Kansas City Film Critics Circle (KCFCC) Awards: ‘Oppenheimer’ Wins 6

The Kansas City Film Critics Circle (KCFCC), one of the oldest critics groups in the U.S., revealed the winners of its 58th awards where Oppenheimer won six, including Best Film and Best Director for Christopher Nolan.

Lily Gladstone was named Best Actress for Killers of the Flower Moon (which was a runner-up for Best Film, among other categories).

The group saw a tie for Best Actor where Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers) and Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) shared the prize and and the supporting wins went to the same films, respectively, with Robert Downey Jr. and Da’Vine Joy Randolph awarded. Original Screenplay was given to both Anatomy of a Fall and Past Lives.

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

Best Film

Winner: Oppenheimer
Runner up: Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Director

Winner: Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Runner up: Greta Gerwig – Barbie

Best Actor

Tie: Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers and Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer

Best Actress

Winner: Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Runner up: Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall

Best Supporting Actor

Winner: Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Runner up: Ryan Gosling – Barbie

Best Supporting Actress

Winner: Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Runner up: Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

Best Original Screenplay

Tie: Anatomy of a Fall and Past Lives

Best Adapted Screenplay

Winner: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Runner up: Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Cinematography

Winner: Oppenheimer
Runner up: Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Original Score

Winner: Oppenheimer
Runner up: Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Animated Feature

Winner: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Runner up: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Best Foreign Language Film

Winner: Anatomy of a Fall
Runner up: The Zone of Interest

Best Documentary

Tie: 20 Days in Mariupol and The Eras Tour

The Vince Hoehler Award for Best Sci Fi Horror

Winner: Godzilla Minus One
Runner up: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

The Tom Poe Award for Best LGBTQ Film

Winner: All of Us Strangers
Runner up: Maestro