Women Film Critics Circle Award Nominations

BEST MOVIE ABOUT WOMEN
“Certain Women”
“Christine”
“Hidden Figures”
“20th Century Women”

BEST MOVIE BY A WOMAN
“Certain Women”
“Queen Of Katwe”
“The Dressmaker”
“13TH”

BEST WOMAN STORYTELLER [Screenwriting Award]
“Certain Women,” Kelly Reichardt
“Equity,” Amy Fox
“Maggie’s Plan,” Rebecca Miller
“13TH,” Ava Duvernay

BEST ACTRESS
Rebecca Hall, “Christine”
Taraji P. Henson, “Hidden Figures”
Ruth Negga, “Loving”
Natalie Portman, “Jackie”

BEST ACTOR
Casey Affleck, “Manchester By The Sea”
Joel Edgerton, “Loving”
Matthew McConaughey, “Free State Of Jones”
Christopher Plummer, “Remember”

BEST YOUNG ACTRESS
Sasha Lane, “American Honey”
Roylaty Hightower, “The Fits”
Madina Nalwanga, “Queen Of Katwe”
Hailee Steinfeld, “The Edge Of Seventeen”

BEST COMEDIC ACTRESS
Judy Davis, “The Dressmaker”
Sally Field, “Hello My Name is Doris”
Greta Gerwig, “Maggie’s Plan”
Kate McKinnon, “Ghostbusters”

BEST FOREIGN FILM BY OR ABOUT WOMEN
“Julieta”
“The Handmaiden”
“Things To Come”
“Toni Erdmann”

BEST DOCUMENTARY BY OR ABOUT WOMEN
“Audrie & Daisy”
“Miss Sharon Jones”
“The Eagle Huntress”
“13TH”

BEST FEMALE IMAGES IN A MOVIE
“Certain Women”
“Hidden Figures”
“Loving”
“Queen Of Katwe”

WORST FEMALE IMAGES IN A MOVIE
“Elle”
“Neighbors 2”
“Nocturnal Animals” [The obese naked women dancing]
“Zoolander 2”

BEST MALE IMAGES IN A MOVIE
“Free State Of Jones”
“Loving”
“Paterson”
“Snowden”

WORST MALE IMAGES IN A MOVIE
“Dirty Grandpa”
“Frank & Lola”
“Weiner”
“Zoolander 2”

WOMEN’S WORK/BEST ENSEMBLE
“Ghostbusters”
“Hidden Figures”
“The Dressmaker”
“20th Century Women”

SPECIAL MENTION AWARDS

COURAGE IN FILMMAKING
Ava Duvernay, “13TH”
Janet Grillo, “Jack Of The Red Hearts”
Meera Menon, “Equity”
Kelly Reichardt, “Certain Women”

COURAGE IN ACTING [Taking on unconventional roles that radically redefine the images of women on screen]
Annette Bening, “20th Century Women”
Lily Gladstone, “Certain Women”
Rebecca Hall, “Christine”
Zoe Saldana, “Nina”

ADRIENNE SHELLY AWARD: For a film that most passionately opposes violence against women
“American Honey”
“Audrie & Daisy”
“Colonia”
“The Uncondemned”

JOSEPHINE BAKER AWARD: For best expressing the woman of color experience in America
“Hidden Figures”
“Loving”
“Moonlight”
“Nina”

KAREN MORLEY AWARD: For best exemplifying a woman’s place in history or society, and a courageous search for identity
“Christine”
“Hidden Figures”
“Loving”
“Things To Come”

THE INVISIBLE WOMAN AWARD: [Performance by a woman whose exceptional impact on the film dramatically, socially or historically, has been ignored]
Lily Gladstone, “Certain Women”
Rebecca Hall, “Christine”
The women of “Hidden Figures”
Theresa Saldana, “Nina”

BEST SCREEN COUPLE
“Allied”
“Loving”
“Paterson”
“Snowden”

BEST FEMALE ACTION HERO
Emma Watson, “Colonia”
The women of “Free State Of Jones”
The women of “Ghostbusters”
Wonder Woman: Gal Gadot in “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”

MOMMIE DEAREST WORST SCREEN MOM OF THE YEAR AWARD
Mila Kunis, “Bad Moms”
Laura Linney, “Nocturnal Animals”
Emma Thompson, “Barney Thomson”
Renée Zellweger, “The Whole Truth”

BEST LINE IN A MOVIE:
“I believe the characters we read on the page become more real than the men who stand beside us.” — “Jackie”

ACTING AND ACTIVISM AWARD:
Geena Davis: She has put in many decades of political service to feminist causes and has never held back even when speaking out could potentially harm her career. Her screen roles reinforce her beliefs. The Geena Davis Institute does research and advocacy.

Jane Fonda: For a lifetime of activism both on screen and off.

Emma Watson: UN Goodwill Ambassador, tells the UN General Assembly that universities need to be a safe space against campus sexual and racial assault, for women and people of color.

Shailene Woodley: For standing with the Water Protectors at Standing Rock and jailed for her activism there.

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Julie Andrews
Annette Bening
Martha Coolidge
Viola Davis

BEST EQUALITY OF THE SEXES
“Allied”
“Hidden Figures”
“Loving”
“Paterson”

BEST ANIMATED FEMALE
“Finding Dory”
“Moana”
“The BFG”
“Your Name”

BEST FAMILY FILM
“Hidden Figures”
“Kubo and the Two Strings”
“Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children”
“Queen Of Katwe”

WFCC Hall Of Shame
Women Dating Their Rapists In Movies:
“Elle”
“Frank & Lola”
“Sunset Song”