2023: Year in Review
Fritz Golden Superlatives

  1. May December (dir: Todd Haynes)

  2. Anatomy of a Fall (dir: Justine Triet)

  3. The Taste of Things (dir: Tran Anh Hung)

  4. Oppenheimer (dir: Christopher Nolan)

  5. Poor Things (dir: Yorgos Lanthimos)

  6. Return to Seoul (dir: Davy Chou; US Release Date)

  7. How to Blow Up a Pipeline (dir: Daniel Goldhaber; US Release Date)

  8. The Holdovers (dir: Alexander Payne)

  9. Killers of the Flower Moon (dir: Martin Scorsese)

  10. Ferrari (dir: Michael Mann),

Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order): Air (dir: Ben Affleck), Asteroid City (dir: Wes Anderson), Barbie (dir: Greta Gerwig), Bottoms (dir: Emma Seligman), The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (dir: William Friedkin), The Creator (dir: Gareth Edwards), Fallen Leaves (dir: Aki Kaurismäki), Godzilla Minus One (dir: Takashi Yamazaki), Kokomo City (dir: D. Smith), Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning (dir: Christpher McQuarrie), Monster (dir: Hirokazu Kore-eda), Passages (dir: Ira Sachs), Priscilla (dir: Sofia Coppola), The Promised Land (dir: Nikolaj Arcel), The Royal Hotel (dir: Kitty Green), Showing Up (dir: Kelly Reichardt; US Release Date), Sick of Myself (dir: Kristoffer Borgli; US Release Date), Society of the Snow (dir: J.A. Boyana), Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (dir: Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson), The Starling Girl (dir: Laurel Parmet), Woman of the Hour (dir: Anna Kendrick) and The Zone of Interest (dir: Jonathan Glazer)


Best Film of the Year: May December
Director: Todd Haynes Producers: Natalie Portman, Sophie Mas, Christine Vachon, Pamela Koffler, Will Ferrell, Jessica Elbaum, Grant S. Johnson and Tyler W. Konney
US Distributor: Netflix


Todd Haynes (center) with Charles Melton and Julianne Moore on the set of May December

Best Director:
Todd Haynes, May December
2. Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
3. Tran Anh Hung, The Taste of Things
4. Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
5. Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall


Category changes:
Taking a cue from the LAFCA, from this year forward, the Fritz Goldens will designate two lead and supporting acting wins, regardless of gender.

Emma Stone in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things

Best Lead Performance:
Emma Stone, Poor Things
Natalie Portman, May December
3. Park Ji-Min, Return to Seoul
4. Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
5. Jamie Foxx, The Burial
6. Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall
7. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, You Hurt My Feelings
8. Cailee Spaeny, Priscilla
9. Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
10. Franz Rogowski, Passages

Natalie Portman (right) and Julianne Moore in Todd Haynes’ May December

Lead acting nominees: Park Ji-Min, Paul Giamatti, Jamie Foxx, Sandra Hüller, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Cailee Spaeny, Lily Gladstone and Franz Rogowski


Charles Melton in Todd Haynes’ May December

Best Supporting Performance:
Charles Melton, May December
Juliette Binoche, The Taste of Things
3. Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things
4. Ryan Gosling, Barbie
5. Julianne Moore, May December
6. Milo Machado-Graner, Anatomy of a Fall
7. Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
8. Wrenn Schmidt, The Starling Girl
9. Penélope Cruz, Ferrari
10. Paterson Joseph, Wonka

Juliette Binoche in Tran Anh Hung’s The Taste of Things

Supporting Performance nominees: Mark Ruffalo, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore, Milo Machado-Graner, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Wrenn Schmidt, Penélope Cruz, and Paterson Joseph.


