# Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2023

The 22nd Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 10, 2023. The nominations were announced on December 9, 2023. Oppenheimer led the nominations with eleven, followed by Barbie with ten. The former won the most awards with six, including Best Director and Best Actor.

## Winners and nominees

The winners are listed first and in boldface.
| Best Film | Best Director |
| American Fiction Barbie The Holdovers Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer Past Lives | Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer Greta Gerwig – Barbie Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon Celine Song – Past Lives |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer as J. Robert Oppenheimer Bradley Cooper – Maestro as Leonard Bernstein Colman Domingo – Rustin as Bayard Rustin Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers as Paul Hunham Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction as Thelonious "Monk" Ellison | Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon as Mollie Burkhart Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Origin as Isabel Wilkerson Greta Lee – Past Lives as Nora Moon Margot Robbie – Barbie as Barbie Emma Stone – Poor Things as Bella Baxter |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Charles Melton – May December as Joe Yoo Sterling K. Brown – American Fiction as Clifford "Cliff" Ellison Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer as Lewis Strauss Ryan Gosling – Barbie as Ken Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers as Angus Tully | Da'Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers as Mary Lamb Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer as Kitty Oppenheimer Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple as Sofia Viola Davis – Air as Deloris Jordan Jodie Foster – Nyad as Bonnie Stoll |
| Best Original Screenplay | Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Past Lives – Celine Song Air – Alex Convery Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet and Arthur Harari Barbie – Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach The Holdovers – David Hemingson | American Fiction – Cord Jefferson Killers of the Flower Moon – Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan Origin – Ava DuVernay Poor Things – Tony McNamara |
| Best Animated Feature | Best Documentary |
| Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse The Boy and the Heron Elemental Nimona Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem | American Symphony 20 Days in Mariupol Little Richard: I Am Everything Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie They Shot the Piano Player |
| Best International/Foreign Language Film | Best Cinematography |
| Anatomy of a Fall Fallen Leaves Perfect Days Society of the Snow The Taste of Things The Teachers' Lounge The Zone of Interest | Oppenheimer – Hoyte van Hoytema Barbie – Rodrigo Prieto Killers of the Flower Moon – Rodrigo Prieto Maestro – Matthew Libatique Poor Things – Robbie Ryan |
| Best Editing | Best Original Score |
| Oppenheimer – Jennifer Lame Barbie – Nick Houy John Wick: Chapter 4 – Nathan Orloff Killers of the Flower Moon – Thelma Schoonmaker Maestro – Michelle Tesoro | Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson The Color Purple – Kris Bowers Killers of the Flower Moon – Robbie Robertson Poor Things – Jerskin Fendrix Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Daniel Pemberton |
| Best Production Design | Best Acting Ensemble |
| Barbie – Sarah Greenwood (production designer); Katie Spencer (set decorator) Asteroid City – Adam Stockhausen (production designer); Kris Moran (set decorator) Killers of the Flower Moon – Jack Fisk (production designer); Adam Willis (set decorator) Oppenheimer – Ruth De Jong (production designer); Claire Kaufman (set decorator) Poor Things – Shona Heath and James Price (production designers); Zsuzsa Mihalek (set decorator) | Oppenheimer American Fiction Barbie The Holdovers Killers of the Flower Moon |
| Best Youth Performance | Best Voice Performance |
| Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers as Angus Tully Joe Bird – Talk to Me as Riley Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. as Margaret Simon Milo Machado-Graner – Anatomy of a Fall as Daniel Maleski Ariana Greenblatt – Barbie as Sasha Iman Vellani – The Marvels as Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel | Shameik Moore – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as Miles Morales / Spider-Man Jack Black as Bowser – The Super Mario Bros. Movie Daniel Kaluuya – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as Hobie Brown / Spider-Punk Hailee Steinfeld – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as Gwen Stacy / Spider-Gwen Masaki Suda – The Boy and the Heron as The Grey Heron |

## Multiple nominations and wins

| Nominations | Film |
| 11 | Oppenheimer |
| 10 | Barbie |
| 9 | Killers of the Flower Moon |
| 7 | The Holdovers |
| 6 | Poor Things |
| 5 | American Fiction |
| 5 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse |
| 4 | Past Lives |
| 3 | Anatomy of a Fall |
| 3 | Maestro |
| 2 | Air |
| 2 | The Boy and the Heron |
| 2 | The Color Purple |
| 2 | Origin |
| Wins | Film |
| 6 | Oppenheimer |
| 2 | American Fiction |
| 2 | The Holdovers |
| 2 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse |