Best Film

“Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)

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


“Barbie” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
“Killers Of The Flower Moon” (Paramount Pictures + Apple Original Films)
“Past Lives” (A24)
“Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Director

Christopher Nolan
“Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)

Produced by Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, and Christopher Nolan


Emerald Fennell – “Saltburn” (MGM)
Greta Gerwig – “Barbie” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Yorgos Lanthimos – “Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)
Martin Scorsese – “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Paramount Pictures + Apple Original Films)

Best Lead Performance by an Actor, Male

Cillian Murphy
“Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)

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


Bradley Cooper – “Maestro” (Netflix)
Paul Giamatti – “The Holdovers” (Focus Features)
Barry Keoghan – “Saltburn” (MGM)
Jeffrey Wright – “American Fiction” (Orion Pictures)

Best Lead Performance by an Actor, Female

Emma Stone
“Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)

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


Lily Gladstone – “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Paramount Pictures + Apple Original Films)
Greta Lee – “Past Lives” (A24)
Carey Mulligan – “Maestro” (Netflix)
Margot Robbie – “Barbie” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Supporting Performance by an Actor, Male

Ryan Gosling
“Barbie” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Directed by Greta Gerwig
Produced by David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley, and Robbie Brenner


Robert De Niro – “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Paramount Pictures + Apple Original Films)
Robert Downey Jr. – “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)
Charles Melton – “May December” (Netflix)
Mark Ruffalo – “Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Supporting Performance by an Actor, Female

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

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


Emily Blunt – “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)
Danielle Brooks – “The Color Purple” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Rachel McAdams – “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.” (Lionsgate)
Rosamund Pike – “Saltburn” (MGM)

Best Original Screenplay

“Barbie” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Written by Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach

Directed by Greta Gerwig
Produced by David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley, and Robbie Brenner


“May December” – Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik (Netflix)
“The Holdovers” – David Hemingson (Focus Features)
“Past Lives” – Celine Song (A24)
“Saltburn” – Emerald Fennell (MGM)

Best Adapted Screenplay

“Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)

Written by Tony McNamara
Based on “Poor Things” by Alasdair Gray

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


“All Of Us Strangers” – Andrew Haigh (Searchlight Pictures)
“American Fiction” – Cord Jefferson (Orion Pictures)
“Killers of the Flower Moon” – Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese (Paramount Pictures + Apple Original Films)
“Oppenheimer” – Christopher Nolan (Universal Pictures)

Best Animated Film

“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
(Sony + Columbia Pictures)

Directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson
Produced by Chris Miller, Phil Lord, Amy Pascal, Avi Arad, and Christina Steinberg


“The Boy and the Heron” (GKIDS)
“Elemental” (Walt Disney Pictures + Pixar Animation)
“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” (Illumination + Universal Pictures)
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” (Paramount Pictures)

Best Comedy (tie)

“Barbie” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Directed by Greta Gerwig
Produced by David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley, and Robbie Brenner

Best Comedy (tie)

“Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)

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


“American Fiction” (Orion Pictures)
“Bottoms” (Orion Pictures)
“The Holdovers” (Focus Features)

Best Sci-Fi/Horror

“Godzilla Minus One” (Toho International)

Directed by Takashi Yamazaki
Produced by Minami Ichikawa, Kazuaki Kishida, Keiichiro Moriya, and Kenji Yamada


“The Creator” (20th Century Studios)
“Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)
“Talk to Me” (A24)
“They Cloned Tyrone” (Netflix)

Best Visual Effects (TIE)

“The Creator” (20th Century Studios)

Directed by Gareth Edwards
Produced by Gareth Edwards, Kiri Hart, Jim Spencer, and Arnon Milchan

Best Visual Effects (TIE)

“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3”
(Marvel Studios + Walt Disney Pictures)

Directed by James Gunn | Produced by Kevin Feige


“Godzilla Minus One” (Toho International)
“Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)
“Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)

BEST DOCUMENTARY

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

Directed by Davis Guggenheim
Produced by Davis Guggenheim, Annetta Marion, and Jonathan King


“20 Days in Mariupol” (PBS Distribution)
“American Symphony” (Netflix)
“Beyond Utopia” (Roadside Attractions)
“Kokomo City” (Magnolia Pictures)

Best Original Song

“What Was I Made For” from “Barbie”
(Warner Bros. Pictures)

Music and Lyrics by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell

Directed by Greta Gerwig
Produced by David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley, and Robbie Brenner


“Dance the Night” from “Barbie”(Warner Bros. Pictures)
“I’m Just Ken” from “Barbie” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
“Keep It Moving” from “The Color Purple” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
“Road to Freedom” from “Rustin” (Netflix)
“Am I Dreaming” from “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (Sony Pictures)

Best ORIGINAL SCORE

“Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)

Composed by Ludwig Göransson

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


“Killers of the Flower Moon” – Robbie Robertson (Paramount Pictures + Apple Original Films)
“Poor Things” – Jerskin Fendrix (Searchlight Pictures)
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” – Daniel Pemberton (Sony Pictures)
“The Zone of Interest” – Mica Levi (A24)

Best Non-English Language Feature (TIE)

“Godzilla Minus One” (Toho International)

Directed by Takashi Yamazaki
Produced by Minami Ichikawa, Kazuaki Kishida, Keiichiro Moriya, and Kenji Yamada

Best Non-English Language Feature (TIE)

“The Zone of Interest” (A24)

Directed by Jonathan Glazer
Produced by James Wilson, Ewa Puszczynska, and Jim Wilson


“Anatomy Of A Fall” (NEON)
“The Boy and the Heron” (GKIDS)
“The Taste of Things” (IFC Films)
“The Zone of Interest” (A24)

Denver Film Critics Society

Best Picture:
Best Director:
Best Actor:
Best Actress:
Best Supporting Actor:
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Best Original Screenplay:
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Best Animated Film:
Best Documentary:
Best Foreign Language Film (TIE):

Best Visual Effects (TIE):

Best Original Song:
Best Original Score:
Best Comedy (TIE):

Best Sci-Fi/Horror:

“Oppenheimer”
Christopher Nolan — “Oppenheimer”
Cillian Murphy — “Oppenheimer”
Emma Stone — “Poor Things”
Ryan Gosling — “Barbie”
Da’Vine Joy Randolph — “The Holdovers”
“Barbie” — Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach
“Poor Things” — Tony McNamara
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
“Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie”
“Godzilla Minus One”
“The Zone Of Interest”
“The Creator”
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”
“What Was I Made For” from “Barbie”
“Oppenheimer” — Ludwig Göransson
“Barbie”
“Poor Things”
“Godzilla Minus One”

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