Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer leads the nominations for the 2023 WAFCA Awards from the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association with 11 nods including Best Film. Elsewhere, Greta Gerwig’s Barbie picked up 10 nominations, while Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon scored eight nods.
Winners will be announced on December 10. Full list of nominations below.
Best Feature
American Fiction
Barbie
The Holdovers
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Best Director
Greta Gerwig, Barbie
Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
Celine Song, Past Lives
Best Actor
Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Colman Domingo, Rustin
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction
Best Actress
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Origin
Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Greta Lee, Past Lives
Margot Robbie, Barbie
Emma Stone, Poor Things
Best Supporting Actor
Sterling K. Brown, American Fiction
Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Charles Melton, May December
Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers
Best Supporting Actress
Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
Viola Davis, Air
Jodie Foster, Nyad
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Best Original Screenplay
Alex Convery, Air
Justin Triet and Arthur Harari, Anatomy of a Fall
Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, Barbie
David Hemingson, The Holdovers
Celine Song, Past Lives
Best Adapted Screenplay
Cord Jefferson, American Fiction
Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Ava DuVernay, Origin
Tony McNamara, Poor Things
Best Animated Feature
The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Nimona
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Best Documentary
20 Days in Mariupol
American Symphony
Little Richard: I Am Everything
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
They Shot the Piano Player
Best International/Foreign Language Film
Anatomy of a Fall (France)
Perfect Days (Japan)
Society of the Snow (Spain)
The Taste of Things (France)
The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom)
Best Voice Performance
Jack Black, The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Daniel Kaluuya, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Shameik Moore, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Hailee Steinfeld, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Masaki Suda, The Boy and the Heron
Best Youth Performance
Abby Ryder Fortson, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Ariana Greenblatt, Barbie
Milo Machado-Graner, Anatomy of a Fall
Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers
Iman Vellani, The Marvels
Best Acting Ensemble
American Fiction
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Best Cinematography
Rodrigo Prieto, Barbie
Rodrigo Prieto, Killers of the Flower Moon
Matthew Libatique, Maestro
Hoyte van Hoytema, Oppenheimer
Robbie Ryan, Poor Things
Best Editing
Nick Houy, Barbie
Nathan Orloff, John Wick: Chapter 4
Thelma Schoonmaker, Killers of the Flower Moon
Michelle Tesoro, Maestro
Jennifer Lame, Oppenheimer
Best Production Design
Asteroid City – Adam Stockhausen (production designer), Kris Moran (set decorator)
Barbie – Sarah Greenwood (production designer), Katie Spencer (set decorator)
Killers of the Flower Moon – Jack Fisk (production designer), Adam Willis (set decorator)
Oppenheimer – Ruth De Jong (production designer), Claire Kaufman (set decorator)
Poor Things – Shona Heath, James Price (production designer), Zsuzsa Mihalek (set decorator)
Best Original Score
Kris Bowers, The Color Purple
Jerskin Fendrix, Poor Things
Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer
Daniel Pemberton, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Robbie Robertson, Killers of the Flower Moon