The North Carolina Film Critics Association (NCFCA) has announced its winners for the 12th annual awards for achievements in film. Four films were recognized in multiple categories; Oppenheimer was honored with 10 awards, Barbie earned five honors, and The Holdovers and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse each gained two wins from the NCFCA.
The NCFCA consists of 72 film critics living and/or working in North Carolina.
See full list of winners below.
BEST NARRATIVE FILM
Oppenheimer (winner)
American Fiction
Barbie
Godzilla Minus One
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Past Lives
Poor Things Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Zone of Interest
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (winner)
American Symphony
May the Lord Watch: The Little Brother Story
The Missio
Silver Dollar Road
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (winner)
The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Nimona
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Anatomy of a Fall (winner)
Godzilla Minus One
Past Live
Perfect Days
The Zone of Interest
BEST DIRECTOR
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer (winner)
Celine Song – Past Lives
Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Hoyte Van Hoytema – Oppenheimer (winner)
Barbie
John Wick: Chapter 4
Killers of the Flower Moon
Poor Things
BEST ACTOR
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer (winner)
Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers
Colman Domingo – Rustin
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer (winner)
Charles Melton – May December
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Thing
Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
BEST ACTRESS
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon (winner)
Emma Stone – Poor Things
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Margot Robbie – Barbie
Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers (winner)
America Ferrera – Barbie
Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
Julianne Moore – May December
BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE IN ANIMATION OR MIXED MEDIA
Daniel Kaluuya – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (winner)
Bradley Cooper – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Chloë
Grace Moretz – Nimona
Hailee Steinfeld – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Shameik Moore – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Oppenheimer (winner)
Asteroid City
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach – Barbie (winner)
Anatomy of a Fall
The Holdovers
May December
Past Lives
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer (winner)
All of Us Strangers
American Fiction
Killers of the Flower Moon
Poor Things
BEST EDITING
Jennifer Lame – Oppenheimer (winner)
Barbie
John Wick: Chapter 4
Killers of the Flower Moon
Poor Things
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
Kiyoko Shibuya – Godzilla Minus One (winner)
The Creator
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Oppenheimer
BEST STUNT COORDINATION
Scott Rogers and Stephen Dunlevy, stunt coordinators – John Wick: Chapter 4 (winner)
Extraction II
The Iron Claw
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Sisu
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Jacqueline Durran – Barbie (winner)
The Color Purple
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
BEST HAIR & MAKE-UP
Ivana Primorac – Barbie (winner)
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Priscilla
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Sarah Greenwood – Barbie (winner)
Asteroid City
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
BEST SCORE
Ludwig Göransson – Oppenheimer (winner)
The Killer
Killers of the Flower Moon
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt – “I’m Just Ken” – Barbie (winner)
Am I Dreaming – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Can’t Catch Me Now – The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Peaches – The Super Mario Brothers Movie
What Was I Made For – Barbie
BEST SOUND DESIGN
Richard King, Sound Designer/Supervising Sound Editor – Oppenheimer (winner)
John Wick: Chapter 4
The Killer
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Zone of Interest
BEST DIRECTORIAL DEBUT Celine Song – Past Lives (winner)
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou – Talk to Me
Mel Eslyn – Biosphere
Michael B. Jordan – Creed III
BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers (winner)
Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret
Charles Melton – May December
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Milo Machado Graner – Anatomy of A Fall
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: Make-Up Artist
Rick Baker (winner)
Greg Cannom
Stan Winston
Tom Savini
Ve Neill
KEN HANKE MEMORIAL TAR HEEL AWARD
Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple (winner)
Hunter Schafer – The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Julianne Moore – May December
May the Lord Watch: The Little Brother Story
Silver Dollar Road
Films with Multiple Wins:
Oppenheimer – 10
Barbie – 5
The Holdovers – 2
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – 2
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