The organization is voting on its selections for best picture, director, actor, actress, supporting actor and actress, screenplay and cinematography.

Nickel Boys was named best picture in the 59th National Society Of Film Critics vote on Saturday, while Payal Kapadia earned the best director award for her Indian drama All We Imagine As Light.

With 'Nickel Boys' taking Best Film, the National Society of Film Critics also recognized 'A Real Pain', 'Sing Sing' and 'Hard Truths'.

Voting for the National Society of Film Critics Awards is underway, with films like “Nickel Boys” and “A Real Pain” taking home top honors. “Nickel Boys” took home the Best Picture prize with “Anora” and “All We Imagine as Light” as runner ups.

Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Nickel Boys, is based on the harrowing true story of a hellish reform school, Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Florida, at which more than 100 students died from abuse.

The National Society of Film Critics announced their choices for the best film achievements of 2024 on Saturday, Jan. 4, and the big winner was Nickel Boys, which claimed Best Picture. Scroll down for the complete list of winners and runners-up.

RaMell Ross' adaptation of Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel beat out runners-up "Anora" and "All We Imagine as Light," the latter of which did score Best Director and Best Foreign-Language Film.

Jomo Fray's cinematography was also honored by the organization. The drama of two young men incarcerated at an inhumane school for boys in Florida, filmed almost entirely in first person, won the top award comfortably over runners-up "Anora" and "All We Imagine as Light.