Best of the Year: 2023

Best Picture

Femme
The Holdovers
Kaibutsu / Monster
Das Lehrerzimmer / The Teachers’ Lounge
May December
Passages
Past Lives
Poor Things
Roter Himmel / Afire
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Director

Jonathan Glazer
(The Zone of Interest)
Todd Haynes
(May December)
Yorgos Lanthimos
(Poor Things)
Martin Scorsese
(Killers of the Flower Moon)
Celine Song
(Past Lives)
Justine Triet
(Anatomie d’une chute / Anatomy of a Fall)

Best Original Screenplay

Anatomie d’une chute / Anatomy of a Fall
Bottoms
The Holdovers
May December
Past Lives
Roter Himmel / Afire

Best Adapted Screenplay

All of Us Strangers
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
La bête / The Beast
Killers of the Flower Moon
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Merve Dizdar
(Kuru Otlar Üstüne / About Dry Grasses)
Ayo Edebiri
(Bottoms)
Lily Gladstone
(Killers of the Flower Moon)
Sandra Hüller
(Anatomie d’une chute / Anatomy of a Fall)
Natalie Portman
(May December)
Emma Stone
(Poor Things)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Paul Giamatti
(The Holdovers)
Barry Keoghan
(Saltburn)
Joaquin Phoenix
(Beau Is Afraid)
Franz Rogowski
(Passages)
Andrew Scott
(All of Us Strangers)
Kōji Yakusho
(Perfect Days)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Penélope Cruz
(Ferrari)
Claire Foy
(All of Us Strangers)
Patti LuPone
(Beau Is Afraid)
Rachel McAdams
(Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.)
Julianne Moore
(May December)
Da’Vine Joy Randolph
(The Holdovers)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Willem Dafoe
(Poor Things)
Ryan Gosling
(Barbie)
Glenn Howerton
(BlackBerry)
Charles Melton
(May December)
Mark Ruffalo
(Poor Things)
Dominic Sessa
(The Holdovers)

Best Film Editing

Anatomie d’une chute / Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
Ferrari
Killers of the Flower Moon
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Cinematography

El Conde
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Saltburn
The Zone of Interest

Best Original Score

Elemental
Kaibutsu / Monster
Killers of the Flower Moon
Le paradis / The Lost Boys
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Zone of Interest

Best Production Design

Asteroid City
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Poor Things
Saltburn
Wonka

Best Costume Design

Asteroid City
Barbie
Club Zero
Killers of the Flower Moon
Poor Things
Wonka

Best Makeup and Hair Design

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3
Maestro
Poor Things
Le règne animal / The Animal Kingdom
Renfield
La sociedad de la nieve / Society of the Snow

Best Visual Effects

The Creator
Gojira -1.0 / Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
La sociedad de la nieve / Society of the Snow
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Sound Design

The Creator
Ferrari
Gojira -1.0 / Godzilla Minus One
Oppenheimer
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Zone of Interest

Best Original Song

Asteroid City
– “Dear Alien (Who Art in Heaven)”
Barbie
– “I’m Just Ken”
Barbie
– “What Was I Made For?”
Flora and Son
– “Meet in the Middle”
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
– “Can’t Catch Me Now”
Past Lives
– “Quiet Eyes”

Best First Feature

20.000 especies de abejas / 20.000 Species of Bees
Femme
How to Have Sex
Le paradis / The Lost Boys
Past Lives
Scrapper

Best Acting Ensemble

Asteroid City
Bottoms
Mal Viver / Bad Living
Saltburn
La sociedad de la nieve / Society of the Snow
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Young Star

Ece Bağcı
(Kuru Otlar Üstüne / About Dry Grasses)
Lola Campbell
(Scrapper)
Milo Machado Graner
(Anatomie d’une chute / Anatomy of a Fall)
Sofía Otero
(20.000 especies de abejas / 20.000 Species of Bees)
Abby Ryder Fortson
(Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.)
Leonard Stettnisch
(Das Lehrerzimmer / The Teachers’ Lounge)

