Oppenheimer Wins Best Picture at Critics Choice Awards

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer has won Best Picture at the 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards. The film also picked up awards for Best Director, Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr., Best Acting Ensemble, Best Cinematography, and Best Editing.

Elsewhere, The Holdovers picked up a trio of acting awards for Best Actor for Paul Giamatti, Best Supporting Actress for Da’Vine Joy Randolph, and Best Young Actor/Actress for Dominic Sessa, while Barbie took home six awards including Best Comedy and Best Original Screenplay.

America Ferrera was awarded the #SeeHer Award, which is given each year to a woman who “advocates for gender equality, portrays characters with authenticity, defies stereotypes and pushes boundaries,” while Harrison Ford was bestowed the Career Achievement Award.

Winners in bold below.

Best Picture

  • American Fiction (Amazon MGM Studios)
  • Barbie (Warner Bros)
  • The Color Purple (Warner Bros)
  • The Holdovers (Focus Features)
  • Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)
  • Maestro (Netflix)
  • Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
  • Past Lives (A24)
  • Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
  • Saltburn (Amazon MGM Studios)

Best Actor

  • Bradley Cooper — Maestro (Netflix)
  • Leonardo DiCaprio — Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)
  • Colman Domingo — Rustin (Netflix)
  • Paul Giamatti — The Holdovers (Focus Features)
  • Cillian Murphy — Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
  • Jeffrey Wright — American Fiction (Amazon MGM Studios)

Best Actress

  • Lily Gladstone — Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)
  • Sandra Hüller — Anatomy of a Fall (NEON)
  • Greta Lee — Past Lives (A24)
  • Carey Mulligan — Maestro (Netflix)
  • Margot Robbie — Barbie (Warner Bros)
  • Emma Stone — Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Supporting Actor 

  • Sterling K. Brown — American Fiction (Amazon MGM Studios)
  • Robert De Niro — Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)
  • Robert Downey Jr. — Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
  • Ryan Gosling — Barbie (Warner Bros)
  • Charles Melton — May December (Netflix)
  • Mark Ruffalo — Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Supporting Actress 

  • Emily Blunt — Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
  • Danielle Brooks — The Color Purple (Warner Bros)
  • America Ferrera — Barbie (Warner Bros)
  • Jodie Foster — Nyad (Netflix)
  • Julianne Moore — May December (Netflix)
  • Da’Vine Joy Randolph — The Holdovers (Focus Features)

Best Young Actor/Actress 

  • Abby Ryder Forston — Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. (Lionsgate)
  • Ariana Greenblatt — Barbie (Warner Bros)
  • Calah Lane — Wonka (Warner Bros)
  • Milo Machado Graner — Anatomy of a Fall (NEON)
  • Dominic Sessa — The Holdovers (Focus Features)
  • Madeleine Yuna Voyles — The Creator (20th Century Studios)

Best Acting Ensemble

  • Air (Amazon Studios)
  • Barbie (Warner Bros)
  • The Color Purple (Warner Bros)
  • The Holdovers (Focus Features)
  • Killers of the Flower Moon
  • Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)

Best Director

  • Bradley Cooper — Maestro (Netflix)
  • Greta Gerwig — Barbie (Warner Bros)
  • Yorgos Lanthimos — Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
  • Christopher Nolan — Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
  • Alexander Payne — The Holdovers (Focus Features)
  • Martin Scorsese — Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)

Best Original Screenplay

  • Air — Alex Convery (Amazon Studios)
  • Barbie — Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach (Warner Bros)
  • The Holdovers – David Hemingson (Focus Features)
  • Maestro — Bradley Cooper, Josh Singer (Netflix)
  • May December — Samy Burch (Netflix)
  • Past Lives — Celine Song (A24)

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. — Kelly Fremon Craig (Lionsgate)
  • All of Us Strangers — Andrew Haigh (Searchlight Pictures)
  • American Fiction — Cord Jefferson (Amazon MGM Studios)
  • Killers of the Flower Moon — Martin Scorsese, Eric Roth (Apple Original Films)
  • Oppenheimer — Christopher Nolan (Universal Pictures)
  • Poor Things — Tony McNamara (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Cinematography 

  • Matthew Libatique – Maestro (Netflix)
  • Rodrigo Prieto – Barbie (Warner Bros)
  • Rodrigo Prieto – Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)
  • Robbie Ryan – Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
  • Linus Sandgren – Saltburn (Amazon MGM Studios)
  • Hoyte van Hoytema – Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)

Best Production Design  

  • Suzie Davies, Charlotte Dirickx – Saltburn (Amazon MGM Studios)
  • Ruth De Jong, Claire Kaufman – Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
  • Jack Fisk, Adam Willis – Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)
  • Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer – Barbie (Warner Bros)
  • James Price, Shona Heath, Szusza Mihalek – Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
  • Adam Stockhausen, Kris Moran – Asteroid City (Focus Features)

Best Editing

  • William Goldenberg – Air (Amazon Studios)
  • Nick Houy – Barbie (Warner Bros)
  • Jennifer Lame – Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
  • Yorgos Mavropsaridis – Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
  • Thelma Schoonmaker – Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)
  • Michelle Tesoro – Maestro (Netflix)

Best Costume Design 

  • Jacqueline Durran – Barbie (Warner Bros)
  • Lindy Hemming – Wonka (Warner Bros)
  • Francine Jamison-Tanchuck – The Color Purple (Warner Bros)
  • Holly Waddington – Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
  • Jacqueline West – Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)
  • Janty Yates, David Crossman – Napoleon (Apple Original Films)

Best Hair and Makeup 

  • Barbie (Warner Bros)
  • The Color Purple (Warner Bros)
  • Maestro (Netflix)
  • Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
  • Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
  • Priscilla (A24)

Best Visual Effects 

  • The Creator (20th Century Studios)
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Walt Disney/Marvel)
  • Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (Paramount Pictures)
  • Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
  • Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures)

Best Comedy

  • American Fiction (Amazon MGM Studios)
  • Barbie (Warner Bros)
  • Bottoms (MGM)
  • The Holdovers (Focus Features)
  • No Hard Feelings (Sony Pictures)
  • Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Animated Feature 

  • The Boy and the Heron (GKIDS)
  • Elemental (Walt Disney/Pixar)
  • Nimona (Netflix)
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures)
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (Paramount Pictures)
  • Wish (Walt Disney)

Best Foreign Language Film

  • Anatomy of a Fall (NEON)
  • Godzilla Minus One (Toho)
  • Perfect Days (NEON)
  • Society of the Snow (Netflix)
  • The Taste of Things (IFC Films)
  • The Zone of Interest (A24)

Best Song

  • “Dance the Night” – Barbie (Warner Bros)
  • “I’m Just Ken” – Barbie (Warner Bros)
  • “Peaches” – The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Universal Pictures)
  • “Road to Freedom” – Rustin (Netflix)
  • “This Wish” – Wish (Walt Disney)
  • “What Was I Made For” – Barbie (Warner Bros)

Best Score 

  • Jerskin Fendrix – Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
  • Michael Giacchino – Society of the Snow (Netflix)
  • Ludwig Göransson – Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
  • Daniel Pemberton – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures)
  • Robbie Robertson – Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)
  • Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt – Barbie (Warner Bros)


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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.