The Winners of the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle 2023 Awards Have Been Revealed.
The Oklahoma Film Critics Circle (OFCC) announced its 18th annual slate of award winners, with the Oklahoma-based Killers of the Flower Moon taking the title for Best Film of 2023 among the state’s film critics.
“Killers of the Flower Moon dominated this year’s OFCC awards, with Martin Scorcese’s epic cited in seven of the ten categories it was eligible for. It won the Best Film prize and Best Actress award for Lily Gladstone by significantly wide margins, a sign of the film’s endurance within the state of Oklahoma,” said Jeff Huston, OFCC president.
In a year marked by strikes across the film and television industry, the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle 2023 Awards recognized a variety of films that brought together audiences and critics alike. In addition to Killers of the Flower Moon, the Top 10 Films of 2023 are The Holdovers, Oppenheimer, Barbie, Past Lives, The Zone of Interest, Poor Things, May December, The Boy and the Heron, and American Fiction.
A Year For Risk-Taking
“This year was marked by bold swings from notable directors like Martin Scorsese, Greta Gerwig, Christopher Nolan, and Hayao Miyazaki and impressive debuts from first-time directors like Celine Song with Past Lives, Cord Jefferson with American Fiction, and Chloe Domont with Fair Play,” said Caleb Masters, OFCC vice president. “Also among this year’s great films was Fancy Dance, a feature film directorial debut from Erica Tremblay, set in Oklahoma and made by a largely Oklahoma crew. While the film has yet to be picked up for distribution, we believe the film showcases the exceptional talent making movies in our state.”
The 2023 film calendar spanned budgets, platforms, and genres in a catalog that held something for everyone. Highly anticipated titles like Maestro and The Exorcist: Believer fell to expectations, giving way to a swell of foreign language titles to find a place among the OFCC’s ranking of the year’s best films. With a pop culture phenomenon like Barbenheimer creating a sense of occasion in moviegoing again, casual and avid fans of cinema have reason to find themselves in front of the silver screen again.
About the OFCC
The OFCC is composed of Oklahoma-based professional film journalists, academics, and critics working in broadcast, print, and digital media. Media outlets include The Oklahoman, Oklahoma Gazette, Tulsa World, and Edmond Life & Leisure. Other outlets include television stations KOKH FOX 25 and News 9, radio stations KJYO/Clear Channel and Cumulus Media, and the websites flickattack.com, thewrap.com, thecinematropolis.com, icantunseethatmovie.com, nofilmschool.com, goodtrashmedia.com and screenrant.com. Three 2023 contributors from The Cinematropolis, Caleb Masters, Daniel Bokemper(also of Flick Attack), and Jo Light(also of No Film School), participated in the vote for the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle 2023 Awards.
The full list of voting members can be found here: http://www.oklahomafilmcritics.com.
Below is the complete list of OFCC award winners for 2023:
OFCC 2023 Awards Results
Best Film: Killers of the Flower Moon
Top 10
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- The Holdovers
- Oppenheimer
- Barbie
- Past Lives
- The Zone of Interest
- Poor Things
- May December
- The Boy and the Heron
- American Fiction
Best Actor
Winner: Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Runner-Up: Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Best Actress
Winner: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Runner-Up: Emma Stone, Poor Things
Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Runner-Up: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Runner-Up: Rachel McAdams, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Best Director
Winner: Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
Runner-Up: Greta Gerwig, Barbie
Best Original Screenplay
Winner: The Holdovers, David Hemingson
Runner-Up: Barbie, Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: Killers of the Flower Moon, Eric Roth & Martin Scorsese (based on David Grann’s book)
Runner-Up: Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan (based on the book “American Prometheus” by Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin)
Best Documentary
Winner: American Symphony
Runner-Up: Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Best Animated Feature
Winner: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Runner-Up: The Boy and the Heron
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner: The Zone of Interest (UK/Poland)
Runner-Up: Godzilla Minus One (Japan)
Best Cinematography
Winner: Oppenheimer, Hoyte Van Hoytema
Runner-Up: Killers of the Flower Moon, Rodrigo Prieto
Best Score
Winner: Killers of the Flower Moon, Robbie Robertson
Runner-Up: Oppenheimer, Ludwig Göransson
Best Ensemble
Winner: Barbie
Runner-Up: Killers of the Flower Moon
Best First Feature
Winner: Past Lives, dir. Celine Song
Runner-Up: American Fiction, dir. Cord Jefferson
Best Body of Work
Winner: Actress Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall and The Zone of Interest
Runner-Up: Director Wes Anderson, Asteroid City and four Roald Dahl shorts
Most Disappointing Film
Winner: Maestro
Runner-Up: The Exorcist: Believer
Special Citation for Achievement in Oklahoma Independent Filmmaking
Fancy Dance, dir. Erica Tremblay