Best Voice Performance

Maria Bakalova
(Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3)
Bradley Cooper
(Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3)
Daniel Kaluuya
(Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse)
Paul Rudd
(Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem)
Maya Rudolph
(Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem)
Julio Torres
(Nimona)

Best Short Performance

Jeff Goldblum
(Asteroid City)
Kristofer Hivju
(Cocaine Bear)
Imogen Kogge
(The Zone of Interest)
Carey Mulligan
(Saltburn)
Kerry O’Malley
(The Killer)
Hanna Schygulla
(Poor Things)

Best Animated Feature

Elemental
Kimitachi wa dô ikiru ka / The Boy and the Heron
Nimona
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Best Documentary Feature

American Symphony
And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine
Les filles d’Olfa / Four Daughters
Kim’s Video
Retratos Fantasmas / Pictures of Ghosts
Savvusanna sõsarad / Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

Additional Awards

Best LGBTQ Film:
Femme
Best Turkish Film:
Kuru Otlar Üstüne / About Dry Grasses
Best Stunt Coordination:
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Best Use of Music:
Barbie
Best Choreography:
Barbie
Best Supporting Animation:
Beau Is Afraid
Best Marketing:
Barbie
Best Animal Performance:
Messi, dog
(Anatomie d’une chute / Anatomy of a Fall)

Special Mentions

Body of Work
Ayo Edebiri
(Bottoms, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, and Theater Camp)
Rising Actor:
Cem Yiğit Üzümoğlu
Rising Actress:
Ayo Edebiri
Rising Filmmaker:
Emma Seligman
Creativity Award:
for an interdisciplinary film or original idea, that exceeds the limitations of genre or format
Wim Wenders, Takuuma Takasaki & Kōji Yanai
(Perfect Days)
Susanne Bier Award:
for a female filmmaker
Emerald Fennell
(Saltburn)
Zachary Beaulieu Award:
for the eye candy of the year, named after the character that inspired my gay awakening
Nicholas Galitzine
(Bottoms, and Red, White & Royal Blue)
People’s Choice Award:
for the film with the highest Letterboxd rating, nominated in any category this year
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Honorary Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award:
Robert De Niro
Nostalgia Award:
for a film that made my childhood
Beethoven
(1992, Brian Levant)
Nostalgia Award:
for a person who made my childhood
Rick Moranis, actor
Decennial Award:
for a 10-year-old film that aged well with me
Frances Ha
(2013, Noah Baumbach)
1987 Award:
for a first-time watch, made way before I was born
Death in Venice

(1971, Luchino Visconti)

Multiple Wins

FilmWinsNominationsAdd. Awards
Poor Things612
Barbie363
Anatomie d’une chute / Anatomy of a Fall251
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse29
The Holdovers25
Past Lives25

Most Nominations

FilmNominationsWinsAdd. Awards
Poor Things126
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse92
Killers of the Flower Moon81
Barbie633
May December6

Top 10 Lists

Top 10 Films in English:

  • All of Us Strangers
  • American Fiction
  • Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
  • Femme
  • The Holdovers
  • Killers of the Flower Moon
  • May December
  • Past Lives
  • Poor Things
  • Saltburn

Top 5 Films in Turkish:

  • Aniden / Suddenly
  • Ela ile Hilmi ve Ali / Ela and Hilmi with Ali
  • Karanlık Gece / Black Night
  • Kuru Otlar Üstüne / About Dry Grasses
  • Sanki Her Şey Biraz Felaket / Almost Entirely a Slight Disaster

Top 10 Foreign Language Films:

  • Anatomie d’une chute / Anatomy of a Fall 🇫🇷
  • Here 🇧🇪
  • Kaibutsu / Monster 🇯🇵
  • La Chimera 🇮🇹
  • Das Lehrerzimmer / The Teachers’ Lounge 🇩🇪
  • Le paradis / The Lost Boys 🇧🇪
  • Passages 🇫🇷
  • Perfect Days 🇯🇵
  • Roter Himmel / Afire 🇩🇪
  • The Zone of Interest 🇬🇧

Top 10 Popular Films:

  • Barbie
  • Bottoms
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3
  • The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
  • Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
  • Nimona
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
  • Talk to Me
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
  • Wonka

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