The Phoenix Critics Circle are pleased to announce the recipients of their 2023 awards…
A24’s Past Lives took home only one award, but it was the big one: Best Picture. Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer took home the most awards, bringing in a total of four, followed closely by The Holdovers, starring Paul Giamatti, at three, and trippy Emma Stone vehicle Poor Things grabbed two.
Keep reading for the full list of the PCC nominees and winners in each category:
BEST PICTURE
- THE HOLDOVERS
- KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
- OPPENHEIMER
- PAST LIVES – WINNER
- POOR THINGS
- THE ZONE OF INTEREST
BEST COMEDY FILM
- AMERICAN FICTION
- ASTEROID CITY
- BARBIE
- BOTTOMS
- THE HOLDOVERS – WINNER
BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM
- ASTEROID CITY
- THE CREATOR
- GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3
- INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY
- INFINITY POOL
- THEY CLONED TYRONE – WINNER
BEST HORROR FILM
- EVIL DEAD RISE
- NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU
- TALK TO ME – WINNER
- THANKSGIVING
- WHEN EVIL LURKS
BEST ANIMATED FILM
- THE BOY AND THE HERON
- ELEMENTAL
- SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE – WINNER
- TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM
- WISH
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
- ANATOMY OF A FALL
- FALLEN LEAVES
- GODZILLA MINUS ONE
- PERFECT DAYS
- THE ZONE OF INTEREST – WINNER
BEST DOCUMENTARY
- 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL
- AMERICAN SYMPHONY
- BEYOND UTOPIA
- THE MISSION
- STILL: A MICHAEL J. FOX MOVIE – WINNER
BEST ACTOR
- BRADLEY COOPER, MAESTRO
- LEONARDO DICAPRIO, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
- PAUL GIAMATTI, THE HOLDOVERS
- BARRY KEOGHAN, SALTBURN
- CILLIAN MURPHY, OPPENHEIMER – WINNER
- JEFFREY WRIGHT, AMERICAN FICTION
BEST ACTRESS
- LILY GLADSTONE, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
- SANDRA HÜLLER, ANATOMY OF A FALL
- GRETA LEE, PAST LIVES
- NATALIE PORTMAN, MAY DECEMBER
- MARGOT ROBBIE, BARBIE
- EMMA STONE, POOR THINGS – WINNER
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- WILLEM DAFOE, POOR THINGS
- ROBERT DOWNEY JR., OPPENHEIMER – WINNER
- RYAN GOSLING, BARBIE
- MARK RUFFALO, POOR THINGS
- DOMINIC SESSA, THE HOLDOVERS
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- EMILY BLUNT, OPPENHEIMER
- PENELOPE CRUZ, FERRARI
- RACHEL MCADAMS, ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET.
- JULIANNE MOORE, MAY DECEMBER
- ROSAMUND PIKE, SALTBURN
- DA’VINE JOY RANDOLPH, THE HOLDOVERS – WINNER
BEST DIRECTOR
- GRETA GERWIG, BARBIE
- JONATHAN GLAZER, THE ZONE OF INTEREST
- YORGOS LANTHIMOS, POOR THINGS – WINNER
- CHRISTOPHER NOLAN, OPPENHEIMER
- MARTIN SCORSESE, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
- CELINE SONG, PAST LIVES
BEST SCREENPLAY
- GRETA GERWIG AND NOAH BAUMBACH, BARBIE
- DAVID HEMINGSON, THE HOLDOVERS – WINNER
- CORD JEFFERSON, AMERICAN FICTION
- TONY MCNAMARA AND ALASDAIR GRAY, POOR THINGS
- CELINE SONG, PAST LIVES
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- HOYTE VAN HOYTEMA, OPPENHEIMER – WINNER
- MATTHEW LIBATIQUE, MAESTRO
- RODRIGO PRIETO, BARBIE
- RODRIGO PRIETO, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
- ROBBIE RYAN, POOR THINGS
- LUKASZ ZAL, ZONE OF INTEREST
BEST SCORE
- JERSKIN FENDRIX, POOR THINGS
- LUDWIG GÖRANSSON, OPPENHEIMER – WINNER
- MICA LEVI, THE ZONE OF INTEREST
- DANIEL PEMBERTON, SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE
- ROBBIE ROBERTSON, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON