28th Annual Critics Choice Awards: Film Nominations

L-R: Sammy Fabelman (Gabriel LaBelle) and Uncle Boris (Judd Hirsch) in The Fabelmans, co-written, produced and directed by Steven Spielberg. (Merie Weismiller Wallace/Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment)

The Critics Choice Association (CCA) announced the film category nominees for the 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards. The winners will be revealed at the star-studded Critics Choice Awards gala, which will broadcast LIVE on The CW from the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles on Sunday, January 15, 2023 (7:00 – 10:00 pm ET, delayed PT – check local listings).

28th Annual Critics Choice Awards
28th Annual Critics Choice Awards.

FILM NOMINATIONS FOR THE 28TH ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS

BEST PICTUREAvatar: The Way of WaterBabylonThe Banshees of InisherinElvisEverything Everywhere All at OnceThe FabelmansGlass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryRRRTárTop Gun: MaverickWomen TalkingBEST ACTORAustin Butler – ElvisTom Cruise – Top Gun: MaverickColin Farrell – The Banshees of InisherinBrendan Fraser – The WhalePaul Mescal – AftersunBill Nighy – LivingBEST ACTRESSCate Blanchett – TárViola Davis – The Woman KingDanielle Deadwyler – TillMargot Robbie – BabylonMichelle Williams – The FabelmansMichelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at OnceBEST SUPPORTING ACTORPaul Dano – The FabelmansBrendan Gleeson – The Banshees of InisherinJudd Hirsch – The FabelmansBarry Keoghan – The Banshees of InisherinKe Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at OnceBrian Tyree Henry – CausewayBEST SUPPORTING ACTRESSAngela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda ForeverJessie Buckley – Women TalkingKerry Condon – The Banshees of InisherinJamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at OnceStephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All at OnceJanelle Monáe – Glass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryBEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESSFrankie Corio – AftersunJalyn Hall – TillGabriel LaBelle – The FabelmansBella Ramsey – Catherine Called BirdyBanks Repeta – Armageddon TimeSadie Sink – The WhaleBEST ACTING ENSEMBLEThe Banshees of InisherinEverything Everywhere All at OnceThe FabelmansGlass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryThe Woman KingWomen Talking

The Fabelmans
(from left background) Producer Kristie Macosko Krieger, co-writer/producer/director Steven Spielberg, Seth Rogen, Julia Butters, co-writer/producer Tony Kushner, Keeley Karsten and Sophia Kopera on the set of The Fabelmans. (Merie Weismiller Wallace/Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment)

BEST DIRECTORJames Cameron – Avatar: The Way of WaterDamien Chazelle – BabylonTodd Field – TárBaz Luhrmann – ElvisDaniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at OnceMartin McDonagh – The Banshees of InisherinSarah Polley – Women TalkingGina Prince-Bythewood – The Woman KingS. S. Rajamouli – RRRSteven Spielberg – The FabelmansBEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAYTodd Field – TárDaniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at OnceMartin McDonagh – The Banshees of InisherinSteven Spielberg, Tony Kushner – The FabelmansCharlotte Wells – AftersunBEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAYSamuel D. Hunter – The WhaleKazuo Ishiguro – LivingRian Johnson – Glass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryRebecca Lenkiewicz – She SaidSarah Polley – Women TalkingBEST CINEMATOGRAPHYRussell Carpenter – Avatar: The Way of WaterRoger Deakins – Empire of LightFlorian Hoffmeister – TárJanusz Kaminski – The FabelmansClaudio Miranda – Top Gun: MaverickLinus Sandgren – BabylonBEST PRODUCTION DESIGNHannah Beachler, Lisa K. Sessions – Black Panther: Wakanda ForeverRick Carter, Karen O’Hara – The FabelmansDylan Cole, Ben Procter, Vanessa Cole – Avatar: The Way of WaterJason Kisvarday, Kelsi Ephraim – Everything Everywhere All at OnceCatherine Martin, Karen Murphy, Bev Dunn – ElvisFlorencia Martin, Anthony Carlino – BabylonBEST EDITINGTom Cross – BabylonEddie Hamilton – Top Gun: MaverickStephen Rivkin, David Brenner, John Refoua, James Cameron – Avatar: The Way of WaterPaul Rogers – Everything Everywhere All at OnceMatt Villa, Jonathan Redmond – ElvisMonika Willi – TárBEST COSTUME DESIGNRuth E. Carter – Black Panther: Wakanda ForeverJenny Eagan – Glass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryShirley Kurata – Everything Everywhere All at OnceCatherine Martin – ElvisGersha Phillips – The Woman KingMary Zophres – BabylonBEST HAIR AND MAKEUPBabylonThe BatmanBlack Panther: Wakanda ForeverElvisEverything Everywhere All at OnceThe WhaleBEST VISUAL EFFECTSAvatar: The Way of WaterThe BatmanBlack Panther: Wakanda ForeverEverything Everywhere All at OnceRRRTop Gun: Maverick

Daniel Craig in Glass Onion
Daniel Craig as Detective Benoit Blanc in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. Courtesy of Netflix. © 2022.

BEST COMEDYThe Banshees of InisherinBrosEverything Everywhere All at OnceGlass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryTriangle of SadnessThe Unbearable Weight of Massive TalentBEST ANIMATED FEATUREGuillermo del Toro’s PinocchioMarcel the Shell with Shoes OnPuss in Boots: The Last WishTurning RedWendell & WildBEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMAll Quiet on the Western FrontArgentina, 1985Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of TruthsCloseDecision to LeaveRRRBEST SONGCarolina – Where the Crawdads SingCiao Papa – Guillermo del Toro’s PinocchioHold My Hand – Top Gun: MaverickLift Me Up – Black Panther: Wakanda ForeverNaatu Naatu – RRRNew Body Rhumba – White NoiseBEST SCOREAlexandre Desplat – Guillermo del Toro’s PinocchioMichael Giacchino – The BatmanHildur Guðnadóttir – TárHildur Guðnadóttir – Women TalkingJustin Hurwitz – BabylonJohn Williams – The Fabelmans

The Critics Choice Awards will be broadcast LIVE on The CW from the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles on Sunday, January 15, 2023 (7:00–10:00 PM ET, delayed PT – check local listings).

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Danielle Solzman is native of Louisville, KY, and holds a BA in Public Relations from Northern Kentucky University and a MA in Media Communications from Webster University. She roots for her beloved Kentucky Wildcats, St. Louis Cardinals, Indianapolis Colts, and Boston Celtics. Living less than a mile away from Wrigley Field in Chicago, she is an active reader (sports/entertainment/history/biographies/select fiction) and involved with the Chicago improv scene. She also sees many movies and reviews them. She has previously written for Redbird Rants, Wildcat Blue Nation, and Hidden Remote/Flicksided. From April 2016 through May 2017, her film reviews can be found on Creators.