From ‘RRR’ To ‘Tár’ Here Are The 2022 Denver Film Critics Society Nominations

As a member of the Denver Film Critics society, each year we team up with other Denver critics to select our favorite films of the year. Here are the 2022 nominees.

Ram Charan as Alluri Sitarama Raju and Jr. NTR as Komaram Bheem in S.S. Rajamouli’s RRR. Photo credit: Variance Films.

Best Film
“Everything Everywhere All at Once”
“The Banshees of Inisherin”
“Women Talking”
“Tar”
“RRR”

Best Director
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Martin McDonagh, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Sarah Polley, “Women Talking”
James Cameron, “Avatar: The Way of Water”
Charlotte Wells, “Aftersun”

Best Lead Performance by an Actor, Female
Michelle Yeoh, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Cate Blanchett, “Tar”
Viola Davis, “The Woman King”
Mia Goth, “Pearl”
Danielle Deadwyler, “Till”

Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell in the film THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN. Photo by Jonathan Hession. Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2022 20th Century Studios All Rights Reserved

Best Lead Performance by an Actor, Male
Brendan Fraser, “The Whale”
Colin Farrell, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Austin Butler, “Elvis”
Ralph Fiennes, “The Menu”
Paul Mescal, “Aftersun”

Best Supporting Performance by an Actor, Female
Kerry Condon, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Angela Bassett, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
Jamie Lee Curtis, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Hong Chau, “The Whale”
Stephanie Hsu, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Angela Bassett as Ramonda in Marvel Studios’ BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER. Photo by Annette Brown. © 2022 MARVEL.

Best Supporting Performance by an Actor, Male
Brendan Gleeson, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Ke Huy Quan, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Ben Whishaw, “Women Talking”
Judd Hirsch, “The Fabelmans”
Barry Keoghan, “The Banshees of Inisherin”

Best Sci-Fi/Horror
“Nope”
“Everything Everywhere All at Once”
“The Menu”
“Pearl”
“Barbarian”

Georgina Campbell as Tess in 20th Century Studios’ BARBARIAN, exclusively on Hulu. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2022 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

Best Animated Film
“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”
“Turning Red”
“The Bad Guys”
“Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”
“Marcel the Shell with Shoes On”

Best Comedy
“The Banshees of Inisherin”
“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
“Everything Everywhere All at Once”
“The Menu”
“The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent”

Kathryn Hahn as Claire, Madelyn Cline as Whiskey, Edward Norton as Miles, Leslie Odom Jr. as Lionel, and Kate Hudson as Birdie are all suspects in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022). (L-R) Kathryn Hahn as Claire, Madelyn Cline as Whiskey, Edward Norton as Miles, Leslie Odom Jr. as Lionel, and Kate Hudson as Birdie. Cr. John Wilson/Netflix © 2022.

Best Visual Effects
“Avatar: The Way of Water”
“Top Gun: Maverick”
“RRR”
“Nope”
“Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Best Original Screenplay
Martin McDonagh, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Todd Field, “Tar”
Charlotte Wells, “Aftersun”
Seth Reiss, Will Tracy, “The Menu”

Timothée Chalamet (left) as Lee and Taylor Russell (right) as Maren in BONES AND ALL, directed by Luca Guadagnino, a Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures film. Credit: Yannis Drakoulidis / Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures © 2022 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Best Adapted Screenplay
Sarah Polley, “Women Talking”
Rian Johnson, “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
Rebecca Lenkewicz, “She Said”
David Kajganich, “Bones and All”
Guillermo del Toro, Patrick McHale, “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”

Best Documentary Feature
“Good Night Oppy”
“Fire of Love”
“Wildcat”
“Moonage Daydream”
“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”

The Opportunity rover from GOOD NIGHT OPPY.

Best Original Song
“Naatu Naatu,” “RRR”
“Hold My Hand,” “Top Gun: Maverick”
“Lift Me Up,” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
“Ciao Papa,” “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”
“This Is a Life,” “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Best Original Score
“Avatar: The Way of Water”
“Babylon”
“The Fabelmans”
“The Batman”
“Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Jr. NTR as Komaram Bheem and Ram Charan as Alluri Sitarama Raju dance to “Naatu Naatu” in S.S. Rajamouli’s RRR.

Best Non-English Language Feature
“RRR”
“All Quiet on the Western Front”
“EO”
“Close”
“Decision to Leave”

Alexis Gentry

Alexis Gentry is the creator and editor of Trashwire.com. She has been called a “dynamic, talented and unique voice in pop culture” by Ben Lyons of E! and, with her strong fascination with entertainment and penchant for writing, it’s not hard to see why.

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