2023 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 2023.
Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer was the big winner, picking up victories in 9 of its 13 nominated categories, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor. Greta Gerwig’s Barbie notched wins for Best Supporting Actor, Best Costume Design and Best Production Design, while Emma Stone was honored with Best Actress for her role in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things.
Please see below for the full list of winners, along with our Top 10 films of the year.
2023 PCA Award Winners
Best Picture
Oppenheimer
Runner Up: Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Director
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Runner Up: Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Runner Up: Barry Keoghan, Saltburn
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Emma Stone, Poor Things
Runner Up: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Runner Up: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Rachel McAdams, Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret
Runner Up: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Best Ensemble Cast
Oppenheimer
Runner Up: Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Animated Feature
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Runner Up: The Boy and the Heron
Best Documentary Feature
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Runner Up: Beyond Utopia
Best Film Not in the English Language
Anatomy of a Fall
Runner Up: Past Lives
Best Comedy Feature
American Fiction
Runner Up: Barbie
Best Horror Feature
Talk to Me
Runner Up: When Evil Lurks
Best Science Fiction Feature
Godzilla Minus One
Runner Up: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Best Screenplay
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Runner Up: Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, Barbie
Best Cinematography
Hoyte van Hoytema, Oppenheimer
Runner Up: Rodrigo Prieto, Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Original Score
Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer
Runner Up: Daniel Pemberto, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best Costume Design
Jacqueline Durran, Barbie
Runner Up: Jacqueline West, Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Production Design
Barbie
Runner Up: Oppenheimer
Best Sound Design
Oppenheimer
Runner Up: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Best Visual Effects
Oppenheimer
Runner Up: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Best Stunts or Action Choreography
John Wick: Chapter 4
Runner Up: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Top 10 Films of 2023
Oppenheimer
Killers of the Flower Moon
Poor Things
Past Lives
Barbie
American Fiction
The Zone of Interest
Saltburn
May December
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Members of the Portland Critics Association are pleased to announce the nominees for our annual awards, honoring the best films, filmmakers, actors and other achievements of 2023.
Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer leads the pack with 13 nominations, followed by Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things with 12 nominations, and Greta Gerwig’s Barbie with 11 nominations.
Final votes will occur this week, with winners announced on January 15th. Please see below for the full list of nominees in each category.
2023 PCA Award Nominees
Best Picture
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
May December
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best Director
Celine Song, Past Lives
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Greta Gerwig, Barbie
Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Barry Keoghan, Saltburn
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction
Nicolas Cage, Dream Scenario
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Emma Stone, Poor Things
Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Margot Robbie, Barbie
Natalie Portman, May December
Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things
Robert DeNiro, Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Willem Dafoe, Poor Things
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
America Ferrera, Barbie
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
Julianne Moore, May December
Rachel McAdams, Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret
Best Ensemble Cast
Asteroid City
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best Animated Feature
Elemental
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
The Boy and the Heron
Best Documentary Feature
American Symphony
Beyond Utopia
Still: A Michael J. Fox Story
The Pigeon Tunnel
Best Film Not in the English Language
Anatomy of a Fall
Godzilla Minus One
Past Lives
The Boy and the Heron
The Zone of Interest
Best Comedy Feature
American Fiction
Barbie
Bottoms
Dream Scenario
The Holdovers
Best Horror Feature
Infinity Pool
No One Will Save You
Talk to Me
When Evil Lurks
Best Science Fiction Feature
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
The Creator
They Cloned Tyrone
Best Screenplay
Celine Song, Past Lives
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
David Hemingson, The Holdovers
Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, Barbie
Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik, May December
Tony McNamara, Poor Things
Best Cinematography
Hoyte van Hoytema, Oppenheimer
Łukasz Żal, The Zone of Interest
Robbie Ryan, Poor Things
Rodrigo Prieto, Barbie
Rodrigo Prieto, Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Original Score
Daniel Pemberto, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Jerskin Fendrix, Poor Things
Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer
Mica Levi, The Zone of Interest
Robbie Robertson, Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Costume Design
Ellen Mirojnick, Oppenheimer
Holly Waddington, Poor Things
Jacqueline Durran, Barbie
Jacqueline West, Killers of the Flower Moon
Milena Canonero, Asteroid City
Best Production Design
Asteroid City
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best Sound Design
Ferrari
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
The Zone of Interest
Best Visual Effects
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best Stunts or Action Choreography
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
John Wick: Chapter 4
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
The Iron Claw
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.