Read the complete list of nominations for the 2023 North Carolina Film Critics Association awards, recognizing the best in film this past year. The winners will be unveiled on January 3rd, 2024.
BEST NARRATIVE FILM
American Fiction
Barbie
Godzilla Minus One
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Zone of Interest
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
American Symphony
May the Lord Watch: The Little Brother Story
The Mission
Silver Dollar Road
Still: A Michael J Fox Movie
BEST ANIMATED FILM
The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Nimona
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Anatomy Of A Fall
Godzilla Minus One
Past Lives
Perfect Days
The Zone of Interest
BEST DIRECTOR
Celine Song – Past Lives
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Barbie
John Wick: Chapter 4
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
BEST ACTOR
Colman Domingo – Rustin
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Charles Melton – May December
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
BEST ACTRESS
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller – Anatomy Of A Fall
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Margot Robbie – Barbie
Emma Stone – Poor Things
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
America Ferrera – Barbie
Julianne Moore – May December
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE IN ANIMATION OR MIXED MEDIA
Bradley Cooper – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Daniel Kaluuya – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Shameik Moore – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Chloë Grace Moretz – Nimona
Hailee Steinfeld – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Asteroid City
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anatomy Of A Fall
Barbie
The Holdovers
May December
Past Lives
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
All of Us Strangers
American Fiction
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
BEST EDITING
Barbie
John Wick: Chapter 4
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
The Creator
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Oppenheimer
BEST STUNT COORDINATION
Extraction 2
The Iron Claw
John Wick: Chapter 4
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Sisu
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Barbie
The Color Purple
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
BEST HAIR & MAKE-UP
Barbie
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Priscilla
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Asteroid City
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
BEST SCORE
The Killer
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Am I Dreaming – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Can’t Catch Me Now – The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
I’m Just Ken – Barbie
Peaches – The Super Mario Bros. Movie
What Was I Made For – Barbie
BEST SOUND DESIGN
John Wick: Chapter 4
The Killer
Oppenheimer
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Zone of Interest
BEST DIRECTORIAL DEBUT
Mel Eslyn – Biosphere
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
Michael B. Jordan – Creed III
Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou – Talk to Me
Celine Song – Past Lives
BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret
Milo Machado Graner – Anatomy Of A Fall
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Charles Melton – May December
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: Make-Up Artist
Rick Baker
Greg Cannom
Ve Neill
Tom Savini
Stan Winston
KEN HANKE MEMORIAL TAR HEEL AWARD
Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple
Julianne Moore – May December
Hunter Schafer – The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
May the Lord Watch: The Little Brother Story
Silver Dollar Road
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