As you may know, the Oscar nominations come out today. While I will have my thoughts on them soon (since I'll hopefully have seen many of them), I figured I'd do my own awards contest since I feel that there were films that were overlooked by the Academy and maybe you, dear reader. While many of these categories will resemble a typical awards show roster (Best Picture, Actor, Director), I cannot and will not get into the nitty-gritty of sound design and visual effects: I'm not an expert in that field nor did I pay enough attention to them while watching the field. But there will be some original categories that make it fun. Keep in mind that there will be some differences between the lists you see here and my personal Top 20 list since in my Top 20, I'll include films that were 2016 limited releases that weren't made available to me until 2017. Here will only be films that were eligible for this awards season (although films I missed like Three Billboards, The Shape of Water, Kedi, and Molly's Game won't be featured on here).
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And the nominees are....
BEST PICTURE
The Big Sick
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Get Out
The Greatest Showman
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
Lady Bird
Logan
BEST DIRECTOR
Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
Joe Wright, Darkest Hour
Jordan Peele, Get Out
Michael Gracey, The Greatest Showman
BEST ACTOR
Adam Driver as Kylo Ren, Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Bill Skarsgard as Pennywise the Dancing Clown, IT
Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill, Darkest Hour
Hugh Jackman as Logan, Logan, and P. T. Barnum, The Greatest Showman
James McAvoy as Kevin Wendell Crumb and The Horde, Split
BEST ACTRESS
Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke, Split
Jennifer Lawrence as mother, mother!
Michelle Williams as Gail Harris, All the Money in the World
Octavia Spencer as Papa, The Shack
Saoirse Ronan as Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson, Lady Bird
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Dafne Keen as Laura, Logan
Holly Hunter as Beth Gardner, The Big Sick
Laurie Metcalf as Marion McPherson, Lady Bird
Lily James as Elizabeth Layton, Darkest Hour
Sophia Lillis as Beverly Marsh, IT
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christopher Plummer as John Paul Getty, All the Money in the World
Elijah Wood as Tony, I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
Lucas Hedges as Danny O'Neill, Lady Bird
Sir Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier, Logan
Ray Romano as Terry Gardner, The Big Sick
BEST SCREENPLAY, ADAPTED OR ORIGINAL
The Big Sick by Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon
Dunkirk by Christopher Nolan
Get Out by Jordan Peele
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore by Macon Blair
Lady Bird by Greta Gerwig
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Blade Runner 2049, Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch
Darkest Hour, Dario Marianelli
Logan, Marco Beltrami
The Post, John Williams
Star Wars: The Last Jedi, John Williams
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"A Million Dreams" from The Greatest Showman (Benj Pasek and Justin Paul)
"Evermore" from Beauty and the Beast (Alan Menken and Tim Rice)
"Remember Me" from Coco (Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez)
"The Greatest Show" from The Greatest Showman (Benj Pasek and Justin Paul)
"This Is Me" from The Greatest Showman (Benj Pasek and Justin Paul)
Now come the Special Awards to honor genre fare, underrated films, artists with the brightest potential, and the studios that put it together.
BEST UP-AND-COMING ARTIST
Dafne Keen, Logan (Acting)
David F. Sandberg, Annabelle: Creation (Directing)
Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird (Directing)
Kelly Marie Tran, Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Acting)
Sophia Lillis, IT (Acting)
BEST HORROR FILM (I saw too many this year that I had to honor them!)
Annabelle: Creation
Get Out
IT
It Comes at Night
Split
MOST UNEXPECTED DELIGHT
The Big Sick
The Greatest Showman
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
It Comes at Night
The Shack
And finally, along with the winners of these prestigious internet awards, I will announce the sole recipient of the STUDIO OF THE YEAR award in recognition of excellence in entertaining audiences, pursuing innovation, promoting new industry voices, and achieving financial successes.
What do you think of these nominations? What's missing? Who do you want to see win? Is it better than the Oscars (ha!)? Do you think all this is a bunch of hullabaloo? What should I do in the meantime? Whatever you have to say about me or the movies, comment below!
