It is once again time for the ButteredPopcorn Movie Awards! Celebrating the best releases of 2023! This is a strictly fun exercise to give attention to the incredible talent that battled through one of the most challenging years in recent memory and still produced some incredible work! Without further ado, here are the official 2024 ButteredPopcorn Movie Award Winners!
Best Sound Design:
- Asteroid City
- Ferrari
- Maestro (WINNER)
- Oppenheimer
Best Animation Design:
- Elemental
- Migration
- The Peasants
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (WINNER)
Best Visual Design:
- Asteroid City
- Barbie
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
- Poor Things (WINNER)
Best Costume Design:
- Barbie (WINNER)
- The Creator
- The Marvels
- Poor Things
Best Production Design:
- Asteroid City
- Barbie (WINNER)
- Oppenheimer
- Poor Things
Best Makeup & Hairstyling:
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (WINNER)
- Maestro
- Poor Things
- Society of the Snow
Best Visual Effects:
- The Creator
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
- Poor Things (WINNER)
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best Film Editing:
- Maestro (WINNER)
- Oppenheimer
- Poor Things
- Reality
Best Cinematography:
- A Haunting in Venice (WINNER)
- La Chimera
- Maestro
- Poor Things
Best Original Song:
- Can't Catch Me Now (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes)
- Dance the Night (Barbie)
- I'm Just Ken (Barbie) (WINNER)
- Quiet Eyes (Past Lives)
- Speed Drive (Barbie)
- What Was I Made For? (Barbie)
Best Score:
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Oppenheimer
- Poor Things (WINNER)
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best Solo Directorial Debut:
- A.V. Rockwell (A Thousand and One) (WINNER)
- Celine Song (Past Lives)
- Chloe Domont (Fair Play)
- Michael B. Jordan (Creed III)
- Rightor Doyle (Down Low)
- Savanah Leaf (Earth Mama)
Best Foreign Language Feature:
- Afire
- The Eternal Memory
- Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
- La Chimera (WINNER)
- Mamacruz
- Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
Best Documentary Feature:
- 20 Days in Mariupol
- The Eternal Memory
- The Mission
- Orlando, My Political Biography
- Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
- The Stroll (WINNER)
Best Animated Feature:
- The Boy and the Heron
- Elemental (WINNER)
- Leo
- PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
- The Peasants
- Robot Dreams
Best Youth Performance:
- Aaron Kingsley Adetola (A Thousand and One)
- Abby Ryder Fortson (Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.)
- Chase W. Dillon (Haunted Mansion)
- Jude Hill (A Haunting in Venice)
- Lola Campbell (Scrapper) (WINNER)
- Madeleine Yuna Voyles (The Creator)
Best Voiceover Performance:
- Adam Sandler (Leo)
- Bradley Cooper (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3)
- Leah Lewis (Elemental)
- Mamoudou Athie (Elemental) (WINNER)
- Masaki Suda (The Boy and the Heron)
- Soma Santoki (The Boy and the Heron)
Best Ensemble:
- Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
- Barbie
- The Iron Claw
- May December
- Oppenheimer
- Poor Things (WINNER)
Best Adapted Screenplay:
- Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
- Barbie
- A Haunting in Venice
- Knock at the Cabin
- Oppenheimer
- Poor Things (WINNER)
Best Original Screenplay:
- The Holdovers
- The Iron Claw (WINNER)
- La Chimera
- Mamacruz
- May December
- A Thousand and One
Best Supporting Actress:
- America Ferrera (Barbie)
- Da'Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers) (WINNER)
- Julianne Moore (May December)
- Rachel McAdams (Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.)
- Tilda Swinton (The Killer)
- Viola Davis (Air)
Best Supporting Actor:
- Charles Melton (May December)
- Dominic Sessa (The Holdovers)
- Holt McCallany (The Iron Claw)
- Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things) (WINNER)
- Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer)
- Ryan Gosling (Barbie)
Best Actress:
- Emma Stone (Poor Things)
- Kiti Mánver (Mamacruz)
- Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon) (WINNER)
- Natalie Portman (May December)
- Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall)
- Teyana Taylor (A Thousand and One)
Best Actor:
- Bradley Cooper (Maestro)
- Josh O'Connor (La Chimera)
- Koji Yakusho (Perfect Days)
- Matt Damon (Air)
- Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers) (WINNER)
- Zac Efron (The Iron Claw)
Best Director:
- Alice Rohrwacher (La Chimera)
- Bradley Cooper (Maestro)
- Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)
- Greta Gerwig (Barbie)
- Sean Durkin (The Iron Claw) (WINNER)
- Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things)
The Golden Popcorn Legacy Award:
Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau's legacy as an artist continues to live on to this day. Developing a wide array of output across multiple mediums throughout his life, Cocteau pushed the boundaries of not just what an artist could be, but what art itself could represent. His feature films included revolutionary ideas both in subject and narrative with Cocteau's unique queer perspective shining brightly in The Blood of a Poet. Cocteau's non-cinematic works also created a rich foundation for adaptation including Pedro Almodóvar's 2023 short film, Strange Way of Life. Cocteau's style still is influential to the form today and his inspired touch can still be felt as one of the brightest spots of early cinema.
The Golden Popcorn in Filmmaking Award:
Hayao Miyazaki
After retiring in 2013 with The Wind Rises, Hayao Miyazaki's name returned to the big screen as director with The Boy and the Heron. Beyond just his philosophical effort within this feature, Miyazaki's impact on the world of film and anime is undeniable. Bursting onto the scene as an in-between animator in the 1960s before finally finding his voice as a director and working to systematically change the anime industry with the founding of Studio Ghibli, Miyazaki not only created the gold standard for the anime medium in Japan but also is responsible for the biggest works that translated to success across the world. Miyazaki brought home the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2003 for his masterpiece Spirited Away which remains the only anime title to take home the prize. Creating 12 feature films throughout his career, up to this point, Miyazaki's filmography is a rich journey through history that is reflective not only of masterful storytelling, but also a poetic exploration of the deeper dreams and ghosts found within Miyazaki himself with the reality of his soul blending with imaginative fantasy.
The Golden Popcorn in Acting Award:
Lily Gladstone
While still early in her career, Lily Gladstone has already proven to be one of the most talented actors working today. In all 4 of her 2023 acting efforts: Hokti in Reservation Dogs, Tana in The Unknown Country, Jax in Fancy Dance, and most famously Mollie in Killers of the Flower Moon, Gladstone has demonstrated both vulnerability and power, proving the complexity of her ability and emotional layers she can achieve. In a film containing the talents of Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemons, Brendan Fraser, and John Lithgow, it says something that Killers of the Flower Moon is a film belonging to Gladstone and her on-screen presence.
Best Picture:
- Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
- Barbie (WINNER)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
- The Iron Claw
- Oppenheimer
- Poor Things
