It is time to officially announce the winners of the 4th Annual ScreenAge Wasteland Awards! You can find the full list of all SAWards 2023 winners (in bold) below.
Best Picture
- The Banshees of Inisherin
- Barbarian
- Decision to Leave
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
- The Menu
- Nope
- The Northman
- RRR
- Top Gun: Maverick
Best Animated Film
- The Bad Guys
- Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
- Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
- Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
- Turning Red
Most Overlooked Film
- Athena
- Cha Cha Real Smooth
- Decision to Leave
- Resurrection
- Vengeance
Best Director
- Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
- Park Chan-wook – Decision to Leave
- Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Jordan Peele – Nope
- Joseph Kosinski – Top Gun: Maverick
Best Breakout Film Direction
- Charlotte Wells – Aftersun
- Halina Reijn – Bodies Bodies Bodies
- Cooper Raiff – Cha Cha Real Smooth
- Jerrod Carmichael – On the Count of Three
- Chloe Okuno – Watcher
Best Actor
- Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin
- Peter Dinklage – Cyrano
- Austin Butler – Elvis
- Ralph Fiennes – The Menu
- Brendan Fraser – The Whale
Best Supporting Actor
- Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin
- Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin
- Justin Long – Barbarian
- Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Pedro Pascal – The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Best Actress
- Tang Wei – Decision to Leave
- Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Mia Goth – Pearl
- Amber Midthunder – Prey
- Viola Davis – The Woman King
Best Supporting Actress
- Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin
- Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans
- Janelle Monáe – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Best Breakout Film Performance
- Frankie Corio – Aftersun
- Georgina Campbell – Barbarian
- Tenoch Huerta Mejía – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Madeleine McGraw – The Black Phone
- Gabriel LaBelle – The Fabelmans
Best Onscreen Movie Ensemble
- The Banshees of Inisherin
- Bodies Bodies Bodies
- Bullet Train
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
- The Menu
Best Adapted Screenplay
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
- Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
- Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
- Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Best Original Screenplay
- The Banshees of Inisherin
- Barbarian
- Cha Cha Real Smooth
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Vengeance
Best Cinematography
- The Batman
- Cyrano
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- The Northman
- Top Gun: Maverick
Best Score
- The Banshees of Inisherin
- The Batman
- Bones and All
- Downton Abbey: A New Era
- The Northman
Best Visual Effects
- Avatar: The Way of Water
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Nope
- Top Gun: Maverick
Best Character
- AJ Gilbride (Justin Long) – Barbarian
- Namor (Tenoch Huerta Mejía) – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Lemon (Brian Tyree Henry) and Tangerine (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) – Bullet Train
- Ugly Sonic (Tim Robinson) – Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers
- Waymond Wang (Ke Huy Quan) – Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Jack Trainer (Brad Pitt) – The Lost City
- Marcel (Jenny Slate) – Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
- Art the Clown (David Howard Thornton) – Terrifier 2
- Santa Claus (David Harbour) – Violent Night
- Pearl (Mia Goth) – X and Pearl
Best Movie Moment
- Under Pressure Dance – Aftersun
- The Batmobile in Pursuit of The Penguin – The Batman
- Scarlet Witch vs. The Illuminati – Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
- The Rock Scene – Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Patton Oswalt Sexts His Son – I Love My Dad
- Gordy’s Home – Nope
- Amleth and Fjolnir Volcano Duel – The Northman
- Naatu Naatu – RRR
- Maverick’s Canyon Run – Top Gun: Maverick
- Charlie’s Daughter Reads Her Moby-Dick Essay – The Whale
Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients
As well, John Williams, Kurt Russell, and Mark Rylance were this year’s recipients of the SAW Lifetime Achievement Award.
Williams was recognized for his seven-decade career as a composer and conductor in television and film. Russell was recognized for his body of work, which includes lead roles in several classics like The Thing and Escape from New York. Finally, Rylance was recognized for his supporting roles in numerous critically-acclaimed films like Bridge of Spies, Dunkirk, and The Trial of the Chicago 7.
Everything Everywhere All at Once absolutely dominated at this year’s SAWards, winning in 8 of the 11 categories the film was nominated in. The Batman managed to snag three awards while Puss in Boots: The Last Wish took home two awards including Best Adapted Screenplay. Avatar: The Way of Water, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Bodies Bodies Bodies, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, and The Whale were the only other films to score this year, winning one category apiece.
Thank you to everyone who voted! We look forward to doing this again next year with all of you!
Were you pleased with which films took home awards? Were there any upsets? Looking ahead to 2024, which upcoming 2023 films do you think will snag nominations at the 5th Annual SAWards?
