Read the complete list of winners for the 2023 San Diego Film Critics Society awards, recognizing the best in film this past year.
Best Picture
Winner: Are You There God? Its Me, Margaret.
Runner-Up: Oppenheimer
Best Director
Winner: Martin Scorsese – Killers Of The Flower Moon
Runner-Up: Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Best Actor
Winner: Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction
Runner-Up: Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Best Actress
Winner: Lily Gladstone – Killers Of The Flower Moon
Runner-Up: Sandra Hüller – Anatomy Of A Fall
Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Runner-Up: Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Rachel Mcadams – Are You There God? Its Me, Margaret.
Runner-Up: Da’vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Best Comedic Performance
Winner: Michael Cera – Barbie
Runner-Up: Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
Best Youth Performance (for A Performer Under The Age Of 18)
Winner: Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There God? Its Me, Margaret.
Runner-Up: Milo Machado-Graner – Anatomy Of A Fall
Best Original Screenplay
Winner: Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach – Barbie
Runner-Up: David Hemingson – The Holdovers
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: Kelly Fremon Craig, Judy Blume – Are You There God? Its Me, Margaret.
Runner-Up: Percival Everett, Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
Best First Feature (Director)
Winner: Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
Runner-Up: Celine Song – Past Lives
Best Documentary
Winner: Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Runner-Up: 20 Days In Mariupol & Little Richard: I Am Everything tie
Best Animated Film
Winner: The Boy And The Heron
Runner-Up: Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner: Anatomy Of A Fall
Runner-Up: Godzilla Minus One & The Zone Of Interest tie
Best Editing
Winner: Laurent Sénéchal – Anatomy Of A Fall
Runner-Up: Jennifer Lame – Oppenheimer
Best Cinematography
Winner: Rodrigo Prieto – Killers Of The Flower Moon
Runner-Up: Hoyte Van Hoytema – Oppenheimer
Best Production Design
Winner: Sarah Greenwood – Barbie
Runner-Up: Ruth De Jong – Oppenheimer
Best Visual Effects
Winner: Godzilla Minus One
Runner-Up: Poor Things
Best Costume Design
Winner: Jacqueline Durran, Charlotte Finlay, Hope Slepak – Barbie
Runner-Up: Holly Waddington, Vincent Dumas, Zsuzsa Stenger – Poor Things
Best Sound Design
Winner: The Zone Of Interest
Runner-Up: Oppenheimer
Best Use Of Music
Winner: Barbie
Runner-Up: Air
Best Stunt Choreography
Winner: John Wick: Chapter 4
Runner-Up: Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning
Best Ensemble
Winner: The Holdovers
Runner-Up: Barbie & A Haunting In Venice tie
Breakthrough Actor
Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There God? Its Me, Margaret
Special Award for Body of Work – 3 Credits
Nicolas Cage – Dream Scenario, The Flash, The Old Way, Renfield, The Retirement Plan and Sympathy For The Devil
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