Members of the Portland Critics Association are pleased to announce the winners of our annual awards, honoring the best films, filmmakers, actors and other achievements of 2022.
After leading the nominations, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s Everything Everywhere All at Once was the big winner, picking up victories in 7 of its 14 nominated categories, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress, along with both Best Supporting categories. Top Gun: Maverick also notched a trio of honors for Best Cinematography, Best Sound Design, and Best Stunts or Action Choreography.
Elsewhere, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio was awarded Best Animated Feature and Best Original Score, while Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion was honored for Best Screenplay and Best Ensemble Cast.
Please see below for the full list of winners, along with our Top 10 films of the year.
- Best Picture: Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Runner Up: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
- Best Director: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Runner Up: Todd Field, Tár
- Best Actor in a Leading Role: Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
- Runner Up: Park Hae-il, Decision to Leave
- Best Actress in a Leading Role: Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Runner Up: Cate Blanchett, Tár
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Runner Up: Brad Pitt, Babylon
- Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Runner Up: Keke Palmer, Nope
- Best Ensemble Cast: Glass Onion
- Runner Up: Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Best Animated Feature: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
- Runner Up: Turning Red
- Best Documentary Feature: Moonage Daydream
- Runner Up: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
- Best Film Not in the English Language: Decision to Leave
- Runner Up: RRR
- Best Comedy Feature: Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Runner Up: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
- Best Horror Feature: Barbarian
- Runner Up: X
- Best Science Fiction Feature: Nope
- Runner Up: Avatar: The Way of Water
- Best Screenplay: Rian Johnson, Glass Onion
- Runner Up: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Best Cinematography: Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick
- Runner Up: Kim Ji-yong, Decision to Leave
- Best Original Score: Alexandre Desplat, Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio
- Runner Up: Michael Giacchino, The Batman
- Best Costume Design: Catherine Martin, Elvis
- Runner Up: Shirley Kurata, Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Best Production Design: Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Runner Up: Avatar: The Way of Water
- Best Sound Design: Top Gun: Maverick
- Runner Up: Avatar: The Way of Water
- Best Visual Effects: Avatar: The Way of Water
- Runner Up: Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Best Stunts or Action Choreography: Top Gun: Maverick
- Runner Up: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Top 10 Films of 2022
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Tár
- Decision to Leave
- Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
- Top Gun: Maverick
- RRR
- Avatar: The Way of Water
- Glass Onion
- The Banshees of Inisherin
- The Whale
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