Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

Best Director

Year Winner Recipients
2023 Oppenheimer Christopher Nolan
2010 The Social Network David Fincher
2011 Hugo Martin Scorsese
2013 Gravity Alfonso Cuarón
2012 Zero Dark Thirty Kathryn Bigelow
2014 Boyhood Richard Linklater
2015 Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
2016 La La Land Damien Chazelle
2017 Dunkirk Christopher Nolan
2018 Roma Alfonso Cuarón
2019 Parasite Bong Joon-ho
2020 Nomadland Chloé Zhao
2021 The Power of the Dog Jane Campion
2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert

Best Actor

Year Winner Recipients
2023 Oppenheimer Cillian Murphy
2010 The King's Speech Colin Firth
2011 The Descendants George Clooney
2013 12 Years a Slave Chiwetel Ejiofor
2012 Lincoln Daniel Day-Lewis
2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Michael Keaton
2015 The Revenant Leonardo DiCaprio
2016 Manchester by the Sea Casey Affleck
2017 Darkest Hour Gary Oldman
2018 A Star Is Born Bradley Cooper
2019 Marriage Story Adam Driver
2020 Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Chadwick Boseman
2021 tick, tick... BOOM! Andrew Garfield
2022 The Banshees of Inisherin Colin Farrell

Best Actress

Year Winner Recipients
2023 Killers of the Flower Moon Lily Gladstone
2010 Winter's Bone Jennifer Lawrence
2011 My Week with Marilyn Michelle Williams
2013 Blue Jasmine Cate Blanchett
2012 Zero Dark Thirty Jessica Chastain
2014 Still Alice Julianne Moore
2015 Brooklyn Saoirse Ronan
2016 Jackie Natalie Portman
2017 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Frances McDormand
2018 A Star Is Born Lady Gaga
2019 Us Lupita Nyong'o
2020 Nomadland Frances McDormand
2021 Spencer Kristen Stewart
2022 TÁR Cate Blanchett

Best Supporting Actor

Year Winner Recipients
2023 May December Charles Melton
2010 The Fighter Christian Bale
2011 Drive Albert Brooks
2013 Dallas Buyers Club Jared Leto
2012 The Master Philip Seymour Hoffman
2014 Whiplash J.K. Simmons
2015 Beasts of No Nation Idris Elba
2016 Moonlight Mahershala Ali
2017 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Sam Rockwell
2018 Green Book Mahershala Ali
2019 Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood Brad Pitt
2020 One Night in Miami... Leslie Odom Jr.
2021 The Power of the Dog Kodi Smit-McPhee
2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once Ke Huy Quan

Best Supporting Actress

Year Winner Recipients
2023 The Holdovers Da'Vine Joy Randolph
2010 The Fighter Melissa Leo
2011 The Help Octavia Spencer
2013 12 Years a Slave Lupita Nyong'o
2012 Les Misérables Anne Hathaway
2014 Boyhood Patricia Arquette
2015 Ex Machina Alicia Vikander
2016 Fences Viola Davis
2017 Lady Bird Laurie Metcalf
2018 If Beale Street Could Talk Regina King
2019 Hustlers Jennifer Lopez
2020 Minari Youn Yuh-jung
2021 King Richard Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
2022 The Banshees of Inisherin Kerry Condon

Best Original Screenplay

Year Winner Recipients
2023 Past Lives Celine Song
2010 Inception Christopher Nolan
2011 50/50 Will Reiser
2013 Her Spike Jonze
2012 Looper Rian Johnson
2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo
2015 Inside Out Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley
2016 La La Land Damien Chazelle
2017 Get Out Jordan Peele
2018 The Favourite Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara
2019 Marriage Story Noah Baumbach
2020 Promising Young Woman Emerald Fennell
2021 Belfast Kenneth Branagh
2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert

Best Adapted Screenplay

Year Winner Recipients
2023 American Fiction Cord Jefferson
2010 The Social Network Aaron Sorkin
2011 The Descendants Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
2013 12 Years a Slave John Ridley
2012 Silver Linings Playbook David O. Russell
2014 Gone Girl Gillian Flynn
2015 Room Emma Donoghue
2016 Arrival Eric Heisserer
2017 Mudbound Virgil Williams, Dee Rees
2018 Can You Ever Forgive Me? Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty
2019 Little Women Greta Gerwig
2020 Nomadland Chloé Zhao
2021 The Power of the Dog Jane Campion
2022 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Rian Johnson

Best Documentary

Year Winner Recipients
2023 American Symphony