The 2024 Meaningless Movie Awards

In honor of the upcoming 97th Academy Awards, Reel Opinion presents the knockoff movie awards for 2024 cinema: the Second Annual Meaningless Movie Awards.

Worst of the Year Awards

Most Overrated Film:

1. Nickel Boys
2. Civil War
3. The Room Next Door
4. Conclave
5. I’m Still Here

Worst Actress (Lead and Supporting):

1. Lucy Liu, “Red One”
2. Ariana DeBose, “Kraven the Hunter”
3. Nathalie Emmanuel, “Megalopolis”
4. Dakota Johnson, “Madame Web”
5. Tilda Swinton, “The Room Next Door”

Worst Actor (Lead and Supporting):

1. Adam Driver, “Megalopolis”
2. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, “Kraven the Hunter”
3. Jon Voight & Dustin Hoffman, “Megalopolis”
4. Tahar Rahim, “Madame Web”
5. Hasan Minhaj, “It Ends With Us”

Worst Screenplay:

1. Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke, “Drive-Away Dolls”
2. Francis Ford Coppola, “Megalopolis”
3. Alex Garland, “Civil War”
4. Art Marcum, Matt Holloway, & Richard Wenk, “Kraven the Hunter”
5. Pedro Almodóvar, “The Room Next Door”

Worst Director:

1. Francis Ford Coppola, “Megalopolis”
2. Ethan Coen, “Drive-Away Dolls”
3. S.J. Clarkson, “Madame Web”
4. Alex Garland, “Civil War”
5. Jake Kasdan, “Red One”

Worst Film:

1. Megalopolis
2. Drive-Away Dolls
3. Civil War
4. Red One
5. Sony’s Madame Web & Kraven the Hunter

Best of the Year Awards

Best Score:

1. Hans Zimmer, “Dune: Part Two”
2. Daniel Blumberg, “The Brutalist”
3. Raffertie, “The Substance”
4. Martin Dirkov, “The Apprentice”
5. Volker Bertelmann, “Conclave”

Best Editing:

1. Jerome Eltabet, Coralie Fargeat, and Valentin Féron, “The Substance”
2. Sean Baker, “Anora”
3. Joe Walker, “Dune: Part Two”
4. Olivier Bugge Coutté and Olivia Neergaard-Holm, “The Apprentice”
5. Louise Ford, “Nosferatu”

Best Cinematography:

1. Greig Fraser, “Dune: Part Two”
2. Benjamin Kracun, “The Substance”
3. Jarin Blaschke, “Nosferatu”
4. Lol Crawley, “The Brutalist”
5. Simon Duggan, “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga”

Best Supporting Actress:

1. Ariana Grande, “Wicked”
2. Felicity Jones, “The Brutalist”
3. Joan Chen, “Dìdi”
4. Soheila Golestani, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig”
5. Elle Fanning, “A Complete Unknown”

Best Supporting Actor:

1. Jeremy Strong, “The Apprentice”
2. Yura Borisov, “Anora”
3. Austin Butler, “Dune: Part Two”
4. Mark Eydelshteyn, “Anora”
5. Chris Hemsworth, “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga”

Best Actress:

1. Mikey Madison, “Anora”
2. Naomi Scott, “Smile 2”
3. Emma Stone, “Kinds of Kindness”
4. Lily-Rose Depp, “Nosferatu”
5. Adria Arjona, “Hit Man”

Best Actor:

1. Sebastian Stan, “The Apprentice”
2. Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist”
3. Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing”
4. Jesse Plemons, “Kinds of Kindness”
5. Timothée Chalamet, “A Complete Unknown”

Best Original Film Character:

1. Anora Mikheeva, “Anora”
2. László Tóth, “The Brutalist”
3. Dementus, “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga”
4. Skye Riley, “Smile 2”
5. Igor, “Anora”

Best Screenplay:

1. Sean Baker, “Anora”
2. Jesse Eisenberg, “A Real Pain”
3. Sean Wang, “Dìdi”
4. Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold, “The Brutalist”
5. Mohammad Rasoulof, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig”

Best Director:

1. Denis Villeneuve, “Dune: Part Two”
2. George Miller, “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga”
3. Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance”
4. Brady Corbet, “The Brutalist”
5. Sean Baker, “Anora”

Best Film:

1. Anora
2. Dune: Part Two
3. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
4. The Substance
5. The Brutalist
6. A Real Pain
7. Nosferatu
8. The Apprentice
9. Dìdi
10. The Seed of the Sacred Fig