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 starred and 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 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, and 2010!)
Best Picture
Avengers: Infinity War
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Blindspotting
*Eighth Grade
The Favourite
Leave No Trace
The Other Side of the Wind
Roma
A Simple Favor
Support the Girls
Best Director
*Bo Burnham for Eighth Grade
The Coen Brothers for The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Alfonso Cuaron for Roma
Debra Granik for Leave No Trace
Yorgos Lanthimos for The Favourite
Orson Welles for The Other Side of the Wind
Best Actor
John Cho in Searching
Jason Clarke in Chappaquiddick
Bradley Cooper in A Star is Born
Daveed Diggs in Blindspotting
*Ethan Hawke in First Reformed
Joaquin Phoenix in You Were Never Really Here
Best Actress
Yalitza Aparicio in Roma
Elsie Fisher in Eighth Grade
Lady Gaga in A Star is Born
*Regina Hall in Support the Girls
Anna Kendrick in A Simple Favor
Thomason McKenzie in Leave No Trace
Best Supporting Actor
Peter Bogdonavich in The Other Side of the Wind
*Ben Foster in Leave No Trace
Michael B. Jordan in Black Panther
Josh Hamilton in Eighth Grade
Tim Blake Nelson in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Michael Palin in The Death of Stalin
Best Supporting Actress
Emily Blunt in A Quiet Place
*Olivia Colman in The Favourite
Zoe Kazan in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Blake Lively in A Simple Favor
Emma Stone in The Favourite
Rachel Weisz in The Favourite
Best Voice Over or Motion-Capture Performance
*Josh Brolin in Avengers: Infinity War
Jake Johnson in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Holly Hunter in The Incredibles 2
Shamiek Moore in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
John C. Reilly in Ralph Breaks The Internet
Ben Whishaw in Paddington 2
Best Original Screenplay
Blindspotting
The Death of Stalin
*Eighth Grade
The Favourite
Game Night
Support the Girls
Best Adapted Screenplay
Avengers: Infinity War
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
If Beale Street Could Talk
Leave No Trace
*A Simple Favor
A Star is Born
Best Animated Feature
Early Man
Have A Nice Day
The Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Ralph Breaks the Internet
*Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Best Documentary Feature
Avicii: True Stories
Recovery Boys
Shirkers
They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead
*Three Identical Strangers
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Best Foreign Language Film
Battle
Gun City
Happy as Lazzaro
Have A Nice Day
The Most Assassinated Woman In The World
*Roma
Best Casting
Blindspotting
Eighth Grade
Mandy
Mid90s
Roma
*Support the Girls
Best Cinematography
Aquaman
Avengers: Infinity Wars
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Black Panther
*Mandy
Roma
Best Costume Design
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
*Black Panther
The Favourite
Lizzie
Mary, Queen of Scots
A Simple Favor
Best Film Editing
Avengers: Infinity Wars
Eighth Grade
Mission Impossible: Fallout
*The Other Side of the Wind
Roma
Searching
Best Makeup and Hair Styling
*The Favourite
Lizzie
Mandy
Mary, Queen of Scots
A Simple Favor
Support the Girls
Best Original Score
Avengers: Infinity War
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Death of Stalin
If Beale Street Could Talk
*Mandy
The Other Side of the Wind
Best Original Song
*“When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings” from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
“All the Stars” from Black Panther
“Limitless” from Second Act
“I’ll Never Love Again” from A Star is Born
“Is that Alright” from A Star is Born
“Shallow” from A Star is Born
Best Overall Use of Music
Bohemian Rhapsody
Eighth Grade
Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again
Mid90s
*A Star is Born
Three Identical Strangers
Best Production Design
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
The Commuter
*The Favourite
Mary, Queen of Scots
A Quiet Place
Best Sound Editing
Annihilation
*Avengers: Infinity War
Mission Impossible: Fallout
The Other Side of the Wind
Roma
12 Strong
Best Sound Mixing
Annihilation
Avengers: Infinity War
Mission Impossible: Fallout
The Other Side of the Wind
Roma
*A Star is Born
Best Stuntwork
Avengers: Infinity War
Beirut
Black Panther
*Mission Impossible: Fallout
12 Strong
Upgrade
Best Visual Effects
Annihilation
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Aquaman
*Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
First Man
Films Listed By Number of Nominations:
11 Nominations – Avengers: Infinity War
9 Nominations – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, The Favourite, Roma
8 Nominations – Eighth Grade, A Star is Born
7 Nominations – Black Panther, The Other Side of the Wind
6 Nominations – A Simple Favor
5 Nominations – Leave No Trace, Support the Girls
4 Nominations – Blindspotting, Mandy, Mission Impossible: Fallout
3 Nominations – Annihilation, The Death of Stalin, Mary Queen of Scots, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2 Nominations – Aquaman, Have A Nice Day, If Beale Street Could Talk, The Incredibles 2, Lizzie, Mid90s, A Quiet Place, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Searching, Three Identical Strangers, 12 Strong
1 Nomination – Ant-Man and the Wasp, Avicii: True Stories, Battle, Beirut, Bohemian Rhapsody, Chappaquiddick, The Commuter, Early Man, First Man, First Reformed, Game Night, Gun City, Happy as Lazzaro, Isle of Dogs, Mamma Mia 2: Here We Go Again, The Most Assassinated Woman In The World, Paddington 2, Recovery Boys, Second Act, Shirkers, They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead, Upgrade, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, You Were Never Really Here
Films Listed By Number of Oscars Won:
3 Oscars – Eighth Grade, The Favourite
2 Oscars – Mandy, A Star is Born, Support the Girls
1 Oscar – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Black Panther, First Reformed, Leave No Trace, Mission Impossible: Fallout, The Other Side of the Wind, Roma, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Three Identical Strangers
As for the real nominations, they’ll be announced on Tuesday morning!
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