The 17th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 3, 2018.
Best Film
- Roma
- The Favourite
- Green Book
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- A Star Is Born
Best Director
- Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
- Ryan Coogler – Black Panther
- Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
- Barry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk
- Yorgos Lanthimos – The Favourite
Best Actor
- Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
- Christian Bale – Vice
- Ethan Hawke – First Reformed
- Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody
- Viggo Mortensen – Green Book
Best Actress
- Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born
- Glenn Close – The Wife
- Toni Collette – Hereditary
- Olivia Colman – The Favourite
- Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Best Supporting Actor
- Mahershala Ali – Green Book
- Timothée Chalamet – Beautiful Boy
- Sam Elliott – A Star Is Born
- Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
- Michael B. Jordan – Black Panther
Best Supporting Actress
- Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
- Cynthia Erivo – Bad Times at the El Royale
- Nicole Kidman – Boy Erased
- Emma Stone – The Favourite
- Rachel Weisz – The Favourite
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
- Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole – Black Panther
- Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters, and Eric Roth – A Star Is Born
- Barry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk
- Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel, and Kevin Willmott – BlacKkKlansman
Best Original Screenplay
- Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara – The Favourite
- Bo Burnham – Eighth Grade
- Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
- Paul Schrader – First Reformed
- Nick Vallelonga, Peter Farrelly, and Brian Hayes Currie – Green Book
Best Ensemble
- The Favourite
- Black Panther
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- Vice
- Widows
Best Animated Feature
- Isle of Dogs
- Incredibles 2
- Mirai
- Ralph Breaks the Internet
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
- The Grinch
- Early Man
Best Documentary Film
- Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
- Free Solo
- RBG
- Science Fair
- Three Identical Strangers
Best Foreign Language Film
- Roma • Mexico
- Burning • South Korea
- Capernaum • Lebanon
- Cold War • Poland
- Shoplifters • Japan
Best Cinematography
- Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
- James Laxton – If Beale Street Could Talk
- Matthew Libatique – A Star Is Born
- Robbie Ryan – The Favourite
- Linus Sandgren – First Man
Best Editing
- Tom Cross – First Man
- Jay Cassidy – A Star Is Born
- Alfonso Cuarón and Adam Gough – Roma
- Yorgos Mavropsaridis – The Favourite
- Joe Walker – Widows
Best Original Score
- Nicholas Britell – If Beale Street Could Talk
- Ludwig Göransson – Black Panther
- Justin Hurwitz – First Man
- Thom Yorke – Suspiria
- Hans Zimmer – Widows
Best Production Design
- Hannah Beachler (production design) and Jay Hart (set decoration) – Black Panther
- Eugenio Caballero (production design) and Bárbara Enríquez (set decoration) – Roma
- Fiona Crombie (production design) and Alice Felton (set decoration) – The Favourite
- Nathan Crowley (production design) and Kathy Lucas (set decoration) – First Man
- John Myhre (production design) and Gordon Sim (set decoration) – Mary Poppins Returns
Best Youth Performance
- Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade
- Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie – Leave No Trace
- Milly Shapiro – Hereditary
- Millicent Simmonds – A Quiet Place
- Amandla Stenberg – The Hate U Give
Best Animated Voice Performance
- Bryan Cranston – Isle of Dogs
- Holly Hunter – Incredibles 2
- Shameik Moore – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
- Sarah Silverman – Ralph Breaks the Internet
- Ben Whishaw – Paddington 2
Best Motion Capture Performance
- Josh Brolin – Avengers: Infinity War
- Tye Sheridan – Ready Player One
- Phoebe Waller-Bridge – Solo: A Star Wars Story
The Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington, D.C.
- Vice
- The Front Runner
- RBG