2022 AWARDS
Members of the Portland Critics Association are pleased to announce the winners of our annual awards, honoring the best films, filmmakers, actors and other achievements of 2022.
After leading the nominations, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s Everything Everywhere All at Once was the big winner, picking up victories in 7 of its 14 nominated categories. Top Gun: Maverick also notched a trio of honors for Best Cinematography, Best Sound Design, and Best Stunts or Action Choreography.
Elsewhere, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio was awarded Best Animated Feature and Best Original Score, while Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion was honored for Best Screenplay and Best Ensemble Cast.
2022 PCA Award Winners
Best Picture
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Runner Up: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Best Director
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Runner Up: Todd Field, Tár
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Runner Up: Park Hae-il, Decision to Leave
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Runner Up: Cate Blanchett, Tár
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Runner Up: Brad Pitt, Babylon
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Runner Up: Keke Palmer, Nope
Best Ensemble Cast
Glass Onion
Runner Up: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Ensemble Cast
Glass Onion
Runner Up: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Animated Feature
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Runner Up: Turning Red
Best Documentary Feature
Moonage Daydream
Runner Up: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Best Film Not in the English Language
Decision to Leave
Runner Up: RRR
Best Comedy Feature
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Runner Up: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Best Horror Feature
Barbarian
Runner Up: X
Best Science Fiction Feature
Nope
Runner Up: Avatar: The Way of Water
Best Screenplay
Rian Johnson, Glass Onion
Runner Up: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Cinematography
Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick
Runner Up: Kim Ji-yong, Decision to Leave
Best Original Score
Alexandre Desplat, Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio
Runner Up: Michael Giacchino, The Batman
Best Costume Design
Catherine Martin, Elvis
Runner Up: Shirley Kurata, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Production Design
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Runner Up: Avatar: The Way of Water
Best Sound Design
Top Gun: Maverick
Runner Up: Avatar: The Way of Water
Best Visual Effects
Avatar: The Way of Water
Runner Up: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Stunts or Action Choreography
Top Gun: Maverick
Runner Up: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Top 10 Films of 2022
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Tár
Decision to Leave
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Top Gun: Maverick
RRR
Avatar: The Way of Water
Glass Onion
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Whale
2022 PCA Award Nominees
Best Picture
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Tár
The Banshees of Inisherin
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Director
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
James Cameron, Avatar: The Way of Water
S.S. Rajamouli, RRR
Todd Field, Tár
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Adam Driver, White Noise
Austin Butler, Elvis
Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Park Hae-il, Decision to Leave
Tom Cruise, Top Gun: Maverick
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett, Tár
Margot Robbie, Babylon
Mia Goth, Pearl
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Anthony Hopkins, Armageddon Time
Brad Pitt, Babylon
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Paul Dano, The Fabelmans
Rory Kinnear, Men
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Dolly De Leon, Triangle of Sadness
Hong Chau, The Whale
Keke Palmer, Nope
Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Ensemble Cast
Amsterdam
Babylon
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Glass Onion
Jackass Forever
The Menu
Best Animated Feature
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Mad God
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
Puss ‘N Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red
Best Documentary Feature
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
Good Night, Oppy
Moonage Daydream
Best Film Not in the English Language
Athena
Decision to Leave
EO
Happening
RRR
Best Comedy Feature
Bros
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Jackass Forever
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Triangle of Sadness
White Noise
Best Horror Feature
Barbarian
Bones and All
Men
Pearl
X
Best Science Fiction Feature
After Yang
Avatar: The Way of Water
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Nope
Prey
Best Screenplay
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Jeong Seo-kyeong and Park Chan-wook, Decision to Leave
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
Rian Johnson, Glass Onion
Todd Field, Tár
Best Cinematography
Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick
Greig Fraser, The Batman
Hoyte van Hoytema, Nope
Kim Ji-yong, Decision to Leave
Linus Sandgren, Babylon
Russell Carpenter, Avatar: The Way of Water
Best Original Score
Alexandre Desplat, Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio
Justin Hurwitz, Babylon
M.M. Keeravaani, RRR
Michael Giacchino, The Batman
Best Costume Design
Catherine Martin, Elvis
Mary Zophres, Babylon
Ruth E. Carter, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Shirley Kurata, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Production Design
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Glass Onion
Best Sound Design
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Nope
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Visual Effects
Avatar: The Way of Water
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Nope
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Stunts or Action Choreography
Avatar: The Way of Water
Everything Everywhere All at Once
RRR
The Batman
Top Gun: Maverick
about Us
The Portland Critics Association is founded as a group of writers, reviewers, broadcasters and cinema historians, dedicated to amplifying public awareness and appreciation of the cinematic arts.
Established in 2021, our objective is to support and promote the local film community, encourage the progression and preservation of films, and recognize extraordinary achievements in filmmaking -- local, national and global -- through the administration of our annual awards.