31st annual cadet film awards 2024.

top 10 films of 2024

1. The Brutalist (A24)
2. Conclave (Focus)
3. Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros)
4. The Substance (Mubi)
5. Alien: Romulus (20th Century)
6. Civil War (A24)
7. Better Man (Paramount)
8. I’m Still Here (Sony Pictures Classics)
9. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (Warner Bros)
10. Smile 2 (Paramount)

HMs: Wicked, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, A Real Pain, Challengers, The Wild Robot, His Three Daughters, A Different Man, The Apprentice, Gladiator II.

best director
Michael Gracey – Better Man
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Alex Garland – Civil War
Edward Berger – Conclave
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance

best actror
Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Hugh Grant – Heretic
Selton Mello – I’m Still Here
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain

best actress
Kirsten Dunst – Civil War
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here
Pamela Anderson – The Last Showgirl
Naomi Scott – Smile 2
Demi Moore – The Substance

best supporting actor
David Jonsson – Alien: Romulus
Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Josh O’Connor – Challengers
Sergio Castellitto – Conclave
Austin Butler – Dune: Part Two

best supporting actress
Glenn Close – The Deliverance
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez
Natasha Lyonne – His Three Daughters
Jamie Lee Curtis – The Last Showgirl
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Ariana Grande – Wicked

best ensemble
Anora
The Apprentice
The Brutalist
Conclave
His Three Daughters
Smile 2

best adapted screenplay
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
I’m Still Here
Nickel Boys
Nightbitch

best original screenplay
Anora
The Brutalist
His Three Daughters
A Real Pain
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
The Substance

best film not in the english language
The Beast
Emilia Pérez
Exhuma
Evil Does Not Exist
I’m Still Here
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

best animated film
The Wild Robot

best original score
Benjamin Wallfisch – Alien: Romulus
Chanda Dancy – Blink Twice
Daniel Blumberg – The Brutalist
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers
Volker Bertelmann – Conclave
Clément Ducol & Camille – Emilia Pérez

best original song or track (vocal or instrumental)
Robbie Williams, Freddy Wexler & Sacha Skarbek – “Forbidden Road” – Better Man
Daniel Blumberg – “Overture (Bus)” – The Brutalist
Clément Ducol, Camille, and Jacques Audiard – “El Mal” – Emilia Pérez
Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt and Lykke Li – “Beautiful That Way” – The Last Showgirl
Reneé Rapp, Megan Thee Stallion, Jeff Richmond, Nell Benjamin, Ryan Tedder, Alexander 23, Billy Walsh & Jasper Harris – “Not My Fault” – Mean Girls
Raffertie – “The Substance” – The Substance

best cinematography
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
La Chimera
Maria
Nosferatu

best film editing
Anora
The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
I’m Still Here
The Substance

best production design
Alien: Romulus
The Brutalist
Conclave
Gladiator II
The Substance
Wicked

best costume design
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Maria
The Substance
Wicked

best makeup and hairstyling
A Different Man
Dune: Part Two
Gladiator II
Longlegs
The Substance
Wicked

best sound
Alien: Romulus
Better Man
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Dune: Part Two
Wicked

best visual effects
Alien: Romulus
Better Man
Civil War
Dune: Part Two
Gladiator II
Wicked

best documentary feature
No Other Land

best feature directorial debut
Greg Jardin – It’s What’s Inside

best breakthrough performer
David Jonsson

best poster
Alien: Romulus
The Brutalist
Challengers
Exhuma
A Quiet Place: Day One
The Substance

best scene
Zero Gravity Acid – Alien: Romulus
Regent Street – Better Man
The Ship – The Brutalist
What Kind of American Are You? – Civil War
Certainty is the Enemy of Unity – Conclave
I am Paul Muad’Dib Atreides – Dune: Part Two
Harkonnen Eclipse Ambush – Dune: Part Two
Feyd-Rautha in the Giedi Prime Arena – Dune: Part Two
War Rig Chase – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
The Mirror – The Substance

Please note that eligibility periods and category placements may not be 100% accurate, and is in the sole discretion of the writer to do as he wishes. Thanks.