2023 was the year of Barbenheimer in the minds of most, but beyond that, this year felt totemic delivering a new late-career masterpiece by our greatest living filmmaker on top of many of our great prestige names dropping bold new works. From melancholy Christmases to sexually-tormented protagonists to gigantic egos causing world-shattering consequences, here are my personal awards of 2023.

BEST PICTURE

• ALL OF US STRANGERS
• ANATOMY OF A FALL
• THE BOY AND THE HERON
• THE HOLDOVERS
• KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON **
• MAY DECEMBER
• MONSTER
• OPPENHEIMER
• SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE
• THE ZONE OF INTEREST

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BEST DIRECTOR

• Justine Triet – ANATOMY OF A FALL
• Todd Haynes – MAY DECEMBER
• Martin Scorsese – KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
• Christopher Nolan – OPPENHEIMER **
• Jonathan Glazer – THE ZONE OF INTEREST

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BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

• Paul Giamatti – THE HOLDOVERS
• Cilian Murphy – OPPENHEIMER
• Joaquin Phoenix – BEAU IS AFRAID **
• Andrew Scott – ALL OF US STRANGERS
• Koji Yakusho – PERFECT DAYS

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BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

• Lily Gladstone – KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
• Sandra Huller – ANATOMY OF A FALL
• Natalie Portman – MAY DECEMBER
• Emma Stone – POOR THINGS
• Teyana Taylor – A THOUSAND AND ONE **

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BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• Milo Machado Graner – ANATOMY OF A FALL
• John Magaro – PAST LIVES **
• Charles Melton – MAY DECEMBER
• Paul Mescal – ALL OF US STRANGERS
• Ben Wishaw – PASSAGES

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BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• Zoe Lister Jones – BEAU IS AFRAID
• Rachel McAdams – ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET.
• Julianne Moore – MAY DECEMBER
• Rosamund Pike – SALTBURN
• Da’Vine Joy Randolph – THE HOLDOVERS **

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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• ANATOMY OF A FALL
• THE HOLDOVERS
• MAY DECEMBER **
• MONSTER
• PAST LIVES

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BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• ALL OF US STRANGERS
• BARBIE
• KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON **
• OPPENHEIMER
• POOR THINGS

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BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE

• ANATOMY OF A FALL
• THE BOY AND THE HERON **
• MONSTER
• PERFECT DAYS
• THE ZONE OF INTEREST

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BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• THE BOY AND THE HERON **
• NIMONA
• ROBOT DREAMS
• SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE
• TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM

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BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

• 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL **
• AMERICAN SYMPHONY
• FOUR DAUGHTERS
• KOKOMO CITY
• STILL: A MICHAEL J. FOX STORY

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BEST CASTING

• ANATOMY OF A FALL
• BARBIE
• THE HOLDOVERS **
• THE KILLER
• OPPENHEIMER

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BEST EDITING

• ANATOMY OF A FALL
• THE KILLER
• KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
• OPPENHEIMER **
• SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• ASTEROID CITY
• THE KILLER
• KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
• OPPENHEIMER **
• SALTBURN

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BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

• ASTEROID CITY
• BARBIE
• BEAU IS AFRAID
• KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
• POOR THINGS **

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BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• BARBIE
• BEAU IS AFRAID
• KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
• POOR THINGS **
• SALTBURN

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BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING

• EVIL DEAD RISE
• GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3
• MAESTRO **
• POOR THINGS
• SOCIETY OF THE SNOW

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BEST STUNTS/CHOREOGRAPHY

• BARBIE
• JOHN WICK CHAPTER 4 **
• MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE- DEAD RECKONING
• MAGIC MIKE’S LAST DANCE
• NAPOLEON

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BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• THE CREATOR **
• GODZILLA MINUS ONE
• GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3
• MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE- DEAD RECKONING
• NAPOLEON

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BEST SOUND EDITING

• GODZILLA MINUS ONE
• MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE- DEAD RECKONING
• NAPOLEON
• OPPENHEIMER
• SOCIETY OF THE SNOW **

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BEST SOUND MIXING

• THE KILLER
• NAPOLEON
• OPPENHEIMER
• SOCIETY OF THE SNOW
• THE ZONE OF INTEREST **

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BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• ASTEROID CITY – “Dear Alien, Who Art In Heaven”
• BARBIE – “I’m Just Ken”
• BARBIE – “What Was I Made For?” **
• SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE – “Am I Dreaming?”
• THEATRE CAMP – “Camp Isn’t Home”

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BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

• THE BOY AND THE HERON **
• OPPENHEIMER
• PAST LIVES
• SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE
• THE ZONE OF INTEREST

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Agree or disagree? Share your picks in the comments! Thank you for reading. Hope to share my 2022 list soon.