December 13, 2023: The true story about the scientist who led the American development of the atomic bomb went nuclear with the Florida Film Critics Circle. Voters awarded Oppenheimer 10 nominations, including Best Picture, Cillian Murphy for Best Actor, Robert Downey, Jr for Best Supporting Actor and Christopher Nolan for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.

Killers of the Flower Moon earned eight nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actress for Lily Gladstone, and Best Ensemble. May December also picked up eight nominations, among which were Best Actress for Natalie Portman, Best Supporting Actress for Julianne Moore, and Best Supporting Actor for Charles Melton. May December also earned nods for Todd Haynes (Best Director) and Samy Burch (Best Original Screenplay).

Celine Song’s much-acclaimed Past Lives, about childhood friends whose reunion forces them to confront the nature of their relationship, garnered five nominations, including Best First Film. As did The Holdovers, starring Paul Giamatti (nominated for Best Actor) as a curmudgeonly prep school teacher watching over a troublesome student (Best Supporting Actor and Breakthrough nominee Dominic Sessa).

Fourth place was shared by two international features, Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron and Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest. Both marked the first features of each filmmaker in a decade. Along with nominations for Best Foreign-Language Film, the former also earned a nod for Best Picture, while the latter was shortlisted for Best Director.

FFCC will announce its winners on Dec. 21.

About Florida Film Critics Circle (FFCC)

Founded in 1996, the Florida Film Critics Circle is an organization of writers from Florida-based print and online publications. The FFCC strives to recognize outstanding work in film, further the cause of good movies, and maintain the highest level of professionalism among film critics in Florida.

2023 FFCC Nominations

BEST PICTURE

The Boy and the Heron
Killers of the Flower Moon
May December
Oppenheimer
Past Lives

BEST ACTOR

Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Franz Rogowski, Passages
Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers

BEST ACTRESS

Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall
Natalie Portman, May December
Emma Stone, Poor Things
Teyana Taylor, A Thousand and One

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Charles Melton, May December
Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things
Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers
Donnie Yen, John Wick: Chapter 4

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
Rachel McAdams, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Julianne Moore, May December
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Sigourney Weaver, Master Gardener

BEST ENSEMBLE

Asteroid City
Barbie
How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer

BEST DIRECTOR

Wes Anderson, Asteroid City
Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest
Todd Haynes, May December
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Celine Song, Past Lives

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Wes Anderson, Asteroid City
Samy Burch, May December
David Hemingson, The Holdovers
Celine Song, Past Lives
Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, Anatomy of a Fall

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Kelly Fremon Craig, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Cord Jefferson, American Fiction
Tony McNamara, Poor Things
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Dan Laustsen, John Wick Chapter 4
Rodrigo Prieto, Killers of the Flower Moon
Robbie Ryan, Poor Things
Hoyte van Hoytema, Oppenheimer
Lukasz Zal, The Zone of Interest

VISUAL EFFECTS

The Creator
Godzilla Minus One
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Spider-Man Across the Spider Verse

ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN

Asteroid City
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest

BEST SCORE

Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer
Gary Gunn, A Thousand and One
Joe Hisaishi, The Boy and the Heron
Daniel Pemberton, Spider Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Robbie Robertson, Killers of the Flower Moon

BEST DOCUMENTARY

The Eternal Memory
Kokomo City
Little Richard: I Am Everything
Menus-Plaisir – Les Troisgros
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM

Anatomy of a Fall
The Boy and the Heron
Godzilla Minus One
The Zone of Interest

ANIMATED FEATURE

The Boy and the Heron
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Suzume
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

BEST FIRST FILM AWARD

Raven Jackson, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Cord Jefferson, American Fiction
Georgia Oakley, Blue Jean
A.V. Rockwell, A Thousand and One
Celine Song, Past Lives

BREAKOUT AWARD

Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Charles Melton, May December
Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers
Celine Song, Past Lives
Cailee Spaeny, Priscilla

GOLDEN ORANGE

Eric Bendick, Path of the Panther
Alex Mechanik, May December
D Smith, Kokomo City