Critics Choice Awards 2024: Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer Secures Best Picture

Renowned filmmaker Christopher Nolan's biopic drama film Oppenheimer bagged the Best Picture award at the Critics Choice Awards 2024. Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Critics Choice Awards shared a post which they captioned, "Congratulations to Oppenheimer The film has won the #CriticsChoice Award for BEST PICTURE!" Earlier today, Oppenheimer also bagged awards for Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, Best Score, and Best Acting Ensemble. Oppenheimer Movie Review: Cillian Murphy is Outstanding in Christopher Nolan’s Riveting Look Into the 'Father of the Atom Bomb' (LatestLY Exclusive).

Oppenheimer beat out other nominees Barbie, The Color Purple, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Past Lives, Poor Things, and Saltburn. The biopic, set during World War II, follows Oppenheimer, known as the Father of the Atomic Bomb, during a period in history when he understood that testing the atomic bomb would ignite the atmosphere and destroy the world, yet he pushed the button anyway. Oppenheimer is played by Cillian Murphy, who is securing the lead for the first time in a Christopher Nolan film. Having previously starred in Inception, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, and Dunkirk, Murphy has been a mainstay in many of Nolan's movies. Oppenheimer: Will Christopher Nolan's Biopic on the Father of Atom Bomb Release in Japan? Here's What We Know!.

Critics Choice Awards 2024 Honors Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer as Best Picture:

The star-studded cast includes Rami Malek, Kenneth Branagh, Benny Safdie, Dane DeHaan, Jack Quaid, Matthew Modine, Alden Ehrenreich, Josh Peck, Jason Clarke, David Dastmalchian, Alex Wolff, James D'Arcy, and many others. Florence Pugh plays Jean Tatlock, Emily Blunt plays Kitty Oppenheimer, Robert Downey Jr. plays Lewis Strauss and Matt Damon. The film was released on July 21.