Founded in 2019, the DiscussingFilm Critic Awards (DFCA) is our very own celebration of the most worthy and impactful films of the year. The DFCA voting body consists of a diverse range of highly established film critics, awards pundits, and influential voices from around the globe. The winners for the 2023 DiscussingFilm Critic Awards are finally here thanks to this dedicated voting group, which now includes bold voices from right here at DiscussingFilm and major outlets such as The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, The Wrap, and much more. Follow along in the official winner announcements of what is now our fourth annual edition of the ceremony.
The top winners of our 3rd Annual DiscussingFilm Critic Awards were led by Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, Pablo Larraín’s Spencer, and Julia Ducournau’s Titane. Now, Everything Everywhere All at Once dominated the winners for the 4th Annual DiscussingFilm Critic Awards with a final tally of 7 wins, earning half of its 14 total nominations. This includes Best Picture, Best Director for the Daniels, Best Actress for Michelle Yeoh, Best Supporting Actor for Ke Huy Quan, and Best Supporting Actress for Stephanie Hsu. The beloved film is expected to keep carrying strong in the current awards season, and these dominating results are just the latest testament to its universal love.
Coming in second was a tie between Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio and Nope with 3 wins each. Pinocchio was able to shine in two categories outside of Best Animated Feature, Best Original Score, and Best Adapted Screenplay. Could this prove it to be a bigger threat in more categories moving forward? It seems likely. Meanwhile, Jordan Peele’s Nope was the first to win in our brand new Best Horror film category. Its wins in Best Sound and Best Cinematography are greatly deserved as well.
Other notable winners from the 2023 DiscussingFilm Critic Awards include RRR for Best Original Song, Women Talking for Best Ensemble, Decision to Leave for Best International Feature, and Aftersun for Best First Feature. Blockbusters like Avatar: The Way of Water, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and The Batman were also able to receive one win each across different categories. Finally, Brendan Fraser’s Best Actor win for his soul-crunching turnout in The Whale can’t go unrecognized.
Aside from introducing the Best Horror film category, this was also the first year where we allowed 10 films to be nominated for Best International Feature. We would like to thank all the voting members of the DiscussingFilm Critics Association (DFCA) for taking part in our fourth annual edition of the awards and for voting diligently and responsibly. See the full list of winners for the 2023 DiscussingFilm Critic Awards below and you can also read more on the DFCA and how it works here.
2023 DiscussingFilm Critic Awards Winners
Best Picture
Aftersun – Runner-up
The Banshees of Inisherin
Bones and All
Decision To Leave
Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNER
The Fabelmans
Pinocchio
TÁR
Top Gun: Maverick
Women Talking
Best Director
Charlotte Wells, Aftersun
Park Chan-wook, Decision To Leave – Runner-up
Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNER
Steven Speilberg, The Fabelmans
Todd Field, TÁR
Best Actor
Paul Mescal, Aftersun
Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin – Runner-up
Park Hae il, Decision To Leave
Austin Butler, Elvis
Brendan Fraser, The Whale – WINNER
Best Actress
Taylor Russell, Bones and All
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNER
Cate Blanchett, TÁR – Runner-up
Danielle Deadwyler, Till
Mia Goth, Pearl
Best Supporting Actor
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNER
Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin – Runner-up
Mark Rylance, Bones and All
Ben Whishaw, Women Talking
Best Supporting Actress
Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin – Runner-up
Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNER
Dolly De Leon, Triangle of Sadness
Hong Chau, The Whale
Claire Foy, Women Talking
Best Film Ensemble
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – Runner-up
Triangle of Sadness
The Woman King
Women Talking – WINNER
Best Original Screenplay
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin – WINNER
Park Chan-wook & Jeong Seo-kyeong, Decision To Leave
Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once – Runner-up
Todd Field, TÁR
Ruben Östlund, Triangle of Sadness
Best Adapted Screenplay
David Kajganich, Bones and All
Rian Johnson, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Guillermo del Toro & Patrick McHale, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – WINNER
Samuel D. Hunter, The Whale
Sarah Polley & Miriam Toews, Women Talking – Runner-up
Best Animated Feature
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – WINNER
Marcel The Shell with Shoes On – Runner-up
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red
Wendell & Wild
Best Documentary Feature
All The Beauty and the Bloodshed – Runner-up
Descendant
Fire of Love – WINNER
Moonage Daydream
Navalny
Best International Feature
All Quiet on the Western Front
Bardo
Broker
Close
Corsage
Decision To Leave – WINNER
EO
Holy Spider
RRR – Runner-up
Saint Omer
Best Debut Feature
Aftersun – WINNER
Fresh
The Inspection
Nanny
Turning Red – Runner-up
Best Breakthrough Performance
Frankie Corio, Aftersun
Diego Calva, Babylon
Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNER
Gabriel LaBelle, The Fabelmans – Runner-Up
Dolly de Leon, Triangle of Sadness
Best Original Score
Babylon – Runner-up
The Batman
Bones and All
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – WINNER
Women Talking
Best Original Song
“Lift Me Up”, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
“Vegas”, Elvis – Runner-up
“Ciao Papa”, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
“Naatu Naatu”, RRR – WINNER
“Hold My Hand”, Top Gun: Maverick
Best Cinematography
Linus Sandgren, Babylon
Greig Fraser, The Batman
Ji-yong Kim, Decision to Leave – Runner-up
Hoyte van Hoytema, Nope – WINNER
Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick
Best Production Design
Babylon – WINNER
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once – Runner-up
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Best Film Editing
Babylon
Decision to Leave – Runner-Up
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNER
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Costume Design
Babylon – Runner-Up
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – WINNER
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Woman King
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
The Batman – WINNER
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis – Runner-Up
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Whale
Best Sound
The Batman
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Nope – WINNER
Top Gun: Maverick – Runner-up
Best Visual Effects
Avatar: The Way of the Water – WINNER
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Everything Everywhere All at Once – Runner-up
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Horror Film
Barbarian
Bones and All – Runner-Up
Nope – WINNER
Pearl
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