Barbie and Oppenheimer Lead Music City Film Critics Association Nominations

Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer lead this year’s nominations from the Music City Film Critics Association with 12 nods each including Best Picture. Elsewhere, Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon scored nine nominations.

Full list of nominations below. Winners will be announced on January 15.

Best Picture

American Fiction

Barbie

Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer

Past Lives

Poor Things

The Color Purple

The Holdovers

The Iron Claw

The Zone of Interest

Best Director

Alexander Payne – The Holdovers

Celine Song – Past Lives

Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer

Greta Gerwig – Barbie

Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Actress

Emma Stone – Poor Things

Greta Lee – Past Lives

Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon

Margot Robbie – Barbie

Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall

Best Actor

Bradley Cooper – Maestro

Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer

Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers

Zac Efron – The Iron Claw

Best Supporting Actress

Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers

Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple

Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer

Penelope Cruz – Ferrari

Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

Best Supporting Actor

Charles Melton – May December

Glenn Howerton – BlackBerry

Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon

Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer

Ryan Gosling – Barbie

Best Young Actress

Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

Ariana Greenblatt – Barbie

Calah Lane – Wonka

Madeleine Yuna Voyles – The Creator

Mile Davis-Kent – Creed III

Best Young Actor

Christian Convery – Cocaine Bear

Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers

Joe Bird – Talk to Me

Jude Hill – A Haunting in Venice

Milo Machado Graner – Anatomy of a Fall

Best Acting Ensemble

Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer

The Color Purple

The Holdovers

The Iron Claw

Best Music Film

American Symphony

Barbie

Maestro

The Color Purple

Wonka

Best Animated Film

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

Elemental

Robot Dreams

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

The Boy and the Heron

Best Documentary

20 Days in Mariupol

American Symphony

Beyond Utopia

Four Daughters

Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Best International Film

Anatomy of a Fall

Godzilla Minus One

Society of the Snow

The Zone of Interest

When Evil Lurks

Best Screenplay

American Fiction

Barbie

Oppenheimer

Past Lives

The Holdovers

Best Original Song

“I’m Just Ken” Ryan Gosling – Barbie

“Live That Way Forever” Richard Reed Parry, Little Scream, Barr Brothers – The Iron Claw

“Peaches” Jack Black – The Super Mario Bros. Movie

“Road to Freedom” Lenny Kravitz – Rustin

“What Was I Made For?” Billie Eilish – Barbie

Best Score

Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

The Boy and the Heron

Best Sound

Ferrari

Maestro

Oppenheimer

The Killer

The Zone of Interest

Best Cinematography

Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer

Past Lives

Poor Things

The Zone of Interest

Best Production Design

Asteroid City

Barbie

Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

Best Editing

Barbie

Killers of the Flower Moon

Maestro

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

Best Comedy Film

American Fiction

Barbie

Bottoms

The Holdovers

Poor Things

Best Horror Film

M3GAN

Scream VI

Talk to Me

Thanksgiving

When Evil Lurks

Best Action Film

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Godzilla Minus One

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

John Wick: Chapter 4

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

Best Stunt Work

Bottoms

Ferrari

John Wick: Chapter 4

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

The Iron Claw

The Jim Ridley Award

The Jim Ridley Award is named after the late, great Nashville Scene editor/writer where our critics group selects a film or individual that embodies the spirit of Nashville.

All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt

Beau is Afraid

Menus-Plaisirs Les Proisgros

Poor Things

Slotherhouse

The Boy and the Heron


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Author: Doug Jamieson

From musicals to horror and everything in between, Doug has an eclectic taste in films. Both a champion of independent cinema and a defender of more mainstream fare, he prefers to find an equal balance between two worlds often at odds with each other. A film critic by trade but a film fan at heart, Doug also writes for his own website The Jam Report, and Australia’s the AU review.