The question of why this organization exists is a perpetual one. They are such a small group that idiosyncratic choices are common but none more bizarre than one of the nominees for Best Comic Book Movie also being nominated as one of the worst movies of the year. It takes a lot of effort not to lambaste them for that one choice alone. It also becomes clear when some major films are ignored in expected places.

Nominations Tallies

(11) The Brutalist
(10) Nosferatu
(9) Conclave, The Substance
(8) Dune: Part Two
(7) Wicked
(6) Emilia Pérez
(5) A Complete Unknown
(4) Gladiator II, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Moana 2, Sing Sing
(2) Anora, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Blink Twice, Challengers, Civil War, The Fire Inside, The First Omen, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Heretic, Inside Out 2, Joker: Folie à Deux, Madame Web, Memoir of a Snail, Monkey Man, The People’s Joker, A Real Pain, Woman of the Hour
(1) Alien: Romulus, All We Imagine as Light, The Apprentice, Argylle, At Her Feet, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, The Beach Boys, Borderlands, Brats, Chaperone, Deadpool & Wolverine, Decade of the Dead, The Fall Guy, Here, Hit Man, I’m Still Here, Juror #2, Knox Goes Away, The Last Showgirl, Megalopolis, Night Swim, Nightbitch, Oddity, One Million Dolla, The Queen’s Flowers, Rebel Ridge, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Sugarcane, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, The Three Musketeers: Milady, Transformers One, Twisters, Venom: The Last Dance, The Wild Robot, Will & Harper

The Nominations

Best Picture

The Brutalist
Civil War
Conclave
Nosferatu
Sing Sing

Best Animated Film

Inside Out 2
Moana 2
Memoir of a Snail
Transformers One
The Wild Robot

Best Director

Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
Edward Berger – Conclave
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Robert Eggers – Nosferatu
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance

Best Actor

Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Hugh Grant – Heretic

Best Actress

Amy Adams – Nightbitch
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Lady Gaga – Joker: Folie à Deux
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance

Best Supporting Actor

Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice
Denzel Washington – Gladiator II

Best Supporting Actress

Monica Barbaro – A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande-Butera – Wicked
Felicity Jones – The Brutalist
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave

Best Original Screenplay

Anora
The Brutalist
Civil War
A Real Pain
The Substance

Best Adapted Screenplay

A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Sing Sing

Best Song

Beautiful That Way – The Last Showgirl
Beyond – Moana 2
Like a Bird – Sing Sing
El Mal – Emilia Pérez
We’re Back – Moana 2

Best Original Score

The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez

Best Editing

The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu

Best Cinematography

The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu

Best Art Direction

The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked

Best Costume Design

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
The Brutalist
Conclave
Nosferatu
Wicked

Best Makeup

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked

Best Sound

A Complete Unknown
Gladiator II
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked

Best Visual Effects

Dune: Part Two
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Gladiator II
Twisters
Wicked

Best Foreign Language Film

All We Imagine as Light
Emilia Pérez
I’m Still Here
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
The Three Musketeers: Milady

Best Documentary

The Beach Boys
Brats
Sugarcane
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Will & Harper

Best First Film

Blink Twice
The Fire Inside
The First Omen
Monkey Man
Woman of the Hour

Best New Filmmaker

Vera Drew – The People’s Joker
Anna Kendrick – Woman of the Hour
Zoë Kravitz – Blink Twice
Rachel Morrison – The Fire Inside
Dev Patel – Monkey Man

Best Vocal / Motion Capture Performance

Maya Hawke – Inside Out 2
Kevin Durand – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Peter Macon – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Auli’I Cravalho – Moana 2
Jacki Weaver – Memoir of a Snail

Best Stunt Work

Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Dune: Part Two
The Fall Guy
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Gladiator II

Best Sci-Fi Film

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

Best Horror Film

The First Omen
Heretic
Nosferatu
Oddity
The Substance

Best Comic Book Movie

Deadpool & Wolverine
Joker: Folie à Deux
Madame Web
The People’s Joker
Venom: The Last Dance

Best Hawaiian Film

At Her Feet
Chaperone
Decade of the Dead
One Million Dolla
The Queen’s Flowers

Worst Film of 2024

Argylle
Borderlands
Here
Madame Web
Night Swim

Best Overlooked Film

Hit Man
Juror #2
Knox Goes Away
Megalopolis
Rebel Ridge

Hawaii Film Critics Society Data

First Awards: 2016 (9)