17th Women Journalists Nominations

While it’s not surprising that some of the year’s strongest female-led films (Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, Past Lives, Poor Things), there were a few female-anemic ones celebrated too (Killers of the Flower Moon, Oppenheimer, The Holdovers).

Nominations Tallies

(9) Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon
(8) Oppenheimer, Past Lives, The Zone of Interest
(6) The Holdovers, Poor Things
(5) American Fiction, May December
(3) Maestro, Nyad, Saltburn
(2) Nimona, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
(1) 20 Days in Mariupol, All of Us Strangers, American Symphony, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, Beyond Utopia, Book Club: The Next Chapter, The Boy and the Heron, The Color Purple, Elemental, The Exorcist Believer, The Expendables 4, Fallen Leaves, Fast X, Four Daughters, Ghosted, Golda, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Mafia Mamma, Magic Mike’s Last Dance, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, Origin, Priscilla, Robot Dreams, Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, The Teachers’ Lounge, Wish, You Hurt My Feelings, Your Place or Mine

The Nominations

Best Film

American Fiction
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
The Zone of Interest

Best Animated Film

The Boy and the Heron
Nimona
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Best Director

Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Jonathan Glazer – The Zone of Interest
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
Celine Song – Past Lives
Justine Triet – Anatomy of a Fall

Best Woman Director

Ava DuVernay – Origin
Emerald Fennell – Saltburn
Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Celine Song – Past Lives
Justine Triet – Anatomy of a Fall

Best Actor

Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

Best Actress

Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Margot Robbie – Barbie
Emma Stone – Poor Things

Best Supporting Actor

Sterling K. Brown – American Fiction
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Charles Melton – May December
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things

Best Supporting Actress

Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
America Ferrera – Barbie
Sandra Hüller – The Zone of Interest
Rosamund Pike – Saltburn
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers

Best Original Screenplay

Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
The Holdovers
May December
Past Lives

Best Adapted Screenplay

American Fiction
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest

Best Woman Screenwriter

Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
May December
Past Lives
Saltburn

Best Editing

Anatomy of a Fall
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
The Zone of Interest

Best Cinematography

Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest

Best Non-English-Language Film

Anatomy of a Fall
Fallen Leaves
Past Lives
The Teachers’ Lounge
The Zone of Interest

Best Documentary

20 Days in Mariupol
American Symphony
Beyond Utopia
Four Daughters
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

Best Woman’s Breakthrough Performance

Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Cailee Spaeny – Priscilla

Best Animated Female

Asha – Wish (Ariana DeBose)
April O’Neil – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (Ayo Edebiri)
Ember – Elemental (Leah Lewis)
Gwen Stacy – Spider-Man: Across the Universe (Hailee Steinfeld)
.Nimona – Nimona (Chloe Grace Moretz)

Best Ensemble Cast

American Fiction
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer

Time Waster Remake or Sequel Award

The Exorcist Believer
The Expendables 4
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Magic Mike’s Last Dance

Most Daring Performance

Annette Bening – Nyad
Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall
Sandra Hüller – The Zone of Interest
Julianne Moore – May December
Emma Stone – Poor Things

Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Film Industry

.Fran Drescher – for leading SAG-AFTRA through the actors’ strike and standing strong for an equitable contract.
. Ava DuVernay – for creating a new financing model, for consistently supporting women in film and for focusing her work on social justice.
.Greta Gerwig – for all that is BARBIE.
.Lily Gladstone – for championing Native American stories, advocating for diversity and authenticity, and for starring in two exceptional films in 2023.
.Margot Robbie – for producing and starring in BARBIE, and for continued support for women in film via her LuckyChap production company.

Most Egregious Lovers’ Age Difference Award

.Killers of the Flower Moon – Leonardo DiCaprio (49) and Lily Gladstone (37)
.Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One – Tom Cruise (61) and Haley Atwell (41)
.Oppenheimer – Cillian Murphy (47) and Florence Pugh (27)
.Poor Things – Mark Ruffalo (56) and Emma Stone (35)

Grand Dame Award

Annette Bening – Nyad
Julia Louis Dreyfus – You Hurt My Feelings
Jodie Foster – Nyad
Helen Mirren – Golda, Fast X
Julianne Moore – May December

She Deserves a New Agent Award

Ana de Armas – Ghosted
Candace Bergen, Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Mary Steenburgen – Book Club: The Next Chapter
Toni Colette – Mafia Mamma
Nia Vardalos – My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
Reese Witherspoon – Your Place or Mine

AWFJ Hall of Shame Award

.The AMPTP and studio heads for their despicable behavior concerning the WGA and SAG-AFTRA negotiations and strikes.
.Drew Barrymore for resuming her show during the WGA strike, resulting in three writers leaving the show.
.Greta Gerwig for crossing WGA and SAG picket lines (she’s a member of both and although not an actor in BARBIE, she co-wrote it) to promote BARBIE. claiming she was just there as a non-striking director. Her co-writer Noah Baumbach respected the picket line. Media gave her a free pass while Black director Justin Simien (not a member of ANY striking guild) was given flack for attending the Disney premiere of his film THE HAUNTED MANSION. Shame on Greta.
.Jonathan Majors for domestic violence.
.Danny Masterson, sentenced to 30 years to life in prison after having been found guilty of raping two women.