US Critics Vote on the Best of 2023

The National Society of Film Critics (US) has chosen “Past Lives” as Best Picture of 2023. Scroll down for all votes in Best Picture and other categories for outstanding film achievement.

The Society, which is made up of 61 of the country’s most prominent movie critics, held its 58th annual awards voting meeting on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. Critics voted at in-person gatherings in Los Angeles and New York, and also participated virtually from across the country.

Justin Chang was re-elected chair and Joshua Rothkopf was elected vice-chair for 2024.

BEST PICTURE: “Past Lives” (51 points)
Runners-up:
“The Zone of Interest” (49 points)
“Oppenheimer” (44 points)

BEST DIRECTOR: Jonathan Glazer, “The Zone of Interest” (65 points)
Runners-up:
Todd Haynes, “May December” (42 points)
Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer” (41 points)

BEST ACTRESS: Sandra Hüller, “Anatomy of a Fall” and “The Zone of Interest” (61 points)
Runners-up:
Emma Stone, “Poor Things” (56 points)
Lily Gladstone, “Killers of the Flower Moon” (44 points)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers” (58 points)
Runners-up:
Penélope Cruz, “Ferrari” (32 points)
Rachel McAdams, “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.” (23 points)

BEST ACTOR: Andrew Scott, “All of Us Strangers” (52 points)
Runners-up:
Jeffrey Wright, “American Fiction” (39 points)
Cillian Murphy, “Oppenheimer” (29 points)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Charles Melton, “May December” (51 points)
Runners-up:
Robert Downey, Jr., “Oppenheimer,” and Ryan Gosling, “Barbie” (31 points, tie)

BEST SCREENPLAY: Samy Burch, “May December” (53 points)
Runners-up:
Celine Song, “Past Lives” (50 points)
David Hemingson, “The Holdovers” (36 points)

BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: “Fallen Leaves” (65 points)
Runners-up:
“The Zone of Interest” (51 points)
“Anatomy of a Fall” (44 points)

BEST NONFICTION FILM: “Menus-Plaisirs — Les Troisgros” (64 points)
Runners-up:
“20 Days in Mariupol” (25 points)
“Kokomo City” (19 points)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Rodrigo Prieto, “Killers of the Flower Moon” (55 points)
Runners-up:
Łukasz Żal, “The Zone of Interest” (45 points)
Hoyte van Hoytema, “Oppenheimer” (44 points)

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM: Jean-Luc Godard’s “Trailer of a Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars”

SPECIAL CITATION FOR A FILM AWAITING U.S. DISTRIBUTION: Víctor Erice’s “Close Your Eyes”

FILM HERITAGE AWARDS:
— Criterion Channel, for an adventurous, wide-ranging, finely curated selection of films, ranging from American independents to world cinema to short films to classic Hollywood, making readily available the kind of repertory cinema that every city should have.
— Facets, Kim’s Video, Scarecrow Video and Vidiots, for maintaining wide-reaching libraries of films on disc and tape and making those libraries available to the general public.

National Society of Film Critics
New York, January 6, 2024