With the Oscar nominations due to be announced tomorrow, now is the time that the Shattered Lens indulges in a little something called, “What if Lisa had all the power.” Listed below are my personal Oscar nominations. Please note that these are not the films that I necessarily think will be nominated. The fact of the matter is that the many of them will not. Instead, these are the films that would be nominated if I was solely responsible for deciding the nominees this year. Winners are listed in bold.
(You’ll also note that I’ve added four categories, all of which I believe the Academy should adopt — Best Voice-Over Performance, Best Casting, Best Stunt Work, and Best Overall Use Of Music In A Film.)
(Click on the links to see my nominations for 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, and 2010!)
Best Picture
1917
Avengers: Endgame
Crawl
Dolemite Is My Name
Dragged Across Concrete
The Irishman
The Lighthouse
Luce
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Parsite
The Souvenir
Uncut Gems
Best Director
Bong Joon-ho for Parasite
Joanne Hogg for The Souvenir
The Safdie Brothers for Uncut Gems
Martin Scorsese for The Irishman
Quentin Tarantino for Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
S. Craig Zahler for Dragged Across Concrete
Best Actor
Adam Driver in The Report
Zac Efron in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile
Taron Egerton in Rocketman
Eddie Murphy in Dolemite is My Name
Joaquin Phoenix in Joker
Adam Sandler in Uncut Gems
Best Actress
Awkwafina in The Farewell
Jillian Bell in Brittany Runs A Marathon
Jessie Buckley in Wild Rose
Scarlett Johansson in Marriage Story
Julianne Moore in Gloria Bell
Mary Kay Place in Diane
Best Supporting Actor
Tom Burke in The Souvenir
Willem DaFoe in The Lighthouse
Jonathan Majors in The Last Black Man In San Francisco
Al Pacino in The Irishman
Joe Pesci in The Irishman
Brad Pitt in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Lopez in Hustlers
Anna Paquin in The Irishman
Da’Vine Joy Randolph in Dolemite Is My Name
Zhao Shuzhen in The Farewell
Octavia Spencer in Luce
Margot Robbie in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Best Voice Over Performance
Kristen Bell in Frozen II
Josh Gad in Frozen II
Tony Hale in Toy Story 4
Tom Hanks in Toy Story 4
Bryce Dallas Howard in A Dog’s Way Home
Hugh Jackman in Missing Link
Best Original Screenplay
Dolemite is My Name
Dragged Across Concrete
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Parasite
The Souvenir
Uncut Gems
Best Adapted Screenplay
Downton Abbey
Hustlers
I Lost My Body
The Irishman
Luce
The Two Popes
Best Animated Feature
Frozen II
How To Train Your Dragon: The Dark World
I Lost My Body
The Lego Movie 2
Missing Link
Toy Story 4
Best Documentary Feature
Apollo 11
The Biggest Little Farm
The Inventor
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
Tell Me Who I Am
They Shall Not Grow Old
Best International Feature Film
Atlantics
Everybody Knows
I Lost My Body
Parasite
Best Casting
Diane
Dolemite Is My Name
The Irishman
Luce
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Uncut Gems
Best Cinematography
1917
Ad Astra
The Aeronauts
Dragged Across Concrete
The Lighthouse
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Best Costume Design
The Aeronauts
Dolemite is My Name
Downton Abbey
Joker
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Rocketman
Best Editing
1917
Apollo 11
Crawl
The Irishman
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Parasite
Best Makeup and Hair-Styling
1917
Dolemite is My Name
Downton Abbey
Joker
Judy
Rocketman
Best Original Score
1917
Apollo 11
Joker
The Lighthouse
Shadowplay
Uncut Gems
Best Original Song
“Swan Song” from Alita: Battle Angel
“Da Bronx” from The Bronx USA
“The Dead Don’t Die” from The Dead Don’t Die
“Catchy Song” from The LEGO Movie 2
“A Glass of Soju”from Parasite
“Glagow” from Wild Rose
Best Overall Use of Music
Hustlers
Joker
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Rocketman
Wild Rose
Yesterday
Best Production Design
Downton Abbey
Dumbo
Escape Room
The Lighthouse
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
The Two Popes
Best Sound Editing
1917
Avengers: Endgame
Crawl
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Midway
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Best Sound Mixing
1917
Avengers: Endgame
Crawl
Rocketman
Uncut Gems
Yesterday
Best Stuntwork
1917
Avengers: Endgame
Hobbs & Shaw
John Wick 3
Joker
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Best Visual Effects
Ad Astra
The Aeronauts
Avengers: Endgame
High Life
The Irishman
Spider-Man: Far From Home
List of Films By Nominations:
12 Nominations — Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
8 Nominations — 1917, The Irishman
7 Nominations — Dolemite Is My Name, Uncut Gems
6 Nominations — Joker, The Lighthouse
5 Nominations — Avengers: Endgame, Parasite, Rocketman
4 Nominations — Crawl, Downton Abbey, Dragged Across Concrete, Luce, The Souvenir
3 Nominations — The Aeronauts, Apollo 11, Frozen II, Hustlers, I Lost My Body, Toy Story 4, Wild Rose
2 Nominations — Ad Astra, Diane, The Farewell, The Lego Movie 2, Missing Link, Spider-Man: Far From Home, The Two Popes, Yesterday
1 Nominations — Alita: Battle Angel, Atlantics, The Best Little Farm, Brittany Runs a Marathon, The Bronx USA, The Dead Don’t Die, A Dog’s Way Home, Dumbo, Escape Room, Everybody Knows, Extremely Wicked Shocking Evil and Vile, Gloria Bell, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, High Life, Hobbs & Shaw, How Train Your Dragon: The Forbidden World, John Wick 3, Judy, The Last Black Man In San Francisco, Marriage Story, Midway, The Report, The Rolling Thunder Revue, Shadowplay, Tell Me Who I Am, They Shall Not Grow Old
List of Films by Oscars Won:
1 Oscar — 1917, The Aeronauts, Apollo 11, Avengers: Endgame, Crawl, The Dead Don’t Die, Diane, Doletmite is My Name, Escape Room, Hobbs & Shaw, Hustlers, I Lost My Body, The Irishman, Judy, The Lighthouse, Luce, Missing Link, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Parasite, Rocketman, Shadowplay, The Souvenir, Uncut Gems, Wild Rose
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