North Carolina critics were very friendly to Everything Everywhere All at Once, having given it almost double the nominations of next-lowest Top Gun: Maverick. That proved to be an obvious distinction when the awards went similarly.

Awards Tallies

(9) Everything Everywhere All at Once
(3) RRR
(2) Elvis, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Nope

Nominations Tallies

(17) Everything Everywhere All at Once
(9) Top Gun: Maverick
(8) The Banshees of Inisherin
(7) Nope
(6) Babylon, The Batman, The Fabelmans, RRR
(5) Avatar: The Way of Water, Elvis, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Tár
(4) Turning Red, The Woman King, Women Talking
(3) All Quiet on the Western Front, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

The Nominations & Awards

Best Picture

All Quiet on the Western Front
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Nope
RRR
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick
Women Talking

Best Animated Feature

Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
The Bad Guys
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Turning Red

Best Director

Todd Field – Tár
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Jordan Peele – Nope
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
Daniel Kaluuya – Nope

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett – Tár
Viola Davis – The Woman King
Danielle Deadwyler – Till
Mia Goth – Pearl
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Actor

Paul Dano – The Fabelmans
Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway
Barry Kegohan – The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Actress

Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Jessie Buckley – Women Talking
Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin
Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Janelle Monáe – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Original Screenplay

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

Best Adapted Screenplay

All Quiet on the Western Front
Bones and All
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Top Gun: Maverick
Women Talking

Best Music

Babylon
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Batman
The Fabelmans
RRR

Best Original Song

“Hold My Hand” – Top Gun: Maverick
“Naatu Naatu” – RRR
“New Body Rhumba” – White Noise
“Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength)” – Avatar: The Way of Water
“This Is a Life” – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Editing

Babylon
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Cinematography

Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Nope
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Production Design

Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
The Batman
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Costume Design

Babylon
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Woman King

Best Hair & Make-Up

Babylon
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Sound Design

Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Nope
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Special Effects

Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Nope
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Foreign Language Film

All Quiet on the Western Front
Close
Decision to Leave
EO
RRR

Best Documentary

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
Good Night Oppy
Moonage Daydream
Navalny

Best Directorial Debut

Zach Cregger – Barbarian
Parker Finn – Smile
John Patton Ford – Emily the Criminal
Domee Shi – Turning Red
Charlotte Wells – Aftersun

Best Acting Ensemble

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

Best Vocal Performance

Rosalie Chiang – Turning Red
Ewan McGregor – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Sandra Oh – Turning Red
Sam Rockwell – The Bad Guys
Jenny Slate – Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

Best Stunt Coordination

The Batman
Everything Everywhere All at Once
RRR
Top Gun: Maverick
The Woman King

Lifetime Achievement: Composer

Carter Burwell
Danny Elfman
Ennio Morricone
John Williams
Hans Zimmer

Ken Hanke Memorial Tar Heel Award

.Brian Tyreen Henry – Causeway, Bullet Train, Atlanta
.Aldis Hodge – Black Adam, City on a Hill
.Jonathan Majors – Devotion
.Earl Owensby – Owner of Earl Owensby Studios
.Evan Rachel Wood – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Phoenix Rising

Best Breakthrough Performance

Austin Butler – Elvis
Frankie Corio – Aftersun
Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Gabriel LaBelle – The Fabelmans
Amber Midthunder – Prey

North Carolina Film Critics Association Data

First Awards: 2012 (11)