These are the 2023 Endy Awards, wherein I pretend to give out maneki-neko statues to the best movies, performances, etc of this year in film. Awards for many other years can be found in the Rankings & Awards Index. Eligibility is determined by imdb date and by whether or not I’ve seen the movie in question. Films are presented in alphabetical order, and the winners are in bold. As always, the winners and nominees are subject to change as I watch more movies. And the Endy goes to. . .

Best Picture:

1. 100 Yards
2. Afire
3. Baby Assassins: 2 Babies
4. Godzilla Minus One
5. Hidden Blade
6. Jigarthanda DoubleX
7. Killers of the Flower Moon
8. Oppenheimer
9. Rocky aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
10. The Taste of Things

Best Director:

1. Xu Haofeng & Xu Junfeng, 100 Yards
2. Sakamoto Yugo, Baby Assassins: 2 Babies
3. Karthik Subbaraj, Jigarthanda DoubleX
4. Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
5. Karan Johar, Rocky aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani

Best Actor:

1. Lee Kang-Sheng, Absence
2. Dayo Wong, A Guilty Conscience
3. Tony Leung, Hidden Blade
4. Shah Rukh Khan, Jawan
5. Raghava Lawrence, Jigarthanda DoubleX
6. Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers of the Flower Moon
7. Vijay, Leo
8. Gordon Lam, Mad Fate
9. Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
10. Ranveer Singh, Rocky aur Rani

Best Actress:

1. Paula Beer, Afire
2. Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall
3. Margot Robbie, Barbie
4. Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
5. Julianne Moore, May December
6. Natalie Portman, May December
7. Ogawa An, Plastic
8. Emma Stone, Poor Things
9. Alia Bhatt, Rocky aur Rani
10. Juliette Binoche, The Taste of Things

Supporting Actor:

1. Michael Cera, Barbie
2. Glenn Howerton, Blackberry
3. Marshawn Lynch, Bottoms
4. Michael Wong, A Guilty Conscience
5. Donnie Yen, John Wick Chapter 4
6. Robert DeNiro, Killers of the Flower Moon
7. Charles Melton, May December
8. Jason Clarke, Oppenheimer
9. David Krumholtz, Oppenheimer
10. Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things

Supporting Actress:

1. Bea Hayden Kuo, 100 Yards
2. Rachel McAdams, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
3. Anne Hathaway, Eileen
4. Penelope Cruz, Ferrari
5. Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
6. Hayley Atwell, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
7. Vanessa Kirby, Napoleon
8. Jaya Bachchan, Rocky aur Rani
9. Hamabe Minami, Shin Kamen Rider
10. Bonnie Chagneau-Ravoire, The Taste of Things

Original Screenplay:

1. All Ears, Liu Jiayin
2. Hidden Blade, Cheng Er
3. Jigarthanda DoubleX, Karthik Subbaraj
4. River, Ueda Makoto
5. Rocky aur Rani, Ishita Moitra, Shashank Khaitan & Sumit Roy

Adapted Screenplay:

1. Baby Assassins: 2 Babies, Sakamoto Yugo
2. Barbie, Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach
3. Killers of the Flower Moon, Eric Roth & Martin Scorsese
4. Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan
5. The Taste of Things, Trần Anh Hùng

English Language Film:

1. Asteroid City (Wes Anderson)
2. Barbie (Greta Gerwig)
3. Ferrari (Michael Mann)
4. Killers of the Flower Moon (Martin Scorsese)
5. Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan)

Non-English Language Film:

1. 100 Yards (Xu Haofeng & Xu Junfeng)
2. Baby Assassins: 2 Babies (Sakamoto Yugo)
3. Godzilla Minus One (Yamazaki Takashi)
4. Hidden Blade (Cheng Er)
5. Rocky aur Rani (Karan Johar)

Non-Fiction Feature Film:

1. Elegies (Ann Hui)
2. The Final Game of Death (James Flower)
3. The History of the Minnesota Vikings (Jon Bois)
4. Menus plaisirs-Les Troisgros (Frederick Wiseman)
5. Onlookers (Kimi Takesue)

Animated Feature Film:

1. Across the Spider-verse (Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson)
2. The Boy and the Heron (Miyazaki Hayao)
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever (Luke Cormican)

Unseen Film:

1. Close Your Eyes (Victor Erice)
2. Music (Angela Schanelec)
3. Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam (Lijo Jose Pellissery)
4. The Shadowless Tower (Zhang Lu)
5. Viduthalai Part 1 (Vetrimaaran)

Film Editing:

1. The Final Game of Death
2. Fist of the Condor
3. Hidden Blade
4. Killers of the Flower Moon
5. Oppenheimer

Cinematography:

1. Godzilla Minus One
2. Hidden Blade
3. In Water
4. Jigarthanda DoubleX
5. Rocky aur Rani

Art Direction:

1. Asteroid City
2. Barbie
3. Godzilla Minus One
4. Poor Things
5. The Taste of Things

Costume Design:

1. Barbie
2. Hidden Blade
3. Ponniyin Selvan Part 2
4. Poor Things
5. Rocky aur Rani

Make-Up and Hair:

1. Barbie
2. Jawan
3. Ponniyin Selvan Part 2
4. Poor Things
5. Rocky aur Rani

Original Score:

1. The Boy and the Heron
2. Full River Red
3. Godzilla Minus One
4. Killers of the Flower Moon
5. Oppenheimer

Adapted Score:

1. Asteroid City
2. The Final Game of Death
3. Godzilla Minus One
4. The Killer
5. Plastic

Choreography:

1. 100 Yards
3. Baby Assassins: 2 Babies
2. Fist of the Condor
2. Jawan
4. Leo

Sound:

1. Full River Red
2. Godzilla Minus One
3. Killers of the Flower Moon
4. Oppenheimer
5. The Taste of Things

Sound Editing:

1. Godzilla Minus One
2. Jawan
3. John Wick Chapter 4
4. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
5. Pathaan

Visual Effects:

1. Godzilla Minus One
2. Poor Things
3. Raid on the Lethal Zone
4. Shin Kamen Rider
5. The Wandering Earth II