For 2023, the members of the Phoenix Critics Circle gathered at their annual Awards dinner to reveal the best films of the year. Each awards season, members are asked to nominate the best five films in each respective category: Picture, Comedy, Science Fiction, Horror, Animated, Foreign Language, Documentary, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Director, Screenplay, Cinematographer, and Score.
The Phoenix Critics Circle is a part of the 501(c)3 non-profit Phoenix Fim Foundation, supporting filmmakers with the annual Phoenix Film Festival, the International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival, Peoria Film Fest, IFP/Phoenix, the Arizona Student Film Festival, the filmgoing community with the Phoenix Film Society, and critics with the Phoenix Critics Circle.
The 2023 winners and nominees are:
BEST PICTURE: PAST LIVES
OTHER NOMINESS:
THE HOLDOVERS
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
OPPENHEIMER
POOR THINGS
THE ZONE OF INTEREST
BEST COMEDY FILM: THE HOLDOVERS
OTHER NOMINEES:
AMERICAN FICTION
ASTEROID CITY
BARBIE
BOTTOMS
BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM: THEY CLONED TYRONE
OTHER NOMINEES:
ASTEROID CITY
THE CREATOR
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3
INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY
INFINITY POOL
BEST HORROR FILM: TALK TO ME
OTHER NOMINEES:
EVIL DEAD RISE
NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU
THANKSGIVING
WHEN EVIL LURKS
BEST ANIMATED FILM: SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE
OTHER NOMINEES:
THE BOY AND THE HERON
ELEMENTAL
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM
WISH
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: THE ZONE OF INTEREST
OTHER NOMINEES:
ANATOMY OF A FALL
FALLEN LEAVES
GODZILLA MINUS ONE
PERFECT DAYS
BEST DOCUMENTARY: STILL: A MICHAEL J. FOX MOVIE
OTHER NOMINEES:
20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL
AMERICAN SYMPHONY
BEYOND UTOPIA
THE MISSION
BEST ACTOR: CILLIAN MURPHY, OPPENHEIMER
OTHER NOMINEES:
BRADLEY COOPER, MAESTRO
LEONARDO DICAPRIO, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
PAUL GIAMATTI, THE HOLDOVERS
BARRY KEOGHAN, SALTBURN
JEFFREY WRIGHT, AMERICAN FICTION
BEST ACTRESS: EMMA STONE, POOR THINGS
OTHER NOMINEES:
LILY GLADSTONE, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
SANDRA HÜLLER, ANATOMY OF A FALL
GRETA LEE, PAST LIVES
NATALIE PORTMAN, MAY DECEMBER
MARGOT ROBBIE, BARBIE
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: ROBERT DOWNEY JR., OPPENHEIMER
OTHER NOMINEES:
WILLEM DAFOE, POOR THINGS
RYAN GOSLING, BARBIE
MARK RUFFALO, POOR THINGS
DOMINIC SESSA, THE HOLDOVERS
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: DA’VINE JOY RANDOLPH, THE HOLDOVERS
OTHER NOMINEES:
EMILY BLUNT, OPPENHEIMER
PENELOPE CRUZ, FERRARI
RACHEL MCADAMS, ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET.
JULIANNE MOORE, MAY DECEMBER
ROSAMUND PIKE, SALTBURN
BEST DIRECTOR: YORGOS LANTHIMOS, POOR THINGS
OTHER NOMINEES:
GRETA GERWIG, BARBIE
JONATHAN GLAZER, THE ZONE OF INTEREST
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN, OPPENHEIMER
MARTIN SCORSESE, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
CELINE SONG, PAST LIVES
BEST SCREENPLAY: DAVID HEMINGSON, THE HOLDOVERS
OTHER NOMINEES:
GRETA GERWIG AND NOAH BAUMBACH, BARBIE
CORD JEFFERSON, AMERICAN FICTION
TONY MCNAMARA AND ALASDAIR GRAY, POOR THINGS
CELINE SONG, PAST LIVES
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: HOYTE VAN HOYTEMA, OPPENHEIMER
OTHER NOMINEES:
MATTHEW LIBATIQUE, MAESTRO
RODRIGO PRIETO, BARBIE
RODRIGO PRIETO, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
ROBBIE RYAN, POOR THINGS
LUKASZ ZAL, THE ZONE OF INTEREST
BEST SCORE: LUDWIG GÖRANSSON, OPPENHEIMER
OTHER NOMINEES:
JERSKIN FENDRIX, POOR THINGS
MICA LEVI, THE ZONE OF INTEREST
DANIEL PEMBERTON, SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE
ROBBIE ROBERTSON, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON