For the thirteenth year in a row, Flickcharters have voted for their favorites in a wide variety of categories, from the worst and best of the previous year to the films that interest us most in the coming year. Now that the votes have been tallied, here are your winners for The 13th Annual Flickcharters’ Choice Awards!
Best Foreign Language Film
Anatomy of a Fall
The Boy and the Heron
Godzilla Minus One
Society of the Snow
The Zone of Interest
And The Winner Is…
No surprise that Godzilla Minus One would have a monstrous lead in this category, earning 43.8% of the votes, overshadowing other major nominees like Anatomy of a Fall, The Zone of Interest, and The Boy and the Heron.
Godzilla Minus One – 43.8%
The Zone of Interest – 25%
The Boy and the Heron – 15.6%
Anatomy of a Fall – 12.5%
Society of the Snow – 3.1%
Best Documentary
20 Days in Mariupol
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
Judy Blume Forever
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Wham!
And The Winner Is…
In a documentary lineup that was largely dominated by films about celebrities, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie found an easy win with 44.4% of the votes.
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie – 44.4%
20 Days in Mariupol – 26.7%
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life – 11.1%
Judy Blume Forever – 8.9%
Wham! – 8.9%
Best Animated Film
The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
And The Winner Is…
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse handily won this category with 3/5ths of the votes at our 8th awards, and, similarly, this year Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse takes an easy win, collecting half of the votes in the category.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – 50%
The Boy and the Heron – 25%
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – 10.3%
Elemental – 7.4%
The Super Mario Bros. Movie – 7.4%
Worst Film of 2023
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Fast X
Five Nights at Freddy’s
Freelance
The Little Mermaid
And The “Winner” Is…
Last year, Marvel “won” this category with Morbius, and they take the worst film of the year title again with Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania receiving 32.8% of the votes.
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania – 32.8%
Five Nights at Freddy’s – 20.7%
The Little Mermaid – 19%
Fast X – 17.2%
Freelance – 10.3%
Most Anticipated Film of 2024
Deadpool & Wolverine
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Inside Out 2
Nosferatu
And The Winner Is…
Despite claiming the worst film of 2023, Marvel still has the confidence of our voters, with 34.7% of them naming Deadpool & Wolverine their most anticipated of 2024.
Deadpool & Wolverine – 34.7%
Dune: Part Two – 20.8%
Nosferatu – 19.4%
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – 13.9%
Inside Out 2 – 11.1%
Best Underranked Film
All of Us Strangers
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
The Iron Claw
Priscilla
The Zone of Interest
And The Winner Is…
The Iron Claw, Sean Durkin’s wrestling drama starring Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, and Harris Dickinson wins Best Underranked Film, beating runners-up Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret, and The Zone of Interest by only three votes each.
The Iron Claw – 26.7%
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret – 21.7%
The Zone of Interest – 21.7%
All of Us Strangers – 18.3%
Priscilla – 8.3%
Most Underrated Film
All of Us Strangers
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Missing
Priscilla
And The Winner Is…
In another runaway win, the ensemble comedy Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves got 45.5% of votes.
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves – 45.5%
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret – 22.7%
All of Us Strangers – 16.7%
Priscilla – 9.1%
Missing – 6.1%
Most Overrated Film
John Wick: Chapter 4
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
And The “Winner” Is…
The Super Mario Bros. Movie might’ve been the second highest-grossing film of 2023, but voters found it to be the most overrated film of the year — it beat Bradley Cooper’s Maestro by only one vote.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie – 26.6%
Maestro – 25%
Oppenheimer – 20.3%
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – 17.2%
John Wick: Chapter 4 – 10.9%
Most Surprising Film
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Barbie
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Godzilla Minus One
The Holdovers
Wonka
And The Winner Is…
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves manages another win, winning the category with 28.8% of votes.
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves – 28.8%
Barbie – 23.3%
Godzilla Minus One – 20.5%
The Holdovers – 17.8%
Wonka – 5.5%
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret – 4.1%
Most Disappointing Film
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
The Exorcist: Believer
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
The Marvels
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
And The “Winner” Is…
Another negative win for Marvel, who also won this category last year with Thor: Love and Thunder. This year, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania gives Marvel the most disappointing title again, getting 32.3% of votes.
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania – 32.3%
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny – 29.2%
The Exorcist: Believer – 21.5%
The Super Mario Bros. Movie – 10.8%
The Marvels – 6.2%
Best Looking Film
Asteroid City
Barbie
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
And The Winner Is…
Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things wins Best Looking Film with 28.8% of the votes, defeating second place Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse by only two votes.
Poor Things – 28.8%
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – 26%
Barbie – 20.5%
Oppenheimer – 15.1%
Asteroid City – 9.6%
Best Writing
Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach for Barbie
David Hemingson for The Holdovers
Christopher Nolan for Oppenheimer
Celine Song for Past Lives
Tony McNamara for Poor Things
And The Winner Is…
With his first produced screenplay, David Hemingson wins for Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers with 29.6% of the votes, beating Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer by three votes.
David Hemingson – The Holdovers – 29.6%
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer – 25.4%
Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach – Barbie – 18.3%
Celine Song – Past Lives – 15.5%
Tony McNamara – Poor Things – 11.3%
Best Directing
Greta Gerwig for Barbie
Alexander Payne for The Holdovers
Martin Scorsese for Killers of the Flower Moon
Christopher Nolan for Oppenheimer
Yorgos Lanthimos for Poor Things
And The Winner Is…
In yet another knockout win, Christopher Nolan wins Best Directing for Oppenheimer with 42.9% of the votes. Believe it or not, this is Nolan’s first win in this category.
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer – 42.9%
Greta Gerwig – Barbie – 24.3%
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things – 14.3%
Alexander Payne – The Holdovers – 10%
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon – 8.6%
Biggest Breakthrough
Jacob Elordi
Lily Gladstone
Charles Melton
Dominic Sessa
Celine Song
And The Winner Is…
While Lily Gladstone first became a formidable actress with 2016’s Certain Women, 2023 was a major year for her, as she earned her first Oscar nomination for Killers of the Flower Moon as well as starring in smaller films like The Unknown Country and Fancy Dance. Gladstone wins this category with a massive 48.5% of the vote. Meanwhile, Charles Melton becomes the only nominee in any category this year to only receive one vote.
Biggest Breakthrough
Lily Gladstone – 48.5%
Celine Song – 19.7%
Jacob Elordi – 18.2%
Dominic Sessa – 12.1%
Charles Melton – 1.5%
Best Supporting Actress
Rachel McAdams for Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
America Ferrera for Barbie
Da’Vine Joy Randolph for The Holdovers
Julianne Moore for May December
Emily Blunt for Oppenheimer
And The Winner Is…
In another dominant win, taking 51.4% of votes, Da’Vine Joy Randolph‘s performance in The Holdovers easily defeated her impressive competition.
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers – 51.4%
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer – 15.3%
Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret – 13.9%
America Ferrera – Barbie – 12.5%
Julianne Moore – May December – 6.9%
Best Supporting Actor
Ryan Gosling for Barbie
Dominic Sessa for The Holdovers
Robert Downey Jr. for Oppenheimer
Willem Dafoe for Poor Things
Mark Ruffalo for Poor Things
And The Winner Is…
In another overwhelming victory, Ryan Gosling wins with 37% of votes for his role as Ken in Barbie. Gosling is now the only actor to win two acting categories in the Flickchart Awards, having previously won Best Actor for his performance in Drive at the first Flickchart Awards.
Ryan Gosling – Barbie – 37%
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer – 27.4%
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things – 13.7%
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers – 11%
Willem Dafoe – Poor Things – 11%
Best Actress
Sandra Hüller for Anatomy of a Fall
Margot Robbie for Barbie
Lily Gladstone for Killers of the Flower Moon
Greta Lee for Past Lives
Emma Stone for Poor Things
And The Winner Is…
In yet another massive win, Emma Stone‘s performance in Poor Things earns 39.4% of the votes, beating second place Lily Gladstone by 14 percentage points. Stone also becomes only the second actress (after Viola Davis) to win two acting awards, having previously won Best Supporting Actress for her other collaboration with Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite.
Emma Stone – Poor Things – 39.4%
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon – 25.4%
Margot Robbie – Barbie – 21.1%
Greta Lee – Past Lives – 9.9%
Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall – 4.2%
Best Actor
Andrew Scott for All of Us Strangers
Joaquin Phoenix for Beau Is Afraid
Paul Giamatti for The Holdovers
Bradley Cooper for Maestro
Cillian Murphy for Oppenheimer
And The Winner Is…
Best Actor is the closest of the acting categories, with Paul Giamatti winning for The Holdovers with 40.8% of votes, beating second place Cillian Murphy for Oppenheimer by only four votes.
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers – 40.8%
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer – 35.2%
Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers – 9.9%
Joaquin Phoenix – Beau Is Afraid – 8.5%
Bradley Cooper – Maestro – 5.6%
Best Overall Cast
Asteroid City
Barbie
The Holdovers
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
And The Winner Is…
Considering the sheer number of major actors in Oppenheimer, including nominees Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., and Emily Blunt, it’s no surprise Christopher Nolan’s film found an easy win, getting 39.7% of the votes.
Oppenheimer – 39.7%
Barbie – 21.9%
Asteroid City – 17.8%
The Holdovers – 12.3%
Poor Things – 8.2%
2023 Outstanding Achievement in Film
Ayo Edebiri
Greta Gerwig
Sandra Hüller
Christopher Nolan
Margot Robbie
And The Winner Is…
Christopher Nolan took on the mammoth task of both writing and directing Oppenheimer, which became one of the biggest films of 2023. He wins this category with 31% of votes, beating his Barbenheimer competition Greta Gerwig by three votes.
Christopher Nolan – 31%
Greta Gerwig – 26.8%
Sandra Hüller – 15.5%
Ayo Edebiri – 14.1%
Margot Robbie – 12.7%
Best Scene
Barbie – America Ferrera’s Speech
Barbie – “I’m Just Ken”
Oppenheimer – The Gymnasium Speech
Oppenheimer – The Trinity Test
Past Lives – Nora and Hae Sung Say Goodbye
And The Winner Is…
There might not be a more important scene in Oppenheimer than the Trinity Test scene. Despite having two nominations in this category, Nolan’s film doesn’t split the vote, as this scene wins with 32.4% of votes.
Oppenheimer – The Trinity Test – 32.4%
Barbie – “I’m Just Ken” – 26.8%
Past Lives – Nora and Hae Sung Say Goodbye – 19.7%
Barbie – America Ferrera’s Speech – 12.7%
Oppenheimer – The Gymnasium Speech – 8.5%
Best Picture
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things
And The Winner Is…
Oppenheimer wins our Best Picture for 2023 with 35.2% of votes! The Holdovers comes in second place with 22.5%, while third-place Poor Things earns 18.3% of votes.
Oppenheimer – 35.2%
The Holdovers – 22.5%
Poor Things – 18.3%
Past Lives – 16.9%
Killers of the Flower Moon – 7%
Those are your 13th Annual Flickcharters’ Choice Awards Winners! Oppenheimer leads this year’s awards with four wins, while The Holdovers comes in second place with three wins, and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, and Poor Things each receive two wins. Thank you to everyone who voted this year. Now it’s time to start watching 2024 films for next year’s awards!