Announcing The 2024 GVN Critics Choice Award Winners

With Oscars season behind us, Geek Vibes Nation is proud to announce the winners of the
2024 GVN Critics Choice Awards. In our second year of voting, 50 unique films were nominated
across 30 categories. As expected, Oppenheimer led the pack with a strong 9 wins, including
Best Picture, Best Director for Christopher Nolan, and Best Actor for Cillian Murphy. The film
also took home our GVN Audience Award. Behind that is Barbenheimer counterpart Barbie with five wins, including Best Original Song for “What Was I Made For?” and Achievement in
Comedy. Sitting behind those frontrunners are American Fiction, John Wick: Chapter 4, and
Godzilla Minus One, each with two wins respectively.

In a repeat of last year’s voting cycle, 15 additional films were recognized with wins: Killers of
the Flower Moon, The Holdovers, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret., The Boy and The
Heron, Past Lives, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse, American Symphony, Anatomy of a
Fall, Priscilla, and Scream VI. Across these many award-winning films, and the esteemed
runner-ups, include a number of female-identifying and POC storytellers who we are incredibly
happy to recognize amidst an awards season that often neglects them.

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 in which they were given
the opportunity to vote for films and talent using a personalized ballot. These ballots were then
tabulated through a preferential voting system. We appreciate all of our many readers, listeners,
and followers who have helped grow Geek Vibes Nation to the point that these awards are even
possible. A special thank you to our incredible team of writers, podcasters, and editors, who
help make our site what it is today.

Read below for a full list of categories and winners. See you next year!

Full List of Categories and Winners

Best Picture

• Winner: “Oppenheimer”
• Runner-ups: “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Past Lives” (three-way tie)

Best Director

• Winner: Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer”
• Runner-ups: Greta Gerwig, “Barbie”; Martin Scorsese, “Killers of the Flower Moon”; Celine Song, “Past Lives” (three-way tie)

Best Actor

• Winner: Cillian Murphy, “Oppenheimer”
• Runner-up: Andrew Scott, “All of Us Strangers”

Best Actress

• Winner: Lily Gladstone, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
• Runner-up: Greta Lee, “Past Lives”

Best Supporting Actor

• Winner: Sterling K. Brown, “American Fiction”
• Runner-up: Robert Downey Jr., “Oppenheimer”

Best Supporting Actress

• Winner: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers”
• Runner-up: Danielle Brooks, “The Color Purple”

Best Breakthrough Performance

• Winner: Abby Ryder Fortson, “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.”
• Runner-up: Charles Melton, “May December”

Best Vocal or Motion Capture Performance

• Winner: Robert Pattinson, “The Boy and the Heron”
• Runner-up: Jack Black, “The Super Mario Bros. Movie”

Best Ensemble

• Winner: “Oppenheimer”
• Runner-up: “Barbie”

Best Original Screenplay

• Winner: Celine Song, “Past Lives”
• Runner-up: David Hemingson, “The Holdovers”

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Winner: Cord Jefferson (based on “Erasure” by Percival Everett), “American Fiction”
• Runner-up: Christopher Nolan (based on “American Prometheus” by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin), “Oppenheimer”

Best Animated Feature

• Winner: “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
• Runner-up: “The Boy and the Heron”

Best Documentary Feature

• Winner: “American Symphony”
• Runner-up: “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie”

Best International Feature

• Winner: “Anatomy of a Fall”
• Runner-up: “Godzilla Minus One”

Best Original Score

• Winner: Ludwig Göransson, “Oppenheimer”
• Runner-up: Joe Hisaishi, “The Boy and the Heron”

Best Original Song

• Winner: “What Was I Made For?” by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell, “Barbie”
• Runner-up: “Camp Isn’t Home” by Noah Galvin, Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman, Ben Platt, Mark Sonnenblick, James McAllister, and the cast of Theater Camp, “Theater Camp”

Best Use of a Pre-Existing Song in a Film

• Winner: “I Will Always Love You” by Dolly Parton, “Priscilla”
• Runner-up: “Dog Days Are Over” by Florence and the Machine, “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”

Best Cinematography

• Winner: Hoyte van Hoytema, “Oppenheimer”
• Runner-ups: Shabier Kirchner, “Past Lives” and Robbie Ryan, “Poor Things” (tie)

Best Production Design

• Winner: Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer, “Barbie”
• Runner-ups: Ruth De Jong and Claire Kaufman, “Oppenheimer” and Adam Stockhausen and Kris Moran, “Asteroid City” (tie)

Best Hair and Makeup

• Winner: Maha Mimo and Clare M. Corsick, “Barbie”
• Runner-up: Alexei Dmitriew and Cassie Russek, “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”

Best Costume Design

• Winner: Jacqueline Durran, “Barbie”
• Runner-up: Holly Waddington, “Poor Things”

Best Sound Design

• Winner: Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo, Kevin O’Connell, and Willie Burton, “Oppenheimer”
• Runner-ups: Nina Rice, Ai-Ling Lee, Dan Kenyon, and Kevin O’Connell, “Barbie”; Manfred Banach, Casey Genton, and Andy Koyama, “John Wick: Chapter 4”; and John Pritchett, Mark Ulano, and Philip Stockton, “Killers of the Flower Moon” (three-way tie)

Best Editing

• Winner: Jennifer Lane, “Oppenheimer”
• Runner-ups: Nick Houy, “Barbie”; Daniel Garber, “How to Blow Up a Pipeline”; and Yorgos Mavropsaridis, “Poor Things” (three-way tie)

Best Visual Effects

• Winner: Kiyoko Shibuya and Takashi Yamazaki, “Godzilla Minus One”
• Runner-up: Michael Lasker, Alan Hawkins, Bret St. Clair, and Pav Grochola, “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”

Best Stunt Work or Fight Choreography

• Winner: Stephen Dunlevy, Jeremy Marinas, Koji Kawamoto, and Scott Rogers, “John Wick: Chapter 4”
• Runner-up: Chavo Guerrero Jr., “The Iron Claw”

Achievement in Comedy

• Winner: “Barbie”
• Runner-up: “Bottoms”

Achievement in Action or Adventure

• Winner: “John Wick: Chapter 4”
• Runner-up: “Gran Turismo” and “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning” (tie)

Achievement in Horror

• Winner: “Scream VI”
• Runner-up: “Talk to Me”

Achievement in Science Fiction or Fantasy

• Winner: “Godzilla Minus One”
• Runner-up: “Poor Things”

The GVN Audience Award

• Winner: “Oppenheimer”
• Runner-up: “Five Nights at Freddy’s”

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