Chicago, IL (December 8, 2023) — The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) announced nominees for their top film honors of 2023; winners will be announced at the organization’s annual awards ceremony to be held in Chicago on Tuesday, Dec. 12. Leading with ten total nominations each are Martin Scorsese’s Killers Of The Flower Moon, Christopher Nolan’s oppenheimer and Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things; other films earning multiple nominations include Barbie (Greta Gerwig, nine nods), and May December (Todd Haynes, seven). A complete list of nominees is below.
Composed of voting members who represent outlets including the Chicago Sun-Times, The New York Times, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, http://RogerEbert.com, The A.V. Club, Vulture, NPR, and many more, the Chicago Film Critics Association annually presents traditional awards including Best Picture, Director, Actor and Actress, among others. With a particular focus on emerging talents, the CFCA also presents breakthrough awards to both an actor and filmmaker with the most promise for future career achievements.
A reliably diverse voting body, the 2023 Chicago Film Critics Awards again honor a broad list of films and creators, with a total of 35 films nominated across nineteen categories. Of note this year are three actors with double nominations for their work: Charles Melton (May December) and Teo Yoo (Past Lives) are both nominated for Best Supporting Actor as well as Most Promising Performer, while Sandra Hüller is nominated for Best Actress (Anatomy of a Fall) and Best Supporting Actress (The Zone of Interest).
The complete list of 2023 Chicago Film Critics Awards nominations is as follows:
BEST PICTURE
Barbie | Killers of the Flower Moon | May December | Oppenheimer | Poor Things
BEST DIRECTOR
Greta Gerwig, Barbie
Todd Haynes, May December
Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
BEST ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers of the Flower Moon
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers
Teo Yoo, Past Lives
BEST ACTRESS
Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Huller, Anatomy of a Fall
Natalie Portman, May December
Margot Robbie, Barbie
Emma Stone, Poor Things
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Glenn Howerton, Blackberry
Charles Melton, May December
Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jodie Foster, NYAD
Sandra Huller, The Zone of Interest
Rachel McAdams, Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret
Julianne Moore, May December
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anatomy of a Fall by Arthur Harari & Justine Triet
Barbie by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach
The Holdovers by David Hemingson
May December by Samy Burch
Past Lives by Celine Song
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Kelly Fremon Craig
Killers of the Flower Moon by Eric Roth & Martin Scorsese
Oppenheimer by Christopher Nolan
Poor Things by Tony McNamara
The Zone of Interest by Jonathan Glazer
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The Boy and the Heron | Leo | Robot Dreams | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
BEST DOCUMENTARY
20 Days in Mariupol | Beyond Utopia | Kokomo City | Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros |
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Anatomy of a Fall | The Boy and the Heron | Godzilla Minus One | The Teachers’ Lounge
The Zone of Interest
MILOS STEHLIK AWARD FOR BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER
Kyle Edward Ball, Skinamarink
Raven Jackson, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Cord Jefferson, American Fiction
A.V. Rockwell, A Thousand and One
Celine Song, Past Lives
MOST PROMISING PERFORMER
Abby Ryder Fortson, Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret
Milo Machado Graner, Anatomy of a Fall
Charles Melton, May December
Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers
Teo Yoo, Past Lives
BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN
Asteroid City | Barbie | Killers of the Flower Moon | Oppenheimer | Poor Things
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Asteroid City, Robert D. Yeoman
Killers of the Flower Moon, Rodrigo Prieto
Oppenheimer, Hoyte Van Hoytema
Poor Things, Robbie Ryan
The Zone of Interest, Lukasz Zal
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Asteroid City, Milena Canonero
Barbie, Jacqueline Durran
Killers of the Flower Moon, Jacqueline West
Poor Things, Holly Waddington
Priscilla, Stacey Battat
BEST EDITING
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt | John Wick: Chapter 4 | Killers of the Flower Moon
Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning — Part One | Oppenheimer
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Barbie, Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt
Killers of the Flower Moon, Robbie Robertson
Oppenheimer, Ludwig Goransson
Poor Things, Jerskin Fendrix
The Zone of Interest, Mica Levi
BEST USE OF VISUAL EFFECTS
Barbie | Godzilla Minus One | Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning — Part One | Oppenheimer | Poor Things