The 16th Annual Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2017, were announced on January 4, 2018.
Best Film
- Lady Bird
- Get Out
- The Shape of Water
- The Big Sick
- Blade Runner 2049
- Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
- The Post
- The Florida Project
- Dunkirk
- The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Best Director
- Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
- Runner-up: Jordan Peele, Get Out
Best Actor
- Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
- Runner-up: James Franco, The Disaster Artist
Best Actress
- Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
- Runner-up: Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Best Supporting Actor
- Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
- Runner-up: Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Supporting Actress
- Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
- Runner-up: Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Best Ensemble
- Lady Bird
- Runner-up: Mudbound
Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)
- (Tie) Sally Hawkins (Maudie and The Shape of Water) and Tracy Letts (Lady Bird, The Lovers, and
The Post) - Runner-up: Woody Harrelson (The Glass Castle, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri, War for the Planet of the Apes, and Wilson)
Breakthrough Film Artist
- Jordan Peele, Get Out – (for directing and screenwriting)
- Runner-up: Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird – (for directing and screenwriting)
Best Cinematography
- Roger Deakins, Blade Runner 2049
- Runner-up: Dan Laustsen, The Shape of Water
Best Film Editing
- Jonathan Amos and Paul Machliss, Baby Driver
- Runner-up: Lee Smith, Dunkirk
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Virgil Williams and Dee Rees, Mudbound
- Runner-up: Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber, The Disaster Artist
Best Original Screenplay
- Jordan Peele, Get Out
- Runner-up: Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
Best Score
- Alexandre Desplat, The Shape of Water
- Runner-up: Benjamin Wallfisch and Hans Zimmer, Blade Runner 2049
Best Documentary
- Faces Places (Visages, villages)
- Runner-up: Jane
Best Foreign Language Film
- BPM (Beats Per Minute) (120 battements par minute)
- Runner-up: The Square
Best Animated Film
- Coco
- Runner-up: Loving Vincent
Best Overlooked Film
- The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
- Runner-up: Wind River