The 2023 Denver Film Critics Society Nominees Are…

The Denver Film Critics Society announced our annual nominations with Poor Things and Barbie scoring nine nominations each including three in the Original Song category for Barbie.

Oppenheimer received eight and Killers of the Flower Moon came in with six nominations, while Past Lives and Saltburn both received four nominations.

The full list of nominees is below.

Best Film
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Past Lives

Best Director
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
Emerald Fennell – Saltburn

Best Lead Performance by an Actor, Female
Emma Stone – Poor Things
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Margot Robbie – Barbie
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Greta Lee – Past Lives

Best Lead Performance by an Actor, Male
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Barry Keoghan – Saltburn
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

Best Supporting Performance by an Actor, Female
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Rosamund Pike – Saltburn
Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer

Best Supporting Performance by an Actor, Male
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
Rober De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
Charles Melton – May December

Best Sci-Fi/Horror
Godzilla Minus One
Talk to Me
The Creator
They Cloned Tyrone
Poor Things

Best Animated Film
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Super Mario Brothers Movie

Best Comedy
Barbie
Bottoms
The Holdovers
American Fiction
Poor Things

Best Visual Effects
Godzilla Minus One
The Creator
Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 3
Poor Things
Oppenheimer

Best Original Screenplay
Greta Gerwig & Noah Baunmbach – Barbie
Celine Song – Past Lives
David Hemingson – The Holdovers
Emerald Fennell – Saltburn
Samy Burch – May December

Best Adapted Screenplay
Tony McNamara – Poor Things
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
Eric Roth & Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
Andrew Haigh – All of Us Strangers

Best Documentary Feature
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
American Symphony
Beyond Utopia
20 Days in Mariupol
Kokomo City

Best Original Song
What Was I Made For – Barbie
I’m Just Ken – Barbie
Keep It Moving – The Color Purple
Dance the Night – Barbie
Am I Dreaming – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Road to Freedom – Rustin

Best Original Score
Ludwig Göransson – Oppenheimer
Daniel Pemberton – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Jerskin Fendrix – Poor Things
Mica Levi – Zone of Interest
Robbie Robertson – Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Non-English Language Feature
Zone of Interest
Taste of Things
Anatomy of a Fall
Godzilla Minus One
Past Lives