Oscars Watch: 2023 Philadelphia Film Critics Circle Awards

Best Film

“Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)

Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
Produced by Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, Ed Guiney, and Andrew Lowe

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Runner-Up: “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)

Best Director

Yorgos Lanthimos
“Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)

Produced by Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, Ed Guiney, and Andrew Lowe

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Runner-Up: Christopher Nolan — “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)

Best Actor

Cillian Murphy
“Oppenheimer“ (Universal Pictures)

Directed by Christopher Nolan
Produced by Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, and Christopher Nolan

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Runner-Up: Jeffrey Wright — “American Fiction” (Orion Pictures)

Best Actress

Emma Stone
“Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)

Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
Produced by Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, Ed Guiney, and Andrew Lowe

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Runner-Up: Lily Gladstone — “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Paramount Pictures + Apple Original Films)

Best Supporting Actor

Robert Downey Jr.
“Oppenheimer“ (Universal Pictures)

Directed by Christopher Nolan
Produced by Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, and Christopher Nolan

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Runner-Up: Charles Melton — “May December” (Netflix)

Best Supporting Actress

Da’Vine Joy Randolph
“The Holdovers” (Focus Features)

Directed by Alexander Payne
Produced by Mark Johnson, Bill Block, and David Hemingson

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Runner-Up: Julianna Moore — “May December” (Netflix)

Best Animated Film

“The Boy And The Heron” (GKIDS)

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki | Produced by Toshio Suzuki

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Runner-Up: “Robot Dreams” (Neon)

Best Foreign Language Film

“The Boy And The Heron” (GKIDS)

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki | Produced by Toshio Suzuki

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Runner-Up: “Anatomy Of A Fall” (Neon)

Best Documentary

“20 Days In Mariupol”
(PBS Distribution)

Directed by Mstyslav Chernov
Produced by Raney Aronson, Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, and Derl McCrudden

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Runner-Up: “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie” (Apple Original Films)

Best Cinematography

“Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)

Cinematography by Hoyte van Hoyema, ASC

Directed by Christopher Nolan
Produced by Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, and Christopher Nolan

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“Poor Things” — Robbie Ryan (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Breakthrough Performance

Charles Melton
“May December” (Netflix)

Directed by Todd Haynes
Produced by Jessica Elbaum, Will Ferrell, Grant S. Johnson, Pamela Koffler, Tyler W. Konney,
Sophie Mas, Natalie Portman, and Christine Vachon

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Runner-Up: Abby Ryder Fortson — “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” (Lionsgate)

Best Directorial Debut

Celine Song
“Past Lives” (A24)

Produced by David Hinojosa, Christine Vachon, and Pamela Koffler

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Runner-Up: Cord Jefferson — “American Fiction” (Orion Pictures)

Best SCRIPT

“Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)

Written by Tony McNamara

Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
Produced by Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, Ed Guiney, and Andrew Lowe

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Runner-Up: “Oppenheimer” — Christopher Nolan (Universal Pictures)

Best Score/Soundtrack

“Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)

Composed by Ludwig Göransson

Directed by Christopher Nolan
Produced by Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, and Christopher Nolan

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Runner-Up: “Poor Things” — Jerskin Fendrix (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Ensemble Cast

“Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)

Ensemble Cast including Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr.,
Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek, and Kenneth Branagh

Directed by Christopher Nolan
Produced by Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, and Christopher Nolan

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Runner-Up: “Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Philip’s Steaks Cheesesteak Film
For a film meant to recognize a blockbuster that’s hard to ignore

“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One”
(Paramount Pictures)

Directed by Christopher McQuarrie
Produced by Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, and Leifur B. Dagfinnsson

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“Godzilla Minus One” (Toho International)