My awards picks for the films of 2023.

Only eligible films are ones released in the US in 2023. Releases can be streaming, theatrical, or home media, just not film festival exclusives. My categories are my own, not all are Oscar categories.

Previous Dazzies: 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022

All eligible films are listed below. The notes lists each nomination and win. My complete ranking of the films is here.

Each category has 1 winner, 5 nominees, and 5 honourable mentions. Nominees and mentions listed alphabetically.

Best Film:

The Zone of Interest - WINNER
The Blue Caftan
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Rye Lane

Honourable Mentions: 20 Days in Mariupol; Afire; The Boy and the Heron; In Water; Kokomo City

Best English-Language Film:

Oppenheimer - WINNER
After Love
Emily
Killers of the Flower Moon
Rye Lane

Honourable Mentions: Blue Jean; Infinity Pool; The Killer; May December; Past Lives
Note: documentaries and animation ineligible

Best Foreign-Language Film:

The Zone of Interest - WINNER
Afire
The Blue Caftan
In Water
Mami Wata

Honourable Mentions: Fallen Leaves; Godzilla Minus One; R.M.N.; Tótem; Walk Up
Note: documentaries and animation ineligible

Best Animated Film:

The Boy and the Heron - WINNER
Nimona
The Peasants
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Honourable Mentions: Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget; Elemental; The Super Mario Bros. Movie; Suzume; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Best Documentary Film:

20 Days in Mariupol - WINNER
Four Daughters
Kokomo City
Pictures of Ghosts
Youth (Spring)

Honourable Mentions: American Symphony; Bobi Wine: The People's President; Little Richard: I Am Everything; Lynch/Oz; Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Best Director:

Jonathan Glazer - The Zone of Interest - WINNER
Raine Allen-Miller - Rye Lane
Christopher Nolan - Oppenheimer
Martin Scorsese - Killers of the Flower Moon
Maryam Touzani - The Blue Caftan

Honourable Mentions: Hong Sang-soo (In Water); Hayao Miyazaki (The Boy and the Heron); Christian Petzold (Afire); Albert Serra (Pacifiction); D. Smith (Kokomo City)

Best Actor:

Cillian Murphy - Oppenheimer - WINNER
Leonardo DiCaprio - Killers of the Flower Moon
Zac Efron - The Iron Claw
Paul Giamatti - The Holdovers
Benoît Magimel - Pacifiction

Honourable Mentions: Ali Junejo (Joyland); Franz Rogowski (Passages); Jason Schwartzman (Asteroid City); Andrew Scott (All of Us Strangers); Kōji Yakusho (Perfect Days)

Best Actress:

Joanna Scanlan - After Love - WINNER
Lily Gladstone - Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller - Anatomy of a Fall
Emma Stone - Poor Things
Teyana Taylor - A Thousand and One

Honourable Mentions: Sakura Ando (Monster); Rosy McEwen (Blue Jean); Vivian Oparah (Rye Lane); Natalie Portman (May December); Cailee Spaeny (Priscilla)

Best Supporting Actor:

Charles Melton - May December - WINNER
Robert Downey Jr. - Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling - Barbie
Milo Machado-Graner - Anatomy of a Fall
Mark Ruffalo - Poor Things

Honourable Mentions: Willem Dafoe (Poor Things); Robert De Niro (Killers of the Flower Moon); Glenn Howerton (BlackBerry); Dominic Sessa (The Holdovers); Donnie Yen (John Wick: Chapter 4)

Best Supporting Actress:

Sandra Hüller - The Zone of Interest - WINNER
Penélope Cruz - Ferrari
Adèle Exarchopoulos - Passages
Da'Vine Joy Randolph - The Holdovers
Alyssa Sutherland - Evil Dead Rise

Honourable Mentions: Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer); Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple); Jodie Foster (Nyad); Rachel McAdams (Are You There God? It's Me Margaret); Clare Perkins (Medusa Deluxe)

Best Acting Ensemble:

Oppenheimer - WINNER
John Wick: Chapter 4
Killers of the Flower Moon
May December
Poor Things

Honourable Mentions: Asteroid City; The Blue Caftan; The Iron Claw; Joyland; Tótem

Best Original Screenplay:

The Blue Caftan - WINNER
Afire
After Love
R.M.N.
Rye Lane

Honourable Mentions: Blue Jean; Fallen Leaves; In Water; May December; Pacifiction

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Oppenheimer - WINNER
The Killer
Killers of the Flower Moon
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Zone of Interest

Honourable Mentions: American Fiction; Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret; Godzilla Minus One; Love Life; Poor Things

Best Music:

The Zone of Interest - WINNER
Barbie
The Boy and the Heron
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer

Honourable Mentions: Blue Beetle; Godzilla Minus One; May December; Poor Things; Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Editing:

Oppenheimer - WINNER
The Killer
Killers of the Flower Moon
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Zone of Interest

Honourable Mentions: 20 Days in Mariupol; Asteroid City; The Blue Caftan; John Wick: Chapter 4; Rye Lane

Best Cinematography:

The Zone of Interest - WINNER
John Wick: Chapter 4
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Pacifiction

Honourable Mentions: El Conde; Godland; In Water; The Killer; Kokomo City

Best Sound:

