# Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2023

The 36th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, presented to recognize the best in film of 2023, were announced on December 12, 2023.
The nominations were announced on December 8, 2023. For the first time in the awards' history, three films shared the position of most nominated—Killers of the Flower Moon, Oppenheimer, and Poor Things—all receiving ten nominations each. In terms of nominations, they were followed by Barbie with nine and May December with seven.

## Winners and nominees

The winners and nominees for the 36th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards are as follows:

### Awards

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Killers of the Flower Moon Barbie May December Oppenheimer Poor Things | Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer Greta Gerwig – Barbie Todd Haynes – May December Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers as Paul Hunham Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon as Ernest Burkhart Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer as J. Robert Oppenheimer Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers as Adam Teo Yoo – Past Lives as Hae Sung | Emma Stone – Poor Things as Bella Baxter Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon as Mollie Burkhart Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall as Sandra Voyter Natalie Portman – May December as Elizabeth Berry Margot Robbie – Barbie as Barbie |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Charles Melton – May December as Joe Yoo Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer as Lewis Strauss Ryan Gosling – Barbie as Ken Glenn Howerton – BlackBerry as Jim Balsillie Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things as Duncan Wedderburn | Da'Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers as Mary Lamb Jodie Foster – Nyad as Bonnie Stoll Sandra Hüller – The Zone of Interest as Hedwig Höss Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. as Barbara Simon Julianne Moore – May December as Gracie Atherton-Yoo |
| Best Original Screenplay | Best Adapted Screenplay |
| May December – Samy Burch Anatomy of a Fall – Arthur Harari and Justine Triet Barbie – Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach The Holdovers – David Hemingson Past Lives – Celine Song | Killers of the Flower Moon – Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. – Kelly Fremon Craig Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan Poor Things – Tony McNamara The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer |
| Best Animated Film | Best Foreign Language Film |
| The Boy and the Heron Leo Robot Dreams Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem | The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom) Anatomy of a Fall (France) The Boy and the Heron (Japan) Godzilla Minus One (Japan) The Teachers' Lounge (Germany) |
| Best Documentary Film | Best Original Score |
| Kokomo City 20 Days in Mariupol Beyond Utopia Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie | Killers of the Flower Moon – Robbie Robertson (posthumous) Barbie – Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson Poor Things – Jerskin Fendrix The Zone of Interest – Mica Levi |
| Best Art Direction / Production Design | Best Costume Design |
| Barbie Asteroid City Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer Poor Things | Poor Things – Holly Waddington Asteroid City – Milena Canonero Barbie – Jacqueline Durran Killers of the Flower Moon – Jacqueline West Priscilla – Stacey Battat |
| Best Editing | Best Cinematography |
| Oppenheimer – Jennifer Lame All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt – Lee Chatametikool John Wick: Chapter 4 – Nathan Orloff Killers of the Flower Moon – Thelma Schoonmaker Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One – Eddie Hamilton | Oppenheimer – Hoyte van Hoytema Asteroid City – Robert D. Yeoman Killers of the Flower Moon – Rodrigo Prieto Poor Things – Robbie Ryan The Zone of Interest – Łukasz Żal |
| Best Use of Visual Effects | Milos Stehlik Award for Breakthrough Filmmaker |
| Godzilla Minus One Barbie Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Oppenheimer Poor Things | Celine Song – Past Lives Kyle Edward Ball – Skinamarink Raven Jackson – All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt Cord Jefferson – American Fiction A. V. Rockwell – A Thousand and One |
| Most Promising Performer ||
| Charles Melton – May December as Joe Yoo Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. as Margaret Simon Milo Machado-Graner – Anatomy of a Fall as Daniel Maleski Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers as Angus Tully Teo Yoo – Past Lives as Hae Sung ||

## Awards breakdown

| Nominations | Film |
| 10 | Killers of the Flower Moon |
| 10 | Oppenheimer |
| 10 | Poor Things |
| 9 | Barbie |
| 7 | May December |
| 5 | The Zone of Interest |
| 4 | Anatomy of a Fall |
| 4 | The Holdovers |
| 4 | Past Lives |
| 3 | Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. |
| 3 | Asteroid City |
| 2 | All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt |
| 2 | The Boy and the Heron |
| 2 | Godzilla Minus One |
| 2 | Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One |
| Wins | Film |
| 3 | Killers of the Flower Moon |
| 3 | May December |
| 3 | Oppenheimer |
| 2 | The Holdovers |
| 2 | Poor Things |