Dallas, TX – December 18, 2023 – The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association voted the comedy-drama “The Holdovers” as the best film of 2023, according to the results of its 30th annual critics’ poll released today. Following is a complete list of award winners, with choices listed in order of votes received.
- BEST PICTURE
Winner: “The Holdovers”
♦ Runners-up: “Oppenheimer” (2); “Killers of the Flower Moon” (3); “Poor Things” (4); “American Fiction” (5); “Past Lives” (6); “Maestro” (7); “Anatomy of a Fall” (8); “Barbie” (9); “May December” (10) - BEST ACTOR
Winner: Cillian Murphy, “Oppenheimer”
♦ Runners-up: Paul Giamatti, “The Holdovers” (2); Bradley Cooper, “Maestro” (3); Jeffrey Wright, “American Fiction” (4); Leonardo DiCaprio, “Killers of the Flower Moon” (5, tie); Colman Domingo, “Rustin” (5, tie) - BEST ACTRESS
Winner: Lily Gladstone, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
♦ Runners-up: Emma Stone, “Poor Things” (2); Carey Mulligan, “Maestro” (3); Greta Lee, “Past Lives” (4); Sandra Huller, “Anatomy of a Fall” (5) - BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Robert Downey Jr., “Oppenheimer”
♦ Runners-up: Charles Melton, “May December” (2); Robert De Niro, “Killers of the Flower Moon” (3); Mark Ruffalo, “Poor Things” (4); Dominic Sessa, “The Holdovers” (5) - BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers”
♦ Runners-up: Danielle Brooks, “The Color Purple” (2); Emily Blunt, “Oppenheimer” (3); Jodie Foster, “NYAD” (4); Julianne Moore, “May December” (5) - BEST DIRECTOR
Winner: Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer”
♦ Runners-up: Martin Scorsese, “Killers of the Flower Moon” (2); Alexander Payne, “The Holdovers” (3); Yorgos Lanthimos, “Poor Things” (4); Celine Song, “Past Lives” (5) - BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Winner: “Anatomy of a Fall”
♦ Runners-up: “The Zone of Interest” (2); “The Taste of Things” (3); “Society of the Snow” (4); “Fallen Leaves” (5) - BEST DOCUMENTARY
Winner: “American Symphony”
♦ Runners-up: “20 Days in Mariupol” (2); “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie” (3); “The Deepest Breath” (4); “The Pigeon Tunnel” (5) - BEST ANIMATED FILM
Winner: “The Boy and the Heron”
♦ Runner-up: “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” - BEST SCREENPLAY
Winner: David Hemingson, “The Holdovers”
♦ Runner-up: Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, “Anatomy of a Fall” - BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Winner: Hoyte van Hoytema, “Oppenheimer”
♦ Runner-up: Rodrigo Prieto, “Killers of the Flower Moon” - BEST MUSICAL SCORE
Winner: Robbie Robertson, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
♦ Runner-up: Ludwig Goransson, “Oppenheimer” - RUSSELL SMITH AWARD (best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film)
Winner: “The Zone of Interest”
The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association consists of 24 broadcast, print, and online journalists from throughout North Texas. For more information, visit dfwcritics.com or follow us on Facebook or X (formerly Twitter) @dfwfilmcritics.
