1. Barbie 

2. The Holdovers 

3. Priscilla

4. Wonka

5. May December

6. Wonka

7. Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person

8. Theater Camp

9. Saltburn

10. Poor Things

Performance of the Year: Dominic Sessa - The Holdovers

Technical Achievement of the Year: Priscilla - Production Design by Tamara Deverell

"Taylor Swift's Eras Tour also deserves a shoutout! What a fantastic year for female led, female driven cinema. Greta Gerwig the woman that you are!"

1. Poor Things 

2. Oppenheimer

3. The Holdovers

4. Perfect Days

5. Monster

6. Anatomy of a Fall

7. Bottoms

8. Wonka

9. Fallen Leaves

10. 80 for Brady

Performance of the Year: Emma Stone - Poor Things

Technical Achievement of the Year: Oppenheimer - Sound Design

"This is the fantastic year for giving films a chance. I was positive I would hate Oppenheimer, terrified I would dislike Wonka, skeptical about Fallen Leaves, and ready to mock 80 for Brady. Yet I loved them all!"

1. The Boy and the Heron 

2. May December 

3. Past Lives

4. Showing Up

5. Poor Things

6. The Holdovers

7. Anatomy of a Fall

8. Priscilla

9. Killers of the Flower Moon

10. Barbie

Performance of the Year: Natalie Portman - May December

Technical Achievement of the Year: Poor Things - Cinematography by Robbie Ryan

1. Killers of the Flower Moon 

2. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

3. American Fiction

4. Barbie

5. Perfect Days

6. The Zone of Interest

7. The Boy and the Heron

8. The Taste of Things

9. The Holdovers

10. Poor Things

Performance of the Year: Lily Gladstone - Killers of the Flower Moon

Technical Achievement of the Year: Killers of the Flower Moon - Film Editing

"Looking at this list, and what I left off, this was a very strong for film, though early on there were many I “liked but not loved” or “loved in spite of flaws” and so I struggled to say what my top film was until I’d seen Killers of the Flower Moon. It is my runaway pick for the best this year to which nothing has come close, and my pick so far for the best this decade."

1. Oppenheimer

2. The Holdovers

3. Poor Things

4. Anatomy of a Fall

5. Killers of the Flower Moon

6. The Zone of Interest

7. May December

8. Maestro

9. Fallen Leaves

10. Perfect Days

Performance of the Year: Sandra Hüller - Anatomy of a Fall

Technical Achievement of the Year: Poor Things - Production Design by Shona Heath/James Price

"This has been a great year for film! I'm so glad that I got to experience it all."

1. All of Us Strangers 

2. Saltburn

3. Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse

4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

5. Past Lives

6. Anatomy of a Fall

7. Elemental

8. Theater Camp

9. Magazine Dreams

10. Red, White, and Royal Blue

Performance of the Year: Andrew Scott - All of us Strangers

Technical Achievement of the Year: Saltburn - Cinematography by Linus Sandgren 

"Another great year of cinema, or more specifically, queer cinema! I hope this will pave the path for the production for countless more authentic and diverse queer representation on the big screen!"

1. Oppenheimer 

2. Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé 

3. Rye Lane

4. Poor Things

5. American Fiction

6. Anatomy of a Fall

7. Barbie

8. Bottoms

9. Across the Spider-Verse

10. 20 Days in Mariupol 

Performance of the Year: Emma Stone - Poor Things

Technical Achievement of the Year: Barbie - Costume Design by Jacqueline Durran

1. Oppenheimer

2. Killers of the Flower Moon

3. Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1

4. Beau is Afraid

5. The Boy and the Heron

6. Spiderman: Across the Spider-Verse

7. Asteroid City

8. Poor Things

9. Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

10. May December

Performance of the Year: Emma Stone - Poor Things

Technical Achievement of the Year: Oppenheimer - Film Editing

"It's been a great year for movies! Movies are so cool!"

1. Poor Things

2. Oppenheimer

3. Spider-Verse: Across the Spider-Verse

4. The Holdovers

5. Killers of the Flower Moon

6. The Iron Claw

7. May December

8. Saltburn

9. Priscilla

10. Godzilla: Minus One

Performance of the Year: Emma Stone - Poor Things

Technical Achievement of the Year: Oppenheimer - Sound Design

1. Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell

2. Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World

3. Maestro

4. May December

5. Air

6. Wonka

7. Monster

8. Theater Camp

9. Fallen Leaves

10. Asteroid City

Performance of the Year: Natalie Portman - May December

"Fantastic year for female performances, as always."

1. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2. Past Lives

3. Oppenheimer

4. Poor Things

5. Killers of the Flower Moon

6. John Wick: Chapter 4

7. Suzume

8. The Boy and the Heron

9. All of Us Strangers

10. The Zone of Interest

Performance of the Year: Emma Stone - Poor Things

Technical Achievement of the Year: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Visual Effects

"Fantastic year for female performances, as always."

1. She is Conann

2. Red Rooms

3. Poor Things

4. La Chimera

5. Here

6. Oppenheimer

7. The Taste of Things

8. Wingwomen

9. Jeanne Du Barry

10. All of Us Strangers

Performance of the Year: Annette Bening - NYAD

Technical Achievement of the Year: Saltburn - Original Score by Anthony Willis

1. Oppenheimer

2. Past Lives

3. Poor Things

4. American Fiction

5. Theater Camp

6. Skinamarink

7. Barbie

8. The Iron Claw

9. Society of the Snow

10. Rye Lane

Performance of the Year: Zac Efron - The Iron Claw

Technical Achievement of the Year: Oppenheimer - Score by Ludwig Göransson

"One of the best years for film in years, so much variety and excellence across the board. This year will go down as one of the best in history for film and one we look back on with fondness."

1. May December

2. Killers of the Flower Moon

3. Poor Things

4. The Boy and the Heron

5. Oppenheimer

6. Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse

7. John Wick: Chapter 4

8. The Holdovers

9. Theater Camp

10. Rye Lane

Performance of the Year: Emma Stone - Poor Things

1. May December

2. Poor Things

3. Bottoms

4. Earth Mama

5. The Holdovers

6. The Zone of Interest

7. All of Us Strangers

8. Passages

9. Anatomy of a Fall

10. Priscilla

Performance of the Year: Teyana Taylor - A Thousand and One

Technical Achievement of the Year: Mami Wata - Cinematography by Lilis Soares

1. Oppenheimer

2. Asteroid City

3. The Iron Claw

4. Killers of the Flower Moon

5. The Holdovers

6. Bottoms

7. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

8. The Super Mario Brothers Movie

9. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

10. Wonka

Performance of the Year: Zac Efron - The Iron Claw

Technical Achievement of the Year: Wonka - Costume Design by Lindsey Hemming

"Last year was a low point in film for me, both in what I watched and what I did as a filmmaker/writer. This year brought me back, WE ARE SO BACK!

1. Killers of the Flower Moon

2. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour

3. Air

4. Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse

5. Oppenheimer

6. Poor Things

7. Past Lives

8. Suzume

9. Godzilla Minus One

10. Anatomy of a Fall

Performance of the Year: Matt Damon - Air

Technical Achievement of the Year: Oppenheimer - Cinematography

1. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

2. Oppenheimer

3. Killers of the Flower Moon

4. John Wick: Chapter 4

5. Past Lives

6. Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse

7. Air

8. No Hard Feelings

9. Barbie

10. The Holdovers

Performance of the Year: Ryan Gosling - Barbie

Technical Achievement of the Year: Oppenheimer - Sound Design

"Appreciation for the horror movies we had in 2023, a genre that is getting better and more creative from year to year"

