The Hawaii Film Critics Society has announced its picks for the best of 2023!

And here they are, with the winners in bold:

BEST PICTURE
American Fiction
Barbie
Ferrari
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

BEST DIRECTOR
Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Greta Gerwig, Barbie
Cord Jefferson, American Fiction
Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer

BEST ACTOR
Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Adam Driver, Ferrari
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction

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

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Robert DeNiro, Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr. Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
John Magaro, Past Lives
Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz, Ferrari
Viola Davis, Air
Jodie Foster, Nyad
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Rachel McAdams, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Barbie
The Holdovers
The Iron Claw
Maestro
Past Lives

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
American Fiction
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Ferrari
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

BEST ART DIRECTION
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Napoleon
Poor Things

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Barbie
Ferrari
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Poor Things

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Barbie
Ferrari
Maestro
Poor Things
Oppenheimer

BEST EDITING
Barbie
Ferrari
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

BEST ANIMATED FILM
The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Albert Brooks: Defending Your Life
American Symphony
Four Daughters
Little Richard: I Am Everything
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

BEST MAKE-UP
Ferrari
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

BEST SOUND
Ferrari
Maestro
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
American Fiction
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

BEST SONG
“Dance the Night” (Barbie)
“I’m Just Ken” (Barbie)
“What Was I Made For?” (Barbie)
“Road to Freedom” (Rustin)
“Peaches” (The Super Mario Bros. Movie)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Creator
Godzilla Minus One
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

BEST STUNT WORK
Extraction 2
The Iron Claw
John Wick: Chapter 4
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Silent Night

BEST NEW FILMMAKER
Cord Jefferson, American Fiction
Adele Lim, Joy Ride
Danny & Michael Philippou, Talk to Me
A.V. Rockwell, A Thousand and One
Celine Song, Past Lives

BEST FIRST FILM
American Fiction
Joy Ride
Past Lives
Talk to Me
A Thousand and One

BEST OVERLOOKED FILM
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
A Thousand and One
Joy Ride
Shortcomings
They Cloned Tyrone

BEST VOCAL/MOTION CAPTURE PERFORMANCE
Jack Black, The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Bradley Cooper, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3
Kumail Nanjiani, Migration
Robert Pattinson, The Boy and the Heron
Jason Schwartzman, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

BEST HORROR FILM
Evil Dead Rise
Godzilla Minus One
M3GAN
Talk to Me
Totally Killer

BEST COMIC BOOK MOVIE
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3
The Marvels
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

BEST SCI-FI FILM
The Creator
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3
The Marvels
Robot Dreams

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Anatomy of a Fall (France)
Godzilla Minus One (Japan)
The Taste of Things (France)
The Three Musketeers:- Part I: D’Artagnan (France)
The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom)

BEST HAWAIIAN FILM
Decade of the Dead, dir. Adam Deyoe, Fairai Richmond
Hokulea: Finding the Language of the Navigator, dir. Ty Sanga
Growing Up Local, dir. James Sereno
My Partner, dir. Keli’I Grace
Uncle Bully’s Surf School, dir. Leah Warshawski, Todd Soliday

WORST FILM OF 2023
65
80 for Brady
Ant-Man and the Wasp in Quantum Mania
The Flash
Meg 2: The Trench

The Hawaii Film Critics Society has announced their picks for the best of 2022!  You can check out the nominees by clicking here and you can see the winners belows!

BEST PICTURE
Everything Everywhere All At Once

BEST DIRECTOR
The Daniels, Everything Everywhere All At Once

BEST ACTOR
Brendan Fraser, The Whale

BEST ACTRESS
Mia Goth, Pearl

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All At Once

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Everything Everywhere All At Once

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Women Talking

BEST ART DIRECTION
Babylon

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Top Gun: Maverick

BEST EDITING
Everything Everywhere All At Once

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Sr.

