Dallas-Ft. Worth Film Critics Association (DFWFCA) Names ‘The Holdovers’ Best Picture

The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association voted the comedy-drama The Holdovers as the best film of 2023, with Da’Vine Joy Randolph named Best Supporting Actress and David Hemingson’s script named Best Screenplay, according to the results of its 30th annual critics’ poll.

Oppenheimer was the biggest winner with four: Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Cinematography.

Following is a complete list of award winners, with choices listed in order of votes received.

Best Picture: The Holdovers
2. Oppenheimer
3. Killers of the Flower Moon
4. Poor Things
5. American Fiction
6. Past Lives
7. Maestro
8. Anatomy of a Fall
9. Barbie
10. May December

Best Director: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
2. Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
3. Alexander Payne, The Holdovers
4. Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
5. Celine Song, Past Lives

Best Actor: Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
2. Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
3. Bradley Cooper, Maestro
4. Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction
5 (tie). Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers of the Flower Moon & Colman Domingo, Rustin

Best Actress: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
2. Emma Stone, Poor Things
3. Carey Mulligan, Maestro
4. Greta Lee, Past Lives
5. Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall

Best Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
2. Charles Melton, May December
3. Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon
4. Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things
5. Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers

Best Supporting Actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
2. Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
3. Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
4. Jodie Foster, Nyad
5. Julianne Moore, May December

Best Screenplay: David Hemingson, The Holdovers (Runner-up: Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, Anatomy of a Fall)

Best Animated Film: The Boy and the Heron (Runner-up: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse)
Best Documentary: American Symphony (2. 20 Days in Mariupol, 3. Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, 4. The Deepest Breath, 5. The Pigeon Tunnel)
Best Foreign Language Film: Anatomy of a Fall (2. The Zone of Interest, 3. The Taste of Things, 4. Society of the Snow, 5. Fallen Leaves)

Best Cinematography: Hoyte van Hoytema, Oppenheimer (Runner-up: Rodrigo Prieto, Killers of the Flower Moon)
Best Musical Score: Robbie Robertson, Killers of the Flower Moon (Runner-up: Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer)

Russell Smith Award (Best Low-Budget or Cutting-Edge Independent Film): The Zone of Interest

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