2022/2023 Awards Tracker Leaderboard – The Critics

This is the 2022/2023 Awards Tracker Leaderboard – The Critics, detailing the wins for dozens of critics’ groups, including National Board of Review, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, African American Critics Association, The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics and more in all categories throughout the season.

The Gothams announced their winners first, followed quickly by the New York Film Critics Circle (see links to all individual group wins below).

Keep on top of what’s coming up with the 2022/2023 Film Awards Calendar right here and bookmark both pages for the season. See below for the acronym legend and links to each group’s winner announcement. If you want a more fun, color-coded version pop on over here and check it out.

Best Film/Feature/Picture

Aftersun (NDFS, TFCA)
The Banshees of Inisherin (AWFJ, BOFCA, CCA, CFCA, GWNYFCA, NYFCO, PCC, PFCC, SDFCS, SFBAFCC)
Everything Everywhere All At Once (AFCC, CACF, CIC, DFCA, DFWFCA, FFCC, GFCA, Gotham, HFCS-1, HFCS-2, IFCA, IFJA, IPA, KCFCC, LAFCA, LVFCS, MCFCA, MNFCA, NCFCA, NTFCA, OAFFC, OFCC, OFCS, PFCS, SEFCA, StLFCA, UFCA, VFCC, WAFCA)
RRR (CIC)
Return to Seoul (BSFC)
She Said (NFCS)
TÁR (LAFCA, LCC, NSFC, NYFCC)
Top Gun: Maverick (IPA, NBR)
Trenque Lauquen (ICS)
The Woman King (AAFCA, BFCC)

Best Director

Charlotte Wells – Aftersun (NSFC, TFCA)
James Cameron – Avatar: The Way of Water (IPA)
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin (GWNYFCA, NYFCO)
Park Chan-wook – Decision to Leave (FFCC)
The Daniels – Everything Everywhere All At Once (AFCC, BOFCA, CACF, CCA, CFCA, CIC, DFCA, DFWFCA, FFCC, GFCA, HFCS-1, HFCS-2, IFCA, KCFCC, LVFCS, MCFCA, MNFCA, NCFCA, NDFS, NFCS, NYFCO, NTFCA, OAFFC, OFCC, OFCS, PCC, PFCC, PFCS, SDFCS, SEFCA, UFCA, WAFCA)
Todd Field – TÁR (BSFC, IFJA, LAFCA, LCC, SFBAFCC, VFCC)
Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans (NBR)
Albert Serra – Pacifiction (ICS)
S. S. Rajamouli – RRR (NYFCC)
Laura Citarella – Trenque Lauquen (ICS)
Gina Prince-Bythewood – The Woman King (AAFCA, BFCC)
Sarah Polley – Women Talking (AWFJ, StLFCA)

Breakthrough/Debut Director/New Filmmaker/First Film/Feature

Charlotte Wells – Aftersun (AFCC, BSFC, CFCA, DFCA, FFCC, Gotham, GWNYFCA, HFCS-1, ICS, IFJA, LCC, LVFCS, NBR, NCFCA, NYFCC, NYFCO, OAFFC, OFCS, TFCA)
Carey Williams – Emergency (AAFCA)
John Patton Ford – Emily the Criminal (PFCC)
Lee Jung-jae – Hunt (HFCS-1)
Dean Fleischer Camp – Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (CACF)
Davy Chou and Park-il Min – Return to Seoul (LAFCA)

Lead Actor/Performance

Austin Butler – Elvis (IPA, MNFCA)
Colin Farrell – After Yang (BSFC, NYFCC)
Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin (AFCC, AWFJ, BOFCA, CFCA, CIC, DFWFCA, FFCC, GFCA, GWNYFCA, HFCS-2, IFCA, KCFCC, LCC, NBR, NCFCA, NSFC, NYFCC, NYFCO, OAFFC, OFCS, SDFCS, SEFCA, SFBAFCC, UFCA, VFCC, WAFCA)
Brendan Fraser – The Whale (BFCC, CACF, CCA, DFCA, HFCS-1, IPA, LVFCS, MCFCA, NDFS, NFCS, NTFCA, OFCC, PCC, PFCC, PFCS, StLFCA)
Paul Mescal – Aftersun (ICS, TFCA)
Bill Nighy – Living (LAFCA)
Jeremy Pope – The Inspection (AAFCA)

