Denver’s film critics are late to the party but they aren’t late to the standard issue nominees.

Nominations Tallies

(10) Dune: Part Two
(9) The Substance
(7) Anora
(6) The Brutalist, Conclave, Sing Sing, Wicked
(5) The Wild Robot
(4) Challengers, Emilia Pérez, Nosferatu
(3) Furiosa: Inside Out 2, A Mad Max Saga, Nickel Boys
(2) Alien: Romulus, The Fall Guy, Flow, Gladiator II, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, A Real Pain, Will & Harper
(1) All We Imagine as Light, Better Man, ¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor!, A Complete Unknown, Deadpool & Wolverine, A Different Man, Hard Truths, Heretic, I Saw the TV Glow, Kneecap, Longlegs, Love Lies Bleeding, Memoir of a Snail, Monkey Man, No Other Land, Saturday Night, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Sugarcane, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, Thelma, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

The Nominations

Best Film

Anora
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
The Substance

Best Animated Film

Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

Best Director

Sean Baker – Anora
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Luca Guadagnino – Challengers
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two

Best Actor

Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Sebastian Stan – A Different Man

Best Actress

Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance

Best Supporting Actor

Yura Borisov – Anora
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Denzel Washington – Gladiator II

Best Supporting Actress

Ariana Grande-Butera – Wicked
Katy O’Brian – Love Lies Bleeding
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

Best Original Screenplay

Anora
The Brutalist
Challengers
A Real Pain
The Substance

Best Adapted Screenplay

Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
Wicked

Best Original Song

Compress/Repress – Challengers
Harper and Will Go West – Will & Harper
Kiss the Sky – The Wild Robot
Like a Bird – Sing Sing
El Mal – Emilia Pérez

Best Score

The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
The Wild Robot

Best Cinematography

The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu

Best Sound

Alien: Romulus
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked

Best Visual Effects

Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
The Substance
Wicked

Best Non-English Language Feature

All We Imagine as Light
Emilia Pérez
Flow
Kneecap
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Best Documentary

¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor!
No Other Land
Sugarcane
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Will & Harper

Best Non-Live-Action Performance

Jonno Davies – Better Man
Maya Hawke – Inside Out 2
Lupita Nyong’o – The Wild Robot
Pedro Pascal – The Wild Robot
Amy Poehler – Inside Out 2

Best Ensemble

Anora
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Sing Sing
Wicked

Best Stunts

Dune: Part Two
The Fall Guy
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Gladiator II
Monkey Man

Best Comedy

Anora
Deadpool & Wolverine
The Fall Guy
Saturday Night
Thelma

Best Sci Fi

Alien: Romulus
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
The Substance

Best Horror

Heretic
I Saw the TV Glow
Longlegs
Nosferatu
The Substance

Denver Film Critics Society Data

First Awards: 2009 (15)