A massive lead from the smallest film critics group in the nation. That size makes itself obvious in the placement of Babylon so highly.

Nominations Tallies

(16) Everything Everywhere All at Once
(11) Babylon
(9) Top Gun: Maverick
(8) Avatar: The Way of Water
(7) The Banshees of Inisherin, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
(6) Elvis, RRR
(5) Tár
(4) The Batman, The Fabelmans, The Menu
(3) The Bad Guys, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Turning Red, The Whale

The Nominations

Best Picture

Babylon
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Menu
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick

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

Damien Chazelle – Babylon
Todd Field – Tár
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans

Best Actor

Austin Butler – Elvis
Tom Cruise – Top Gun: Maverick
Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin
Ralph Fiennes – The Menu
Brendan Fraser – The Whale

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett – Tár
Mia Goth – Pearl
Margot Robbie – Babylon
Anya Taylor-Joy – The Menu
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Actor

Colin Farrell – The Batman
Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin
Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin
Brad Pitt – Babylon
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once

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
Jean Smart – Babylon

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
She Said
Top Gun: Maverick
The Whale
Women Talking

Best Original Score

Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Batman
Women Talking

Best Song

“Ciao Papa” – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
“Hold My Hand” – Top Gun: Maverick
“Lift Me Up” – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
“Naatu Naatu” – RRR
“This Is a Life” – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Editing

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

Best Cinematography

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

Best Art Direction

Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
RRR

Best Costume Design

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

Best Makeup

Babylon
The Batman
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Whale

Best Sound

Avatar: The Way of Water
Elvis
The Fabelmans
RRR
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Visual Effects

Avatar: The Way of Water
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Everything Everywhere All at Once
RRR
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Foreign Language Film

All Quiet on the Western Front
Argentina, 1985
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Decision to Leave
RRR

Best Documentary

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
Good Night Oppy
Sr.
Three Minutes: A Lengthening

Best Overlooked Film

After Yang
Emily the Criminal
The Outfit
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Zero Fucks Given

Best New Filmmaker

Elegance Bratton – The Inspection
John Patton Ford – Emily the Criminal
Lee Jung-jae – Hunt
Carlota Pereda – Piggy
Charlotte Wells – Aftersun

Best First Film

Aftersun
The Bad Guys
The Bob’s Burgers Movie
Hunt
Turning Red

Best Vocal / Motion Capture Performance

Antonio Banderas – Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Zazie Beetz – The Bad Guys
Rosalie Chiang – Turning Red
Ewan McGregor – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Sigourney Weaver – Avatar: The Way of Water

Best Stunts

Avatar: The Way of Water
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Everything Everywhere All at Once
RRR
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Hawaiian Film

Ala Moana Boys
Cane Fire
Last Hawaiian Sugar
Waterman
The Wind and the Reckoning

Worst Film of 2018

The 355
Blonde
Firestarter
Morbius
Thor: Love and Thunder

Best Horror Film

Barbarian
The Black Phone
Pearl
Smile
Terrifier 2

Best Comic Book Film

The Batman
Black Adam
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
DC League of Super-Pets
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Best Sci-Fi Film

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Lightyear
Nope
Prey

Hawaii Film Critics Society Data

First Awards: 2016 (7)