There are four films that seem to be dominating this season and all are in the most-nominated bracket from 11 to 9 nominations here. Nothing surprising other than the group’s inability to limit itself to 5 or 10 nominees in every category.
Nominations Tallies
(11) Killers of the Flower Moon
(10) Oppenheimer, Poor Things
(9) Barbie
(7) American Fiction, The Holdovers
(5) Asteroid City, May December, Past Lives
(3) Anatomy of a Fall, The Boy and the Heron, Godzilla Minus One, The Iron Claw, Maestro, Rustin, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, The Zone of Interest
(2) BlackBerry, The Color Purple, You Hurt My Feelings
(1) 20 Days in Mariupol, 32 Sounds, Afire, Air, All of Us Strangers, American Symphony, Anselm, Bottoms, Elemental, Ferrari, Inside, The Killer, Kokomo City, Nimona, No Hard Feelings, Nyad, Perfect Days, Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken, Rye Lane, Showing Up, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Theater Camp, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
The Nominations
Best Film
- American Fiction
- Barbie
- Godzilla Minus One
- The Holdovers
- The Iron Claw
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- May December
- Oppenheimer
- Past Lives
- Poor Things
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- The Zone of Interest
Best Animated Film
The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Nimona
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Best Director
Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
Celine Song – Past Lives
Best Lead Performance
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon
Colman Domingo – Rustin
Zac Efron – The Iron Claw
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Margot Robbie – Barbie
Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers
Emma Stone – Poor Things
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction
Best Supporting Performance
Penélope Cruz – Ferrari
Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Jodie Foster – Nyad
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Glenn Howerton – BlackBerry
Charles Melton – May December
Julianne Moore – May December
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers
Best Original Screenplay
Anatomy of a Fall
Asteroid City
Barbie
The Holdovers
The Iron Claw
May December
Past Lives
Best Adapted Screenplay
American Fiction
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best Score
American Fiction
Godzilla Minus One
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best Film Editing
Barbie
The Killer
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best Cinematography
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best Foreign Language Film
Afire
Anatomy of a Fall
The Boy and the Heron
Godzilla Minus One
Perfect Days
The Zone of Interest
Best Documentary
20 Days in Mariupol
32 Sounds
American Symphony
Anselm
Kokomo City
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Breakthrough Film Artist
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
Charles Melton – May December
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers
Celine Song – Past Lives
Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)
.Willem Dafoe – Asteroid City, The Boy and the Heron, Inside, Poor Things
.Matt Damon – Air, Oppenheimer
.Colman Domingo – The Color Purple: Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken, Rustin, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
.Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall, The Zone of Interest
.Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction, Asteroid City, Rustin
Best Ensemble
Asteroid City
Barbie
The Color Purple
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best Comedy
American Fiction
Asteroid City
Barbie
Bottoms
The Holdovers
No Hard Feelings
You Hurt My Feelings
Best Overlooked Film
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
BlackBerry
Rye Lane
Showing Up
Theater Camp
You Hurt My Feelings
Columbus Film Critics Association Data
Year Founded: 2002
First Awards: 2002 (21)