The Michigan Movie Critics Guild is pleased to announce the Best of 2024 winners in thirteen categories. The Michigan Movie Critics Guild was founded in 2023 and consists of a group of 15 film critics from “The Mitten”, who write and/or broadcast throughout the entire state of Michigan.
Each critic submitted their top five choices in the following categories: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Animated Film, Best Documentary, Best Ensemble, Best Screenplay (Adapted or Original), Breakthrough Award, Best Stunts and lastly The MMCG Award for Film Excellence; making for a total of 13 categories. From these submissions, each entry was given a point value and the top five in each category were placed on the final ballot. From there, winners have been chosen based on the same point system. Below are the nominees with winners in bold font. Time to see what made the cut in 2024!
THE NOMINATIONS FOR 2024, WINNERS IN RED BOLD
(in alphabetical order)
BEST PICTURE
- Anora
- The Brutalist
- Dune: Part Two
- The Substance
- Wicked
BEST DIRECTOR
- Sean Baker, Anora
- Jon M. Chu, Wicked
- Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
- Robert Eggers, Nosferatu
- Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
BEST ACTRESS
- Amy Adams, Nightbitch
- Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
- Nicole Kidman, Babygirl
- Mikey Madison, Anora
- Demi Moore, The Substance
BEST ACTOR
- Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
- Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
- Daniel Craig, Queer
- Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
- Hugh Grant, Heretic
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Ariana Grande, Wicked
- Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
- Natasha Lyonne, His Three Daughters
- Margaret Qualley, The Substance
- Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Yura Burisov, Anora
- Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
- Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing
- Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
- Adam Pearson, A Different Man
- Denzel Washington, Gladiator II
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
- Flow
- Inside Out 2
- Piece by Piece
- Transformers One
- The Wild Robot
BEST DOCUMENTARY
- Daughters
- Music By John Williams
- No Other Land
- Piece by Piece
- Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
- Will & Harper
BEST ENSEMBLE
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Nosferatu
- Saturday Night
- Wicked
BEST SCREENPLAY (ADAPTED OR ORIGINAL)
- Anora
- The Brutalist
- Challengers
- Nosferatu
- The Substance
- Wicked
BREAKTHROUGH AWARD
- Mikey Madison, actress, Anora
- Giovanni Ribisi, cinematographer, Strange Darling
- Jane Schoenbrun, director, I Saw the TV Glow
- Maisy Stella, actress, My Old Ass
- Zelda Williams, director, Lisa Frankenstein
BEST STUNTS
- Deadpool & Wolverine
- The Fall Guy
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
- Kill
- Monkey Man
- Road House
THE MMCG AWARD FOR FILM EXCELLENCE (PRESENTED TO A FILMMAKER, WRITER, ACTOR, CREW MEMBER ETC. WHO HAS MICHIGAN TIES OR TO A FILM MADE OR SET IN MICHIGAN)
- The Fire Inside (set in Flint, lead actress Ryan Destiny Detroit native)
- Francis Ford Coppola, writer/director, Megalopolis
- Hundreds of Beavers (partially filmed in Michigan)
- Keegan-Michael Key, actor, IF/Transformers One/Dear Santa
- J.K. Simmons, actor, Saturday Night/Red One/Juror #2
