Geek Vibes Nation is proud to announce the nominees for the 2024 edition of the Geek Vibes Nation Critics Choice Awards. Now in its second year, the GVN CCAs are a recognition of achievement over the previous year in film determined by the critics and writers at Geek Vibes Nation. Our wide variety of categories recognize achievement both above and below the line, highlighting the work of both on-screen and off-screen talent. Organized by Editor-in-Chief Cainan Myracle and Senior Critic Larry Fried, nominations were held throughout December and January. The final winners will be announced at a later date in February.
Make your voice heard by voting in the 2024 GVN Critics Choice Audience Award.
This year, we are excited to be recognizing over 50 films across 30 categories. Despite the variety, one title stood above the rest: Barbie. Greta Gerwig’s megahit leads with 17 nominations, including Best Picture. This ties the film with last year’s leader, Everything Everywhere All at Once, which took home 11 wins including the aforementioned top prize. Trailing close behind is its Barbenheimer counterpart, Oppenheimer. Christopher Nolan’s biographical behemoth contends with a strong 13 nominations, also including Best Picture.
Other heavily decorated films include the Emma Stone-led Poor Things and Martin Scorsese’s Osage crime epic Killers of the Flower Moon, both of which landed in the double digits at 12 and 10 nominations respectively. Films leading in the single digits include Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (8), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (7), The Holdovers, and Past Lives (both at 5). Though not as widely recognized, our body of critics were also eager to spotlight films that have gone overlooked throughout awards season, including Best Picture nominees The Iron Claw and Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Last year, we strove to nominate a diverse array of talent. This year continues that trend. Three of our Best Picture nominees are directed by women and four of our ten nominated screenplays were either written or co-written by women. In addition, nine performers of color are recognized across each of our six performance-based categories, including our unique “Best Vocal of Motion Capture Performance” award.
Along with diversity in race and gender, GVN continues to highlight diversity in genre with our four special Genre Achievement categories for Comedy, Action/Adventure, Science Fiction/Fantasy, and Horror. Nominated films include Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, Talk To Me, The Creator, Bottoms, John Wick: Chapter 4, and more.
GVN readers are encouraged to once again participate in this year’s vote for the Audience Award, our elusive 30th category, presented to a film that has captured our fans’ attention. You can click on this link to cast your ballot, with the winner announced alongside the rest of the mainline categories.
The GVN CCA voting body consists of the over 30 critics currently contributing to Geek Vibes Nation. Each voter was given access to a secure, private voting link through which they nominated films and talent using a personalized write-in ballot. These ballots were then tabulated through a preferential voting system.
See below for the full list of categories and nominees:
Best Picture
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best Director
Greta Gerwig, Barbie
Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
Celine Song, Past Lives
Best Actor
Zac Efron, The Iron Claw
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction
Best Actress
Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall
Greta Lee, Past Lives
Margot Robbie, Barbie
Emma Stone, Poor Things
Best Supporting Actor
Sterling K. Brown, American Fiction
Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Glenn Howerton, BlackBerry
Best Supporting Actress
Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
Rachel McAdams, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Best Breakthrough Performance
Abby Ryder Fortson, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Milo Machado-Graner, Anatomy of a Fall
Charles Melton, May December
Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers
Cailee Spaeny, Priscilla
Best Vocal or Motion Capture Performance
Jack Black, The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Oscar Isaac, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Shameik Moore, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Robert Pattinson, The Boy and the Heron
Hailee Steinfeld, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best Ensemble
Barbie
The Color Purple
The Iron Claw
Oppenheimer
They Cloned Tyrone
Best Original Screenplay
Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, Anatomy of a Fall
Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola, Asteroid City
David Hemingson, The Holdovers
Celine Song, Past Lives
Emerald Fennell, Saltburn
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Best Adapted Screenplay
Cord Jefferson, American Fiction (based on “Erasure” by Percival Everett)
Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, Barbie (based on “Barbie” by Mattel)
Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon (based on the book by David Grann)
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer (based on the book by Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin)
Tony McNamara, Poor Things (based on the book by Alasdair Gray)
Best Animated Feature
The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Nimona
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best Documentary Feature
American Symphony
Beyond Utopia
Going To Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
Stamped from the Beginning
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Best International Feature
Anatomy of a Fall (France)
The Boy and the Heron (Japan)
Godzilla Minus One (Japan)
The Teachers’ Lounge (Germany)
The Zone of Interest (Poland, United Kingdom)
Best Original Score
Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, Barbie
Joe Hisaishi, The Boy and the Heron
Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer
Jerskin Fendrix, Poor Things
Daniel Pemberton, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best Original Song
“Camp Isn’t Home” , Theater Camp
“Dance the Night” by Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, Barbie
“I’m Just Ken” by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, Barbie
“Peaches” by Jack Black, Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Eric Osmond and John Spiker, The Super Mario Bros. Movie
“What Was I Made For?” by Billie Eilish and Finneas, Barbie
Best Use of a Pre-Existing Song in a Film
“Dog Days Are Over” by Florence & The Machine, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
“I Will Always Love You” by Dolly Parton, Priscilla
“Maneater” covered by Andrew Barth Feldman, No Hard Feelings
“Murder on the Dancefloor” by Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Saltburn
“No Sleep ‘Till Brooklyn,” by The Beastie Boys, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Best Cinematography
Rodrigo Prieto, Barbie
Rodrigo Prieto, Killers of the Flower Moon
Hoyte van Hoytema, Oppenheimer
Shabier Kirchner, Past Lives
Robbie Ryan, Poor Things
Best Production Design
Adam Stockhausen and Kris Moran, Asteroid City
Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer, Barbie
Jack Fisk and Adam Willis, Killers of the Flower Moon
Ruth De Jong and Claire Kaufman, Oppenheimer
Shona Heath, James Price, and Szusza Mihalek, Poor Things
Best Hair and Makeup
Maha Mimo and Clare M. Corsick, Barbie
Alexei Dmitriew and Cassie Russek, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Kazu Hiro, Sian Grigg, Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell, Maestro
Nadia Stacey, Mark Couler, and Josh Weston, Poor Things
Jo-Ann MacNeil and Cliona Furey, Priscilla
Best Costume Design
Jacqueline Durran, Barbie
Judianna Makovsky, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Jacqueline West. Killers of the Flower Moon
Holly Waddington, Poor Things
Lindy Hemming, Wonka
Best Sound Design
Nina Rice, Ai-Ling Lee, Dan Kenyon, and Kevin O’Connell, Barbie
Manfred Banach, Casey Genton, and Andy Koyama, John Wick: Chapter 4
John Pritchett, Mark Ulano, and Philip Stockton, Killers of the Flower Moon
Richard King, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic, and Steve Morrow, Maestro
Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo, Kevin O’Connell, and Willie Burton, Oppenheimer
Best Editing
Nick Houy, Barbie
Daniel Garber, How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Thelma Schoonmaker, Killers of the Flower Moon
Jennifer Lane, Oppenheimer
Yorgos Mavropsaridis, Poor Things
Best Visual Effects
Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts, and Neil Corbould, The Creator
Kiyoko Shibuya and Takashi Yamazaki, Godzilla Minus One
Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams, and Dan Sudick, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Scott Fisher and Andrew Jackson, Oppenheimer
Michael Lasker, Alan Hawkins, Bret St. Clair, and Pav Grochola, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best Stunt Work and Fight Choreography
Wayne Dalgish, Micah Karns, and Heidi Moneymaker, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Chavo Guerrero Jr., The Iron Claw
Stephen Dunlevy, Jeremy Marinas, Koji Kawamoto, and Scott Rogers, John Wick: Chapter 4
Doug Coleman, James Lew, and Allen Robinson, The Killer
Wade Eastwood and Rudolf Vrba, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
Achievement in Comedy
Barbie
Bottoms
No Hard Feelings
Poor Things
Theater Camp
Achievement in Action or Adventure
Fast X
Gran Turismo
John Wick: Chapter 4
The Killer
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
Achievement in Horror
Five Nights at Freddy’s
Scream VI
Talk to Me
Thanksgiving
When Evil Lurks
Achievement in Science Fiction or Fantasy
The Creator
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Larry Fried is a filmmaker, writer, and podcaster based in New Jersey. He is the host and creator of the podcast “My Favorite Movie is…,” a podcast dedicated to helping filmmakers make somebody’s next favorite movie. He is also the Visual Content Manager for Special Olympics New Jersey, an organization dedicated to competition and training opportunities for athletes with intellectual disabilities across the Garden State.