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paragraph_text: Accolades
  
  Upon its premiere at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, The Brutalist won five awards, including the Silver Lion. It was subsequently nominated for nine awards at the 30th Critics' Choice Awards, ten awards at the 97th Academy Awards including Best Picture. It ultimately won three of these, which were Best Cinematography, Best Score, and Best Lead Actor. It had seven nominations at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards, winning three for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director and Best Motion Picture – Drama. In addition, the American Film Institute named The Brutalist as one of the top 10 films of 2024.
  
  NPR included the film in their list of the best movies and TV of 2024, with critic Bob Mondello writing that The Brutalist is: "Gorgeous, conceptually stunning, and dizzying in its savagery about cracks in the foundation of the American dream."
  
  RogerEbert.com writers named The Brutalist to the top slot of the site's Ten Best Films of 2024, which is determined by Borda count of the site's writers.
  
  Filmmakers Tim Fehlbaum, Drew Goddard, Reinaldo Marcus Green, Don Hertzfeldt, Matt Johnson, Karyn Kusama, David Lowery, Lance Oppenheim, Paul Schrader, Celine Song, Oliver Stone, Denis Villeneuve, Malcolm Washington, and John Waters have cited it as among their favorite films of 2024.
  
  In December 2024, The Brutalist topped Collider ' s list of the "10 Best Drama Movies of the Last 25 Years", with Liam Gaughan writing: "Brady Corbet crafted a deeply thought-provoking story about the collapse of the American dream, the inescapable greed of capitalism, and the aggressive anti-Semitism that is still pertinent today... The Brutalist is an unforgettable film, and serves as a reminder that true innovations within the industry are still possible."
  
  In January 2025, Coachella Valley Independent named it "One of the Best Films of the 21st Century", with Bob Grimm writing: "You'll realize you are seeing genius and historic filmmaking in progress — a sprawling, majestic, 3 1/2-hour epic in which every frame is well-played."
  
  Vulture also included it on its list of "The Best Movies Over 3 Hours Long", calling it: "A film as colossal as the building at its heart."
  
  In April 2025, Urban List included it on its list of "14 of The Best Cinematography Movies Ever Made".
  
  Upon its premiere at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, The Brutalist won five awards, including the Silver Lion. It was subsequently nominated for nine awards at the 30th Critics' Choice Awards, ten awards at the 97th Academy Awards including Best Picture. It ultimately won three of these, which were Best Cinematography, Best Score, and Best Lead Actor. It had seven nominations at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards, winning three for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director and Best Motion Picture – Drama. In addition, the American Film Institute named The Brutalist as one of the top 10 films of 2024.
  
  NPR included the film in their list of the best movies and TV of 2024, with critic Bob Mondello writing that The Brutalist is: "Gorgeous, conceptually stunning, and dizzying in its savagery about cracks in the foundation of the American dream."
  
  RogerEbert.com writers named The Brutalist to the top slot of the site's Ten Best Films of 2024, which is determined by Borda count of the site's writers.
  
  Filmmakers Tim Fehlbaum, Drew Goddard, Reinaldo Marcus Green, Don Hertzfeldt, Matt Johnson, Karyn Kusama, David Lowery, Lance Oppenheim, Paul Schrader, Celine Song, Oliver Stone, Denis Villeneuve, Malcolm Washington, and John Waters have cited it as among their favorite films of 2024.
  
  In December 2024, The Brutalist topped Collider ' s list of the "10 Best Drama Movies of the Last 25 Years", with Liam Gaughan writing: "Brady Corbet crafted a deeply thought-provoking story about the collapse of the American dream, the inescapable greed of capitalism, and the aggressive anti-Semitism that is still pertinent today... The Brutalist is an unforgettable film, and serves as a reminder that true innovations within the industry are still possible."
  
  In January 2025, Coachella Valley Independent named it "One of the Best Films of the 21st Century", with Bob Grimm writing: "You'll realize you are seeing genius and historic filmmaking in progress — a sprawling, majestic, 3 1/2-hour epic in which every frame is well-played."
  
  Vulture also included it on its list of "The Best Movies Over 3 Hours Long", calling it: "A film as colossal as the building at its heart."
  
  In April 2025, Urban List included it on its list of "14 of The Best Cinematography Movies Ever Made".