The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association voted the American Comedy drama THE HOLDOVERS as the best film of 2023, according to the results of its 30th annual critics’ poll released today. Following is a complete list of award winners, with choices listed in order of votes received.
Rounding out the composite list of the top 10 films of the year were as follows:
2) Oppenheimer
3) Killers of the Flower Moon
4) Poor Things
5) American Fiction
6) Past Lives
7) Maestro
8) Anatomy of a Fall
9) Barbie
10) May December
Best Actor
1) Cillian Murphy for Oppenheimer
2) Paul Giamatti for The Holdovers
3) Bradley Cooper for Maestro
4) Jeffrey Wright for American Fiction
5) Leonardo DiCaprio for Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Actress
1) Lilly Gladstone for Killers of the Flower Moon
2) Emma Stone for Poor Things
3) Carey Mulligan for Maestro
4) Greta Lee for Past Lives
5) Sandra Huller for Anatomy of a Fall
Best Supporting Actor
1) Robert Downey, Jr. for Oppenheimer
2) Charles Melton for May December
3) Robert DeNiro for Killers of the Flower Moon
4) Mark Ruffalo for Poor Things
5) Dominic Sessa for The Holdovers
Best Supporting Actress
1) Da’Vine Joy Randolph for The Holdovers
2) Danielle Brooks for The Color Purple
3) Emily Blunt for Oppenheimer
4) Jody Foster for Nyad
5) Julianne Moore for May December
Best Director
1) Christopher Nolan for Oppenheimer
2) Martin Scorsese for Killers of the Flower Moon
3) Alexander Payne for The Holdovers
4) Yorgos Lanthimos for Poor Things
5) Celine Song for Past Lives
Best Foreign Language Film
1) Anatomy of a Fall
2) The Zone of Interest
3) The Taste of Things
4) Society of the Snow
5) Fallen Leaves
Best Documentary
1) American Symphony
2) 20 Days in Marriupol
3) Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
4) The Deepest Breath
5) The Pigeon Tunnel
Best Animated Film
1) The Boy and the Heron
2) Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best Screenplay
1) David Hemingson for The Holdovers
2) Justine Triet and Arthur Harari for Anatomy of a Fall
Best Cinematography
1) Hoyte van Hoytema for Oppenheimer
2) Rodrigo Prieto for Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Musical Score
1) Robbie Robertson, Killers of the Flower Moon
2) Ludwig Goransson for Oppenheimer
Russell Smith Award
The association also voted The Zone of Interest as the winner of the Russell Smith Award, named for the late Dallas Morning News film critic. The honor is given annually to the best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film.
The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association consists of 24 broadcast, print and online journalists from throughout North Texas. For more information, visit www.dfwcritics.com or follow us on Facebook or Twitter @dfwfilmcritics.
