The Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) have announced their nominations representing the best in film for 2022. The prestigious ceremony will be produced by DIGA Studios and Content.23 Media and live-streamed on the official HCA YouTube channel and HCA App from the historic Beverly Wilshire in Los Angeles, CA on Friday, February 24th beginning at 6 p.m. PST / 9 p.m. EST. The Creative Arts Nominations can be read here (those awards will be handed out a week earlier on February 17th, 2023). Here are this year’s nominees…
Best Picture
Avatar: The Way of Water
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once
RRR
TÁR
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Fabelmans
The Woman King
Top Gun: Maverick
Women Talking
Best Director
Baz Luhrmann – Elvis
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Gina Prince-Bythewood – The Woman King
James Cameron – Avatar: The Way of Water
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
Park Chan-wook – Decision to Leave
S.S. Rajamouli – RRR
Sarah Polley – Women Talking
Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans
Todd Field – TÁR
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett – TÁR
Danielle Deadwyler – Till
Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Viola Davis – The Woman King
Best Actor
Austin Butler – Elvis
Brendan Fraser – The Whale
Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin
Paul Mescal – Aftersun
Tom Cruise – Top Gun: Maverick
Best Supporting Actress
Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau – The Whale
Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Keke Palmer – Nope
Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin
Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Best Supporting Actor
Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin
Ben Whishaw – Women Talking
Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Best Adapted Screenplay
Guillermo del Toro & Patrick McHale – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Rebecca Lenkiewicz – She Said
Rian Johnson – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Samuel D. Hunter – The Whale
Sarah Polley – Women Talking
Best Original Screenplay
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
Seth Reiss & Will Tracy – The Menu
Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner – The Fabelmans
Todd Field – TÁR
Best Voice or Motion-Capture Performance
Antonio Banderas in Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Ewan McGregor in Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Jenny Slate in Marcel The Shell With Shoes On
Rosalie Chiang in Turning Red
Zoe Saldaña in Avatar: The Way of Water
Best Cast Ensemble
Babylon
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
The Woman King
Women Talking
Best First Feature
Charlotte Wells – Aftersun
Lila Neugebauer – Causeway
John Patton Ford – Emily the Criminal
Elegance Bratton – The Inspection
Domee Shi – Turning Red
Best Action Film
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
RRR
The Batman
The Woman King
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Comedy
Bros
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
The Menu
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Triangle of Sadness
Best Horror Film
Barbarian
Bones and All
Nope
The Black Phone
X
Best Indie Film
Aftersun
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Marcel The Shell With Shoes On
TÁR
Best Animated Film
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Marcel The Shell With Shoes On
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
The Bad Guys
Turning Red
Best Documentary Film
All the Beauty and The Bloodshed
Fire of Love
Good Night Oppy
Moonage Daydream
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me
Best International Film
All Quiet on the Western Front
Argentina, 1985
Close
Decision to Leave
RRR
Best Short Film
All Too Well: The Short Film
Moshari
North Star
Regret to Inform You
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