Oppenheimer Named Best Narrative Film by North Carolina Film Critics Association

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer has been named Best Narrative Film by the North Carolina Film Critics Association. The film picked up 10 wins in total including Best Director, Best Actor for Cillian Murphy, Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr., and Best Acting Ensemble.

Winners in bold below.

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM

• American Symphony
• May the Lord Watch: The Little Brother Story
• The Mission
• Silver Dollar Road
• Still: A Michael J Fox Movie

BEST ANIMATED FILM

• The Boy and the Heron
• Elemental
• Nimona
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Anatomy of a Fall
• Godzilla Minus One
• Past Lives
• Perfect Days
• The Zone of Interest

BEST DIRECTOR

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

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Barbie
• John Wick: Chapter 4
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things

BEST ACTOR

• Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers
• Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
• Colman Domingo – Rustin
• Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction
• Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

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

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 SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• America Ferrera – Barbie
• Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
• Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
• Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
• Julianne Moore – May December

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE IN ANIMATION OR MIXED MEDIA

• Bradley Cooper – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
• Chloë Grace Moretz – Nimona
• Daniel Kaluuya – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Hailee Steinfeld – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Shameik Moore – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

• Asteroid City
• Barbie
• The Holdovers
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Oppenheimer

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Anatomy of a Fall
• Barbie
• The Holdovers
• May December
• Past Lives

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• All of Us Strangers
• American Fiction
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things

BEST EDITING

• Barbie
• John Wick: Chapter 4
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS

• The Creator
• Godzilla Minus One
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
• Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
• Oppenheimer

BEST STUNT COORDINATION

• Extraction II
• The Iron Claw
• John Wick: Chapter 4
• Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
• Sisu

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• Barbie
• The Color Purple
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things

BEST HAIR & MAKE-UP

• Barbie
• Maestro
• Oppenheimer
•  Poor Things
• Priscilla

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

• Asteroid City
• Barbie
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things

BEST SCORE

• The Killer
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• “Am I Dreaming” – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• “Can’t Catch Me Now” – The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
•  “I’m Just Ken” – Barbie
• “Peaches” – The Super Mario Brothers Movie
• “What Was I Made For” – Barbie

BEST SOUND DESIGN

• John Wick: Chapter 4
• The Killer
• Oppenheimer
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• The Zone of Interest

BEST DIRECTORIAL DEBUT

• Celine Song – Past Lives
• Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
• Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou – Talk to Me
• Mel Eslyn – Biosphere
• Michael B. Jordan – Creed III

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

• Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret
• Charles Melton – May December
• Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers
• Greta Lee – Past Lives
• Milo Machado Graner – Anatomy Of A Fall

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: Make-Up Artist

• Greg Cannom
• Rick Baker
• Stan Winston
• Tom Savini
• Ve Neill

KEN HANKE MEMORIAL TAR HEEL AWARD

• Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple
• Hunter Schafer – The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
• Julianne Moore – May December
• May the Lord Watch: The Little Brother Story
• Silver Dollar Road