15th Goresy Awards
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Welcome to the fifteenth annual Goresy Awards, a personal selection of the best in 2024 cinema. Eligibility requirement: a theatrical or digital commercial U.S. release between January 1 and December 31, 2024 (which includes films with one-week Oscar-qualifying runs). You will notice several films mentioned here that I didn’t catch in time to include for my year-end list (notably, Girls Will Be Girls, I’m Still Here, Black Box Diaries, No Other Land, and The Girl with the Needle). Onto the selections!
FILM
© MGM / UA
© Janus Films
Payal Kapadia, All We Imagine as Light
HONORABLE MENTION
Luca Guadagnino, Challengers
Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Bertrand Bonello, The Beast
Jane Schoenbrun, I Saw the TV Glow
Matthew Rankin, Universal Language
Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Two
Aaron Schimberg, A Different Man
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DIRECTORIAL DEBUT
© A24
Annie Baker, Janet Planet
HONORABLE MENTION
India Donaldson, Good One
Shuchi Talati, Girls Will Be Girls
Sean Wang, Dìdi
Felipe Gálvez, The Settlers
Molly Manning Walker, How to Have Sex
Joanna Arnow, The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed
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ACTRESS
© Bleecker Street Media
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths
HONORABLE MENTION
Mikey Madison, Anora
Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here
Léa Seydoux, The Beast
Naomi Scott, Smile 2
Léa Drucker, Last Summer
Willa Fitzgerald, Strange Darling
Juliette Gariépy, Red Rooms
Demi Moore, The Substance
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ACTOR
© A24
Daniel Craig, Queer
HONORABLE MENTION
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Jesse Plemons, Kinds of Kindness
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Glen Powell, Hit Man
Justice Smith, I Saw the TV Glow
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SUPPORTING ACTRESS
© Juno Films
Kani Kusruti, Girls Will Be Girls
HONORABLE MENTION
Michele Austin, Hard Truths
Merve Dizdar, About Dry Grasses
Margaret Qualley, The Substance
Natasha Lyonne, His Three Daughters
Trine Dyrholm, The Girl with the Needle
Joan Chen, Dìdi
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SUPPORTING ACTOR
© A24
Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing
HONORABLE MENTION
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Josh O’Connor, Challengers
David Jonsson, Alien: Romulus
Nicholas Hoult, The Order
Yura Borisov, Anora
Karren Karagulian, Anora
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
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BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER
© Neon
Mikey Madison, Anora
HONORABLE MENTION
Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing
Willa Fitzgerald, Strange Darling
Juliette Gariépy, Red Rooms
Lily Collias, Good One
Preeti Panigrahi, Girls Will Be Girls
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ONE-SCENE WONDER
(Actor in a minor role who makes a major impression with just a single scene)
© A24
Jesse Plemons, Civil War
HONORABLE MENTION
Kiernan Shipka, Longlegs
Craig Tate, Nickel Boys
Jovan Adepo, His Three Daughters
Kelley Jakle, Woman of the Hour
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ACTING ENSEMBLE
© Neon
Anora
HONORABLE MENTION
Challengers
Dune: Part Two
His Three Daughters
Conclave
Kinds of Kindness
Hard Truths
Sing Sing
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ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
© MGM / UA
Justin Kuritzkes, Challengers
HONORABLE MENTION
Sean Baker, Anora
Payal Kapadia, All We Imagine as Light
Jane Schoenbrun, I Saw the TV Glow
Aaron Schimberg, A Different Man
Ila Firouzabadi, Pirouz Nemati, & Matthew Rankin, Universal Language
Laurent Sarfati & Jérémie Périn, Mars Express
Shuchi Talati, Girls Will Be Girls
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ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
© Janus Films
Bertrand Bonello, Guillaume Bréaud, & Benjamin Charbit, The Beast
HONORABLE MENTION
Denis Villeneuve & Jon Spaihts, Dune: Part Two
Justin Kuritzkes, Queer
Richard Linklater & Glen Powell, Hit Man
George Miller & Nick Lathouris, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes, Nickel Boys
Catherine Breillat & Pascal Bonitzer, Last Summer
Mark Burton, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
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EDITING
© MGM / UA
Marco Costa, Challengers
HONORABLE MENTION
Sean Baker, Anora
Rik Chaubet, Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Sofi Marshall, I Saw the TV Glow
Anita Roth, The Beast
John Magary, Between the Temples
Eliot Knapman & Margaret Sixel, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Hansjörg Weißbrich, September 5
Clément Pinteaux, All We Imagine as Light
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CINEMATOGRAPHY
© A24
Lol Crawley, The Brutalist
HONORABLE MENTION
Jomo Fray, Nickel Boys
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Challengers
Jarin Blaschke, Nosferatu
Greig Fraser, Dune: Part Two
Paul Faltz, Cuckoo
Drew Daniels, Anora
Andrés Arochi Tinajero, Longlegs
Ranabir Das, All We Imagine as Light
Sean Price Williams, Between the Temples
Benjamin Kračun, The Substance
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PRODUCTION DESIGN
© Warner Bros.
Patrice Vermette, Dune: Part Two
HONORABLE MENTION
Craig Lathrop, Nosferatu
Colin Gibson, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Stanislas Reydellet, The Substance
Judy Becker, The Brutalist
Beth Mickle & Bradley Rubin, Megalopolis
Louisa Schabas, Universal Language
Nathan Crowley, Wicked
Bob Shea, Memoir of a Snail
Stefano Baisi, Queer
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EFFECTS & STUNTS
© Warner Bros.
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
HONORABLE MENTION
Dune: Part Two
Hundreds of Beavers
Monkey Man
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
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COSTUMES, HAIR, & MAKEUP
© MUBI
The Substance
HONORABLE MENTION
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Megalopolis
A Different Man
Queer
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SOUND DESIGN
© Janus Films / Sideshow
Flow
HONORABLE MENTION
Chime
Nosferatu
Dune: Part Two
Cuckoo
In a Violent Nature
A Complete Unknown
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ORIGINAL SCORE
© Milan Records
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Challengers
HONORABLE MENTION
Daniel Blumberg, The Brutalist
Rihards Zalupe & Gints Zilbalodis, Flow
Umberto Smerilli, A Different Man
Volker Bertelmann, Conclave
Alex Somers & Scott Alario, Nickel Boys
Clint Mansell, Love Lies Bleeding
Alex G, I Saw the TV Glow
Eiko Ishibashi, Evil Does Not Exist
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ORIGINAL SONG
© A24
“Starburned and Unkissed” by Caroline Polachek from I Saw the TV Glow
HONORABLE MENTION
“Compress / Repress” by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross from Challengers
“Death of Me” by Naomi Scott (as Skye Riley) from Smile 2
“A Million Miles Away” by Fred Avril, Philippe Monthaye, & Alice Lewis from Mars Express
“Vaster than Empires” by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, & Caetano Veloso from Queer
“Leash” by Sky Ferreira from Babygirl
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DOCUMENTARY
© Kino Lorber
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
HONORABLE MENTION
Dahomey
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
Spermworld
Black Box Diaries
Eno
No Other Land
Pictures of Ghosts
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
© Janus Films
All We Imagine as Light
HONORABLE MENTION
The Beast
Universal Language
Mars Express
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
Slow
Last Summer
Red Rooms
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ANIMATED FILM
© GKIDS
Mars Express
HONORABLE MENTION
Flow
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
Memoir of a Snail
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THAT’S A WRAP! SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!
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