The appreciation for Harriet was much stronger than expected from this group, both in terms of nominations and award selections. Beyond that, it’s a rather traditional list for this gorup.

Award Tallies

(6) Harriet
(3) Marriage Story, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
(1) Little Women, Vita & Virginia

Nominations Tallies

(9) Harriet
(7) Official Secrets
(6) Little Women, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
(5) Hustlers, Marriage Story, The Nightingale
(4) American Woman, Booksmart, Queen & Slim
(3) The Best of Enemies, Bombshell, The Farewell

The Nominations & Awards

Best Movie About Women

Winner:
Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Runner-Up:
Little Women

Other Nominees:
American Woman
Bombshell
Booksmart
The Farewell
Fast Color
Harriet
Hustlers
Honeyland
Official Secrets
Judy

Best Movie by a Woman

Winner:
Harriet – Kasi Lemmons

Runner-Up:
Portrait of a Lady on Fire – Celine Sciamma

Other Nominees:
American Woman – Julia Reichert
Booksmart – Olivia Wilde
Clemency – Chinonye Chukwu
The Farewell – Lulu Wang
High Life – Claire Denis
Hustlers – Lorene Scafaria
Little Women – Greta Gerwig
The Nightingale – Jennifer Kent
The Souvenir – Joanna Hogg

Best Animated Females

Winner:
Anna – Frozen II

Runner-Up:
Bo Peep – Toy Story 4

Other Nominees:
Astrid – How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden WOrld
Elsa – Frozen II
Yi – Abominable

Best Actor

Winner:
Adam Driver – Marriage Story

Runner-Up:
Joaquin Phoenix – Joker

Other Nominees:
Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory
Adam Sandler – Uncut Gems
Jonathan Pryce – The Two Popes
Jimmie Fails – The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Mark Ruffalo – Dark Waters
Matthias Schoenaerts – The Mustang
Oleg Ivenko – The White Crown
Paul Walter Hauser – Richard Jewell
Taron Egerton – Rocketman
Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Best Actress

Winner:
TIE:
Cynthia Erivo – Harriet
Lupita Nyong’o – Us

Runner-Up:
Renee Zellweger – Judy

Other Nominees:
Aisling Franciosi – The Nightingale
Cate Blanchett – Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Emma Thompson – Late Night
Florence Pugh – Midsommar
Jessie Buckley – Wild Rose
Keira Knightley – Official Secrets
Mary Kay Place – Diane
Rebecca Ferguson – Doctor Sleep
Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story
Sienna Miller – American Woman
Zhao Tao – Ash Is Purest White

Best Woman Storyteller (Screenwriting)

Winner:
Greta Gerwig – Little Women

Runner-Up:
Celine Sciamma – Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Other Nominees:
Chinonye Chukwu – Clemency
Claire Denis – High Life
Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Susanna Fogel, Katie Silberman – Booksmart
Jennifer Kent – The Nightingale
Kasi Lemmons – Harriet
Lena Waithe – Queen & Slim
Lulu Wang – The Farewell
Mati Diop – Atlantics
Nicole Taylor – Wild Rose

Best Foreign Film by or About Women

Winner:
Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Runner-Up:
Atlantics

Other Nominees:
Official Secrets
Tigers Are Not Afraid

Best Documentary by or About Women

Winner:
Varda by Agnes

Runner-Up:
TIE:
Honeyland
Maiden

Other Nominees:
Amazing Grace
Ask Dr. Ruth
For Sama
Hail Satan?
The Kingmaker
Knock Down the House
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
One Child Nation
Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins

Adrienne Shelly Award (for a film that most passionately opposes violence against women)

Winner:
TIE:
The Nightingale
Bombshell

Runner-Up:
Hustlers

Other Nominees:
Fast Color
Harriet
American Woman
A Vigilante

Josephine Baker Award (for best expressing the woman of color experience in America)

Winner:
Harriet

Runner-Up:
Queen & Slim

Other Nominees:
The Best of Enemies
Culture Shock
Miss Virginia
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Us

Karen Morley Award (for best exemplifying a woman’s place in history or society, and a courageous search for identity)

Winner:
Harriet

Runner-Up:
Little Women

Other Nominees:
The Best of Enemies
Knives Out
Mickey and the Bear
The Nightingale
Official Secrets
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Varda by Agnes
Where’d You Go, Bernadette

The Invisible Woman Award (performance by a woman whose exceptional impact on the film dramatically, socially or historically, has been ignored)

Winner:
Janelle Monae – Harriet

Runner-Up:
Anna Paquin – The Irishman

Other Nominees:
Stella Fyrogini – Pause
Taraji P. Henson – The Best of Enemies

Best Screen Couple

Winner:
TIE:
Marriage Story – Scarlett Johansson – Adam Driver
Portrait of a Lady on Fire – Noemie Merlant, Adele Haenel

Runner-Up:
Hustlers – Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu

Other Nominees:
Fighting with My Family – Lena Headey, Nick Frost
Late Night – Emma Thompson, Mindy Kaling
Little Women – Saoirse Ronan, Louis Garrel
Long Shot – Charlize Theron, Seth Rogen
Official Secrets – Keira Knightley, Adam Bakri
Queen & Slim – Daniel Kaluuya, Jodie Turner-Smith
The Two Popes – Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins

Best Female Action Heroes

Winner:
Cynthia Erivo – Harriet

Runner-Up:
Keira Knightley – Official Secrets

Other Nominees:
Brie Larson – Captain Marvel
The Women of Bombshell

Mommie Dearest Worst Screen Mom of the Year Award

Winner:
Frances Conroy – Joker

Other Nominees:
Elizabeth Banks – Brightburn
Jamie Lee Curtis – Knives Out
The Mothers of Paradise Hills

Best Equality of the Sexes

Winner:
Marriage Story

Runner-Up:
The Aeronauts

Other Nominees:
Aniara
Booksmart
Fighting with My Fmaily
Little Women
Long Shot
Official Secrets
Queen & Slim

WFCC Hall of Shame

Hustlers – This was NOT a female empowering film as it was billed to be. But rather an eye candy vehicle for men to watch Jennifer Lopez show off her butt and pole dancing skills.
Vita & Virginia: For portraying Virginia Woolf as a waif instead of a force of nature.
Roger Ailes: A monster, who this year was especially exposed for his monstrosity both on film in Bombshell, and on television in The Loudest Voice.
Luc Besson: Who has been officially charged with sexual assault by at least nine women. The actions not only affected the lives of the women assaulted, but also all the people associated with his latest film, Anna.
John Krasinski: The actor brags about pursuing CIA input for his macho ‘thank you to the CIA every day’ role as ‘Next Stop Venezuela’ Jack Ryan, in that repugnant propaganda infomercial for US imperialism’s neo-Monroe Doctrine assault on Latin America.​

Acting and Activism

Winner:
Jane Fonda

Other Nominees:
Alfre Woodard
Brie Larson
Geena Davis
Iciar Bollain
Jamie Lee Curtis
Taraji P. Henson

Lifetime Achievement

Winner:
Alfre Woodard

Other Nominees:
Aviva Kempner
Cate Blanchett
Diane Keaton
Dolly Parton
Jane Fonda
Julie Andrews
Kasi Lemmons
Maggie Smith
Shelley Duvall
Toni Morrison

Women Film Critics Circle Data

First Awards: 2004 (16)