IndieWire Critics Poll Topped by ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’

Here is yet another list that’s topped by Martin Scorsese’s late-career statement, “Killers of the Flower Moon.” It’s turned into the most acclaimed film of the year by appearing in the most year-end top 10 lists.

IndieWire polled 158 critics and asked them to submit their picks for the best films of 2023. I decided to abstain in participating this year since it was just too early for me to come up with my ten best films.

Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” topped the poll, followed by Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” Celine Song’s “Past Lives” and Todd Haynes’ “May December.”

IndieWire will eventually release the top 50 results. For now, the top 10 for Film, Director and Performance —

BEST FILM

1. “Killers of the Flower Moon”
2. “Oppenheimer”
3. “Poor Things”
4. “Past Lives”
5. “May December”
6. “The Zone of Interest”
7. “Anatomy of A Fall”
8. “Barbie”
9. “The Holdovers”
10. “Asteroid City”

BEST DIRECTOR

1. Martin Scorsese, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
2. Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer”
3. Jonathan Glazer, “The Zone of Interest”
4. Yorgos Lanthimos, “Poor Things”
5. Todd Haynes, “May December”
6. Greta Gerwig, “Barbie”
7. Celine Song, “Past Lives”
8. Wes Anderson, “Asteroid City”
9. Justine Triet, “Anatomy of a Fall”
10. Albert Serra, “Pacifiction”

BEST PERFORMANCE

1. Emma Stone, “Poor Things”
2. Lily Gladstone, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
3. Sandra Hüller, “Anatomy of a Fall”
4. Cillian Murphy, “Oppenheimer”
5. Charles Melton, “May December”
6. Paul Giamatti, “The Holdovers”
7. Ryan Gosling, “Barbie”
8. Andrew Scott, “All of Us Strangers”
9. TIE: Greta Lee, “Past Lives”; Jeffrey Wright, “American Fiction”
10. TIE: Glenn Howerton, “BlackBerry”; Benoit Magimel, “Pacifiction”; Koji Yakusho, “Perfect Days”; Franz Rogowski, “Passages”

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

1. “Anatomy of a Fall”
2. “The Zone of Interest”
3. “The Boy and the Heron”
4. “Perfect Days”
5. “Fallen Leaves”
6. “The Taste of Things”
7. “Pacifiction”
8. “Godzilla Minus One”
9. “Afire”
10. “The Eight Mountains”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

1. “Oppenheimer”
2. “Poor Things”
3. “Killers of the Flower Moon”
4. “The Zone of Interest”
5. “All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt”
6. “Barbie”
7. “Pacifiction”
8. “El Conde”
9. “Godland”
10. “John Wick: Chapter Four”

BEST SCREENPLAY

1. “May December”
2. “Past Lives”
3. “Anatomy of a Fall”
4. “The Holdovers”
5. “American Fiction”
6. “Killers of the Flower Moon”
7. “Poor Things”
8. “Oppenheimer”
9. TIE: “Barbie”/”The Zone of Interest”
10. “Asteroid City”

BEST DOCUMENTARY

1. “Kokomo City”
2. “Menus-Plaisirs: Les Troisgros”
3. “20 Days in Mariupol”
4. “De Humani Corporis Fabrica”
5. TIE: “Four Daughters”/”The Eternal Memory”
6. “Our Body”
7. “Beyond Utopia”
8. “A Still Small Voice”
9. “The Mission”
10. “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie”