Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

Best Director

Year Winner Recipients
2023 Oppenheimer Christopher Nolan
2010 Inception Christopher Nolan
2012 Life of Pi Ang Lee
2013 Gravity Alfonso Cuarón
2014 Boyhood Richard Linklater
2015 Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
2016 Manchester by the Sea Kenneth Lonergan
2017 The Shape of Water Guillermo del Toro
2018 Roma Alfonso Cuarón
2019 1917 Sam Mendes
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 The Holdovers Paul Giamatti
2010 The King's Speech Colin Firth
2012 Lincoln Daniel Day-Lewis
2013 12 Years a Slave Chiwetel Ejiofor
2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Michael Keaton
2015 The Revenant Leonardo DiCaprio
2016 Manchester by the Sea Casey Affleck
2017 Call Me by Your Name Timothée Chalamet
2018 Vice Christian Bale
2019 Marriage Story Adam Driver
2020 Sound of Metal Riz Ahmed
2021 The Power of the Dog Benedict Cumberbatch
2022 The Banshees of Inisherin Colin Farrell

Best Actress

Year Winner Recipients
2023 Killers of the Flower Moon Lily Gladstone
2010 Black Swan Natalie Portman
2012 Silver Linings Playbook Jennifer Lawrence
2013 Gravity Sandra Bullock
2014 Gone Girl Rosamund Pike
2015 Mad Max: Fury Road Charlize Theron
2016 Jackie Natalie Portman
2017 The Shape of Water Sally Hawkins
2018 The Favourite Olivia Colman
2019 Us Lupita Nyong'o
2020 Promising Young Woman Carey Mulligan
2021 The Lost Daughter Olivia Colman
2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once Michelle Yeoh

Best Supporting Actor

Year Winner Recipients
2023 Oppenheimer Robert Downey Jr.
2010 The Fighter Christian Bale
2012 The Master Philip Seymour Hoffman
2013 12 Years a Slave Michael Fassbender
2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Edward Norton
2015 99 Homes Michael Shannon
2016 Hell or High Water Jeff Bridges
2017 The Florida Project Willem Dafoe
2018 Can You Ever Forgive Me? Richard E. Grant
2019 The Irishman Joe Pesci
2020 One Night in Miami... Leslie Odom Jr.
2021 Belfast Ciarán Hinds
2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once Ke Huy Quan

Best Supporting Actress

Year Winner Recipients
2023 The Holdovers Da'Vine Joy Randolph
2010 True Grit Hailee Steinfeld
2012 Les Misérables Anne Hathaway
2013 12 Years a Slave Lupita Nyong'o
2014 Boyhood Patricia Arquette
2015 Ex Machina Alicia Vikander
2016 Fences Viola Davis
2017 Lady Bird Laurie Metcalf
2018 Vice Amy Adams
2019 Dolemite Is My Name Da'Vine Joy Randolph
2020 Minari Youn Yuh-jung
2021 Mass Ann Dowd
2022 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Janelle Monáe

Best Original Screenplay

Year Winner Recipients
2023 Anatomy of a Fall Arthur Harari, Justine Triet
2010 Inception Christopher Nolan
2012 The Master Paul Thomas Anderson
2013 Her Spike Jonze
2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Alejandro González Iñárritu, Armando Bo, Alexander Dinelaris, Nicolás Giacobone
2015 Spotlight Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer
2016 Hell or High Water Taylor Sheridan
2017 Get Out Jordan Peele
2018 The Favourite Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara
2019 Knives Out Rian Johnson
2020 Promising Young Woman Emerald Fennell
2021 Licorice Pizza Paul Thomas Anderson
2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert

Best Adapted Screenplay

Year Winner Recipients
2023 Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Kelly Fremon Craig
2010 The Social Network Aaron Sorkin
2012 Argo Chris Terrio
2013 12 Years a Slave John Ridley
2014 Obvious Child Gillian Robespierre
2015 The Big Short Charles Randolph, Adam McKay
2016 Arrival Eric Heisserer
2017 Call Me by Your Name James Ivory
2018 BlacKkKlansman Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee
2019 Little Women Greta Gerwig
2020 Nomadland Chloé Zhao
2021 West Side Story Tony Kushner
2022 Women Talking Sarah Polley

Best Documentary

Year Winner Recipients
2023 20 Days in Mariupol