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
Larry Fried is a filmmaker, writer, and podcaster based in New Jersey. He is the host and creator of the podcast “My Favorite Movie is…,” a podcast dedicated to helping filmmakers make somebody’s next favorite movie. He is also the Visual Content Manager for Special Olympics New Jersey, an organization dedicated to competition and training opportunities for athletes with intellectual disabilities across the Garden State.