The North American Film Critics Association met on Saturday, January 13 to hand out awards in 25 categories for the 2023 year in film. Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer led the way with seven awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.
Among its other awards, Oppenheimer won Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey, Jr., Best Cinematography, Best Score, Best Sound and Best Editing. It’s fellow mid-summer release, Barbie, also took home three awards, including Best Blockbuster, Best Costume Design and Best Production Design.
In the acting categories, Zac Efron took home Best Actor for his work in The Iron Claw, while Lily Gladstone took home the award for Best Actress for her work in Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon. Da’Vine Joy Randolph was the winner in Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The Holdovers.
A24 films were honored by the NAFCA as well, with Talk to Me winning the award for Best Horror Film and Past Lives winning for Best Independent Film and Best Screenplay. Meanwhile Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie earned the win for Best Documentary Film, while Anatomy of a Fall earned two awards for Best International Feature and Best Animal Performance for Snoop the Dog!
Among the other winners, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse was named Best Animated Feature, Joy Ride took the award for Best Comedy Film and John Wick 4 was recognized for the Best Stunts. Meanwhile Rye Lane earned the award for Best Hidden Gem and Poor Things took home the award for Best Special Effects.
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2023 Winners
Best Picture: Oppenheimer
Best Director: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Best Actor: Zac Efron, The Iron Claw
Best Actress: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Supporting Actor: Robert Downey, Jr., Oppenheimer
Best Supporting Actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Best Animal Performance: Snoop, Anatomy of a Fall
Best International Feature: Anatomy of a Fall
Best Blockbuster: Barbie
Best Streaming Film: Maestro
Best Horror Film: Talk to Me
Best Independent Film: Past Lives
Best Animated Feature: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best Hidden Gem: Rye Lane
Best Comedy: Joy Ride
Best Documentary Film: Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Best Screenplay: Past Lives
Best Score: Oppenheimer
Best Editing: Oppenheimer
Best Cinematography: Oppenheimer
Best Special Effects: Poor Things
Best Sound: Oppenheimer
Best Production Design: Barbie
Best Costume Design: Barbie
Best Stunts: John Wick 4
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