Precursor: 6th Hollywood Critics Nominations (2022)

Combined with the creative arts nominations they previously announced, the Hollywood Critics Association have finally released all of their selections and it’s as broad-ranging as ever with a little less excitement about Babylon and a few other titles than their older counterpart the Critics Choice Association (prior creative arts nominations).

Nominations Tallies

(9) Everything Everywhere All at Once
(6) The Banshees of Inisherin
(5) Tár, The Woman King, Women Talking
(4) RRR, The Fabelmans
(3) Aftersun, Avatar: The Way of Water, Elvis, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Top Gun: Maverick, Turning Red, The Whale

The Nominations

Best Picture

Avatar: The Way of Water
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
RRR
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick
The Woman King
Women Talking

Best Animated Film

The Bad Guys
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red

Best Director

Gina Prince-Bythewood – The Woman King
James Cameron – Avatar: The Way of Water
Todd Field – Tár
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Baz Luhrmann – Elvis
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
Park Chan-Wook – Decision to Leave
Sarah Polley – Women Talking
S.S. Rajamouli – RRR
Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans

Best Actor

Austin Butler – Elvis
Tom Cruise – Top Gun: Maverick
Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser – The Whale
Paul Mescal – Aftersun

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett – Tár
Danielle Deadwyler – Till
Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans
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
Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Ben Whishaw – Women Talking

Best Supporting Actress

Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau – The Whale
Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Keke Palmer – Nope

Best Original Screenplay

The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
The Menu
Tár

Best Adapted Screenplay

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
She Said
The Whale
Women Talking

Best International Film

All Quiet on the Western Front
Argentina, 1985
Close
Decision to Leave
RRR

Best Documentary

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
Good Night Oppy
Moonage Daydream
Selena Gomez My Mind & Me

Best Short Film

All Too Well: The Short Film
Moshari
North Star
Regret to Inform You
Triggered

Best Comedy/Musical

Bros
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
The Menu
Triangle of Sadness
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Best Action Film

The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
RRR
Top Gun: Maverick
The Woman King

Best Horror

Barbarian
The Black Phone
Bones and All
Nope
X

Best Indie Film

Aftersun
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Tár

Best First Feature

Elegance Bratton – The Inspection
John Patton Ford – Emily the Criminal
Lila Neugebauer – Causeway
Domee Shi – Turning Red
Charlotte Wells – Aftersun

Best Cast Ensemble

Babylon
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
The Woman King
Women Talking

Best Voice or Motion-Capture Performance

Antonio Banderas – Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Rosalie Chiang – Turning Red
Ewan McGregor – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Jenny Slate – Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Zoe Saldaña – Avatar: The Way of Water