2023 Seattle Film Critics Society Awards

[1][2][3] The SFCS announced the first phase of their awards with the 10 Best Films of 2023 as voted on by 100% of their 37 local member critics from all the releases of the year, along with the nominations for Pacific Northwest Filmmaking, on December 19, 2023.

The award is named in honor of John Hartl, the late Seattle Times film critic whose legacy remains "a beacon in the region and beyond when it comes to writing about film".

The SFCS Board will present the award annually to acknowledge an exceptional body of work, rather than a single film or performance, that represents the Pacific Northwest.

[5][9][10] Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold Past Lives (A24) Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction as Thelonious "Monk" Ellison Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon as Mollie Burkhart Charles Melton – May December as Joe Yoo Da'Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers as Mary Lamb The Holdovers John Wick: Chapter 4 The Holdovers – David Hemingson Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 20 Days in Mariupol Godzilla Minus One Poor Things – Robbie Ryan Barbie – Jacqueline Durran Oppenheimer – Jennifer Lame Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson Barbie – Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer Godzilla Minus One – Kiyoko Shibuya and Takashi Yamazaki Milo Machado-Graner – Anatomy of a Fall as Daniel Maleski Godzilla – Godzilla Minus One Showing Up – Kelly Reichardt