This group’s selections look more like what the Academy nominations may look like with several films that wouldn’t have been competitors in previous years looking like they might be this year.

Nominations Tallies

(11) Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Fabelmans
(8) The Banshees of Inisherin
(6) Tár
(5) Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Women Talking
(4) Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Top Gun: Maverick
(3) Avatar: The Way of Water, Elvis, Turning Red, The Whale

The Nominations

Best Film

The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Animated Feature

Apollo 10 1/2
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Turning Red
Wendell & Wild

Best Director

Todd Field – Tár
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
Sarah Polley – Women Talking
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
Viola Davis – The Woman King
Danielle Deadwyler – Till
Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Actor

Paul Dano – The Fabelmans
Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin
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
Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once
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

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

Best Original Score

The Batman
The Fabelmans
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Tár
Women Talking

Best Editing

Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Cinematography

Empire of Light
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Nope
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Production Design

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Foreign Language Film

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

Best Documentary

All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Descendant
Fire of Love
Good Night Oppy

Best Acting Ensemble

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

Best Voice Performance

Rosalie Chiang – Turning Red
Gregory Mann – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Ewan McGregor – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Sandra Oh – Turning Red
Jenny Slate – Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

Best Youth Performance

Frankie Corio – Aftersun
Jalyn Hall – Till
Gabriel LaBelle – The Fabelmans
Banks Repeta – Armageddon Time
Sadie Sink – The Whale

Best Motion Capture Performance

Zoe Saldaña – Avatar: The Way of Water
Sigourney Weaver – Avatar: The Way of Water
Sam Worthington – Avatar: The Way of Water

Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Data

Year Founded: 2002
First Awards: 2002 (21)