Oppenheimer leads the 2023 St. Louis Film Critics Association (StLFCA) nominations with 14.

Winners will be announced on December 17. Here is the full list of nominees.

BEST FILM

American Fiction
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
Oppenheimer
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
May December
Past Lives
The Zone of Interest

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

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

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

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Sterling K. Brown – American Fiction
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Charles Melton – May December
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers

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

BEST ENSEMBLE
Asteroid City
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer

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

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Air
Barbie
Anatomy of a Fall
The Holdovers
Past Lives

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Asteroid City
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
The Zone of Interest

BEST EDITING
The Holdovers
The Killer
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Asteroid City
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Priscilla

BEST MUSIC SCORE
Killers of the Flower Moon
May December
Oppenheimer
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
The Zone of Interest

BEST MUSIC SOUNDTRACK
Air
Barbie
The Holdovers
The Killer
Maestro

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Creator
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Godzilla Minus One
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Oppenheimer

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

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
Anatomy of a Fall
Fallen Leaves
Perfect Days
The Teachers’ Lounge
The Zone of Interest

BEST ACTION MOVIE
Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny
John Wick: Chapter 4
The Killer
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse

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

BEST COMEDY
American Fiction
Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret
Barbie
Bottoms
The Holdovers

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

BEST HORROR
Evil Dead Rise
Knock at the Cabin
M3GAN
Talk to Me
Skinamarink

BEST SCENE
Barbie – Gloria (America Ferrara)’s monologue on impossible standards for women
John Wick: Chapter 4 – Staircase Fight
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

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