Portland Critics Association (PCA) Awards: ‘Oppenheimer’ Tops with 9

The Portland Critics Association (PCA) has chosen its winners and runners-up for the best in film for 2023. Oppenheimer led with nine wins including Best Picture, Director and Best Actor.

Emma Stone was named Best Actress for Poor Things, Ryan Gosling was Best Supporting Actor for Barbie and Best Supporting Actress went to Rachel McAdams for Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

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

Best Picture: Oppenheimer (RU: Killers of the Flower Moon)

Best Director: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer (RU: Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon)

Best Actor: Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer (RU: Barry Keoghan, Saltburn)
Best Actress: Emma Stone, Poor Things (RU: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon)
Best Supporting Actor: Ryan Gosling, Barbie (RU: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer)
Best Supporting Actress: Rachel McAdams, Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret. (RU: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers)

Best Screenplay: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer (RU: Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, Barbie)

Best Animated Feature: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (RU: The Boy and the Heron)
Best Documentary Feature: Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (RU: Beyond Utopia)
Best Film Not in the English Language: Anatomy of a Fall (RU: Past Lives)

Best Ensemble Cast: Oppenheimer (RU: Killers of the Flower Moon)

Best Cinematography: Hoyte van Hoytema, Oppenheimer (RU: Rodrigo Prieto, Killers of the Flower Moon)
Best Production Design: Sarah Greenwood, Barbie (RU: Ruth De Jong, Oppenheimer)
Best Costume Design: Jacqueline Durran, Barbie (RU: Jacqueline West, Killers of the Flower Moon)
Best Original Score: Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer (RU: Daniel Pemberto, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse)
Best Sound Design: Oppenheimer (RU: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One)
Best Visual Effects: Oppenheimer (RU: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One)
Best Stunts or Action Choreography: John Wick: Chapter 4 (RU: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One)

Best Comedy Feature: American Fiction (RU: Barbie)
Best Horror Feature: Talk to Me (RU: When Evil Lurks)
Best Science Fiction Feature: Godzilla Minus One (RU: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3)

Top 10 Films:

1. Oppenheimer
2. Killers of the Flower Moon
3. Poor Things
4. Past Lives
5. Barbie
6. American Fiction
7. The Zone of Interest
8. Saltburn
9. May December
10. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Onec

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