Best Performances And Filmmakers Of 2024
Brandon’s Best of 2024 continues with his list of the best acting and directing!
Acting is not about being someone different. It’s finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there.
- Meryl Streep, Actress
BEST ACTRESSES OF 2024
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Naomi Scott- Smile 2
Marianne Jean-Baptiste– Hard Truths
Margaret Qualley– The Substance
Elizabeth Olsen – His Three Daughters
Maisy Stella – My Old Ass
Kristen Stewart – Love Lies Bleeding
Jodie Comer- The Bikeriders
Anya Taylor-Joy– Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Kirsten Dunst- Civil War
Kate Winslet- Lee
Cynthia Erivo- Wicked
Ilana Glazer- Babes
Nell Tiger Free- The First Omen
Nicole Kidman- Babygirl
Danielle Deadwyler- The Piano Lesson
Maika Monroe- Longlegs
Cailee Spaeny- Civil War, Alien: Romulus
Joan Chen– Dìdi
Carrie Coon – His Three Daughters
Florence Pugh– We Live in Time
June Squibb- Thelma
Saoirse Ronan– The Outrun, Blitz
Katy O’Brian- Love Lies Bleeding
Dakota Johnson– Am I Ok?, Daddio
Aubrey Plaza– My Old Ass
Angelina Jolie- Maria
Elle Fanning- A Complete Unknown
Hunter Schafer- Cuckoo
Michelle Buteau- Babes
Pamela Anderson- The Last Showgirl
Ariana Grande – Wicked
Anne Hathaway– The Idea of You
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor- Nickel Boys
Jessica Lange- The Great Lillian Hall
Natasha Lyonne- His Three Daughters
Zoë Saldaña– Emilia Pérez
TOP FIVE
5. Lily-Rose Depp – Nosferatu
4. Fernanda Torres– I’m Still Here
3. Demi Moore– The Substance
2. Zendaya – Dune: Part Two, Challengers
1. Mikey Madison – Anora
BEST ACTORS OF 2024
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Jesse Plemmons- Civil War, Kinds of Kindness
Nicholas Hoult- Juror #2, The Order, Nosferatu
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Yura Borisov– Anora
Tom Hardy – The Bikeriders
Jesse Eisenberg- A Real Pain
Josh Hartnett- Trap
Izaac Wang- Dìdi
Andrew Garfield- We Live in Time
Chris Hemsworth- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
James McAvoy- Speak No Evil
Jude Law- The Order
Josh O’Connor- Challengers
Cillian Murphy- Small Things Like These
Sean Penn- Daddio
Adam Pearson- A Different Man
Mark Eydelshteyn- Anora
Austin Butler- Dune: Part Two, The Bikeriders
Jeremy Strong- The Apprentice
Kieran Culkin- A Real Pain
Ralph Fiennes- Conclave
Edward Norton- A Complete Unknown
Mike Faist- Challengers
Bill Skarsgård– Nosferatu
Daniel Craig– Queer
David Dastmalchian- Late Night with the Devil
Aaron Pierre- Rebel Ridge
Joe Alwyn– The Brutalist
Denzel Washington– Gladiator II
Jake Gyllenhaal- Road House
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
TOP FIVE
5. Hugh Grant – Heretic
4. Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
3. Timothée Chalamet – Dune: Part Two, A Complete Unknown
2. Sebastian Stan – A Different Man, The Apprentice
1. Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
To make a film is easy; To make a good film is war. To make a very good film is a miracle.
– Alejandro González Iñárritu, Director
BEST DIRECTORS OF 2024
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Rose Glass– Love Lies Bleeding
Mike Cheslik– Hundreds of Beavers
George Miller– Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Justin Kurzel– The Order
Anna Kendrick- Woman of the Hour
Jesse Eisenberg- A Real Pain
Agnieszka Holland– Green Border
Jason Reitman– Saturday Night
Alex Garland– Civil War
Adam Elliot– Memoir of a Snail
Azazel Jacobs– His Three Daughters
Greg Kwedar– Sing Sing
Jon M. Chu– Wicked
Sean Wang– Dídi
Scott Beck and Bryan Woods– Heretic
Walter Salles– I’m Still Here
Osgood Perkins– Longlegs
RaMell Ross– Nickel Boys
Jeff Nichols– The Bikeriders
Chris Sanders– The Wild Robot
TOP FIVE
5. (tie) Robert Eggers – Nosferatu and Coralie Fargeat - The Substance
4. Luca Guadagnino – Challengers, Queer
3. Sean Baker – Anora
2. Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
1. Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two