Read the complete list of nominations for the 2023 International Film Society Critics awards, recognizing the best in film this past year. The winners will be unveiled on March 1st, 2024.
BEST PICTURE
All Of Us Strangers
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Holdovers
The Zone of Interest
BEST DIRECTOR
Celine Song – Past Lives
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Justine Triet – Anatomy of a Fall
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
BEST LEAD ACTOR
Andrew Scott – All Of Us Strangers
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Teo Yoo – Past Lives
Zac Efron – The Iron Claw
BEST LEAD ACTRESS
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Margot Robbie – Barbie
Emma Stone – Poor Things
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Charles Melton – May December
Jaime Bell – All Of Us Strangers
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Claire Foy – All Of Us Strangers
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
Julianne Moore – May December
Sandra Hüller – The Zone of Interest
Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
BEST YOUNG PERFORMER
Abby Ryder Forston
Arianna Greenblatt
Seung-ah Moon
Calah Lane
Milo Machado-Graner
Madeleine Yuna Voyles
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
The Holdovers
The Iron Claw
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
May December
Past Lives
The Holovers
The Iron Claw
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
All Of Us Strangers
American Fiction
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest
BEST ACTION FILM
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3
John Wick Chapter 4
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning – Part One
Polite Society
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
BEST COMEDY / MUSICAL
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Barbie
Poor Things
Bottoms
The Holdovers
Rye Lane
BEST HORROR/SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE
Evil Dead Rise
Godzilla Minus One
M3GAN
Infinity Pool
Talk to Me
The Creator
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Elementary
Nimona
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Suzume
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
The Boy and the Heron
BEST DOCUMENTARY
20 Days in Mariupol
American Symphony
Beyond Utopia
Four Daughters
Kokomo City
Still: A Michael J. Fox Story
BEST FIRST FEATURE
A Thousand and One
Past Lives
American Fiction
Talk to Me
How to Have Sex
Rye Lane
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
John Wick Chapter 4
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Saltburn
The Zone of Interest
BEST FILM EDITING
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
John Wick Chapter 4
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Asteroid City
Barbie
John Wick Chapter 4
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Zone of Interest
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
«Am I Dreaming?» – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
«Dance The Night» – Barbie
«Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People) – Killers of the Flower Moon
«Camp Isn’t Home» – Theater Camp
«I’m Just Ken» – Barbie
«What Was I Made For» – Barbie
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
Barbie
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Priscilla
Society of the Snow
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Priscilla
Napoleon
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
John Wick Chapter 4
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
The Creator
BEST SOUND DESIGN
Godzilla Minus One
John Wick Chapter 4
The Zone of Interest
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning – Part One
The Killer
Oppenheimer
BEST STUNTS/CHOREOGRAPHY
Barbie
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning – Part One
Polite Society
John Wick Chapter 4
The Killer
The Iron Claw
BODY OF WORK
Ayo Edebiri – Bottoms, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem; Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Theater Camp, The Sweet East
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction, Rustin, Asteroid City
Sandra Hüller – The Zone of Interest, Anatomy of a Fall, Sisi & I
Colman Domingo – Rustin, The Color Purple, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, Ruby Gillman Teenage Kraken
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon, The Unknow Country, Quantum Cowboys
Willem Dafoe – Asteroid City, Poor Things, Inside, Finally Dawn
EXCEEDING (ONE-INCH) BARRIERS
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
Godzilla Minus One
Past Lives
Society of the Snow
The Zone of Interest
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