My awards picks for the films of 2024.

Only eligible films are ones released in the US in 2024. Releases can be streaming, theatrical, or home media, just not film festival exclusives. My categories are my own, not all are Oscar categories.

Previous Dazzies: 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023

All eligible films are listed below. The notes lists each nomination and win. My complete ranking of the films is here.

Each category has 1 winner, 5 nominees, and 5 honourable mentions. Nominees and mentions listed alphabetically.

Best Film:

Hard Truths - WINNER
Close Your Eyes
Dahomey
Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Honourable Mentions: Anora; Dune: Part Two; Evil Does Not Exist; Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga; I Saw the TV Glow

Best English-Language Film:

Hard Truths - WINNER
Anora
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
I Saw the TV Glow

Honourable Mentions: The Brutalist; Didi; How to Have Sex; Kinds of Kindness; Queer
Note: documentaries and animation ineligible

Best Foreign-Language Film:

Close Your Eyes - WINNER
All We Imagine as Light
Bramayugam
Evil Does Not Exist
Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell

Honourable Mentions: Chime; Green Border; In Our Day; The Seed of the Sacred Fig; So Long, My Son
Note: documentaries and animation ineligible

Best Animated Film:

The Colours Within - WINNER
Flow
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

Honourable Mentions: The Glassworker; Inside Out 2; Kensuke's Kingdom; Look Back; Moana 2

Best Documentary Film:

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat - WINNER
Black Box Diaries
Dahomey
No Other Land
Sugarcane

Honourable Mentions: Copa 71; Daughters; On the Adamant; Porcelain War; Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

Best Director:

Mike Leigh - Hard Truths - WINNER
Mati Diop - Dahomey
Víctor Erice - Close Your Eyes
Johan Grimonprez - Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
George Miller - Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Honourable Mentions: Sean Baker (Anora); Ryūsuke Hamaguchi (Evil Does Not Exist); Phạm Thiên Ân (Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell); Jane Schoenbrun (I Saw the TV Glow); Denis Villeneuve (Dune: Part Two)

Best Actor:

Sebastian Stan - A Different Man - WINNER
Adrien Brody - The Brutalist
Daniel Craig - Queer
Kieran Culkin - A Real Pain
Ralph Fiennes - Conclave

Honourable Mentions: Josh Hartnett (Trap); Jude Law (The Order); Cillian Murphy (Small Things Like These); Justice Smith (I Saw the TV Glow); Missagh Zareh (The Seed of the Sacred Fig)

Best Actress:

Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Hard Truths - WINNER
Angelina Jolie - Maria
Mikey Madison - Anora
Mia McKenna-Bruce - How to Have Sex
Fernanda Torres - I'm Still Here

Honourable Mentions: Jodie Comer (The Bikeriders); Demi Moore (The Substance); Julianne Nicholson (Janet Planet); Margaret Qualley (The Substance); Léa Seydoux (The Beast)

Best Supporting Actor:

Chris Hemsworth - Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga - WINNER
Jack Haven - I Saw the TV Glow
Karren Karagulian - Anora
Guy Pearce - The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong - The Apprentice

Honourable Mentions: Yura Borisov (Anora); Tom Hardy (The Bikeriders); Clarence Maclin (Sing Sing); Adam Pearson (A Different Man); Denzel Washington (Gladiator II)

Best Supporting Actress:

Michele Austin - Hard Truths - WINNER
Adria Arjona - Hit Man
Rebecca Ferguson - Dune: Part Two
Felicity Jones - The Brutalist
Saoirse Ronan - Blitz

Honourable Mentions: Joan Chen (Didi); Danielle Deadwyler (The Piano Lesson); Lesley Manville (Queer); Usha Seamkhun (How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies); Zendaya (Dune: Part Two)

Best Acting Ensemble:

Hard Truths - WINNER
All We Imagine as Light
Anora
Dune: Part Two
How to Have Sex

Honourable Mentions: The Bikeriders; The Brutalist; Evil Does Not Exist; The Seed of the Sacred Fig; So Long, My Son

Best Original Screenplay:

Close Your Eyes - WINNER
Anora
Evil Does Not Exist
Hard Truths
I Saw the TV Glow

Honourable Mentions: All We Imagine as Light; The Brutalist; How to Have Sex; Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell; So Long, My Son

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Dune: Part Two - WINNER
The Bikeriders
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Queer
The Wild Robot

Honourable Mentions: The Beast; Conclave; Hit Man; Nosferatu; The Outrun

Best Music:

Challengers - WINNER
Bramayugam
The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Kneecap

Honourable Mentions: Conclave; Dahomey; The Girl with the Needle; I Saw the TV Glow; The Wild Robot

Best Editing:

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat - WINNER
Anora
Close Your Eyes
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Honourable Mentions: All We Imagine as Light; Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World; Evil Does Not Exist; Hard Truths; I Saw the TV Glow

Best Cinematography:

Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell - WINNER
All We Imagine as Light
Bramayugam
Close Your Eyes
Dune: Part Two

Honourable Mentions: Anora; The Brutalist; Evil Does Not Exist; Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga; Maria

Best Sound:

Dune: Part Two - WINNER
Blitz
Civil War
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Green Border

Honourable Mentions: Alien: Romulus; Bramayugam; In a Violent Nature; Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes; Monkey Man

Best Visual Effects:

Dune: Part Two - WINNER
Better Man
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Wicked

Honourable Mentions: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice; Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire; Megalopolis; Mufasa: The Lion King; Nosferatu

Best Production Design:

Dune: Part Two - WINNER
Blitz
The Brutalist
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Queer

Honourable Mentions: Alien: Romulus; Bramayugam; Memoir of a Snail; Nosferatu; Saturday Night

Best Costumes:

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga - WINNER
The Bikeriders
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Wicked

Honourable Mentions: Anora; Beetlejuice Beetlejuice; A Complete Unknown; Nosferatu; Queer

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:

The Substance - WINNER
A Different Man
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Nosferatu

Honourable Mentions: The Apprentice; Beetlejuice Beetlejuice; The First Omen; Longlegs; Wicked

Best Stunts and Choreography:

Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In - WINNER
Better Man
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Monkey Man

Honourable Mentions: Alien: Romulus; Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F; The Fall Guy; Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes; The Substance

Best Casting:

Hard Truths - WINNER
All We Imagine as Light
Anora
How to Have Sex
Sing Sing

Honourable Mentions: Banel & Adama; Bird; Crossing; Didi; Furiosa: A Mad Mad Saga

Best Scene:

Anora - Home Break-In - WINNER
Challengers - Climactic Tennis Match
Evil Does Not Exist - Town Meeting
Hard Truths - Family Gathering
I Saw the TV Glow - Present Day

Honourable Mentions: The Colours Within (School Concert); Dune: Part Two (Harkonnen Homeworld); Red Rooms (Online Auction); The Substance (New Years Show); Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (Feathers Hacking)

Worst Film:

Rebel Moon: Part Two - WINNER
Argylle
Borderlands
Madame Web
The Union

Dishonourable Mentions: Emilia Pérez; Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire; Joker: Folie à Deux; Kraven the Hunter; Mufasa: The Lion King

Worst Director:

Eli Roth - Borderlands - WINNER
Jacques Audiard - Emilia Pérez
Julian Farino - The Union
Zack Snyder - Rebel Moon: Part Two
Matthew Vaughn - Argylle

Dishonourable Mentions: S J Clarkson (Madame Web); Gil Kenan (Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire); Shawn Levy (Deadpool & Wolverine); Todd Phillips (Joker: Folie à Deux); Adam Wingard (Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire)

Worst Performance:

Tahar Rahim - Madame Web - WINNER
Jack Black - Borderlands
Kevin Hart - Borderlands
Dakota Johnson - Madame Web
Mark Wahlberg - The Union

Dishonourable Mentions: Paul Bettany (Here); Lily Collins (MaXXXine); Billy Eichner (Mufasa: The Lion King); Bryce Dallas Howard (Argylle); Michelle Yeoh (Wicked)

Worst Screenplay:

Rebel Moon: Part Two - WINNER
Borderlands
Madame Web
Mufasa: The Lion King
The Union

Dishonourable Mentions: Argylle; Emilia Pérez; Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire; Joker: Folie à Deux; Kraven the Hunter

Worst Scene:

Madame Web - Ezekiel Scenes - WINNER
Borderlands (All of It)
A Quiet Place: Day One (Boring Monster Scenes)
Rebel Moon: Part Two (Boring Bits / All of It)
The Union (Romance Scenes)

Dishonourable Mentions: Alien: Romulus (Ash); Argylle (Skating on Oil); MaXXXine (Final Act); Megalopolis (Statutory Rape); Mufasa: The Lion King (Becoming Scar)

Multiple Wins (excluding negative awards):
7 - Hard Truths
4 - Dune: Part Two
2 - Close Your Eyes; Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga; Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Multiple Nominations (excluding negative awards):
13 - Dune: Part Two
11 - Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
9 - Hard Truths
8 - Anora
6 - Close Your Eyes
5 - The Brutalist
4 - All We Image as Light; I Saw the TV Glow
3 - Blitz; Bramayugam; Dahomey; Evil Does Not Exist; How to Have Sex; Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell; Queer; Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2 - Better Man; The Bikeriders; Challengers; Conclave; A Different Man; Wicked; The Wild Robot

Multiple Mentions (excluding negative awards):
17 - Dune: Part Two
14 - Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
13 - Anora
10 - Hard Truths
9 - The Brutalist; I Saw the TV Glow
7 - Evil Does Not Exist
6 - All We Imagine as Light; Close Your Eyes; Queer
5 - The Bikeriders; Bramayugam; How to Have Sex; Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell; Nosferatu; The Substance
4 - Conclave; Dahomey
3 - Alien: Romulus; Beetlejuice Beetlejuice; Blitz; Didi; A Different Man; Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes; The Seed of the Sacred Fig; So Long, My Son; Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat; Wicked; The Wild Robot
2 - The Apprentice; The Beast; Better Man; Challengers; The Colours Within; Green Border; Hit Man; Maria; Memoir of a Snail; Monkey Man; Sing Sing; Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl