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The Films of 2023. The 24th annual FiLM BiTCH Awards

PICTURE | ACTING | VISUALS | AURALS | EXTRAS | SPECIAL - you are hereSCENES 

 

AND THE NOMINEES ARE... (coming soon)
(beware of spoilers on this page)

 

 

 

Hero of the Year

Ballister Boldheart
(Riz Ahmed and animators)
NIMONA

Barbie
(Margot Robbie)
BARBIE

Cassandro
(Gael Garcia Bernal)
CASSANDRO

Miles Morales
(Shameik Moore & animators
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE
Rustin Bayard
(Colman Domingo)
RUSTIN

 

  

 


 

 

   


Runners Up

Finalists: Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) in Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Pt 1; Bella (Emma Stone) in Poor Things;

Semi Finalists: Rocket Raccoon (Bradley Cooper, Sean Gunn, & Animators) in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3; Suzume Iwato (Nanoka Hara & Animators) in Suzume; Koichi Shikishima (Ryunosuke Kamiki) in Godzilla Minus One; Eleanor Falco (Shailene Woodley) in To Catch a Killer; Diana Nyad (Annette Bening) in Nyad;

 

Villain of the Year

Dracula
(Nicolas Cage)
RENFIELD

The Entity
(???)
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE DEAD RECKONING PT 1

Godzilla
(animators)
GODZILLA MINUS ONE
M3GAN
(animators)
M3GAN
Spot
(Jason Schartwzmann & Animators)
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE

 

  



  


Runners Up

Finalists: Forge & Sophia (Hugh Grant & Daisy Head) Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amoung Thieves; Oliver (Barry Keoghan) in Saltburn

Semi-Finalists: Gracie (Julianne Moore) in May December; Bowser (Jack Black and animators) in Super Mario Bros;The Director (Frances Conroy & animators) in Nimona; Augustin Pinochet (Alfredo Castro) in El Conde; Superfly (Ice Cube and animators) in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles


Diva of the Year

Biba
(Alina Khan)
JOYLAND

Ken
(Ryan Gosling)
BARBIE
Laura Ferrari
(Penelope Cruz)
FERRARI
Leonard Bernstein
(Bradley Cooper)
MAESTRO
Maxandra
(Salma Hayek)
MAGIC MIKE'S LAST DANCE

 

  

 

 

 
 
 

Finalists: Daijin (animators) Suzume; Rebecca (Anne Hathaway) in Eileen

Semi Finalists: Nimona (Chloe Grace Moretz) in Nimona; Masilda (Rossy de Palma) in Carmen; Elizabeth (Natalie Portman) in May December; Carmencita (Paula Luchsinger) in El Conde; Jeff (Nicholas Galatzine) in Bottoms

 


 

Sexpot of the Year
Bella
(Emma Stone)
POOR THINGS
Felix
(Jacob Elordi)
SALTBURN

Maddie Barker
(Jennifer Lawrence)
NO HARD FEELINGS

Mitch Campbell
(Scarlett Johansson)
ASTEROID CITY
Tomas
(Franz Rogowski)
PASSAGES

Furious Jumping 4ever!

 Can you blame Oliver for licking the bathtub?

 Slapstick can still be sexy. "Mind if I touch your weiner?"

Deadpan bombshell brillianc (Honestly, ScarJo forever.)

 Omnisexual narcissist yet no one can resist.
 

Finalists: Afonso (Andre Cabal) in Will O' The Wisp; Carmen & Aidan (Melissa Barrera & Paul Mescal) in Carmen; Wu Ming-Han (Greg Han Hsu) in Marry My Dead Body

Semi Finalists: Jeff (Nicholas Galatzine) in Bottoms; Mike (Channing Tatum) in Magic Mike's Last Dance; Benjamin (Cooper Koch) in Swallowed; and Ben & Bea (Glen Powell & Sydney Sweeney) in Anyone But You

 

Animal of the Year
*new category* We've done lists of these several times so why haven't we made it official?
Daijin
(cat)
SUZUME
Dog
(dog)
ROBOT DREAMS

The Grey Heron
(heron)
THE BOY AND THE HERON

pigeon
(pigeon)
SHOWING UP
Snoop
(border collie)
ANATOMY OF A FALL
         

 

 

Finalists: Rascal (racoon) in Robot Dreams; Themberchaud (dragon) in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves; Godzilla (kaiju) in Godzilla Minus One

Semi-Finalists: Reggie (terrier) in Strays: Rocket (raccoon) in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3; Milo (dog) in No Hard Feelings; Lylla (otter) in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3;

 

 

 

MOVIE POSTER OF THE YEAR

ANATOMY OF A FALL BARBIE KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON POOR THINGS ROTTING IN THE SUN

 

That vertiginious type. The overhead omniscience. The blinding snow. But what do we really know about this death... this marriage... this family.

 Super fun amusement park sight lines, and true to the movie's mainstream joyfulness. Plus Barbie and Ken's relationship all at once.

 

The IMAX poster put the focus where it should have always been: on the Osage (and Molly). So beautiful. If only the other posters were similarly striking.

 More than initially meets the eye and just weird enough to keep you looking as Bella emerges from herself - brilliant visualization of the story arc.

A dirty joke but also just right for the movie in multiple ways from protanogist characterization to the titular plot
 

Finalists: The Zone of Interest, The Holdovers
Semi Finalists: American Fiction, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Asteroid City, The Iron Claw, and Swallowed  READ THE FULL ARTICLE FOR EXPLANATIONS

 

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