The St. Louis Film Critics Association have announced their picks for the best of 2023!  The winners are listed below in bold.

BEST FILM

American Fiction
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie (RUNNER-UP)
Oppenheimer (WINNER)
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
May December
Past Lives
The Zone of Interest

BEST DIRECTOR
Greta Gerwig – Barbie (RUNNER-UP)
Todd Haynes – May December
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer (WINNER)
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
Celine Song – Past Lives

BEST ACTRESS
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon (WINNER)
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Natalie Portman – May December
Margot Robbie – Barbie (RUNNER-UP)
Emma Stone – Poor Things

BEST ACTOR
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers (RUNNER-UP)
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer (WINNER)
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
Viola Davis – Air
Rachel McAdams – 
Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret (RUNNER-UP)
Julianne Moore – May December
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers (WINNER)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Sterling K. Brown – American Fiction
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Ryan Gosling – Barbie (WINNER)
Charles Melton – May December (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers

BEST ENSEMBLE
Asteroid City
Barbie (RUNNER-UP TIE)
The Holdovers (WINNER)
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer (RUNNER-UP TIE)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
American Fiction (RUNNER-UP)
Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer (WINNER)
The Zone of Interest

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Air
Barbie (WINNER)
Anatomy of a Fall
The Holdovers (RUNNER-UP)
Past Lives

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Asteroid City (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Killers of the Flower Moon (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Maestro (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Oppenheimer (WINNER)
The Zone of Interest

BEST EDITING
The Holdovers

The Killer (RUNNER-UP)
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer (WINNER)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Asteroid City
Barbie (WINNER)
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things (RUNNER-UP)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Barbie (WINNER)
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things (RUNNER-UP)
Priscilla

BEST MUSIC SCORE
Killers of the Flower Moon (RUNNER-UP TIE)
May December (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Oppenheimer (WINNER)
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
The Zone of Interest

BEST MUSIC SOUNDTRACK
Air
Barbie (WINNER)
The Holdovers

The Killer (RUNNER-UP)
Maestro

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

The Creator (WINNER)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Godzilla Minus One
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Oppenheimer (RUNNER-UP)

BEST STUNTS
Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny
The Iron Claw
John Wick: Chapter 4 (RUNNER-UP)
The Killer
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (WINNER)




BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
Anatomy of a Fall (WINNER)
Fallen Leaves
Perfect Days
The Teachers’ Lounge
The Zone of Interest (RUNNER-UP)

BEST ACTION MOVIE
Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny
John Wick: Chapter 4 (WINNER-TIE)
The Killer
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (WINNER-TIE)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The Boy and the Heron (RUNNER-UP)
Elemental
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (WINNER)

BEST COMEDY
American Fiction
Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret
Barbie (RUNNER-UP)
Bottoms
The Holdovers (WINNER)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
American Symphony (WINNER-TIE)
Beyond Utopia
It Ain’t Over
Menus Plaisirs Les Troisgros
Still A Michael J. Fox Movie (WINNER-TIE)

BEST HORROR
Evil Dead Rise
Knock at the Cabin
M3GAN
Talk to Me (WINNER)
Skinamarink (RUNNER-UP)



BEST SCENE
Barbie – Gloria (America Ferrara)’s monologue on impossible standards for women (WINNER)
John Wick: Chapter 4 – Staircase Fight (RUNNER-UP)
Killers of the Flower Moon – The radio show finale
Maestro – Leonard Bernstein conducting London Symphony in Mahler’s Second Symphony in Ely Cathedral
Oppenheimer – Trinity Test