Lead Actress/Performance

Cate Blanchett – TÁR (AFCC, BOFCA, CCA, CFCA, DFWFCA, FFCC, HFCS-2, IFCA, IFJA, LAFCA, LCC, MNFCA, NDFS, NSFC, NYFCC, OFCC, PCC, PFCC, SFBAFCC, TFCA, WAFCA)
Danielle Deadwyler – Till (AAFCA, BFCC, Gotham, IPA, SDFCS)
Mia Goth – Pearl (HFCS-1)
Guslagie Malanda – Saint Omer (ICS)
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All At Once (AWFJ, BSFC, CACF, CIC, DFCA, GFCA, GWNYFCA, IPA, KCFCC, LVFCS, MCFCA, NBR, NCFCA, NFCS, NTFCA, NYFCO, OAFFC, OFCS, PFCS, SEFCA, StLFCA, UFCA, VFCC)

Supporting Actor/Performance

Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin (NBR, NYFCO, SDFCS, VFCC)
Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway (AAFCA)
Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin (LCC)
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All At Once (AFCC, AWFJ, BFCC, BOFCA, BSFC, CACF, CCA, CFCA, CIC, DFCA, DFWFCA, FFCC, GFCA, Gotham, GWNYFCA, HFCS-1, HFCS-2, IFCA, IFJA, IPA, KCFCC, LAFCA, LVFCS, MCFCA, MNFCA, NCFCA, NDFS, NFCS, NSFC, NTFCA, NYFCC, OAFFC, OFCC, OFCS, PCC, PFCC, PFCS, SEFCA, SFBAFCC, StLFCA, TFCA, UFCA, WAFCA)
Achille Reggiani – Saturn Bowling (ICS)

Supporting Actress/Performance

Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (AAFCA, BFCC, CCA, CACF, MNFCA)
Jessie Buckley – Women Talking (FFCC, VFCC)
Hong Chau – The Whale (NYFCO)
Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin (AWFJ, BOFCA, BSFC, CFCA, DFWFCA, GWNYFCA, HFCS-1, HFCS-2, LCC, NSFC, OFCS, PFCS, SDFCS, SEFCA, SFBAFCC, StLFCA, WAFCA)
Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All At Once (AWFJ, IFCA, NFCS, NTFCA, OFCC, SFBAFCC)
Dolly De Leon – Triangle of Sadness (LAFCA, NDFS)
Claire Foy – Women Talking (IPA)
Nina Hoss – TÁR (FFCC)
Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All At Once (DFCA, GFCA, NCFCA, OAFFC, UFCA)
Janelle Monáe – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (AFCC, CIC, KCFCC, LVFCS, MCFCA, NBR, PFCC)
Keke Palmer – Nope (NYFCC, PCC, TFCA)
Kristen Stewart – Crimes of the Future (ICS)

Breakthrough Performance

Austin Butler – Elvis (AFCC, CFCA, CIC, FFCC, NCFCA, NYFCO, OAFFC, PFCS, SDFCS)
Frankie Corio – Aftersun (ICS)
Danielle Deadwyler – Till (GFCA, NBR)
Gracija Filipovic – Murina (Gotham)
Jaylin Hall – Till (AAFCA)
Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All At Once (GFCA, GWNYFCA, PFCC)
Gabriel LaBelle – The Fabelmans (NBR, NTFCA)

Ensemble

Everything Everywhere All At Once (NCFCA, PFCS, SDFCS, UFCA)
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (AAFCA, AFCC, BOFCA, CACF, CCA, CIC, GFCA, IPA, LVFCS, MCFCA, NYFCO, OFCC, PFCC, SEFCA, WAFCA)
Jackass Forever (BSFC)
The Menu (NTFCA)
Trenque Lauquen (ICS)
The Woman King (BFCC)
Women Talking (AWFJ, BSFC, DFCA, HFCS-2, IFJA, MNFCA, NBR, OAFFC, StLFCA)

Young Actor/Actress

Frankie Corio – Aftersun (LCC, LVFCS, MCFCA, PFCS)
Gabriel LaBelle – The Fabelmans (CCA, LVFCS, MCFCA, WAFCA)

Screenplay

The Banshees of Inisherin (AFCC, BOFCA, DFWFCA, HFCS-2, LCC, MNFCA, NDFS, NYFCC, NYFCO, PCC, TFCA, VFCC)
Everything Everywhere All At Once (CACF, MCFCA, PFCC)
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (AAFCA)
TÁR (Gotham, LAFCA, NSFC)

Adapted Screenplay

After Yang (BSFC)
All Quiet on the Western Front (NBR, SDFCS)
Bones and All (LVFCS)
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (GFCA, GWNYFCA, OFCC, OFCS, WAFCA)
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (BFCC, DFCA)
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (UFCA)
Le Otto Montagne (ICS)
She Said (NFCS, StLFCA)
The Whale (PFCS)
Women Talking (AWFJ, CCA, CFCA, CIC, FFCC, HFCS-1, IFJA, IPA, KCFCC, NCFCA, OAFFC, SEFCA, SFBAFCC, UFCA)

Original Screenplay

The Banshees of Inisherin (AWFJ, BSFC, CFCA, DFCA, GWNYFCA, IPA, NBR, OAFFC, OFCS, SDFCS, StLFCA, UFCA)
Decision to Leave (FFCC)
Everything Everywhere All At Once (BFCC, CCA, CIC, GFCA, HFCS-1, KCFCC, LVFCS, NCFCA, NFCS, OAFFC, OFCC, PFCS, SEFCA, StLFCA, UFCA, WAFCA)
TÁR (IFJA, SFBAFCC)
Trenque Lauquen (ICS)

Animated Feature

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (AFCC, AWFJ, BFCC, BOFCA, CACF, CCA, CFCA, CIC, DFCA, DFWFCA, GFCA, GWNYFCA, HFCS-1, HFCS-2, LAFCA, LVFCS, MCFCA, NDFS, NFCS, OAFFC, OFCC, OFCS, PCC, PFCC, SEFCA, SDFCS, SFBAFCC, WAFCA)
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (IFCA, IFJA, IPA, KCFCC, NBR, NCFCA, NTFCA, NYFCC, NYFCO, PFCS, StLFCA, UFCA)
No Dogs or Italians Allowed (ICS)
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (MNFCA)
Turning Red (BSFC, FFCC)
Wendell & Wild (AAFCA)

Documentary Feature

All That Breathes (Gotham, SFBAFCC)
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (AWFJ, BOFCA, BSFC, CACF, FFCC, GWNYFCA, LAFCA, LCC, NDFS, NYFCC, NYFCO, OFCC, StLFCA, TFCA, VFCC)
Bad Axe (LVFCS)
Fire of Love (AFCC, BFCC, CFCA, CIC, DFCA, GFCA, IPA, NCFCA, OAFFC, OFCS, PCC, SEFCA)
Good Night Oppy (DFWFCA, HFCS-2, MCFCA, NFCS, NTFCA, PFCC, PFCS, WAFCA)
I Didn’t See You There (IFJA)
Jackass Forever (KCFCC)
Sidney (AAFCA)
Sr. (HFCS-1, NBR)
Tales of the Purple House (ICS)
Wildcat (IFCA, SDFCS, UFCA)

International Feature

All Quiet on the Western Front (LVFCS, NDFS, PFCS, SDFCS, VFCC)
Argentina, 1985 (IPA)
Close (NBR)
Decision to Leave (AWFJ, BOFCA, CFCA, CIC, DFCA, DFWFCA, FFCC, GWNYFCA, LCC, OFCC, OFCS, SFBAFCC, StLFCA, WAFCA)
EO (LAFCA, NSFC, NYFCC, NYFCO)
Happening (Gotham)
The Quiet Girl (LCC)
RRR (AFCC, AWFJ, BFCC, CACF, CCA, GFCA, HFCS-1, HFCS-2, IFJA, KCFCC, MCFCA, NCFCA, NTFCA, OAFFC, PCC, PFCC, SEFCA, UFCA)
Saint Omer (AAFCA, TFCA)

Score/Use of Music

Babylon (BOFCA, CFCA, FFCC, HFCS-1, IPA, MCFCA, OFCC, PCC, PFCS)
The Banshees of Inisherin (OFCS, UFCA)
The Batman (AFCC, CACF, GFCA, GWNYFCA, IFJA, NCFCA, NTFCA, SEFCA, WAFCA)
Elvis (NYFCO)
EO (ICS)
The Fabelmans (IFCA)
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (CIC, DFCA, DFWFCA, HFCS-2, LVFCS)
Nope (KCFCC)
RRR (BSFC, KCFCC, LAFCA, PFCC)
TÁR (CCA)
Women Talking (SFBAFCC, StLFCA)

Song

“Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (AAFCA, PFCS)
“Vegas” from Elvis (LVFCS)
“Naatu Naatu” from RRR (CCA, CIC, DFCA, HFCS-2, MCFCA, NCFCA, OFCS)
“Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick (CACF, GFCA, HFCS-1, IFCA, IPA)

Sound

Nope (DFCA, NCFCA)
Pacifiction (ICS)
TÁR (OFCS)
Top Gun: Maverick (HFCS-1, IPA, MCFCA, MNFCA, NDFS, SDFCS)

Film Editing

Aftersun (BSFC, ICS, LAFCA, NDFS)
Decision to Leave (BSFC)
Everything Everywhere All At Once (BOFCA, CCA, CFCA, CIC, DFCA, GWNYFCA, HFCS-1, IFJA, IPA, LVFCS, MCFCA, MNFCA, NCFCA, OAFFC, OFCS, PFCS, SDFCS, SFBAFCC, StLFCA, UFCA, WAFCA)

Cinematography

Avatar: The Way of Water (DFWFCA, MCFCA)
Babylon (SDFCS)
The Banshees of Inisherin (StLFCA)
The Batman (MNFCA)
Decision to Leave (CFCA, FFCC)
EO (LAFCA, NSFC)
Nope (DFCA, IFJA, NCFCA, NYFCO, OAFFC)
Pacifiction (ICS)
Pearl (BSFC)
RRR (PFCC)
TÁR (SFBAFCC)
Top Gun: Maverick (AFCC, AWFJ, BFCC, BOFCA, CACF, CCA, CIC, GFCA, GWNYFCA, HFCS – 2, IPA, LVFCS, NBR, NDFS, NFCS, NTFCA, NYFCC, OFCC, OFCS, PCC, PFCS, UFCA, WAFCA)
The Woman King (AWFJ)
X (BSFC)

Production Design

Avatar: The Way of Water (CIC, LAFCA, MCFCA)
Babylon (CACF, CCA, DFCA, FFCC, GFCA, HFCS-1, IPA, LVFCS, NDFS, PFCS, SDFCS)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (WAFCA)
Crimes of the Future (ICS)
Elvis (StLFCA)
Everything Everywhere All At Once (CFCA, MNFCA, NCFCA, OFCS, SFBAFCC)
The Fabelmans (NFCS)

Costume Design

Babylon (IPA, MNFCA, NDFS)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (CCA, DFCA, HFCS-1, NCFCA, OFCS, PFCS)
Elvis (CACF, LVFCS, SDFCS, StLFCA)
Everything Everywhere All At Once (CFCA, OAFFC)
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (OAFFC)
The Woman King (CIC)

Makeup and Hair

Babylon (MNFCA)
The Batman (DFCA, CIC, HFCS-1)
Elvis (CCA, NCFCA)
The Whale (CACF, NDFS)

Stunts

RRR (CIC, IFJA, NCFCA, OAFFC, OFCS)
Top Gun: Maverick (AFCC, CACF, HFCS-1, MCFCA, OFCS)

Visual Effects

Avatar: The Way of Water (CCA, CIC, DFCA, FFCC, HFCS-1, HFCS-2, IPA, LVFCS, MNFCA, NCFCA, NDFS, OAFFC, OFCS, PFCS, SDFCS, StLFCA)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (NFCS)
Everything Everywhere All At Once (CFCA, UFCA)

ACRONYM LEGEND