BEST MAKE-UP
The Batman

BEST SOUND
Top Gun: Maverick

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Babylon

BEST SONG
“Hold My Hand” (Top Gun: Maverick)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar: The Way of Water

BEST STUNT WORK
Top Gun: Maverick

BEST NEW FILMMAKER
Lee Jung-jae, Hunt

BEST FIRST FILM
Aftersun

BEST OVERLOOKED FILM
The Unbearable Weight of Immeasurable Talent

BEST VOCAL/MOTION CAPTURE PERFORMANCE
Sigourney Weaver, Avatar: The Way of Water

BEST HORROR FILM
Pearl

BEST COMIC BOOK MOVIE
The Batman

BEST SCI-FI FILM
Everything Everywhere All At Once

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
RRR (India)

BEST HAWAIIAN FILM
The Wind and the Reckoning (dir. David L. Cunningham) (Hawaii)

WORST FILM OF 2022
The 355

Woo hoo!  I love Hawaii!

Here are the nominations!

BEST PICTURE
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Top Gun: Maverick
The Menu
Tár
Babylon

BEST DIRECTOR
The Daniels, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Todd Field, Tár
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
Damien Chazelle, Babylon
Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans

BEST ACTOR
Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Austin Butler, Elvis
Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Ralph Fiennes, The Menu
Tom Cruise, Top Gun: Maverick

BEST ACTRESS
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Cate Blanchett, Tár
Margo Robbie, Babylon
Anya Taylor-Joy, The Menu
Mia Goth, Pearl

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin
Brad Pitt, Babylon
Colin Farrell, The Batman

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Jean Smart, Babylon

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Menu
Tár
The Fabelmans

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Women Talking
Top Gun: Maverick
She Said
The Whale
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

BEST ART DIRECTION
Babylon
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once
RRR
Avatar: The Way of Water

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Babylon
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
The Fabelmans

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Babylon
Top Gun: Maverick
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Tár
Avatar: The Way of Water

BEST EDITING
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Top Gun: Maverick
Babylon
Elvis
Avatar: The Way of Water

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
The Bad Guys
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
Turning Red

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Sr.
Good Night Oppy
Fire of Love
Three Minutes: A Lengthening
All The Beauty and the Bloodshed

BEST MAKE-UP
The Batman
The Whale
Elvis
Babylon
Everything Everywhere All At Once

BEST SOUND
Top Gun: Maverick
Avatar: The Way of Water
Elvis
RRR
The Fabelmans

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Babylon
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
The Banshees of Inisherin
Women Talking

BEST SONG
“Lift Me Up” (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
“Ciao Papa” (Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio)
“Naatu Naatu (Telugu)” (RRR)
“Hold My Hand” (Top Gun: Maverick)
“This Is A Life” (Everything Everywhere All At Once)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar: The Way of Water
RRR
Top Gun: Maverick
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Everything Everywhere All At Once

BEST STUNT WORK
Top Gun: Maverick
RRR
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Avatar: The Way of Water
Everything Everywhere All At Once

BEST NEW FILMMAKER
John Patton Ford, Emily the Criminal
Charlotte Wells, Aftersun
Elegance Bratton, The Inspection
Lee Jung-jae, Hunt
Carlota Pereda, Piggy

BEST FIRST FILM
Aftersun
Turning Red
Hunt
The Bad Guys
The Bobs Burgers Movie

BEST OVERLOOKED FILM
After Yang
The Unbearable Weight of Immeasurable Talent
The Outfit
Emily the Criminal
Zero Fucks Given

BEST VOCAL/MOTION CAPTURE PERFORMANCE
Sigourney Weaver, Avatar: The Way of Water
Ewan McGregor, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Antonio Banderas, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Zazie Beetz, The Bad Guys
Rosalie Chiang, Turning Red

BEST HORROR FILM
Pearl
The Black Phone
Barbarian
Smile
Terrifier 2

BEST COMIC BOOK MOVIE
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
The Batman
Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness
Black Adam
DC League of Super Pets

BEST SCI-FI FILM
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Nope
Prey
Lightyear
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
RRR (India)
All Quiet on the Western Front (Germany)
Decision To Leave (South Korea)
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (Mexico)
Argentina, 1985 (Argentina)

BEST HAWAIIAN FILM
The Wind and the Reckoning (dir. David L. Cunningham) (Hawaii)
Waterman (dir. Isaac Halasima) (Oahu)
Cane Fire (dir. Anthony Banua-Simon) (Kauai)
Ala Moana Boys (dir. Keli’i Grace) (Oahu)
Last Hawaiian Sugar (dir. Deja Bernhardt) (Maui)

WORST FILM OF 2022
Blonde
Morbius
Firestarter
The 355
Thor: Love and Thunder