The 12th Annual Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2013, were announced on January 2, 2014.
Best Film
- Gravity
- Her
- American Hustle
- Frances Ha
- The Wolf of Wall Street
- 12 Years a Slave
- Inside Llewyn Davis
- Before Midnight
- Upstream Color
- Nebraska
Best Director
- Alfonso Cuarón – (Gravity)
- Runner-Up: Spike Jonze – (Her)
Best Actor
- Chiwetel Ejiofor – (12 Years a Slave)
- Runner-Up: Matthew McConaughey – (Dallas Buyers Club)
Best Actress
- Adèle Exarchopoulos – (Blue is the Warmest Color (La vie d’Adèle))
- Runner-Up: Brie Larson – (Short Term 12)
Best Supporting Actor
- James Franco – (Spring Breakers)
- Runner-Up: Jared Leto – (Dallas Buyers Club)
Best Supporting Actress
- Jennifer Lawrence – (American Hustle)
- Runner-Up: Lupita Nyong’o – (12 Years a Slave)
Best Ensemble
- American Hustle
- Runner-Up: The Wolf of Wall Street
Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)
- Matthew McConaughey – (Dallas Buyers Club, Mud, and The Wolf of Wall Street)
- Runner-Up: Jennifer Lawrence – (American Hustle and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)
Breakthrough Film Artist
- Adèle Exarchopoulos – (Blue is the Warmest Color (La vie d’Adèle)) – (for acting)
- Runner-Up: Brie Larson – (Don Jon, Short Term 12, and The Spectacular Now) – (for acting)
Best Cinematography
- Emmanuel Lubezki – (Gravity)
- Runner-Up: Hoyte Van Hoytema – (Her)
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Terence Winter – (The Wolf of Wall Street)
- Runner-Up: John Ridley – (12 Years a Slave)
Best Original Screenplay
- Spike Jonze – (Her)
- Runner-Up: Destin Daniel Cretton – (Short Term 12)
Best Score
- Arcade Fire – (Her)
- Runner-Up: Steven Price – (Gravity)
Best Documentary
- The Act of Killing
- Runner-Up: Stories We Tell
Best Foreign Language Film
- The Wind Rises (Kaze tachinu)
- Runner-Up: Blue is the Warmest Color (La vie d’Adèle)
Best Animated Film
- The Wind Rises (Kaze tachinu)
- Runner-Up: Frozen
Best Overlooked Film
- Short Term 12
- Runner-Up: Mud