The Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS) is an organization of film critics based in the greater Seattle area and surrounding areas of Washington state. It is represented by 40 members who work in print, radio, television and online mediums. The society presents an annual awards announcement, honoring the best achievements in film, nominated and selected by all active members of the society.
In 2023, the category "Achievement in Pacific Northwest Filmmaking" was introduced to specifically honor Pacific Northwest filmmaking. The award is meant to celebrate the many talented filmmakers who call the region home and who produce work there. A nominating committee carefully considered a wide variety of feature films released during 2022 with strong connections to the region and selected five finalists. The winner was determined by a vote of the full membership and announced alongside the SFCS's other awards on January 17, 2023.
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Ceremony information January 5, 2017 La La Land / Moonlight (10) Moonlight (6) December 18, 2017 Blade Runner 2049 (8) Lady Bird / Phantom Thread (3) December 17, 2018 The Favourite (11) Roma (4) December 16, 2019 The Irishman (10) Parasite (5) February 15, 2021 Minari (8) Nomadland (5) January 17, 2022 The Power of the Dog (11) Drive My Car (4) January 17, 2023 Everything Everywhere All at Once (14) Everything Everywhere All at Once (4) January 8, 2024 Killers of the Flower Moon / Poor Things (11) Godzilla Minus One / The Holdovers (3) December 16, 2024 Dune: Part Two / Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (10) Anora (4) December 15, 2025 Sinners (14) One Battle After Another (8)
SFCS Award for Best Picture of the Year Year Film Distributor(s) 2016 Moonlight A24 13th Netflix Arrival Paramount Pictures Elle Sony Pictures Classics The Handmaiden Amazon Studios / Magnolia Pictures Hell or High Water CBS Films Jackie Fox Searchlight Pictures La La Land Lionsgate Films / Summit Entertainment Manchester by the Sea Amazon Studios / Roadside Attractions The Witch A24 2017 Get Out Universal Pictures Blade Runner 2049 Warner Bros. The Disaster Artist A24 Dunkirk Warner Bros. The Florida Project A24 Lady Bird Logan 20th Century Studios Phantom Thread Focus Features The Post 20th Century Studios Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Fox Searchlight Pictures 2018 Roma Netflix Black Panther Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Blindspotting Lionsgate Films / Summit Entertainment The Favourite Fox Searchlight Pictures First Reformed A24 If Beale Street Could Talk Annapurna Pictures Mission: Impossible – Fallout Paramount Pictures Paddington 2 Warner Bros. A Star Is Born Suspiria Amazon Studios 2019 Parasite NEON 1917 Universal Pictures The Farewell A24 Ford v Ferrari 20th Century Studios The Irishman Netflix The Lighthouse A24 Little Women Sony Pictures Releasing Marriage Story Netflix Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Sony Pictures Releasing Uncut Gems A24 2020 Nomadland Searchlight Pictures First Cow A24 Hamilton Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures The Invisible Man Universal Pictures Judas and the Black Messiah Warner Bros. Minari A24 Never Rarely Sometimes Always Focus Features Palm Springs NEON Promising Young Woman Focus Features Sound of Metal Amazon Studios 2021 Drive My Car Janus Films CODA Apple TV+ Dune Warner Bros. The Green Knight A24 In the Heights Warner Bros. Licorice Pizza MGM / United Artists Releasing Pig NEON The Power of the Dog Netflix Titane NEON West Side Story 20th Century Studios 2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once A24 Aftersun A24 The Banshees of Inisherin Searchlight Pictures Cha Cha Real Smooth Apple TV+ Decision to Leave MUBI The Fabelmans Universal Pictures Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Netflix Nope Universal Pictures Tár Focus Features Top Gun: Maverick Paramount Pictures 2023 Past Lives A24 American Fiction MGM / Orion Pictures Barbie Warner Bros. The Holdovers Focus Features Killers of the Flower Moon Paramount Pictures / Apple TV+ May December Netflix Oppenheimer Universal Pictures Poor Things Searchlight Pictures Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Sony Pictures Releasing The Zone of Interest A24 2024 The Substance Mubi Anora Neon The Beast Ad Vitam The Brutalist A24 Challengers MGM Conclave Focus Features Dune: Part Two Warner Bros. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga I Saw the TV Glow A24 Sing Sing 2025 One Battle After AnotherWarner Bros. Bugonia Focus Features Hamnet It Was Just an Accident Neon Marty Supreme A24 Sentimental Value Neon Sinners Warner Bros. Sorry, Baby A24 Train Dreams Netflix Weapons Warner Bros.
