer

BUSTER KEATON AWARD FOR BEST STUNT ENSEMBLE FILM
Deadpool & Wolverine
Dune: Part Two
The Fall Guy
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Monkey Man