"Poor Things" and "Killers of the Flower Moon" Lead the 2023 Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS) Nominations

January 3, 2024

Seattle, WA. – The Seattle Film Critics Society has announced nominations for the 2023 Seattle Film Critics Society Awards, honoring the year’s best in film. Leading the field with 11 nominations is Yorgos Lanthimos’s inventive fantasy Poor Things and Martin Scorsese’s sweeping historical epic Killers of the Flower Moon. 

Poor Things received nominations for Best Picture, Director, Lead Actress (Emma Stone), Supporting Actor (Mark Ruffalo), Screenplay, Cinematography, Costume Design, Editing, Original Score, Production Design, and Visual Effects. 

Killers of the Flower Moon received nominations for Best Picture, Director, Lead Actress (Lily Gladstone), Supporting Actor (Robert De Niro), Ensemble Cast, Cinematography, Costume Design, Editing, Original Score, Production Design, and Villain of the Year for Robert De Niro’s portrayal of William “King” Hale. In December, former Seattleite Gladstone was honored with the inaugural SFCS John Hartl Pacific Northwest Spotlight Award, recognizing her for an exceptional body of work during 2023.

Christopher Nolan's expansive biopic about the father of the atomic bomb, Oppenheimer, received 9 nominations, for Best Picture, Director, Actor (Cillian Murphy), Ensemble Cast, Cinematography, Editing, Original Score, Production Design, and Visual Effects. 

Greta Gerwig’s colorful Barbie received 9 nominations, for Best Picture, Director, Lead Actress (Margot Robbie), Supporting Actor (Ryan Gosling), Ensemble Cast,  Costume Design, Production Design, Youth Performance (Ariana Greenblatt), and Villain of the Year for The Patriarchy (represented by the Kens). 

Celine Song's debut feature about two souls connecting across many decades, Past Lives, received 5 nominations: Best Picture,  Director, Lead Actress (Greta Lee), Screenplay, and Editing. 

Alexander Payne’s holiday dramedy The Holdovers received 5 nominations: Best Picture, Lead Actor (Paul Giamatti), Supporting Actress (Da’Vine Joy Randolph), Ensemble Cast, and Screenplay. 

Jonathan Glazer’s shattering and monumental The Zone of Interest also received 5 nominations: Best Picture, Supporting Actress (Sandra Hüller), International Film, Cinematography, and Original Score. 

Other films earning multiple nominations include: American Fiction, Godzilla Minus One, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (4 each); Anatomy of a Fall and May December (3 each); Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret., The Boy and the Heron, Even Hell Has Its Heroes, Monster, The Creator, and M3GAN each received 2 nominations. 

See below for the full list. 

As previously announced, for the second year in a row, the Seattle Film Critics Society recognized five films for Achievement in Pacific Northwest Filmmaking. This year’s nominees include Dreamin’ Wild, Even Hell Has Its Heroes, Fantasy A Gets a Mattress, Richland, and Showing Up.  

Winners of the 2023 Seattle Film Critics Society Awards will be announced Monday, January 8, 2024, across the Seattle Film Critics Society’s various social media platforms. 

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The 2023 Seattle Film Critics Society Nominations

Best Picture

• American Fiction - Cord Jefferson

• Barbie - Greta Gerwig 

• The Holdovers - Alexander Payne 

• Killers of the Flower Moon - Martin Scorsese

• May December - Todd Haynes

• Oppenheimer - Christopher Nolan

• Past Lives - Celine Song

• Poor Things - Yorgos Lanthimos

• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson

• The Zone of Interest - Jonathan Glazer

Director

• Greta Gerwig - Barbie

• Yorgos Lanthimos - Poor Things

• Christopher Nolan - Oppenheimer

• Martin Scorsese - Killers of the Flower Moon

• Celine Song - Past Lives

Lead Actor

• Paul Giamatti - The Holdovers

• Cillian Murphy - Oppenheimer

• Andrew Scott - All of Us Strangers

• Jeffrey Wright - American Fiction

• Kôji Yakusho - Perfect Days

Lead Actress

• Lily Gladstone - Killers of the Flower Moon

• Sandra Hüller - Anatomy of a Fall

• Greta Lee - Past Lives

• Margot Robbie - Barbie

• Emma Stone - Poor Things

Supporting Actor

• Sterling K. Brown - American Fiction

• Robert De Niro - Killers of the Flower Moon

• Ryan Gosling - Barbie

• Charles Melton - May December

• Mark Ruffalo - Poor Things

Supporting Actress

• Danielle Brooks - The Color Purple

• Penélope Cruz - Ferrari

• Sandra Hüller - The Zone of Interest

• Rachel McAdams - Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

• Da’Vine Joy Randolph - The Holdovers

Ensemble Cast

• Asteroid City - Douglas Aibel

• Barbie - Lucy Bevan, Allison Jones, Oscar Koç

• The Holdovers - Susan Shopmaker

• Killers of the Flower Moon - Ellen Lewis, Rene Haynes, Kate Sprance, Elise Buedel

