The 18th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 8, 2019.

Best Film

• Parasite

• 1917
• The Irishman
• Marriage Story
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Director

• Bong Joon-ho – Parasite

• Greta Gerwig – Little Women
• Sam Mendes – 1917
• Martin Scorsese – The Irishman
• Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Actor

• Adam Driver – Marriage Story

• Robert De Niro – The Irishman
• Leonardo DiCaprio – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• Joaquin Phoenix – Joker
• Adam Sandler – Uncut Gems

Best Actress

• Lupita Nyong’o – Us

• Awkwafina – The Farewell
• Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story
• Saoirse Ronan – Little Women
• Renée Zellweger – Judy

Best Supporting Actor

• Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

• Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
• Jonathan Majors – The Last Black Man in San Francisco
• Al Pacino – The Irishman
• Joe Pesci – The Irishman

Best Supporting Actress

• Jennifer Lopez – Hustlers

• Laura Dern – Marriage Story
• Scarlett Johansson – Jojo Rabbit
• Florence Pugh – Little Women
• Zhao Shu-zhen – The Farewell

Best Original Screenplay

• Noah Baumbach – Marriage Story

• Rian Johnson – Knives Out
• Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won – Parasite
• Jordan Peele – Us
• Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Greta Gerwig – Little Women (based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott)

• Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (inspired by the article “Can You Say … Hero?” by Tom Junod)
• Todd Phillips and Scott Silver – Joker (based on characters created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson)
• Taika Waititi – Jojo Rabbit (based on the book Caging Skies by Christine Leunens)
• Steven Zaillian – The Irishman (based on the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt)

Best Animated Feature

• Toy Story 4

• Frozen II
• How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
• Klaus
• Missing Link

Best Documentary Film

• Apollo 11

• American Factory
• For Sama
• Honeyland
• One Child Nation

Best Foreign Language Film

• Parasite • South Korea

• Atlantics • Senegal
• Monos • Colombia
• Pain and Glory • Spain
• Portrait of a Lady on Fire • France

Best Cinematography

• Roger Deakins – 1917

• Jarin Blaschke – The Lighthouse
• Drew Daniels – Waves
• Rodrigo Prieto – The Irishman
• Robert Richardson – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Editing

• Andrew Buckland and Michael McCusker – Ford v Ferrari

• Yang Jin-mo – Parasite
• Fred Raskin– Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• Thelma Schoonmaker – The Irishman
• Lee Smith – 1917

Best Original Score

• Michael Abels – Us

• Alexandre Desplat – Little Women
• Hildur Guðnadóttir – Joker
• Randy Newman – Marriage Story
• Thomas Newman – 1917

Best Production Design

• Barbara Ling (production design) and Nancy Haigh (set decoration) – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

• Dennis Gassner (production design) and Lee Sandales (set decoration) – 1917
• Jess Gonchor (production design) and Claire Kaufman (set decoration) – Little Women
• Lee Ha-jun (production design) and Cho Won-woo (set decoration) – Parasite
• Ra Vincent (production design) and Nora Sopková (set decoration) – Jojo Rabbit

Best Acting Ensemble

• Knives Out

• The Irishman
• Little Women
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• Parasite

Best Youth Performance

• Roman Griffin Davis – Jojo Rabbit

• Julia Butters – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• Shahadi Wright Joseph – Us
• Noah Jupe – Honey Boy
• Thomasin McKenzie – Jojo Rabbit

Best Voice Performance

• Tony Hale – Toy Story 4

• Kristen Bell – Frozen II
• Billy Eichner – The Lion King
• Tom Hanks – Toy Story 4
• Annie Potts – Toy Story 4

Best Motion Capture Performance

• Josh Brolin – Avengers: Endgame
• Rosa Salazar – Alita: Battle Angel

The Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington, D.C.

• The Report
• Long Shot