In their 20th year, The Bobby James Awards for film continue! I’ll spare you the paragraphs and just get on with it. My Top 10 of 2023 appear at the bottom.

Feature Film of the Year:
Oppenheimer

The Lumiere Award for Direction:
Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan

Actor in a Leading Role:
Cillian Murphy as “J. Robert Oppenheimer” – Oppenheimer

Actress in a Leading Role:
Fantasia Barrino as “Celie” – The Color Purple

Actor in a Supporting Role:
Ryan Gosling as “Ken” – Barbie

Actress in a Supporting Role:
Da’Vine Joy Randolph as “Mary Lamb” – The Holdovers

Actor in a Leading Voice-Over Role:
Riz Ahmed as “Ballister Boldheart” – Nimona

Actress in a Leading Voice-Over Role:
Leah Lewis as “Ember” – Elemental

Actor in a Supporting Voice-Over Role:
Mamoudou Athie as “Wade” – Elemental

Actress in a Supporting Voice-Over Role:
Frances Conroy as “The Director” – Nimona

Animated Feature Film of the Year:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Original Song for Made for a Motion Picture:
“I’m Just Ken” – performed by Ryan Gosling – Barbie

Original Score for a Motion Picture:
Naoki Sato for Godzilla Minus One

Best Recorded Soundtrack for a Motion Picture:
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Featuring: Rachel Zegler, Flatland Cavalry, and Olivia Rodrigo

Ensemble Cast for a Motion Picture:
The Color Purple
Starring: Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo

Achievement in Cinematography:
Hoyte van Hoytema for Oppenheimer

Achievement in Editing:
Greg Levitan for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Achievement in Special & Visual Effects:
Takashi Yamazaki for Godzilla Minus One

Best Promotional Poster:
Barbie

Achievement in Art Direction:
Clara Gomez del Moral for Barbie

Achievement in Costume Design:
Trish Summerville for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Best Original Screenplay:
Godzilla Minus One by Takashi Yamazaki

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Oppenheimer by Christopher Nolan

Emerging/Foreign Actor or Actress:
Calah Lane as “Noodle in Wonka

Animated Short Film:
Carl’s Date directed by Bob Peterson

Finally, My TOP 10 FEATURE FILMS OF 2023 are:

1. Oppenheimer
2. Godzilla Minus One
3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
4. Saltburn
5. The Color Purple
6. Wonka
7. The Holdovers
8. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Part 1
9. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
10. Nimona