The Black Film Critics Circle has announced its picks for the best of 2023 and here they are:

Best Film: American Fiction
Best Director: Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
Best Actor: Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction
Best Actress: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Origin
Best Supporting Actor: Sterling K. Brown – American Fiction
Best Supporting Actress: Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
Best Original Screenplay: Past Lives
Best Adapted Screenplay: (Tie) Oppenheimer & American Fiction
Best Cinematography: Poor Things
Best Documentary Film: American Symphony
Best Animated Film: Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
Best Ensemble: American Fiction

BFCC SIGNATURE AWARDS

PIONEER – Lisa Cortés

RISING STAR/ BEST NEWCOMER – (Tie) A.V. Rockwell & Tia Nomore

SPECIAL MENTION – Colman Domingo

Top Ten

1. American Fiction
2. Oppenheimer
3. The Color Purple
4. Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
5. Origin
6. Past Lives
7. Poor Things
8. Barbie
9. Maestro
10. Anatomy of a Fall