Read the complete list of nominations for the 2023 St. Louis Film Critics Association awards, recognizing the best in film this past year. The winners will be unveiled on December 17th, 2023.
BEST FILM
American Fiction
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
Oppenheimer
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
May December
Past Lives
The Zone of Interest
BEST DIRECTOR
Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Todd Haynes – May December
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
Celine Song – Past Lives
BEST ACTOR
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction
BEST ACTRESS
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Natalie Portman – May December
Margot Robbie – Barbie
Emma Stone – Poor Things
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Sterling K. Brown – American Fiction
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Charles Melton – May December
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
Viola Davis – Air
Rachel McAdams –
Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret
Julianne Moore – May December
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
BEST ENSEMBLE
Asteroid City
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
American Fiction
Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
The Zone of Interest
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Air
Barbie
Anatomy of a Fall
The Holdovers
Past Lives
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Asteroid City
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
The Zone of Interest
BEST EDITING
The Holdovers
The Killer
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Asteroid City
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Priscilla
BEST MUSIC SCORE
Killers of the Flower Moon
May December
Oppenheimer
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
The Zone of Interest
BEST MUSIC SOUNDTRACK
Air
Barbie
The Holdovers
The Killer
Maestro
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Creator
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Godzilla Minus One
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Oppenheimer
BEST STUNTS
Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny
The Iron Claw
John Wick: Chapter 4
The Killer
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
Anatomy of a Fall
Fallen Leaves
Perfect Days
The Teachers’ Lounge
The Zone of Interest
BEST ACTION MOVIE
Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny
John Wick: Chapter 4
The Killer
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
BEST COMEDY
American Fiction
Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret
Barbie
Bottoms
The Holdovers
BEST DOCUMENTARY
American Symphony
Beyond Utopia
It Ain’t Over
Menus Plaisirs Les Troisgros
Still A Michael J. Fox Movie
BEST HORROR
Evil Dead Rise
Knock at the Cabin
M3GAN
Talk to Me
Skinamarink
BEST SCENE
Barbie – Gloria (America Ferrara)’s monologue on impossible standards for women
John Wick: Chapter 4 – Staircase Fight
Killers of the Flower Moon – The radio show finale
Maestro – Leonard Bernstein conducting London Symphony in Mahler’s Second Symphony in Ely Cathedral
Oppenheimer – Trinity Test
still courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter or Instagram or like us on Facebook.
The EIC of the coincidentally-named keithlovesmovies.com. A Canadian who prefers to get out of the cold and into the warmth of a movie theatre.
