2023 Austin Film Critics Association Award Winners

The AFCA presents their winners list for the 2023 awards season, including the top 10 best films

The Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) announced its 2023 awards today. Oppenheimer leads the way, winning 8 awards from its 10 nominations — including Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Score, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, and Best Ensemble. Out of reach was the Best Film award, which went to Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon.

Acting award winners include Lily Gladstone as Best Actress for Killers of the Flower Moon, Cillian Murphy as Best Actor for Oppenheimer, with co-star Robert Downey Jr. taking the Best Supporting Actor prize. The Best Supporting Actress award went to Da’Vine Joy Randolph for her work in The Holdovers.

Other major awards include Celine Song for Best First Film and Best Original Screenplay (Past Lives), and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse winning Best Animated Feature. Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie was awarded Best Documentary, while Godzilla Minus One won Best International Film.

The winner of this year’s Robert R. “Bobby” McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award is Lily Gladstone for her memorable work in Killers of the Flower Moon, The Unknown Country, Fancy Dance, and Quantum Cowboys.

The full list of winners, including the AFCA Best Austin Film and AFCA Top Ten Films of 2023, is included below.

Best Film: Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Director: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer

Best Actress: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Actor: Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer

Best Supporting Actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers

Best Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer

Best Ensemble: Oppenheimer

Best Original Screenplay: Celine Song, Past Lives

Best Adapted Screenplay: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer

Best Cinematography: Hoyte van Hoytema, Oppenheimer

Best Editing: Jennifer Lame, Oppenheimer

Best Original Score: Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer

Best International Film: Godzilla Minus One

Best Documentary: Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Best Animated Film: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Voice Acting/Animated/Digital Performance: Bradley Cooper, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Best Stunt Coordinator: Stephen Dunlevy and Scott Rogers, John Wick Chapter 4

Best First Film: Celine Song, Past Lives

The Robert R. “Bobby” McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon, The Unknown Country, Fancy Dance, Quantum Cowboys

SPECIAL AWARD: “In memoriam of the life and works of Lee Sun-kyun.” Parasite, Sleep, Project Silence.

As part of the organization’s annual voting, the Austin Film Critics Association awards titles with local ties — works made by directors who live in Austin. This award is distinct to our group of critics.

2023 Austin Film Award Winner: Milli Vanilli (dir. Luke Korem)

AFCA Top 10 Films of 2023

1. Killers of the Flower Moon
2. Oppenheimer
3. Poor Things
4. Past Lives
5. The Holdovers
6. Godzilla Minus One
7. The Iron Claw
8. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
9. Barbie
10. American Fiction