Announcing The 2023 GVN Critics Choice Award Winners

‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ dominated the inaugural celebration with 11 wins, including Best Picture and half of the acting categories.

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Geek Vibes Nation is proud to announce the winners of the 2023 GVN Critics Choice Awards. In our inaugural year, 60 unique films were nominated across 30 categories. In a stunning leap ahead of the pack, Everything Everywhere All at Once dominated with an unprecedented 11 wins, including Best Picture and three of the six acting categories. Behind that is The Batman with four wins, including the GVN Audience Award, an achievement given to a film as voted on by our readers. The Banshees of Inisherin and Glass Onion were also multi-award winners with two victories each.

Other films recognized as part of this year’s winners include Babylon, Top Gun: Maverick, Nope, Avatar: The Way of Water, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio, Good Night Oppy, All Quiet on the Western Front, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Prey, and TÁR. Across these many award-winning films, and the esteemed runner-ups, include a number of female-identifying and POC storytellers who we are incredibly happy to recognize amidst an awards season that often neglects them.

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 vote for films and talent using a personalized ballot. These ballots were then tabulated through a preferential voting system.

We appreciate all of our many readers, listeners, and followers who have helped grow Geek Vibes Nation to the point that these awards are even possible. A special thank you to our incredible team of writers, podcasters, and editors, who help make our site what it is today.

Read below for a full list of categories and nominees. See you next year!

Best Picture

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Runner-ups: Glass Onion and Good Luck To You, Leo Grande

Best Director

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Runner-up: Gina Prince-Bythewood, The Woman King

Best Actor

Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin

Runner-up: Daryl McCormack, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

Best Actress

Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Runner-up: Danielle Deadwyler, Till

Best Supporting Actor

Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Runner-up: Brian Tyree Henry, Causeway

Best Supporting Actress

Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Runner-up: Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Best Breakthrough Performance

Amber Midthunder, Prey

Runner-up: Vanessa Burghardt, Cha Cha Real Smooth

Best Ensemble

Glass Onion

Runner-up: Women Talking

Best Vocal or Motion Capture Performance

Jenny Slate, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

Runner-up: Ewan McGregor, Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio

Best Original Screenplay

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Runner-up: Katy Brand, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

Best Adapted Screenplay

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

Runner-up: Sarah Polley (based on the novel by Miriam Toews), Women Talking

Best Animated Feature

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Runner-up: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

Best Documentary Feature

Good Night Oppy

Runner-up: Fire of Love

Best International Feature

All Quiet on the Western Front

Runner-up: RRR

Best Original Score

Justin Hurwitz, Babylon

Runner-up: Michael Giacchino, The Batman

Best Original Song

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

Runner-up: “This Is A Life” by Son Lux, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Use of a Pre-Existing Song in a Film

“Something In The Way” by Nirvana, The Batman

Runner-up: “Under Pressure” by Queen ft. David Bowie, Aftersun

Best Cinematography

Greig Fraser, The Batman

Runner-up: Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick

Best Production Design

Jason Isvarday and Kelsi Ephraim, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Runner-up: Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino, Babylon

Best Hair and Makeup

Michelle Chung and Anissa Salazar, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Runner-up: Babalwa Mtshiselwa, Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Jamika Wilson, and Louisa V. Anthony,

The Woman King

Best Costume Design

Ruth E. Carter, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Runner-up: Shirley Kurata, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Sound Design

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

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

Best Editing

Paul Rogers, Everything Everywhere All at Once

All four remaining nominees tied as runner-ups.

Best Visual Effects

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

Runner-up: Zak Stoltz, Ethan Feldbau, Benjamin Brewer, Jeff Desom, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Stunt Work or Fight Choreography

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

Runner-up: Ivan Kostadinov, Raicho Vasilev, and Vicky Arora, RRR

Achievement in Comedy

The Banshees of Inisherin

Runner-up: Cha Cha Real Smooth

Achievement in Action or Adventure

The Batman

Runner-up: The Woman King

Achievement in Horror

Nope

Runner-up: Barbarian

Achievement in Science Fiction or Fantasy

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Runner-up: After Yang

The GVN Audience Award

The Batman

Runner-up: Top Gun: Maverick