1. Do Not Expect Too Much From The End of The World

2. The Zone of Interest

3. Poor Things

4. Perfect Days

5. Killers of The Flower Moon

6. Spider-Man : Across The Spider-Verse

7. May December

8. 20 Days At Mariupol

9. Anatomy of A Fall

10. About Dry Grasses

Performance of the Year: Emma Stone - Poor Things

Technical Achievement of the Year: The Zone of Interest - Sound Design

"Godland, Apolonia, and RMN would make my top 10, but I consider them 2022. Great year for European cinema"

1. Past Lives

2. The Holdovers

3. Anatomy of a Fall

4. Oppenheimer

5. Beau is Afraid

6. The Boy and the Heron

7. All of Us Strangers

8. Killers of the Flower Moon

9. Bottoms

10. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Performance of the Year: Andrew Scott - All of Us Strangers

Technical Achievement of the Year: Oppenheimer - Score by Ludwig Göransson

"2023 proved to anyone who for some reason still thought that there are no new great movies, that in fact, there are many new great movies, some under the radar, some being tremendous box office hits, some by well know auteurs and some by newcomers. In short, cinema is more alive than ever (not that it ever died anyway)."

1. Fast X

2. Talk to Me

3. May December

4. Missing

5. The Holdovers

6. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

7. Theater Camp

8. Elemental

9. Anatomy of a Fall

10. The Zone of Interest

Performance of the Year: Natalie Portman - May December

Technical Achievement of the Year: The Zone of Interest - Sound Design

1. Past Lives

2. All of Us Strangers

3. Oppenheimer

4. Barbie

5. Poor Things

6. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

7. The Color Purple

8. Origin

9. Killers of the Flower Moon

10. American Fiction

Performance of the Year: Greta Lee - Past Lives

Technical Achievement of the Year: Origin - Editing

"A year where every genre excelled and surprised."

1. Past Lives

2. The Boy and the Heron

3. May December

4. Killers of the Flower Moon

5. Monster

6. All of Us Strangers

7. The Holdovers

8. Poor Things

9. Anatomy of a Fall

10. Showing Up

Performance of the Year: Andrew Scott - All of Us Strangers

Technical Achievement of the Year: The Boy and the Heron - Sound Design

"A fantastic year for cinema populated by boundary-pushing auteurs, veterans at the top of their game, and the undeniable prowess of modern Japanese cinema."

1. May December

2. Barbie

3. Oppenheimer

4. Blue Jean

5. Monster

6. 20,000 Species of Bees

7. Asteroid City

8. Showing Up

9. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

10. Passages

Performance of the Year: Julianne Moore - May December

Technical Achievement of the Year: Barbie - Costume Design by Jacqueline Durran

1. The Zone of Interest

2. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

3. Priscilla

4. The Boy and the Heron

5. Poor Things

6. Barbie

7. Killers of the Flower Moon

8. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

9. Wonka

10. May December

Performance of the Year: Cailee Spaeny - Priscilla

Technical Achievement of the Year: The Zone of Interest - Sound Design

"A great year for film truly. So many monumental achievements from our great filmmakers and in the end and a year where many big studios kept failing and I believe 2023 can usher in a new era for cinema altogether"

1. The Zone of Interest

2. Saltburn

3. Poor Things

4. Oppenheimer

5. The Killer

6. All of Us Strangers

7. Evil Dead Rise

8. Dream Scenario

9. Barbie

10. May December

Performance of the Year: Barry Keoghan - Saltburn

Technical Achievement of the Year: Saltburn - Cinematography by Linus Sandgren

"I just want to thank the Midnight Critics Circle for allowing me to become a member. This has been a welcoming and encouraging space that I've enjoyed being a part of."

1. Poor Things

2. The Holdovers

3. Godzilla: Minus One

4. Killers of the Flower Moon

5. Anatomy of a Fall

6. Bottoms

7. Barbie

8. Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One

9. May December

10. Oppenheimer

Performance of the Year: Emma Stone - Poor Things

Technical Achievement of the Year: Poor Things - Production Design by Shona Heath/James Price