Christoper Nolan’s Oppenheimer has been named Best Film by the Kansas City Film Critics Circle. The film picked up six wins in total including Best Director, Best Actor for Cillian Murphy in a tie with Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers), Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr., and Best Cinematography.
Winners and runners-up below.
Best Film
Winner: Oppenheimer
Runner up: Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Director
Winner: Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Runner up: Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Best Actor (tie)
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Best Actress
Winner: Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Runner up: Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall
Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Runner up: Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Runner up: Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Best Original Screenplay
Anatomy of a Fall
Past Lives
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Runner up: Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Cinematography
Winner: Oppenheimer
Runner up: Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Original Score
Winner: Oppenheimer
Runner up: Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Animated Feature
Winner: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Runner up: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner: Anatomy of a Fall
Runner up: The Zone of Interest
Best Documentary
20 Days in Mariupol
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour
The Vince Hoehler Award for Best Sci-Fi Horror
Winner: Godzilla Minus One
Runner up: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Tom Poe Award for Best LGBTQ Film
Winner: All of Us Strangers
Runner up: Maestro