The 2023 DiscussingFilm Critic Award (DFCA) Nominations

The DiscussingFilm Critic Awards (DFCA) is an annual event run by DiscussingFilm, one of the largest online entertainment outlets, that celebrates the most noteworthy films of the year as voted by a diverse range of highly established film critics, awards pundits, and influential voices from around the globe. DFCA members include journalists from notable outlets including The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Empire, The Wrap, Little White Lies, The Independent, and more.

The winners of the 5th Annual DiscussingFilm Critic Awards will be announced on January 6th, 2024.

BEST PICTURE
All Of Us Strangers
Anatomy Of A Fall
Barbie
Killers Of The Flower Moon
May December
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
The Zone Of Interest

BEST DIRECTOR
Martin Scorsese – Killers Of The Flower Moon
Todd Haynes – May December
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
Jonathan Glazer – The Zone Of Interest

BEST ACTRESS
Sandra Huller – Anatomy Of A Fall
Teyana Taylor – A Thousand And One
Lily Gladstone – Killers Of The Flower Moon
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Emma Stone – Poor Things

BEST ACTOR
Andrew Scott – All Of Us Strangers
Zac Efron – The Iron Claw
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Colman Domingo – Rustin

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Glenn Howerton – BlackBerry
Robert De Niro – Killers Of The Flower Moon
Charles Melton – May December
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Julianne Moore – May December
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Anatomy Of A Fall
The Boy And The Heron
Fallen Leaves
Godzilla Minus One
Monster
Perfect Days
Society Of The Snow
The Taste Of Things
Totem
The Zone Of Interest

BEST ENSEMBLE
Barbie
The Color Purple
Killers Of The Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

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 CINEMATOGRAPHY
Killers Of The Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Saltburn

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Boy And The Heron
Killers Of The Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Barbie
The Color Purple
Killers Of The Flower Moon
Poor Things
Priscilla

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Asteroid City
Barbie
Beau is Afraid
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

BEST FILM EDITING
Anatomy Of A Fall
John Wick: Chapter 4
Killers Of The Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

BEST SOUND
Killers Of The Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
The Zone Of Interest

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Barbie
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“I’m Just Ken” – Barbie
“What was I Made For” – Barbie
“Road To Freedom” – Rustin
“Peaches” – The Super Mario Bros. Movie
“Camp Isn’t Home” – Theater Camp

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Creator
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
American Symphony
Beyond Utopia
Four Daughters
Still: A Michael J Fox Movie
20 Days in Mariupol

BEST ANIMATED FILM
The Boy And The Heron
Elemental
The Peasants
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

BEST DEBUT FEATURE
American Fiction
A Thousand And One
Past Lives
Rye Lane
Talk To Me

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Abby Ryder Forston – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers
Charles Melton – May December
Cailee Spaney – Priscilla
Sophie Wilde – Talk To Me

BEST STUNT ENSEMBLE
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Extraction 2
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
John Wick: Chapter 4
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

BEST INDEPENDENT FILM
A Thousand And One
How To Have Sex
Passages
Past Lives
Skinamarink

BEST COMEDY
Barbie
Bottoms
Dream Scenario
The Holdovers
Poor Things

BEST HORROR FILM
Evil Dead Rise
Saw X
Scream VI
Skinamarink
Talk To Me

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