8th Annual Friendly Film Fan Awards Nominees

​Hello all, and welcome back to The Friendly Film Fan! 2023 was an excellent year for cinema, and to that end, it’s time to celebrate what a special year it was. If you tuned in to our Instagram live earlier, you’re already familiar with how this list is going to work, but for those of you who didn’t get a chance, The Friendly Film Fan Awards patterns itself after the Oscar Nominations with a few light twists: Costume Design and Makeup & Hairstyling are combined and expanded under the category of Best Character Design, and The Friendly Film Fan Awards includes the additional categories of Best Ensemble and Best Stunt Ensemble. We also do away with Best Animated, International, and Documentary Feature categories, as well as the Short Films. With all those changes out of the way, let’s recap our choices for the best in cinema over the previous year. Here is the full list of the 2024 Friendly Film Fan Awards Nominees!

Best Picture:

• Anatomy of a Fall
• Barbie
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Maestro
• May December
• Oppenheimer
• Past Lives
• Poor Things
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• The Zone of Interest

 
Best Director:

• Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall
• Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
• Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
• Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
• Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest

 
Best Actor:

• Bradley Cooper, Maestro
• Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers of the Flower Moon
• Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
• Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
• Teo Yoo, Past Lives

 
Best Actress:

• Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
• Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall
• Greta Lee, Past Lives
• Carey Mulligan, Maestro
• Emma Stone, Poor Things

 
Best Supporting Actor:

• Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon
• Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
• Ryan Gosling, Barbie
• Milo Machado Graner, Anatomy of a Fall
• Charles Melton, May December

 
Best Supporting Actress:

• Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
• Rachel McAdams, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
• Julianne Moore, May December
• Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
• Maura Tierney, The Iron Claw

 
Best Ensemble:

• Barbie
• The Holdovers
• The Iron Claw
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Oppenheimer

 
Best Stunt Ensemble:

• Creed III
• Gran Turismo
• The Iron Claw
• John Wick: Chapter 4
• Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

 
Best Cinematography:

• Dan Laustsen, John Wick: Chapter 4
• Matthew Libatique, Maestro
• Hoyte van Hoytema, Oppenheimer
• Robbie Ryan, Poor Things
• Łukasz Żal, The Zone of Interest

 
Best Film Editing:

• Daniel Garber, How to Blow Up a Pipeline
• Thelma Schoonmaker, Killers of the Flower Moon
• Affonso Gonçalves, May December
• Jennifer Lame, Oppenheimer
• Paul Watts, The Zone of Interest

 
Best Production Design:

• Adam Stockhausen, Asteroid City
• Sarah Greenwood, Barbie
• Jack Fisk, Killers of the Flower Moon
• Shona Heath and James Price, Poor Things
• Chris Oddy, The Zone of Interest

 
Best Character Design:

• Barbie
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Poor Things
• Priscilla
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

 
Best Score:

• Robbie Robertson, Killers of the Flower Moon
• Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer
• Justin Fendrix, Poor Things
• RADWIMPS & Kazuma Jinnouchi, Suzume
• Daniel Pemberton, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

 
Best Screenplay:

• Arthur Harari and Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall
• Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
• Samy Burch, May December
• Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
• Celine Song, Past Lives

 
Best Visual Effects:

• The Creator
• Godzilla Minus One
• Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
• Oppenheimer
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

 
Best Sound Design:

• The Creator
• Maestro
• Oppenheimer
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse​
  
• The Zone of Interest