The Oscars nominations are right around the corner and it will be fascinating to see what the Academy deems as worth. I’ve been doing my fake Oscar ballot for a while now and I always love to see where me and the Academy overlap, as well as celebrate the movies and performances I enjoyed. I am really thrilled with what the 2023 film year had to offer us. So many new voices that I can’t wait to see flourish and some daring swings by established filmmakers led to a really wonderful film year. Before we dive into the full list of nonimations and winners, I’ve found it fun to analyze my own list and pull out fun stats.

  • 38 different films received a nomination. Down from last year’s 41 but on par with the 2021 list.
  • I am dubbing 2023 The Year of the Woman : 6 of my 10 Best Picture nominees were directed by women, 3 out of 5 Best Director nominees are women, and 6 of 10 writing nominees are films written or co-written by women. That’s pretty amazing and not only a testament to the talent of those women, but of getting the shot to prove their talent.
  • 10/20 acting nominations went to POC
  • Godzilla Minus One was one of the best films of the year and led the nominations with 11…only to suffer an American Hustle like fate and not take home any wins. Still truly one of the year’s greatest achievements.
  • This was a relatively low yield field, unlike last year when RR and All Quiet on the Western Front won 11 awards between them. 11 films split the awards and no film winning more than 3 awards (Anatomy of a Fall won Best Picture and two other prizes, this was a crazy strong year!)

Best Picture
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
Bottoms
Godzilla Minus One
Killers of the Flower Moon
Passages
Past Lives
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
Saltburn
They Cloned Tyrone

Best Director
Emerald Fennell, Saltburn
Celine Song, Past Lives
Juel Taylor, They Cloned Tyrone
Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall
Takashi Yamazaki, Godzilla Minus One

Best Actor
Christopher Abbott, Sanctuary
Barry Keoghan, Saltburn
Franz Rogowski, Passages
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction
Teo Yoo, Past Lives

Best Actress
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Origin
Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Huller, Anatomy of a Fall
Greta Lee, Past Lives
Teyana Taylor, A Thousand and One

Best Supporting Actor
William Catlett, A Thousand and One
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Chukwudi Iwuji, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3
Charles Melton, May December
Ben Whishaw, Passages

Best Supporting Actress
Caroline Chaniolleau, Passages
Eva Lobau, The Teacher’s Lounge
Audra McDonald, Origin
Julianne Moore, May December
Rosamund Pike, Saltburn

Original Screenplay
Past Lives
They Cloned Tyrone
Bottoms
Saltburn
Anatomy of a Fall

Adapted Screenplay
Barbie
The Blackening
Godzilla Minus One
Killers of the Flower Moon
Origin

Film Editing
Anatomy of a Fall
Godzilla Minus One
Killers of the Flower Moon
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
Saltburn

Cinematography
Godzilla Minus One
Maestro
Nyad
Past Lives
Saltburn

Production Design
Barbie
Concrete Utopia
Godzilla Minus One
Killers of the Flower Moon
Sanctuary

Costume Design
The Archies
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Passages
They Cloned Tyrone

Makeup and Hair
Barbie
Concrete Utopia
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3
Nyad
They Cloned Tyrone

Visual Effects
The Creator
Godzilla Minus One
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
They Cloned Tyrone

Sound Mixing
Godzilla Minus One
Maestro
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
The Teacher’s Lounge
The Zone of Interest

Sound Editing
Concrete Utopia
Godzilla Minus One
Oppenheimer
Sanctuary
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Original Score
Asteroid City
Godzilla Minus One
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Original Song
I’m Just Ken – Barbie
Soorma – Jawan
Va Va Voom – The Archies
Wall Street Noise – Theater Camp
What Was I Made For – Barbie

Animated Feature
Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons
Legion of Super-Heroes
Nimona
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Suzume

Foreign Language Film
Anatomy of a Fall
Concrete Utopia
El Conde
Godzilla Minus One
The Teacher’s Lounge

Documentary Feature
American Symphony
Little Richard: I Am Everything
The Pigeon Tunnel
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
The Stroll

Nominations / Wins Per Film

Godzilla Minus One – 11 / 0
Barbie – 8 / 2 (Costume Design, Original Song)
Saltburn – 7 /3 (Actor, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay)
Killers of the Flower Moon – 7 / 0
Anatomy of a Fall – 6 / 3 (Picture, Director, Foreign Language)
Past Lives – 6 / 0
They Cloned Tyrone – 6 / 0
Passages – 5 / 0
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé – 4 /3 (Editing, Sound Mixing, Documentary)
Concrete Utopia – 4 / 2 (Production Design, Makeup and Hair)
Origin – 3 / 2 (Actress, Adapted Screenplay)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – 3 / 2 (Animated Feature, Original Score)
Sanctuary – 3 / 1 (Sound Editing)
The Teacher’s Lounge – 3 / 0
Oppenheimer – 3 / 0
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 – 2 / 1 (Supporting Actor)
Maestro – 2 / 1 (Cinematography)
The Archies – 2 / 0
Bottoms – 2 / 0
A Thousand and One – 2 / 0
May December – 2 / 0
Nyad – 2 / 0
The Creator – 1 / 1 (Visual Effects)
American Fiction – 1/ 0
American Symphony – 1 / 0
Asteroid City – 1 / 0
The Blackening – 1 / 0
Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons – 1 / 0
El Conde – 1 / 0
Jawan – 1 / 0
Theater Camp – 1 / 0
Legion of Super-Heroes – 1 / 0
Little Richard: I Am Everything – 1 / 0
The Pigeon Tunnel – 1 / 0
Nimona – 1 / 0
The Stroll – 1 / 0
Suzume – 1 / 0
The Zone of Interest – 1 / 0