Online Film Critics Society Announces Award Nominees

The Online Film Critics Society was founded in 1997 and consists of almost 300 members (including our own Editor-in-Chief Don Shanahan) around the world who are online film journalists, historians, and scholars. Their mission is to encourage film goers to be engaged with the content they are watching and use the internet as a legitimate means of news. On January 17, they announced nominations for their 2023 awards. Oppenheimer leads the pack with twelve and not far behind is Poor Things with eleven. Barbie trails ever so slightly with nine while Past Lives and Anatomy of a Fall each garnered five nominations.

Winners will be announced on Monday, January 23, the same day as the Oscar nominations will be announced. Check out the full list of nominations from the Online Critics Association below:

Best Picture:
Anatomy of a Fall
Asteroid City
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
May December
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest

Best Animated Feature:
The Boy and the Heron
Nimona
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Best Director:
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
Celine Song – Past Lives

Bella relaxes on a chair in "Poor Things" — “Poor Things” Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2023 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.

Best Actor:
Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

Best Actress:
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Margot Robbie – Barbie
Emma Stone – Poor Things

Best Supporting Actor:
Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Charles Melton – May December
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things

Barbara and Margaret in a department store — “Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret.” Photo Credit: Dana Hawley

Best Supporting Actress:
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
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
Barbie
The Holdovers
May December
Past Lives

Best Adapted Screenplay:
American Fiction
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest

Monk stands on the beach alone — “American Fiction” Courtesy of TIFF

Best Editing:
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

Best Cinematography:
Asteroid City
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

Best Original Score:
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Zone of Interest

Cowboys sitting around a campfire — “Asteroid City” Courtesy of Pop. 87 Productions/Focus Features

Best Production Design:
Asteroid City
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

Best Costume Design:
Asteroid City
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

Best Visual Effects:
The Creator
Godzilla Minus One
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

Inez stands by a car on the streets of New York — “A Thousand and One” Courtesy of Focus Features

Best Feature Debut:
Raven Jackson – All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou – Talk to Me
A.V. Rockwell – A Thousand and One
Celine Song – Past Lives

Best Film Not in the English Language:
Anatomy of a Fall
Fallen Leaves
Godzilla Minus One
Perfect Days
The Zone of Interest

Best Documentary:
20 Days in Mariupol
American Symphony
Beyond Utopia
Kokomo City
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie