On Friday, Jan. 5, the Denver Film Critics Society—19 writers, broadcasters, and bloggers working in and around the Mile High City, of which I am one—announced their nominees for the best of 2023.

In total, 33 movies received nominations, with Barbie and Poor Things tying for the most nominations at nine apiece. Oppenheimer secured eight nominations, with Killers of the Flower Moon coming in third with six nominations.

The winners will be announced Jan. 12.

Best Film

Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things

Best Director

Emerald Fennell, Saltburn
Greta Gerwig, Barbie
Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Lead Performance by an Actor, Female

Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Greta Lee, Past Lives
Carey Mulligan, Maestro
Margot Robbie, Barbie
Emma Stone, Poor Things

Best Lead Performance by an Actor, Male

Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Barry Keoghan, Saltburn
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction

Best Supporting Performance by an Actor, Female

Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
Rachel McAdams, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Rosamund Pike, Saltburn

Best Supporting Performance by an Actor, Male

Rober De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Charles Melton, May December
Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things

Best Sci-Fi/Horror

The Creator
Godzilla Minus One
Poor Things
Talk to Me
They Cloned Tyrone

Best Animated Film

The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Super Mario Brothers Movie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Best Comedy

American Fiction
Barbie
Bottoms
The Holdovers
Poor Things

Best Visual Effects

The Creator
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 3
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

Best Original Screenplay

Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, Barbie
Celine Song, Past Lives
David Hemingson, The Holdovers
Emerald Fennell, Saltburn
Samy Burch, May December

Best Adapted Screenplay

Tony McNamara, Poor Things
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Cord Jefferson, American Fiction
Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers

Best Documentary Feature

Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
American Symphony
Beyond Utopia 
20 Days in Mariupol
Kokomo City

Best Original Song

“What Was I Made For?” Barbie
“I’m Just Ken,” Barbie
“Keep It Moving,” The Color Purple
“Dance the Night,” Barbie
“Am I Dreaming?” Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
“Road to Freedom,” Rustin

Best Original Score

Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer
Daniel Pemberton, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Jerskin Fendrix, Poor Things
Mica Levi, Zone of Interest
Robbie Robertson, Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Non-English Language Feature

Zone of Interest
Taste of Things
Anatomy of a Fall
Godzilla Minus One
Past Lives