2023 DFCS Awards

Here are the 2023 Denver Film Critics Society nominees and winners.

Disclaimer: The following films are reviewed and selected by DFCS members, who may or may not be a reviewer on this website.

Best Actor

Winner

Colin Farrell

The Banshees of Inisherin

Austin Butler

Elvis

Brendan Fraser

The Whale

Paul Mescal

Aftersun

Ralph Fiennes

The Menu

Best Actress

Winner

Michelle Yeoh

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Cate Blanchett

Tár

Danielle Deadwyler

Till

Mia Goth

Pearl

Viola Davis

The Woman King

Best Adapted Screenplay

Winner

Women Talking

Sarah Polley

Bones and All

David Kajganich

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Glass Onion (original title)

Rian Johnson

Pinocchio

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (original title)

Guillermo del Toro, Patrick McHale

She Said

Rebecca Lenkiewicz

Best Animated Film

Winner

Pinocchio

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (original title)

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

The Bad Guys

Turning Red

Best Comedy Film

Winner

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Glass Onion (original title)

Everything Everywhere All at Once

The Banshees of Inisherin

The Menu

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Best Director

Winner

Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Charlotte Wells

Aftersun

James Cameron

Avatar: The Way of Water

Martin McDonagh

The Banshees of Inisherin

Sarah Polley

Women Talking

Best Documentary Film

Winner

Good Night Oppy

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

Fire of Love

Moonage Daydream

Wildcat

Best Foreign Language Film

Winner

RRR

RRR (Rise Roar Revolt) (original title)

All Quiet on the Western Front

Im Westen nichts Neues (original title)

Close

Decision to Leave

Heojil kyolshim (original title)

Eo

Best Original Score

Winner

Babylon

Justin Hurwitz

Avatar: The Way of Water

Simon Franglen

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Son Lux

The Batman

Michael Giacchino

The Fabelmans

John Williams

Best Original Screenplay

Winner

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert

Aftersun

Charlotte Wells

The Banshees of Inisherin

Martin McDonagh

The Menu

Seth Reiss, Will Tracy

Tár

Todd Field

Best Original Song

Winner

RRR

RRR (Rise Roar Revolt) (original title)

M.M. Keeravani, Kaala Bhairava, Rahul Sipligunj

Song: “Naatu Naatu”

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Tems, Ludwig Göransson, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler

Song: “Lift Me Up”

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Ryan Lott, David Byrne, Mitski

Song: “This Is a Life”

Pinocchio

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (original title)

Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz, Guillermo del Toro

Song: “Ciao Papa”

Top Gun: Maverick

Lady Gaga, BloodPop

Song: “Hold My Hand”

Best Picture

Winner

Everything Everywhere All at Once

RRR

RRR (Rise Roar Revolt) (original title)

The Banshees of Inisherin

Tár

Women Talking

Best Science-Fiction/Horror Film

Winner

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Barbarian

Nope

Pearl

The Menu

Best Supporting Actor

Winner

Ke Huy Quan

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Barry Keoghan

The Banshees of Inisherin

Ben Whishaw

Women Talking

Brendan Gleeson

The Banshees of Inisherin

Judd Hirsch

The Fabelmans

Best Supporting Actress

Winner

Stephanie Hsu

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Angela Bassett

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Hong Chau

The Whale

Jamie Lee Curtis

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Kerry Condon

The Banshees of Inisherin

Best Visual Effects

Winner

Avatar: The Way of Water

Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Zak Stoltz, Ethan Feldbau, Benjamin Brewer, Jeff Desom

Nope

Scott R. Fisher, Jeremy Robert, Guillaume Rocheron, Sreejith Venugopalan

RRR

RRR (Rise Roar Revolt) (original title)

Srinivas Mohan

Top Gun: Maverick

Ryan Tudhope, Scott R. Fisher, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson

Source: https://michaelcinema.com/2023/01/17/and-the-winners-is/