Rich Picks
20222024

Awards & Top Films

2023

Rich Picks for Film Excellence

WonNominee

Top 10 Films of 2023

1
A+
A
Saltburn2 Wins · 8 Nominations
2
A
The Zone of Interest5 Wins · 10 Nominations
3
A-
Barbie6 Wins · 10 Nominations
4
A-
B+
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar1 Win · 3 Nominations
5
A-
B+
Origin4 Nominations
6
B+
The Holdovers1 Win · 4 Nominations
7
B+
The Boy and the Heron1 Win · 3 Nominations
8
B+
Robot Dreams1 Nomination
9
B+
Perfect DaysNo award data
10
B+
B
Pachyderme1 Win · 1 Nomination

Film

Animated Feature

The Boy and the Heron
Producers: Toshio Suzuki and Miyazaki Hayao
OscarGlobeBAFTA
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Producers: Justin K. Thompson, Kemp Powers, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Amy Pascal
OscarGlobeNBRBAFTA
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Producers: Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Shigeru Miyamoto, and Chris Meledandri
Globe
Robot Dreams
Producers: Ignasi Estapé, Pablo Berger, Sandra Tapia Díaz, and Ibon Cormenzana
Oscar
Elemental
Producers: Denise Ream and Peter Sohn
OscarGlobeBAFTA

Animated Short

Pachyderme
Producer: Stéphanie Clément
Oscar
Ninety-Five Senses
Producers: Jared Hess and Jerusha Hess
Oscar
Wild Summon
Producers: Saul Freed and Karni Arieli
WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko
Producer: Dave Mullins
Oscar
I'm Hip
Producer: John Musker

Documentary

Hidden Master: The Legacy of George Platt Lynes
Producers: Sam Shahid, John MacConnell, Matthew Kraus, and Nando de Carvalho
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Producers: Davis Guggenheim, Annetta Marion, and Jonathan King
NBRBAFTA

International Feature

The Zone of Interest
Producer: Jonathan Glazer
GlobeBAFTASpirit
Heroic
Producer: David Zonana
Society of the Snow
Producer: J. A. Bayona
GlobeBAFTA

Live-Action Feature

Saltburn
Producers: Margot Robbie, Josey McNamara, and Emerald Fennell
BAFTA
Barbie
Producers: Margot Robbie, David Heyman, Robbie Brenner, and Tom Ackerley
OscarGlobeNBRSAG
The Holdovers
Producers: David Hemingson, Mark Johnson, and Bill Block
OscarGlobeNBRBAFTA
Origin
Producers: Ava DuVernay and Paul Garnes
The Zone of Interest
Producers: James Wilson and Ewa Puszczyńska
OscarBAFTA

Live-Action Short

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Producers: Steven Rales and Wes Anderson

Directing & Editing

Directing

Jonathan Glazer
The Zone of Interest
Oscar
Greta Gerwig
Barbie
GlobeDGA
Emerald Fennell
Saltburn
Ava DuVernay
Origin
Wes Anderson
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

Editing

Michael McCusker, Dirk Westervelt, and Andrew Buckland
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Paul Watts
The Zone of Interest
BAFTA
Jennifer Lame
Oppenheimer
OscarBAFTA
Victoria Boydell
Saltburn
Alfonso Gonçalves
May December

Acting

Actor in a Leading Role

Ryan Gosling
as Ken in
Barbie
OscarBAFTA
Paul Giamatti
as Paul Hunham in
The Holdovers
OscarNBRBAFTA
Colman Domingo
as Bayard Rustin in
Rustin
OscarGlobeBAFTA
Bradley Cooper
as Leonard Bernstein in
Maestro
OscarGlobeBAFTA
Andrew Scott
as Adam in
All of Us Strangers
GlobeSpirit

Actor in a Supporting Role

Milo Machado-Graner
as Daniel Maleski in
Anatomy of a Fall
Paul Mescal
as Harry in
All of Us Strangers
BAFTA
Sterling K. Brown
as Clifford Ellison in
American Fiction
Oscar
Mark Ruffalo
as Duncan Wedderburn in
Poor Things
OscarNBR
Jacob Elordi
as Felix Catton in
Saltburn
BAFTA

Actress in a Leading Role

Margot Robbie
as Barbie in
Barbie
BAFTA
Natalie Portman
as Elizabeth in
May December
Spirit
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
as Isabel Wilkerson in
Origin
Carey Mulligan
as Felicia Montealegre in
Maestro
OscarBAFTA
Emma Stone
as Bella Baxter / Victoria Blessington in
Poor Things
OscarBAFTA

Actress in a Supporting Role

Da'Vine Joy Randolph
as Mary Lamb in
The Holdovers
OscarNBRBAFTASpirit
Rosamund Pike
as Lady Elspeth Catton in
Saltburn
BAFTA
Claire Foy
as Mum in
All of Us Strangers
BAFTA
Adèle Exarchopoulos
as Agathe in
Passages
Sandra Hüller
as Hedwig Höss in
The Zone of Interest
BAFTA

Writing

Screenplay (Adapted)

Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig
Barbie
based on the Barbie fashion dolls by Mattel
OscarGlobe
Ava DuVernay
Origin
based on the book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
Jonathan Glazer
The Zone of Interest
based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Martin Amis
OscarBAFTA
Cord Jefferson
American Fiction
based on the novel Erasure by Percival Everett
OscarBAFTASpiritWGA
Wes Anderson
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
based on the short story of the same title by Roald Dahl

Screenplay (Original)

Emerald Fennell
Saltburn
Justine Triet and Arthur Harari
Anatomy of a Fall
OscarGlobeBAFTA
Miyazaki Hayao
The Boy and the Heron
Alex Mechanik and Samy Burch
May December
Story: Alex Mechanik
Story & screenplay: Samy Burch
OscarSpiritWGA
David Hemingson
The Holdovers
OscarNBRBAFTASpiritWGA

Visual

Art Direction

Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer
Barbie
Production design: Sarah Greenwood
Set decoration: Katie Spencer
OscarBAFTAADG
Jack Fisk and Adam Willis
Killers of the Flower Moon
Production design: Jack Fisk
Set decoration: Adam Willis
OscarBAFTAADG
Shona Heath and James Price
Poor Things
Production design: Shona Heath and James Price
OscarBAFTAADG
Adam Stockhausen and Kris Moran
Asteroid City
Production design: Adam Stockhausen
Set decoration: Kris Moran
ADG
Chris Oddy
The Zone of Interest
Production design: Chris Oddy
BAFTA

Cinematography

Łukasz Żal
The Zone of Interest
BAFTA
Matthew Libatique
Maestro
OscarBAFTAASC
Linus Sandgren
Saltburn
Edward Lachman
El Conde
OscarASC
Carolina Costa
Heroic

Costuming

Jacqueline Durran
Barbie
OscarBAFTA
Holly Waddington
Poor Things
OscarBAFTACDG
Mark Bridges
Maestro
CDG
Janty Yates and David Crossman
Napoleon
OscarBAFTACDG
Jacqueline West
Killers of the Flower Moon
OscarBAFTACDG

Effects

Masaki Takahashi, Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, and Tatsuji Nojima
Godzilla Minus One
OscarVES
Simone Coco, Neil Corbould, Charley Henley, and Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet
Napoleon
OscarBAFTA
Andrew Roberts, Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, and Neil Corbould
The Creator
OscarBAFTAVES
Andrew Whitehurst, Alistair Williams, Julian Hutchens, and Robert Weaver
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Larrú Pau Costa, Laura Pedro Ezequiel, Micaela Gagliano, and Félix Bergés
Society of the Snow

Make-Up & Hairstyling

Kazu Hiro, Lori McCoy-Bell, and Kay Georgiou
Maestro
BAFTAMUAH
Mark Coulier, Nadia Stacey, and Josh Weston
Poor Things
BAFTA
Victoria Down, Clare Corsick, Ivana Primorac, Marie Larkin, and Maha Mimo
Barbie
MUAH
David Martí, Ana López-Puigcerver, and Montse Ribé
Society of the Snow
Jörn Seifert, Heike Merker, and Göran Lundström
The Last Voyage of the Demeter

Sound & Music

Original Score

Mica Levi
The Zone of Interest
Globe
Joe Hisaishi
The Boy and the Heron
Globe
Richard Reed Parry
Eileen
Marcelo Zarvos
May December
John Williams
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Original Song

"I'm Just Ken"
Barbie
Music & lyrics: Andrew Wyatt and Mark Ronson
Globe
"Pink"
Barbie
Music & lyrics: Mark Ronson, Melissa "Lizzo" Jefferson, Andrew Wyatt, and Eric Burton
Globe
"What Was I Made for?"
Barbie
Music & lyrics: Billie Eilish and Finneas o'Connell
Globe
"Camp Isn't Home"
Theater Camp
Music & lyrics: Ben Platt
"My Sweet Baby"
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Music & lyrics: Paloma Faith

Sound Editing

Richard King
Oppenheimer
Foley Artists: John Cucci and Dan O'Connell
Sound Effects Editor: Michael Mitchell
Music Editors: Felipe Pacheco, Alex Gibson, and Amanda Goodpaster
Sound editor: Richard King
Dialogue Editors: Albert Gasser, Russell Farmarco, and David Bach
Foley editor: Christopher Flick
Sound Designer: Randy Torres
BAFTA
Erik Vidal, Guillem Giró, Iosu Martinez, and Oriol Tarragó
Society of the Snow
Foley Artists: Erik Vidal and Kiku Vidal
Sound editors: Guillem Giró, Iosu Martinez, Brendan Golden, Marc Bech, and Sarah Romero
Sound Designer: Oriol Tarragó
Music Editor: John Finklea
Jonathon Stevens, Dee Selby, Malcolm Fife, and Thom Brennan
The Killer
Sound Effects Editors: Jonathon Stevens and Malcolm Fife
Foley editors: Dee Selby and Thom Brennan
Sound editor: Jeremy Molod
Sound Designer: Ren Klyce
Foley Artists: John Roesch and Shelley Roden

Sound Mixing

Johnnie Burn and Tarn Willers
The Zone of Interest
BAFTA
Adam Scrivener, Jasper Thorn, and Federico Costantini
Saltburn
Tom Ozanich and Steven A. Morrow
Maestro
Foley mixer: Walter Spencer
ADR mixer: Bobby Johanson
Re-recording mixers: Dean A. Zupancic and Tom Ozanich
Scoring mixer: Nick Baxter
Production mixer: Steven A. Morrow
BAFTA
Bobby Johanson, Peter Cobbin, Nina Rice, and Kevin O'Connell
Barbie
ADR mixer: Bobby Johanson
Scoring mixers: Peter Cobbin and Kirsty Whalley
Production mixer: Nina Rice
Re-recording mixers: Kevin O'Connell and Ai-Ling Lee
Foley mixer: Kevin Schultz
William Miller and Paul Massey
Napoleon