DiscussingFilm Critic Awards (DFCA): ‘Oppenheimer’ Tops with 8

Leading the pack of winners at the 5th Annual DiscussingFilm Critic Awards is Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer with 8 wins out of 14 nominations, it was announced today.

Greta Gerwig’s Barbie won 4 out its 10 nominations, including Costume Design and Production Design. May December took Best Original Screenplay as well as Charles Melton winning both Supporting Actor and Breakthrough Performance, making it the third most awarded film. Past Lives wins 2 categories with both Best Debut Feature and Best Independent Film going to Celine Song’s debut film.

The Emma Stone-starring Poor Things finished with only a singular win in Best Makeup and Hairstyling after being nominated in 13 categories. Coming just behind in terms of nominations was Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon which was nominated in 11 categories but also only won 1 award for Lily Gladstone in Best Actress. Other notable wins this year include Godzilla Minus One in Best Visual Effects, Rachel McAdams bested her Best Supporting Actress nominees for her performance in Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, as well as Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse winning Best Animated Film.

Here is the complete list of winners and runners-up.

BEST PICTURE

Oppenheimer – WINNER

Past Lives – Runner-up

BEST DIRECTOR

Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer – WINNER

Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest – Runner-up

BEST ACTRESS

Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon – WINNER

Emma Stone, Poor Things – Runner-up

BEST ACTOR 

Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer – WINNER

Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers – Runner-up

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Charles Melton, May December – WINNER

Ryan Gosling, Barbie – Runner-up

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Rachel McAdams, Are You There God? It’s me, Margaret. – WINNER

Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple – Runner-up

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

Anatomy of a Fall – WINNER

Godzilla: Minus One – Runner-up

BEST ENSEMBLE

The Color Purple – WINNER 

Oppenheimer – Runner-up

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Samy Burch, May December – WINNER

Justine Triet, Arthur Harari, Anatomy of A Fall – Runner-up

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer – WINNER

Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers – Runner-up

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 

Hoyte van Hoytema, Oppenheimer – WINNER

Robbie Ryan, Poor Things – Runner-up

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer – WINNER 

Daniel Pemberton, Spider-Man: Across The Spider Verse – Runner-up

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Barbie – WINNER

Poor Things – Runner-up

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Barbie – WINNER 

Poor Things – Runner-up

BEST FILM EDITING

Oppenheimer – WINNER 

Killers of the Flower Moon – Runner-up

BEST SOUND

Oppenheimer – WINNER 

The Zone of Interest – Runner-up

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

Poor Things – WINNER 

Barbie – Runner-up 

BEST ORIGINAL SONG 

“I’m Just Ken” – Barbie – WINNER 

“What was I Made For?” – Barbie – Runner-up

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS 

Godzilla: Minus One – WINNER

The Creator – Runner-up

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Beyond Utopia – WINNER 

20 Days in Mariupol – Runner-up

BEST ANIMATED FILM

Spider-Man: Across The Spider Verse – WINNER

The Boy and The Heron – Runner-up

BEST DEBUT FEATURE

Past Lives – WINNER 

American Fiction – Runner-up

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

Charles Melton, May December – WINNER 

Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers – Runner-up 

BEST STUNT ENSEMBLE 

John Wick: Chapter 4 – WINNER

Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One – Runner-up

BEST INDEPENDENT FILM 

Past Lives – WINNER

A Thousand and One – Runner-up

BEST COMEDY

Barbie – WINNER 

Poor Things – Runner-up

BEST HORROR FILM

Talk To Me – WINNER 

Evil Dead Rise – Runner-up

Vote tally

Oppenheimer: 8 wins

Barbie: 4 wins

May December: 3 wins

Past Lives: 2 wins

Anatomy of a Fall: 1 win

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.: 1 win

Beyond Utopia: 1 win

The Color Purple: 1 win

Godzilla: Minus One: 1 win

John Wick: Chapter 4: 1 win

Killers of the Flower Moon: 1 win

Poor Things: 1 win

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: 1 win

Talk to Me: 1 win

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