Announcing The 1st Annual Geek Vibes Nation Critics Choice Award Nominees!

Geek Vibes Nation is proud to announce the nominees for our first ever Geek Vibes Nation Critics Choice Awards, a celebration of achievement in film from the previous year. We are excited to begin this new yearly tradition of recognizing and awarding the brightest talent across our favorite films, starting with 2022’s phenomenal season. Organized by Editor-in-Chief Cainan Myracle and Senior Critic Larry Fried, nominations were held throughout December and awards will be announced at a later date in January.

In our first year, we are ecstatic to be recognizing over 60 films through 30 individual categories. Leading the pack is Everything Everywhere All at Once with a whopping 17 nominations, including Best Picture, followed closely by The Batman at 12 and Babylon at 11, also Best Picture nominees. Other heavily decorated films include Top Gun: Maverick, Women Talking, and The Woman King. We are also thrilled to be highlighting several films that have gone overlooked during this year’s awards season, including Best Picture nominees Good Luck To You, Leo Grande and Cha Cha Real Smooth, both of which have four nominations.

We are also very pleased to be recognizing a diverse array of talent across our nominees, something we have failed to see from several major voting bodies this season. Along with two of our Best Picture nominees being directed by women, two of our Best Director nominees are women as well. In fact, we are recognizing many women across other categories, including both Screenplay categories, Best Cinematography, and Best Original Score. In addition, 50% of our thirty performance nominees are actors or actresses of color. We are happy to be recognizing two directors of color as well.

Along with diversity in race and gender, GVN is also determined to recognize diversity in genre. Across our four special Genre Achievement categories, we recognize year-round fan-favorites in action/adventure, science fiction/fantasy, comedy, and horror filmmaking. These are genres that bring us some of the year’s most memorable films, yet are hardly ever recognized by voting bodies. Nominated films this year include Pearl, The Northman, Nope, Bros, and many others.

The GVN Critics Choice Awards also includes a few unique categories not often seen during awards season, including Best Stunt Work or Fight Choreography, Best Use of a Pre-Existing Song in a Film, and Best Vocal or Motion Capture Performance. One special award we will be including this year is our GVN Audience Award, in which our readers and viewers will get the opportunity to submit their vote for the best film of the year. Use this link to submit YOUR choice!

The GVN CCA voting body consists of the over 20 critics currently contributing to Geek Vibes Nation. Each voter was given access to a secure, private voting link in which they were given the opportunity to nominate films and talent using a personalized write-in ballot. These ballots were then tabulated through a preferential voting system.

See below for the full list of categories and nominees.

Best Picture

Babylon

Bones and All

Cha Cha Real Smooth

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Glass Onion

Good Luck To You, Leo Grande

TÁR

The Batman

Top Gun: Maverick

Women Talking

Best Director

Damien Chazelle, Babylon

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Gina Prince-Bythewood, The Woman King

Sarah Polley, Women Talking

Todd Field, TÁR

Best Actor

Austin Butler, Elvis

Brendan Fraser, The Whale

Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin

Daryl McCormack, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

Robert Pattinson, The Batman

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett, TÁR

Danielle Deadwyler, Till

Emma Thompson, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Viola Davis, The Woman King

Best Supporting Actor

Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin

Brian Tyree Henry, Causeway

Colin Farrell, The Batman

Paul Dano, The Fabelmans

Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Actress

Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Carey Mulligan, She Said

Claire Foy, Women Talking

Janelle Monáe, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Breakthrough Performance

Note: Performances nominated in other acting categories are not eligible for Best Breakthrough Performance

Amber Midthunder, Prey

Diego Calva, Babylon

Frankie Corio, Aftersun

Tenoch Huerta, Wakanda Forever

Vanessa Burghardt, Cha Cha Real Smooth

Best Vocal or Motion Capture Performance

Ewan McGregor, Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio

Jenny Slate, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

Lyric Ross, Wendell & Wild

Rosalie Chiang, Turning Red

Zoe Saldaña, Avatar: The Way of Water

Best Ensemble

Babylon

Bullet Train

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Women Talking

Best Original Screenplay

Damien Chazelle, Babylon

Cooper Raiff, Cha Cha Real Smooth

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Katy Brand, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

Todd Field, TÁR

Best Adapted Screenplay

Rian Johnson (based on characters written by Johnson), Glass Onion

Rebecca Lenkiewicz (based on the book by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, and the New York Times investigation by Kantor, Twohey and Rebecca Corbett), She Said

Matt Reeves, Peter Craig, (based on the characters created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger), The Batman

Peter Craig, Justin Marks, Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, and Christopher McQuarrie (based on characters created by Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr.), Top Gun: Maverick

Sarah Polley (based on the novel by Miriam Toews), Women Talking

Best Animated Feature

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Lightyear

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Turning Red

Best Documentary Feature

All That Breathes

Fire of Love

Good Night Oppy

Navalny

“Sr.”

