Barbie Leads Critics Choice Awards Nominations

Greta Gerwig’s Barbie leads the nominations for the 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards nominations with a record-breaking 18 nods including Best Picture. The ceremony will be held on January 14, 2023.

Full list of nominations below.

Best Picture 

  • American Fiction (Amazon MGM Studios)
  • Barbie (Warner Bros)
  • The Color Purple (Warner Bros)
  • The Holdovers (Focus Features)
  • Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)
  • Maestro (Netflix)
  • Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
  • Past Lives (A24)
  • Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
  • Saltburn (Amazon MGM Studios)

Best Actor 

  • Bradley Cooper — Maestro (Netflix)
  • Leonardo DiCaprio — Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)
  • Colman Domingo — Rustin (Netflix)
  • Paul Giamatti — The Holdovers (Focus Features)
  • Cillian Murphy — Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
  • Jeffrey Wright — American Fiction (Amazon MGM Studios)

Best Actress 

  • Lily Gladstone — Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)
  • Sandra Hüller — Anatomy of a Fall (NEON)
  • Greta Lee — Past Lives (A24)
  • Carey Mulligan — Maestro (Netflix)
  • Margot Robbie — Barbie (Warner Bros)
  • Emma Stone — Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Supporting Actor 

  • Sterling K. Brown — American Fiction (Amazon MGM Studios)
  • Robert De Niro — Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)
  • Robert Downey Jr. — Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
  • Ryan Gosling — Barbie (Warner Bros)
  • Charles Melton — May December (Netflix)
  • Mark Ruffalo — Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Supporting Actress 

  • Emily Blunt — Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
  • Danielle Brooks — The Color Purple (Warner Bros)
  • America Ferrera — Barbie (Warner Bros)
  • Jodie Foster — Nyad (Netflix)
  • Julianne Moore — May December (Netflix)
  • Da’Vine Joy Randolph — The Holdovers (Focus Features)

Best Young Actor/Actress 

  • Abby Ryder Forston — Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. (Lionsgate)
  • Ariana Greenblatt — Barbie (Warner Bros)
  • Calah Lane — Wonka (Warner Bros)
  • Milo Machado Graner — Anatomy of a Fall (NEON)
  • Dominic Sessa — The Holdovers (Focus Features)
  • Madeleine Yuna Voyles — The Creator (20th Century Studios)

Best Acting Ensemble 

  • Air (Amazon Studios)
  • Barbie (Warner Bros)
  • The Color Purple (Warner Bros)
  • The Holdovers (Focus Features)
  • Killers of the Flower Moon
  • Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)

Best Director 

  • Bradley Cooper — Maestro (Netflix)
  • Greta Gerwig — Barbie (Warner Bros)
  • Yorgos Lanthimos — Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
  • Christopher Nolan — Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
  • Alexander Payne — The Holdovers (Focus Features)
  • Martin Scorsese — Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)

Best Original Screenplay

  • Air — Alex Convery (Amazon Studios)
  • Barbie — Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach (Warner Bros)
  • The Holdovers – David Hemingson (Focus Features)
  • Maestro — Bradley Cooper, Josh Singer (Netflix)
  • May December — Samy Burch (Netflix)
  • Past Lives — Celine Song (A24)

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. — Kelly Fremon Craig (Lionsgate)
  • All of Us Strangers — Andrew Haigh (Searchlight Pictures)
  • American Fiction — Cord Jefferson (Amazon MGM Studios)
  • Killers of the Flower Moon — Martin Scorsese, Eric Roth (Apple Original Films)
  • Oppenheimer — Christopher Nolan (Universal Pictures)
  • Poor Things — Tony McNamara (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Cinematography 

  • Matthew Libatique – Maestro (Netflix)
  • Rodrigo Prieto – Barbie (Warner Bros)
  • Rodrigo Prieto – Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)
  • Robbie Ryan – Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
  • Linus Sandgren – Saltburn (Amazon MGM Studios)
  • Hoyte van Hoytema – Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)

Best Production Design  

  • Suzie Davies, Charlotte Dirickx – Saltburn (Amazon MGM Studios)
  • Ruth De Jong, Claire Kaufman – Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
  • Jack Fisk, Adam Willis – Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)
  • Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer – Barbie (Warner Bros)
  • James Price, Shona Heath, Szusza Mihalek – Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
  • Adam Stockhausen, Kris Moran – Asteroid City (Focus Features)

Best Editing 

  • William Goldenberg – Air (Amazon Studios)
  • Nick Houy – Barbie (Warner Bros)
  • Jennifer Lame – Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
  • Yorgos Mavropsaridis – Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
  • Thelma Schoonmaker – Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)
  • Michelle Tesoro – Maestro (Netflix)

Best Costume Design 

  • Jacqueline Durran – Barbie (Warner Bros)
  • Lindy Hemming – Wonka (Warner Bros)
  • Francine Jamison-Tanchuck – The Color Purple (Warner Bros)
  • Holly Waddington – Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
  • Jacqueline West – Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)
  • Janty Yates, David Crossman – Napoleon (Apple Original Films)

Best Hair and Makeup 

  • Barbie (Warner Bros)
  • The Color Purple (Warner Bros)
  • Maestro (Netflix)
  • Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
  • Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
  • Priscilla (A24)

Best Visual Effects 

  • The Creator (20th Century Studios)
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Walt Disney/Marvel)
  • Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (Paramount Pictures)
  • Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
  • Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures)

Best Comedy 

  • American Fiction (Amazon MGM Studios)
  • Barbie (Warner Bros)
  • Bottoms (MGM)
  • The Holdovers (Focus Features)
  • No Hard Feelings (Sony Pictures)
  • Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Animated Feature 

  • The Boy and the Heron (GKIDS)
  • Elemental (Walt Disney/Pixar)
  • Nimona (Netflix)
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures)
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (Paramount Pictures)
  • Wish (Walt Disney)

Best Foreign Language Film 

  • Anatomy of a Fall (NEON)
  • Godzilla Minus One (Toho)
  • Perfect Days (NEON)
  • Society of the Snow (Netflix)
  • The Taste of Things (IFC Films)
  • The Zone of Interest (A24)

Best Song

  • “Dance the Night” – Barbie (Warner Bros)
  • “I’m Just Ken” – Barbie (Warner Bros)
  • “Peaches” – The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Universal Pictures)
  • “Road to Freedom” – Rustin (Netflix)
  • “This Wish” – Wish (Walt Disney)
  • “What Was I Made For” – Barbie (Warner Bros)

Best Score 

  • Jerskin Fendrix – Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
  • Michael Giacchino – Society of the Snow (Netflix)
  • Ludwig Göransson – Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
  • Daniel Pemberton – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures)
  • Robbie Robertson – Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)
  • Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt – Barbie (Warner Bros)

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.