The Zone of Interest - WINNER
Godzilla Minus One
Huesera: The Bone Woman
John Wick: Chapter 4
Oppenheimer

Honourable Mentions: Enys Men; The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra; The Killer; Maestro; Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Visual Effects:

Oppenheimer - WINNER
The Creator
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
The Killer

Honourable Mentions: Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom; John Wick: Chapter 4; Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One; Napoleon; Poor Things

Best Production Design:

Poor Things - WINNER
Asteroid City
Barbie
Fallen Leaves
The Taste of Things

Honourable Mentions: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3; Infinity Pool; John Wick: Chapter 4; Society of the Snow; The Zone of Interest

Best Costumes:

Poor Things - WINNER
Barbie
The Blue Caftan
Killers of the Flower Moon
Priscilla

Honourable Mentions: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3; Mami Wata; Napoleon; Pacifiction; The Zone of Interest

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:

Evil Dead Rise - WINNER
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
John Wick: Chapter 4
Medusa Deluxe
Poor Things

Honourable Mentions: The Holdovers; Infinity Pool; Killers of the Flower Moon; Maestro; Society of the Snow

Best Stunts and Choreography:

John Wick: Chapter 4 - WINNER
Barbie
The Iron Claw
The Killer
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Honourable Mentions: Bottoms; Furies; Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3; Magic Mike's Last Dance; Wonka

Best Casting:

Oppenheimer - WINNER
Barbie
The Iron Claw
Killers of the Flower Moon
Tótem

Honourable Mentions: Alcarràs; Are You There God? It's Me Margaret; Blue Jean; Earth Mama; Rye Lane

Best Scene:

Killers of the Flower Moon - Epilogue - WINNER
Oppenheimer - Final scene
Oppenheimer - Speech and hallucination
Oppenheimer - Trinity test
The Zone of Interest - Descending the stairs

Honourable Mentions: 20 Days in Mariupol (Last surviving hospital); John Wick: Chapter 4 (Berlin fight); Past Lives (Saying goodbye); R.M.N. (Town meeting); Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Gwen's opening)

Worst Film:

Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey - WINNER
The Exorcist: Believer
Fast X
Sound of Freedom
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

Dishonourable Mentions: Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom; Beau Is Afraid; Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny; Saltburn; Wish

Worst Director:

David Gordon Green - The Exorcist: Believer - WINNER
Steven Caple Jr. - Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Rhys Frake-Waterfield - Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey
Louis Leterrier - Fast X
Andy Muschietti - The Flash

Dishonourable Mentions: Ari Aster (Beau Is Afraid); Matt Bettinelli-Olpen & Tyler Gillett (Scream VI); Emerald Fennell (Saltburn); James Mangold (Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny); Taika Waititi (Next Goal Wins)

Worst Performance:

Jim Caviezel - Sound of Freedom - WINNER
Entire cast - Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey
Gal Gadot - Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Brie Larson - Fast X
Jason Momoa - Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

Dishonourable Mentions: Tyrese Gibson (Fast X); Michael Keaton (The Flash); Jason Momoa (Fast X); Chris Pratt (The Super Mario Bros. Movie); Taika Waititi (Next Goal Wins)

Worst Screenplay:

Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey - WINNER
The Exorcist: Believer
Fast X
Saltburn
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

Dishonourable Mentions: Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom; Hypnotic; The Pod Generation; Scream VI; Sound of Freedom

Worst Scene:

The Exorcist: Believer - Chris MacNeil scenes - WINNER
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania - MODOK
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom - United Nations
Shazam! Fury of the Gods - Wonder Woman
Sound of Freedom - End message

Dishonourable Mentions: Next Goal Wins (Misgendering); Saltburn (Ending explanation); Scream VI (Ghostface reveals); Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (G.I. Joe); Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey (Generic slasher stuff)

Multiple Wins (excluding negative awards):
7 - Oppenheimer; The Zone of Interest
2 - Poor Things

Multiple Nominations (excluding negative awards):
16 - Oppenheimer
13 - Killers of the Flower Moon
10 - The Zone of Interest
6 - Barbie; Poor Things
5 - The Blue Caftan; John Wick: Chapter 4
4 - The Killer; Rye Lane
3 - After Love; Godzilla Minus One; The Iron Claw; Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2 - Afire; Anatomy of a Fall; The Boy and the Heron; Evil Dead Rise; Fallen Leaves; Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3; The Holdovers; May December; Pacifiction; R.M.N.; Tótem

Multiple Mentions (excluding negative awards):
17 - Oppenheimer
15 - Killers of the Flower Moon
12 - The Zone of Interest
10 - John Wick: Chapter 4; Poor Things
7 - The Blue Caftan; The Killer; Rye Lane
6 - Barbie; May December; Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
5 - Godzilla Minus One; Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3; In Water; Pacifiction
4 - 20 Days in Mariupol; Afire; Asteroid City; Blue Jean; The Boy and the Heron; The Holdovers; The Iron Claw; Kokomo City
3 - After Love; Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret; Fallen Leaves; Infinity Pool; R.M.N.; Tótem
2 - Anatomy of a Fall; Evil Dead Rise; Joyland; Maestro; Mami Wata; Medusa Deluxe; Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One; Napoleon; Passages; Past Lives; Priscilla; Society of the Snow