Awards 2023

The 22nd Annual Columbus Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2023, were announced on January 4, 2024.

For the complete list of nominees, click here.

Best Film

  1. Killers of the Flower Moon
  2. The Holdovers
  3. Poor Things
  4. Past Lives
  5. Oppenheimer
  6. Barbie
  7. American Fiction
  8. The Zone of Interest
  9. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
  10. The Iron Claw

Best Director

  • Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
  • Runner-up: Greta Gerwig, Barbie

Best Lead Performance

  • Emma Stone, Poor Things
  • Runner-up: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Supporting Performance

  • Jodie Foster, Nyad
  • Runner-up: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers

Best Ensemble

  • Killers of the Flower Moon
  • Runner-up: Poor Things

Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)

  • Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall (Anatomie d’une chute) and The Zone of Interest
  • Runner-up: Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction, Asteroid City, and Rustin

Breakthrough Film Artist

  • Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon – (for acting)
  • Runner-up: Celine Song, Past Lives – (for directing and screenwriting)

Best Cinematography

  • Robbie Ryan, Poor Things
  • Runner-up: Rodrigo Prieto, Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Film Editing

  • Thelma Schoonmaker, Killers of the Flower Moon
  • Runner-up: Jennifer Lame, Oppenheimer

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Kelly Fremon Craig, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
  • Runner-up: Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Original Screenplay

  • David Hemingson, The Holdovers
  • Runner-up: Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, Anatomy of a Fall (Anatomie d’une chute)

Best Score

  • Robbie Robertson, Killers of the Flower Moon
  • Runner-up: Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer

Best Documentary

  • (Tie): Anselm (Anselm – Das Rauschen der Zeit) and Kokomo City
  • Runners-up (tie): 20 Days in Mariupol and Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Best Foreign Language Film

  • Afire (Rotter Himmel)
  • Runner-up: Anatomy of a Fall (Anatomie d’une chute)

Best Animated Film

  • Nimona
  • Runner-up: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Frank Gabrenya Award for Best Comedy

  • The Holdovers
  • Runner-up: American Fiction

Best Overlooked Film

  • Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
  • Runner-up: Showing Up