The 23rd San Diego Film Critics Society Awards were announced on December 10, 2018.
Debra Granik – Leave No Trace
Ethan Hawke – First Reformed
Glenn Close – The Wife
Timothée Chalamet – Beautiful Boy (TIE) <br /> Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me? (TIE)
Nicole Kidman – Boy Erased
Hugh Grant – Paddington 2
Bo Burnham – Eighth Grade
Peter Fellows, Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, Fabien Nury, and David Schneider – The Death of Stalin
Bruno Delbonnel – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (TIE) <br /> Joshua James Richards – The Rider (TIE)
Sandy Powell – The Favourite (TIE) <br /> Lindy Hemming – Paddington 2 (TIE)
Jamie Gross and Dave Egan – Game Night
Fiona Crombie – The Favourite
Thomasin McKenzie – Leave No Trace
John C. Reilly for Ralph Breaks the Internet, The Sisters Brothers, and Stan & Ollie