North Carolina Film Critics Association Awards

Best Animated Feature

Year Winner Recipients
2024 The Wild Robot
2023 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2022 Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
2021 The Mitchells vs. the Machines
2020 Soul
2019 Toy Story 4
2018 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2017 Coco
2016 Zootopia
2015 Inside Out
2014 The Lego Movie

Best International Film

Year Winner Recipients
2024 All We Imagine as Light
2023 Anatomy of a Fall
2022 RRR
2021 Drive My Car
2020 Another Round
2019 Parasite
2018 Roma
2017 Okja
2016 The Handmaiden
2015 Phoenix
2014 Force Majeure

Best Director

Year Winner Recipients
2024 Dune: Part Two Denis Villeneuve
2023 Oppenheimer Christopher Nolan
2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
2021 The Power of the Dog Jane Campion
2020 Nomadland Chloé Zhao
2019 Parasite Bong Joon-ho
2018 Roma Alfonso Cuarón
2017 Get Out Jordan Peele
2016 La La Land Damien Chazelle
2015 Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
2014 Boyhood Richard Linklater

Best Actor

Year Winner Recipients
2024 Sing Sing Colman Domingo
2023 Oppenheimer Cillian Murphy
2022 The Banshees of Inisherin Colin Farrell
2021 The Power of the Dog Benedict Cumberbatch
2020 Da 5 Bloods Delroy Lindo
2019 Marriage Story Adam Driver
2018 First Reformed Ethan Hawke
2017 Darkest Hour Gary Oldman
2016 Manchester by the Sea Casey Affleck
2015 Steve Jobs Michael Fassbender
2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Michael Keaton

Best Supporting Actor

Year Winner Recipients
2024 A Real Pain Kieran Culkin
2023 Oppenheimer Robert Downey Jr.
2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once Ke Huy Quan
2021 The Power of the Dog Kodi Smit-McPhee
2020 The Trial of the Chicago 7 Sacha Baron Cohen
2019 Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood Brad Pitt
2018 Black Panther Michael B. Jordan
2017 The Florida Project Willem Dafoe
2016 Hell or High Water Jeff Bridges
2015 Spotlight Mark Ruffalo
2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Edward Norton

Best Actress

Year Winner Recipients
2024 Anora Mikey Madison
2023 Killers of the Flower Moon Lily Gladstone
2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once Michelle Yeoh
2021 The Eyes of Tammy Faye Jessica Chastain
2020 Nomadland Frances McDormand
2019 Us Lupita Nyong'o
2018 The Favourite Olivia Colman
2017 The Shape of Water Sally Hawkins
2016 La La Land Emma Stone
2015 Brooklyn Saoirse Ronan
2014 The Babadook Essie Davis

Best Supporting Actress

Year Winner Recipients
2024 The Substance Margaret Qualley
2023 The Holdovers Da'Vine Joy Randolph
2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once Stephanie Hsu
2021 Mass Ann Dowd
2020 Minari Youn Yuh-jung
2019 Little Women Florence Pugh
2018 If Beale Street Could Talk Regina King
2017 Lady Bird Laurie Metcalf
2016 Fences Viola Davis
2015 Ex Machina Alicia Vikander
2014 Boyhood Patricia Arquette

Best Original Screenplay

Year Winner Recipients
2024 The Brutalist Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
2023 Barbie Noah Baumbach, Greta Gerwig
2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
2021 Licorice Pizza Paul Thomas Anderson
2020 Minari Lee Isaac Chung
2019 Parasite Bong Joon-ho, Han Jin-won
2018 The Favourite Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara
2017 Get Out Jordan Peele
2016 Hell or High Water Taylor Sheridan
2015 Spotlight Josh Singer, Tom McCarthy
2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson

Best Adapted Screenplay

Year Winner Recipients
2024 Conclave Peter Straughan
2023 Oppenheimer Christopher Nolan
2022 Women Talking Sarah Polley
2021 The Power of the Dog Jane Campion
2020 Nomadland Chloé Zhao
2019 Little Women Greta Gerwig
2018 If Beale Street Could Talk Barry Jenkins
2017 The Disaster Artist Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber
2016 Arrival Eric Heisserer
2015 The Big Short Charles Randolph, Adam McKay
2014 Guardians of the Galaxy James Gunn, Nicole Perlman

Best Ensemble

Year Winner Recipients
2024 Conclave
2023 Oppenheimer
2021 Mass

Best Documentary

Year Winner Recipients
2023 Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie