Killers of the Flower Moon was named Best Film by the New York Film Critics Circle and Lily Gladstone, who plays Mollie Burkhart in the adaptation of David Grann’s bestseller, earning the Best Actress award. The NYFCC honored Christopher Nolan with its 2023 Best Director award for his work on Oppenheimer, and Passages star Franz Rogowski was named Best Actor.
“As always, the members of the NYFCC have chosen an outstanding, exciting slate of winners. I can’t wait to honor them all at our annual dinner in January,” said NYFCC Chair Matt Singer.
The organization of New York-based critics was founded in 1935 and is known for being one of the first critics groups to announce its winners each year.
New York Film Critics Circle 2023 Winners
Best Film:
Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Director:
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Best Screenplay:
Samy Burch, May December
Best Actress:
Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Actor:
Franz Rogowski, Passages
Best Supporting Actress:
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Best Supporting Actor:
Charles Melton, May December
Best Foreign Language Film:
Anatomy of a Fall
Best Cinematography:
Hoyte van Hoytema, Oppenheimer
Best Nonfiction Film:
Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros
Best First Film:
Past Lives
Best Animated Film:
The Boy and the Heron
More on Killers of the Flower Moon, Courtesy of Apple Studios:
At the turn of the 20th century, oil brought a fortune to the Osage Nation, who became some of the richest people in the world overnight. The wealth of these Native Americans immediately attracted white interlopers, who manipulated, extorted, and stole as much Osage money as they could before resorting to murder. Based on a true story and told through the improbable romance of Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Mollie Kyle (Lily Gladstone), Killers of the Flower Moon is an epic Western crime saga, where real love crosses paths with unspeakable betrayal.
