Oppenheimer Named Best Picture by Minnesota Film Critics Alliance

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer has been named Best Picture by the Minnesota Film Critics Alliance. The film picked up seven awards in total including Best Director, Best Actor for Cillian Murphy, and Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr.

Founded in 2020, the Minnesota Film Critics Alliance is a group of writers, video producers and podcasters whose work centers around movies. Members of the MNFCA are located throughout the state, from the shores of Lake Superior to the western border of North Dakota and the Twin Cities.

Winners in bold below.

Best Picture

• “Barbie” (runner-up)
• “The Holdovers”
• “Maestro”
• “Oppenheimer”
• “Past Lives”

Best Director

• Greta Gerwig, “Barbie” (runner-up)
• Yorgos Lanthimos, “Poor Things”
• Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer”
• Celine Song, “Past Lives”
• Justine Triet, “Anatomy of a Fall”

Best Actor

• Bradley Cooper, “Maestro”
• Paul Giamatti, “The Holdovers”
• Cillian Murphy, “Oppenheimer”
• Andrew Scott, “All of Us Strangers”
• Jeffrey Wright, “American Fiction” (runner-up)

Best Actress

• Lily Gladstone, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
• Greta Lee, “Past Lives”
• Carey Mulligan, “Maestro”
• Margot Robbie, “Barbie”
• Emma Stone, “Poor Things” (runner-up)

Best Supporting Actor

• Robert Downey Jr., “Oppenheimer”
• Ryan Gosling, “Barbie”
• Charles Melton, “May December” (runner-up)
• Mark Ruffalo, “Poor Things”
• Dominic Sessa, “The Holdovers”

Best Supporting Actress

• Emily Blunt, “Oppenheimer”
• Claire Foy, “All of Us Strangers”
• Rachel McAdams, “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.” (runner-up)
• Julianne Moore, “May December”
• Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers”

Best Ensemble

• “Asteroid City”
• “Barbie”
• “The Iron Claw” (runner-up)
• “Killers of the Flower Moon”
• “Oppenheimer” (runner-up)

Best Screenplay

• “American Fiction” (runner-up)
• “Anatomy of a Fall”
• “The Holdovers” (runner-up)
• “Past Lives”
• “Poor Things”

Best Editing

• “Barbie”
• “Killers of the Flower Moon”
• “Maestro”
• “Oppenheimer”
• “Poor Things” (runner-up)

Best Cinematography

• “Barbie”
• “Maestro”
• “Oppenheimer”
• “Poor Things” (runner-up)
• “The Zone of Interest”

Best Music

• “Barbie”
• “Killers of the Flower Moon”
• “Oppenheimer” (runner-up)
• “Poor Things”
• “Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse”

Best Costume/Make-up

• “Barbie” (runner-up)
• “Killers of the Flower Moon”
• “Maestro”
• “Oppenheimer”
• “Poor Things”

Best Production Design

• “Barbie”
• “Killers of the Flower Moon”
• “Oppenheimer”
• “Poor Things” (runner-up)
• “Wonka”

Best Sound Work

• “Ferrari”
• “Maestro”
• “Oppenheimer”
• “Poor Things”
• “The Zone of Interest” (runner-up)

Best Special Effects

• “The Creator”
• “The Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3”
• “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One”
• “Oppenheimer”
• “Poor Things” (runner-up)

Best Animated Feature

• “The Boy and the Heron” (runner-up)
• “Elemental”
• “Nimona”
• “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
• “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle: Mutant Mayhem”