Swann Arlaud and Milo Machado-Graner in Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall

Best Original Screenplay
Anatomy of a Fall — Justine Triet and Arthur Harari
2. May December — Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik
3. The Holdovers — David Hemingson
4. Return to Seoul – Davy Chou
5. Bottoms — Emma Seligman and Rachel Sennott


Marcus Scribner, Jake Weary, and Ariela Barer in Daniel Goldhaber’s How to Blow Up a Pipeline

Best Adapted Screenplay:
How to Blow Up a Pipeline — Daniel Goldhaber, Ariela Barer, and Jordan Sjol
2. The Taste of Things — Tran Anh Hung
3. Poor Things — Tony McNamara
4. Oppenheimer — Christopher Nolan
5. Society of the Snow — J.A. Bayona, Bernat Vilaplana, Jaime Marques-Olarreaga, and Nicolás Casariego


Scarlett Johansson in Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City

Best Cinematography
Asteroid City — Robert D. Yeoman
2. Poor Things — Robbie Ryan
3. Oppenheimer — Hoyte van Hoytema
4. The Taste of Things —Jonathan Ricquebourg
5. Eileen — Ari Wagner


Cillian Murphy in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer

Best Original Score
Oppenheimer — Ludwig Göransson
2. Killers of the Flower Moon — Robbie Robertson
3. How to Blow Up a Pipeline — Gavin Brivik
4. The Zone of Interest — Mica Levi
5. Eileen — Richard Reed Parry


Benny Safdie in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer

Best Film Editing
Oppenheimer — Jennifer Lame
2. How to Blow Up a Pipeline — Daniel Garber
3. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse — Michael Andrews
4. Killers of the Flower Moon — Thelma Schoonmaker
5. May December — Affonso Gonçalves


Joaquin Phoenix in Ari Aster’s Beau Is Afraid

Best Production Design
Beau Is Afraid — Fiona Crombie, Frédéric Amblard, and Simon Théberge
2. Barbie — Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer
3. Poor Things — Shona Heath, James Price, Budai Csaba, and Anna Döbrössy
4. Asteroid City — Adam Stockhausen and Kris Moran
5. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves — Raymond Chan, Naomi Moore, and Cosmo Sarson


Emma Stone in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things

Best Costume Design
Poor Things — Holly Waddington
2. Barbie — Jacqueline Durran
3. Priscilla — Stacey Battat
4. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves — Amanda Monk
5. Passages — Khadija Zeggaï


Gareth Edward’s The Creator

Best Visual Effects
The Creator
2. Oppenheimer
3. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
4. Godzilla Minus One
5. M3GAN


Sandra Hüller in Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest

Best Sound
The Zone of Interest
2. Oppenheimer
3. The Taste of Things
4. The Creator
5. Ferrari


Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Priscilla

2. Society of the Snow
3. Poor Things
4. Woman of the Hour
5. Barbie


Best Documentary Feature
Kokomo City — D. Smith
2. Beyond Utopia — Madeleine Gavin
3. The Deepest Breath — Laura McGann


Best Animated Feature
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse — Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson
2. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem — Jeff Rowe
3. The Boy and the Heron — Hayao Miyazaki


Best Limited Series
Trenque Lauquen — Laura Citarella
2. Mrs. Davis
3. Daisy Jones & the Six


Best Documentary Series
The History of the Minnesota Vikings — Jon Bois
2. Bill Russell: Legend — Sam Pollard
3. Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God — Hannah Olson


Best First Feature:
Anna Kendrick, Woman of the Hour

Best Ensemble Cast: 
Anatomy of a Fall

Best First Feature: Anna Kendrick and Daniel Zovatto (pictured) in Anna Kendrick’s Woman of the Hour

Best Ensemble: Anatomy of a Fall (dir: Justine Triet), Swann Arlaud, Jehnny Beth, Sandra Hüller (pictured), Milo Machado-Graner (pictured), Antoine Reinartz, and Samuel Theis


RECAP

W I N S :

May December 3, Oppenheimer — 3,
Anatomy of a Fall 2, Poor Things 2, Asteroid City 1, Beau Is Afraid 1, The Creator 1, The History of the Minnesota Vikings 1, How to Blow Up a Pipeline — 1, Kokomo City 1, Priscilla 1, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 1, Trenque Lauquen — 1, Woman of the Hour 1, The Zone of Interest 1

M U L T I P L E
N O M I N A T I O N S :

Poor Things 10,
Oppenheimer 8, May December 7, Anatomy of a Fall 6, The Taste of Things 6, Barbie 4, The Holdovers 4, How to Blow Up a Pipeline 4, Killers of the Flower Moon 4, Ferrari 3, Return to Seoul 3, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 3, Priscilla 3, Asteroid City 2, The Creator 2, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 2, Eileen 2, Passages 2, Society of the Snow 2, Woman of the Hour 2, The Zone of Interest 2