Members of the Portland Critics Association are pleased to announce the nominees for our annual awards, honoring the best films, filmmakers, actors and other achievements of 2022.
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s Everything Everywhere All at Once leads the pack with 14 nominations, followed by Damien Chazelle’s Babylon with 8 nominations, and James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water with 7 nominations.
Final votes will occur this week, with winners announced on January 16th. Please see below for the full list of nominees in each category.
Best Picture
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
- Tár
- The Banshees of Inisherin
- Top Gun: Maverick
Best Director
- Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
- James Cameron, Avatar: The Way of Water
- S.S. Rajamouli, RRR
- Todd Field, Tár
Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Adam Driver, White Noise
- Austin Butler, Elvis
- Brendan Fraser, The Whale
- Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
- Park Hae-il, Decision to Leave
- Tom Cruise, Top Gun: Maverick
Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Cate Blanchett, Tár
- Margot Robbie, Babylon
- Mia Goth, Pearl
- Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Anthony Hopkins, Armageddon Time
- Brad Pitt, Babylon
- Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Paul Dano, The Fabelmans
- Rory Kinnear, Men
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Dolly De Leon, Triangle of Sadness
- Hong Chau, The Whale
- Keke Palmer, Nope
- Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Ensemble Cast
- Amsterdam
- Babylon
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Glass Onion
- Jackass Forever
- The Menu
Best Animated Feature
- Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
- Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
- Mad God
- Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
- Puss ‘N Boots: The Last Wish
- Turning Red
Best Documentary Feature
- All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
- Fire of Love
- Good Night, Oppy
- Moonage Daydream
Best Film Not in the English Language
- Athena
- Decision to Leave
- EO
- Happening
- RRR
Best Comedy Feature
- Bros
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Jackass Forever
- The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
- Triangle of Sadness
- White Noise
Best Horror Feature
- Barbarian
- Bones and All
- Men
- Pearl
- X
Best Science Fiction Feature
- After Yang
- Avatar: The Way of Water
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Nope
- Prey
Best Screenplay
- Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Jeong Seo-kyeong and Park Chan-wook, Decision to Leave
- Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
- Rian Johnson, Glass Onion
- Todd Field, Tár
Best Cinematography
- Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick
- Greig Fraser, The Batman
- Hoyte van Hoytema, Nope
- Kim Ji-yong, Decision to Leave
- Linus Sandgren, Babylon
- Russell Carpenter, Avatar: The Way of Water
Best Original Score
- Alexandre Desplat, Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio
- Justin Hurwitz, Babylon
- M.M. Keeravaani, RRR
- Michael Giacchino, The Batman
Best Costume Design
- Catherine Martin, Elvis
- Mary Zophres, Babylon
- Ruth E. Carter, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Shirley Kurata, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Production Design
- Avatar: The Way of Water
- Babylon
- Elvis
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Glass Onion
Best Sound Design
- Avatar: The Way of Water
- Babylon
- Elvis
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Nope
- Top Gun: Maverick
Best Visual Effects
- Avatar: The Way of Water
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Nope
- Top Gun: Maverick
Best Stunts or Action Choreography
- Avatar: The Way of Water
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- RRR
- The Batman
- Top Gun: Maverick
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