Released in 2024,The Brutalistwas met with a ravenous response to almost everyone who saw it.

Reviews praised the work of fiction for its massive scope and moving portrait of survival and trauma.

This made the film a contender for several2025 Oscars nominations, from the biggest prize to multiple below-the-line categories.

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Before and afterThe Brutalist’s AI controversy, the movie received awards recognition throughout the season.

That’s whyThe Brutalistlooked like a frontrunner towin the 2025 Oscars Best Picturecategory for a while.

It has won its fair share of awards.

László showing his blueprint to a huddle of men with umbrellas in The Brutalist

In addition to a Best Picture nomination,Corbet was nominated in Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.

The movie received validation of that standing throughout awards season.

The Brutalisthas 14 wins in categories that are similar to Best Picture at the Oscars.

Adrien Brody raising his eyebrows in The Brutalist

The biggest of these wins came from the Golden Globes for Best Motion Picture, Drama.

However, the movie failed to win similar categories at any other major precursors.

That puts the film behindAnora’s awards wins, which has over 20 wins in these types of categories.

Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones sitting together at a dinner table in The Brutalist

That has allowed him to win more awards than most of his fellowOscars 2025 Best Actor nominees.

His various wins are a key reason he became the frontrunner to win the Academy Award.

The result is Corbet having the most wins in directing categories for anyone during this season.

Three men in silhouette walking into the darkness of a marble quarry in The Brutalist

He has the second most wins of the 2025 Oscar nominees in the category.

Guy Pearce has won 12 awards forThe Brutalist, but that number drops a bit after a few qualifiers.

The SBIFF win for Cinema Vanguard Award is an honored award not based solely on his performance inThe Brutalist.

Guy Pearce as Van Buren in The Brutalist

Furthermore, he tied at CICA with Clarence Maclin.

That leaves Pearce with 10 outright wins in Best Supporting Actor categories.

Crawley’s cinematography was a constant winner, receiving victories at BAFTA and several awards from critics.

Adrian Brody stands atop a pile of dirt as László Tóth looking at two other men in The Brutalist

Daniel Blumberg’s score was also very well-received, as it has won 13 awards.

The rest ofThe Brutalist’s award wins mostly come from Production Design and the screenplay.

Corbet and Mona Fastvold’s script and Judy Becker’s production design have each won eight awards.

Headshot Of Adrien Brody

There have also been two victories for David Jancso’s editing and a few other awards.

The current tally for how many awardsThe Brutalisthas won is 117.

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