• Oppenheimer - John Papsidera

Screenplay

• American Fiction - Cord Jefferson

• The Holdovers - David Hemingson

• May December - Samy Burch

• Past Lives - Celine Song

• Poor Things - Tony McNamara

Documentary Film

• 20 Days in Mariupol - Mstyslav Chernov

• Beyond Utopia - Madeleine Gavin

• Even Hell Has Its Heroes - Clyde Petersen

• Menus-Plaisirs -- Les Troisgros - Frederick Wiseman

• Still: a Michael J. Fox Movie - Davis Guggenheim

International Film

• Anatomy of a Fall - Justine Triet

• The Boy and the Heron - Hayao Miyazaki

• Godzilla Minus One - Takashi Yamazaki

• Monster - Hirokazu Kore-eda

• The Zone of Interest - Jonathan Glazer

Animated Film

• The Boy and the Heron - Hayao Miyazaki

• Nimona - Nick Bruno & Troy Quane

• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson

• Suzume - Makoto Shinkai

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem - Jeff Rowe

Cinematography

• The Creator - Greig Fraser, Oren Soffer

• Killers of the Flower Moon - Rodrigo Prieto 

• Oppenheimer - Hoyte van Hoytema

• Poor Things - Robbie Ryan

• The Zone of Interest - Łukasz Żal

Costume Design

• Barbie - Jacqueline Durran

• Killers of the Flower Moon - Jacqueline West

• Napoleon - Janty Yates, David Crossman

• Poor Things - Holly Waddington

• Priscilla - Stacey Battat

Editing

• Killers of the Flower Moon - Thelma Schoonmaker

• Oppenheimer - Jennifer Lame

• Past Lives - Keith Fraase

• Poor Things - Yorgos Mavropsaridis

• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Michael Andrews

Original Score

• Killers of the Flower Moon - Robbie Robertson

• Oppenheimer - Ludwig Göransson

• Poor Things - Jerskin Fendrix

• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Daniel Pemberton

• The Zone of Interest - Mica Levi

Production Design

• Barbie - Sarah Greenwood (production designer), Katie Spencer (set decorator)

• Killers of the Flower Moon - Jack Fisk

• Oppenheimer - Ruth De Jong (production designer), Claire Kaufman (set decorator)

• Poor Things - Shona Heath, James Price (production designers), James Price (set decorator)

• Wonka - Nathan Crowley (production designer), Lee Sandales (set decorator)

Visual Effects

• The Creator - Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts, Neil Corbould

• Godzilla Minus One - Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya

• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 - Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams, Theo Bialek

• Oppenheimer - Andrew Jackson, Giacomo Mineo, Scott Fisher, Dave Drzewiecki

• Poor Things - Simon Hughes

Action Choreography

• Godzilla Minus One - Takashi Yamazaki

• The Iron Claw - Hiro Koda

• John Wick: Chapter 4 - Stephen Dunlevy, Laurent Demianoff, Ralf Haeger, James M. Halty, Scott Rogers

• Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One - Wade Eastwood (stunt coordinator), Rudolf Vrba (fight coordinator)

• Sisu - Oula Kitti (fight coordinator)

Youth Performance

• Amie Donald - M3GAN

• Abby Ryder Fortson - Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

• Ariana Greenblatt - Barbie

• Sōya Kurokawa - Monster

• Milo Machado Graner - Anatomy of a Fall

Villain of the Year

• Gabi Bauer - Infinity Pool (as portrayed by Mia Goth)

• Godzilla - Godzilla Minus One

• The Patriarchy (as represented by the Kens) - Barbie

• M3GAN - M3GAN (as portrayed by Jenna Davis and Amie Donald)

• William "King" Hale - Killers of the Flower Moon (as portrayed by Robert De Niro)

2023 Pacific Northwest Filmmaking Award

• Dreamin' Wild - Bill Pohlad

• Even Hell Has Its Heroes - Clyde Petersen

• Fantasy A Gets A Mattress - David Norman Lewis, Noah Zoltan Sofian

• Richland - Irene Lusztig

• Showing Up - Kelly Reichardt