Best International Feature

All Quiet on the Western Front 

Corsage

Decision to Leave

Holy Spider

RRR

Best Original Score

Justin Hurwitz, Babylon

Son Lux, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Michael Giacchino, The Batman

Terence Blanchard, The Woman King

Hildur Guðnadóttir, Women Talking

Best Original Song

“Hold My Hand” by Lady Gaga, Top Gun: Maverick

“Lift Me Up” by Rhianna, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

“New Body Rhumba” by LCD Soundsystem, White Noise

“This Is A Life” by Son Lux, Everything Everywhere All at Once

“Watermelon” by Adam Carter Rehmeier and Emily Skeggs, Dinner in America

Best Use of a Pre-Existing Song in a Film

“Bored In The House” by Tyga and Curtis Roach, Bodies Bodies Bodies

“Knuck If You Buck” by Crime Mob ft. Lil Scrappy, Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul.

“Something In The Way” by Nirvana, The Batman

“Sunglasses at Night” by Corey Hart, Nope

“Under Pressure” by Queen ft. David Bowie, Aftersun

Best Cinematography

Russell Carpenter, Avatar: The Way of Water

Linus Sandgren, Babylon

Greig Fraser, The Batman

Ari Wegner, The Wonder

Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick

Best Production Design

Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino, Babylon

Hannah Beachler and Lisa K. Sessions, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Jason Isvarday and Kelsi Ephraim, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Becca Brooks Morrin, Strawberry Mansion

Craig Lathrop and Niamh Coulter, The Northman

Best Hair and Makeup

Joel Harlow, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Michelle Chung and Anissa Salazar, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Shane Thomas, Mark Coulier, Jason Baird, and Louise Coulston, Elvis

Naomi Donne, Mike Marino, and Zoe Tahir, The Batman

Babalwa Mtshiselwa, Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Jamika Wilson, and Louisa V. Anthony, The Woman King

Best Costume Design

Mary Zophres, Babylon

Ruth E. Carter, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Catherine Martin, Elvis

Shirley Kurata, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Jacqueline Durran, The Batman

Best Editing

Tom Cross, Babylon

Paul Rogers, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Monika Willi, TÁR

Eddie Hamilton, Top Gun: Maverick

Christopher Donaldson and Roslyn Kalloo, Women Talking

Best Sound Design

Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou, Babylon

Brent Kiser, Andrew Twite, Stephen Nelson, Alexandra Fehrman, and Ian Chase, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Roland Winke, Stephen Griffiths, Deb Adair, Steve Single, and Andy Shelley, TÁR

Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray, Andy Nelson, William Files, The Batman

Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon, and Mark Taylor, Top Gun: Maverick

Best Visual Effects

Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett, Avatar: The Way of Water

Zak Stoltz, Ethan Feldbau, Benjamin Brewer, Jeff Desom, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Guillaume Rocheron, Jeremy Robert, Sreejith Venugopalan, and Scott R. Fisher, Nope

V Srinivas Mohan, RRR

Ryan Tudhope, Scott R. Fisher, Seth Hill, and Bryan Litson, Top Gun: Maverick

Best Stunt Work or Fight Choreography

Timothy Eulich, Andy Le, and Brian Le, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Ivan Kostadinov, Raicho Vasilev, and Vicky Arora, RRR

Robert Alonzo, The Batman

Daniel Hernandez and Grant Powell, The Woman King

Casey O’Neill and Kevin LaRosa II, Top Gun: Maverick

Achievement in Comedy

Bros

Bodies Bodies Bodies

Cha Cha Real Smooth

Glass Onion

The Banshees of Inisherin

Achievement in Action or Adventure

Bullet Train

The Batman

The Northman

The Woman King

Top Gun: Maverick

Achievement in Horror

Barbarian

Bones and All

Nope

Pearl

Watcher

Achievement in Science Fiction or Fantasy

After Yang

Avatar: The Way of Water

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Nope

Prey