Everything Everywhere All At Once Leads Hollywood Critics Association Nominations

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s Everything Everywhere All At Once leads the way at the nominations for the Hollywood Critics Association‘s 6th Annual HCA Film Awards with 16 nods including Best Picture. Elsewhere, Joseph Kosinski’s Top Gun: Maverick scored 10 nominations, while The Banshees of InisherinElvisRRR and The Woman King all earned eight nods each.

The 2023 HCA Creative Arts ceremony will be held on February 17 and the 6th Annual Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards will take place on February 24 at the historic Beverly Wilshire in Los Angeles, CA

Full list of nominations below.

Best Picture

  • Avatar: The Way of Water
  • Elvis
  • Everything Everywhere All At Once
  • RRR
  • TÁR
  • The Banshees of Inisherin
  • The Fabelmans
  • The Woman King
  • Top Gun: Maverick
  • Women Talking

Best Director

  • James Cameron – Avatar: The Way of Water
  • Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
  • Park Chan-wook – Decision to Leave
  • Baz Luhrmann – Elvis
  • Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All At Once
  • Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans
  • S.S. Rajamouli – RRR
  • Todd Field – TÁR
  • Gina Prince-Bythewood – The Woman King 
  • Sarah Polley – Women Talking

Best Actor

  • Austin Butler – Elvis
  • Tom Cruise – Top Gun: Maverick
  • Brendan Fraser – The Whale
  • Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin
  • Paul Mescal – Aftersun

Best Actress

  • Cate Blanchett – TÁR
  • Viola Davis – The Woman King
  • Danielle Deadwyler – Till
  • Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans
  • Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Supporting Actor

  • Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin
  • Barry Keoghan- The Banshees of Inisherin
  • Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway
  • Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Ben Whishaw – Women Talking

Best Supporting Actress

  • Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 
  • Hong Chau – The Whale 
  • Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin
  • Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once 
  • Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Keke Palmer – Nope 

Best Cast Ensemble

  • Babylon
  • Everything Everywhere All At Once
  • Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
  • The Woman King
  • Women Talking

Best Voice or Motion-Capture Performance

  • Antonio Banderas in Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
  • Rosalie Chiang in Turning Red 
  • Ewan McGregor in Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio 
  • Zoe Saldaña in Avatar: The Way of Water
  • Jenny Slate in Marcel the Shell with Shoes On 

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Rian Johnson – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
  • Guillermo del Toro & Patrick McHale – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio 
  • Rebecca Lenkiewicz – She Said
  • Samuel D. Hunter – The Whale 
  • Sarah Polley – Women Talking

Best Original Screenplay

  • Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
  • Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All At Once
  • Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner – The Fabelmans 
  • Seth Reiss & Will Tracy – The Menu
  • Todd Field – TÁR

Best Action Film 

  • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
  • The Batman
  • RRR
  • The Woman King
  • Top Gun: Maverick

Best Animated Film

  • The Bad Guys
  • Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
  • Marcel The Shell With Shoes On
  • Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
  • Turning Red

Best Comedy 

  • Bros
  • Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
  • The Menu
  • Triangle of Sadness
  • The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Best Documentary Film

  • All the Beauty and The Bloodshed 
  • Fire of Love
  • Good Night Oppy
  • Moonage Daydream
  • Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me 

Best First Feature

  • Aftersun
  • Causeway
  • Emily the Criminal
  • The Inspection
  • Turning Red

Best Horror Film

  • Barbarian
  • The Black Phone
  • Bones and All
  • Nope
  • X

Best Indie Film

  • Aftersun
  • Cha Cha Real Smooth
  • Everything Everywhere All At Once
  • Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
  • TÁR

Best International Film

  • All Quiet on the Western Front 
  • Argentina, 1985 
  • Close 
  • Decision to Leave
  • RRR

Best Short Film

  • All Too Well: The Short Film
  • Moshari
  • North Star
  • Regret to Inform You
  • Triggered

Best Casting Director 

  • Everything Everywhere All At Once – Sarah Finn
  • Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – Mary Vernieu and Bret Howe
  • The Menu – Mary Vernieu and Bret Howe
  • The Woman King – Aisha Coley
  • Women Talking – John Buchan and Jason Knight

Best Cinematography

  • Avatar: The Way of Water – Russell Carpenter
  • Everything Everywhere All At Once – Larkin Seiple
  • The Batman – Greig Fraser
  • The Fabelmans – Janusz Kamiński 
  • Top Gun: Maverick – Claudio Miranda

Best Costume Design

  • Babylon – Mary Zophres
  • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Ruth Carter
  • Elvis – Catherine Martin
  • Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris – Jenny Beavan
  • The Woman King – Gersha Phillips

Best Editing

  • Decision to Leave – Kim Sang-bum
  • Everything Everywhere All At Once – Paul Rogers
  • Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – Bob Ducsay
  • RRR – A. Sreekar Prasad
  • Top Gun: Maverick – Eddie Hamilton

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

  • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Camille Friend and Joel Harlow
  • Elvis – Shane Thomas, Mark Coulier, Jason Baird, and Louise Coulston
  • Everything Everywhere All At Once – Michelle Chung and Anissa Salazar
  • The Batman – Naomi Donne, Mike Marino, and Zoe Tahir
  • The Whale – Adrien Morot, Judy Chin, and Anne Marie Bradley

Best Marketing Campaign

  • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 
  • Everything Everywhere All At Once 
  • Nope 
  • Smile 
  • Top Gun: Maverick 

Best Original Song

  • “Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – performed by Rihanna 
  • “Vegas” from Elvis – performed by Doja Cat 
  • “Naatu Naatu” from RRR – performed by Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava
  • “Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick – performed by Lady Gaga 
  • “Nobody Like U” from Turning Red – performed by 4Town 

Best Production Design

  • Avatar: The Way of Water – Dylan Cole, Ben Procter and Vanessa Cole
  • Babylon – Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino
  • The Batman – James Chinlund and Lee Sandales
  • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever  – Hannah Beachler and Lisa K. Sessions 
  • Elvis – Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, and Bev Dunn

Best Score

  • Babylon  – Justin Hurwitz
  • The Banshees of Inisherin  – Carter Burwell
  • The Batman – Michael Giacchino
  • Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Alexandre Desplat
  • Women Talking – Hildur Guðnadóttir

Best Sound

  • Avatar: The Way of Water – Christopher BoyesGwendolyn Yates WhittleDick Bernstein, Gary Summers, Michael Hedges, and Julian Howarth
  • The Batman – Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray, and Andy Nelson
  • Elvis – David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson, and Michael Keller
  • Nope – Johnnie Burn and Jose Antonio Garcia
  • Top Gun: Maverick – Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon, and Mark Taylor

Best Stunts

  • The Batman 
  • Everything Everywhere All At Once
  • RRR 
  • Top Gun: Maverick 
  • The Woman King 

Best Visual Effects

  • Avatar: The Way of Water – Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett 
  • Everything Everywhere All At Once – Zak Stoltz, Ethan Feldbau, Benjamin Brewer and Jeff Desom
  • Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Aaron Weintraub, Brian Leif Hansen, Georgina Hayns and Ian Mackinnon
  • RRR – V. Srinivas Mohan
  • Top Gun: Maverick – Ryan Tudhope, Scott R. Fisher, Seth Hill and Bryan Litson

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.