SFCS Award for Best Director Year Director(s) Film 2016 Barry Jenkins Moonlight Damien Chazelle La La Land Robert Eggers The Witch Paul Verhoeven Elle Denis Villeneuve Arrival 2017 Christopher Nolan Dunkirk Sean Baker The Florida Project Greta Gerwig Lady Bird Jordan Peele Get Out Denis Villeneuve Blade Runner 2049 2018 Alfonso Cuarón Roma Bradley Cooper A Star Is Born Barry Jenkins If Beale Street Could Talk Yorgos Lanthimos The Favourite Paul Schrader First Reformed 2019 Bong Joon-ho Parasite Robert Eggers The Lighthouse Greta Gerwig Little Women Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie Uncut Gems Martin Scorsese The Irishman 2020 Chloé Zhao Nomadland Lee Isaac Chung Minari Emerald Fennell Promising Young Woman Steve McQueen Lovers Rock Kelly Reichardt First Cow 2021 Ryûsuke Hamaguchi Drive My Car Jane Campion The Power of the Dog Julia Ducournau Titane David Lowery The Green Knight Denis Villeneuve Dune 2022 Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert Everything Everywhere All At Once Todd Field TÁR Joseph Kosinski Top Gun: Maverick Martin McDonagh The Banshees of Inisherin Charlotte Wells Aftersun 2023 Martin Scorsese Killers of the Flower Moon Greta Gerwig Barbie Yorgos Lanthimos Poor Things Christopher Nolan Oppenheimer Celine Song Past Lives 2024 Sean Baker Anora Bertrand Bonello The Beast Brady Corbet The Brutalist Coralie Fargeat The Substance Denis Villeneuve Dune: Part Two 2025 Paul Thomas Anderson One Battle After Another Clint Bentley Train Dreams Ryan Coogler Sinners Josh Safdie Marty Supreme Chloé Zhao Hamnet
SFCS Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Year Actor Role Film 2016 Casey Affleck Lee Chandler Manchester by the Sea Ryan Gosling Sebastian Wilder La La Land Logan Lerman Marcus Messner Indignation Viggo Mortensen Ben Cash Captain Fantastic Denzel Washington Troy Maxson Fences 2017 Daniel Day-Lewis Reynolds Woodcock Phantom Thread James Franco Tommy Wiseau The Disaster Artist Daniel Kaluuya Chris Washington Get Out Gary Oldman Winston Churchill Darkest Hour Robert Pattinson Constantine "Connie" Nikas Good Time 2018 Ethan Hawke Reverend Ernst Toller First Reformed Bradley Cooper Jackson Maine A Star Is Born Daveed Diggs Collin Hoskins Blindspotting Rami Malek Freddie Mercury Bohemian Rhapsody Joaquin Phoenix Joe You Were Never Really Here 2019 Adam Driver Charlie Barber Marriage Story Antonio Banderas Salvador Mallo Pain and Glory Robert De Niro Frank Sheeran The Irishman Joaquin Phoenix Arthur Fleck / Joker Joker Adam Sandler Howard Ratner Uncut Gems 2020 Riz Ahmed Ruben Stone Sound of Metal Chadwick Boseman Levee Green Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Anthony Hopkins Anthony The Father Delroy Lindo Paul Da 5 Bloods Steven Yeun Jacob Yi Minari 2021 Nicolas Cage Robin "Rob" Feld Pig Benedict Cumberbatch Phil Burbank The Power of the Dog Andrew Garfield Jonathan Larson Tick, Tick...BOOM! Dev Patel Sir Gawain The Green Knight Simon Rex Mikey "Saber" Davies Red Rocket 2022 Colin Farrell Pádraic Súilleabháin The Banshees of Inisherin Austin Butler Elvis Presley Elvis Tom Cruise Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell Top Gun: Maverick Brendan Fraser Charlie The Whale Paul Mescal Calum Patterson Aftersun 2023 Jeffrey Wright Dr. Thelonious "Monk" Ellison American Fiction Paul Giamatti Paul Hunham The Holdovers Cillian Murphy J. Robert Oppenheimer Oppenheimer Andrew Scott Adam All of Us Strangers Kôji Yakusho Hirayama Perfect Days 2024 Colman Domingo John "Divine G" Whitfield Sing Sing Adrien Brody László Tóth The Brutalist Ralph Fiennes Cardinal Thomas Lawrence Conclave Keith Kupferer Dan Mueller Ghostlight George MacKay Louis The Beast
SFCS Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Year Actress Role Film 2016 Isabelle Huppert Michèle Leblanc Elle Amy Adams Dr. Louise Banks Arrival Kate Beckinsale Lady Susan Vernon Love & Friendship Natalie Portman Jackie Kennedy Jackie Emma Stone Mia Dolan La La Land 2017 Saoirse Ronan Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson Lady Bird Sally Hawkins Elisa Esposito The Shape of Water Frances McDormand Mildred Hayes Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Margot Robbie Tonya Harding I, Tonya Meryl Streep Katharine Graham The Post 2018 Toni Collette Annie Graham Hereditary Yalitza Aparicio Cleodegaria "Cleo" Gutiérrez Roma Olivia Colman Queen Anne The Favourite Lady Gaga Ally Maine A Star Is Born Regina Hall Lisa Conroy Support the Girls 2019 Lupita Nyong'o Adelaide Wilson / Red Us Awkwafina Billi Wang The Farewell Scarlett Johansson Nicole Barber Marriage Story Saoirse Ronan Josephine "Jo" March Little Women Renée Zellweger Judy Garland Judy 2020 Frances McDormand Fern Nomadland Viola Davis Ma Rainey Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Sidney Flanigan Autumn Never Rarely Sometimes Always Elisabeth Moss Cecilia Kass The Invisible Man Carey Mulligan Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas Promising Young Woman 2021 Kristen Stewart Diana, Princess of Wales Spencer Alana Haim Alana Kane Licorice Pizza Lady Gaga Patrizia Reggiani House of Gucci Renate Reinsve Julie The Worst Person in the World Agathe Rousselle Alexia/Adrien Titane 2022 Cate Blanchett Lydia Tár TÁR Danielle Deadwyler Mamie Till-Mobley Till Mia Goth Pearl Pearl Margot Robbie Nellie LaRoy Babylon Michelle Yeoh Evelyn Quan Wang Everything Everywhere All At Once 2023 Lily Gladstone Mollie Burkhart Killers of the Flower Moon Sandra Hüller Sandra Voyter Anatomy of a Fall Greta Lee Nora Moon Past Lives Margot Robbie Barbie Barbie Emma Stone Bella Baxter/Victoria Blessington Poor Things 2024 Mikey Madison Anora "Ani" Mikheeva Anora Cynthia Erivo Elphaba Thropp Wicked Marianne Jean-Baptiste Pansy Deacon Hard Truths Demi Moore Elisabeth Sparkle The Substance Léa Seydoux Gabrielle The Beast
SFCS Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role