On Dec. 15, 2023, the New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO) announced its selections for the best in film for 2023. The voting process was conducted virtually. 

Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ released by Apple Original Films and Paramount Pictures, won the group’s prize for Best Picture.

Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ was NYFCO’s most-honored film with four awards. Nolan received the group’s Best Director prize for the Universal Studios-released movie, while star Cillian Murphy was named Best Actor, and Hoyte van Hoytema won for Best Cinematography. Additionally, the movie’s cast won Best Ensemble.

With three awards, Justine Triet’s ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ was NYFCO’s second most-honored film. Sandra Hüller received the group’s Best Actress prize; Triet and co-writer, Arthur Harari, won for Best Screenplay; and the Neon-released drama was selected as Best International Feature.

Da’Vine Joy Randolph was named Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Alexander Payne’s ‘The Holdovers,’ from Focus Features; Mark Ruffalo won Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Poor Things, from Searchlight; and NYFCO voters recognized Charles Melton as Breakthrough Performer for his role in Todd Haynes’s ‘May December’ from Netflix.

Additional awards went to Celine Song as Best Debut Director for her first feature, ‘Past Lives;’ Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’ for Best Use of Music; ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ for Best Animated Feature; and ‘The Eternal Memory’ for Best Documentary.

The full list of awards, plus NYFCO’s Top 10 of 2023 are below.

 Picture

‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ (Apple Original Films, Paramount Pictures)

Director

Christopher Nolan, ‘Oppenheimer’ (Universal)

Actress

Sandra Hüller, ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ (Neon)

Actor

Cillian Murphy, ‘Oppenheimer’ (Universal)

Supporting Actress

Da’Vine Joy Randolph, ‘The Holdovers’ (Focus Features)

Supporting Actor

Mark Ruffalo, ‘Poor Things’ (Searchlight)

Breakthrough Performer

Charles Melton, ‘May December’ (Netflix)

Ensemble

‘Oppenheimer’ (Universal)

Screenplay

Justine Triet, Arthur Harari, ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ (Neon)

Debut Director

Celine Song, ‘Past Lives’ (A24)

International Feature

‘Anatomy of a Fall’ (Neon)

Documentary

‘The Eternal Memory’ (MTV Documentary Films)

Animated Feature

‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ (Sony Pictures Entertainment)

Cinematography

Hoyte van Hoytema, ‘Oppenheimer’ (Universal)

Use of Music

Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, ‘Barbie’ (Warner Bros.)

NYFCO Top 10 Movies of 2023

‘American Fiction’ (Amazon MGM)

‘Anatomy of a Fall’ (Neon)

‘The Holdovers’ (Focus Features)

‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ (Apple Original Films, Paramount Pictures)

‘Maestro’ (Netflix)

‘May December’ (Netflix)

‘Oppenheimer’ (Universal)

‘Poor Things’ (Searchlight)

‘Past Lives’ (A24)

‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ (Sony Pictures Entertainment)