National Society of Film Critics Award Winners: ‘Nickel Boys’ and ‘A Real Pain’ Among Top Honorees (Live Updates)

Voting for the National Society of Film Critics Awards is underway, with films like “Nickel Boys” and “A Real Pain” taking home top honors.

“Nickel Boys” took home the Best Picture prize with “Anora” and “All We Imagine as Light” as runner ups. For A24’s “Sing Sing,” Colman Domingo earned the Best Actor award and Marianne Jean-Baptiste took home Best Actress for “Hard Truths.”

Jesse Eisenberg’s “A Real Pain” took home two awards. Kieran Culkin secured a win for Best Supporting Actor and the film’s script, penned by Eisenberg, took home Best Screenplay.

“The Brutalist,” meanwhile, came just short as a runner up in three categories: Adrien Brody for Best Actor, Guy Pearce as Best Supporting Actor and Lol Crawley for Best Cinematography.

The top honor for directing was won by Payal Kapadia for her film “All We Imagine as Light.”

NSFC was founded in 1966 and is comprised of over 60 critics hailing from outlets nationally. These journalists mark their annual voting selections for categories such as best picture, director, actor, actress, supporting actor and actress, screenplay and cinematography.

Voting is processed through a weighted ballot system which has critics vote for their top 3 picks. The nominee that garners the most points and is listed on the most ballots wins. The voting process only proceeds to a second round if necessary and voting continues for as long as required until a nominee receives the majority of votes. 

Keep up with the live list of winners as they are announced below:

Best Picture: “Nickel Boys”
Runners-up:
“Anora”
“All We Imagine as Light”

Best Actor: Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing”
Runners-up:
Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist”
Ralph Fiennes, “Conclave”

Best Actress: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, “Hard Truths”
Runners-up:
Mikey Madison, “Anora”
Ilinca Manolache, “Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World”

Best Supporting Actress: Michele Austin, Hard Truths
Runners-up:
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, “Nickel Boys”
Natasha Lyonne, “His Three Daughters”

Best Supporting Actor: Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain”
Runners-up:
Guy Pearce, “The Brutalist”
Edward Norton, “A Complete Unknown”
Adam Pearson, “A Different Man”

Best Director: Payal Kapadia, “All We Imagine as Light”

Best Screenplay: Jesse Eisenberg, “A Real Pain”
Runners-up:
Radu Jude, “Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World”
Sean Baker, “Anora”

Best Cinematography: Jomo Fray, “Nickel Boys”
Runners-up:
Lol Crawley, “The Brutalist”
Jarin Blaschke, “Nosferatu”

Best Experimental Film: “The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire”

Film Heritage Award: Scott Eyman

Film Heritage Award: IndieCollect

Film Heritage Award: To Save and Project: The MoMa International Festival of Film Preservation

Special citation for a film awaiting U.S. distribution: “No Other Land”