With the Oscar nominations due to be announced this week, now seems like a good time to indulge in something I like to call “If Lisa Marie 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.
For those who are interested, you can check out my picks for 2010 by clicking on this sentence.
Meanwhile, my picks for last year can be seen by clicking on this sentence.
Best Picture
Anna Karenina
The Avengers
Bernie
The Cabin In The Woods
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
The Master
Silver Linings Playbook
Skyfall
Best Director
Drew Goddard for The Cabin In The Woods
Ang Lee for Life of Pi
Richard Linklater for Bernie
Quinton Tarantino for Django Unchained
Joe Wright for Anna Karenina
Best Actor
Jack Black in Bernie
Bradley Cooper in Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln
Matthew McConaughey in Killer Joe.
Joaquin Phoenix in The Master
Best Actress
Marion Cotillard in Rust and Bone
Greta Gerwig in Damsels in Distress
Kiera Knightley in Anna Karenina
Jennifer Lawrence in Silver Linings Playbook
Michelle Williams in Take This Waltz
Best Supporting Actor
Robert De Niro in Silver Linings Playbook
Philip Seymour Hoffman in The Master
Samuel L. Jackson in Django Unchained
Sam Rockwell in Seven Psychopaths
Christoph Waltz in Django Unchained
Best Supporting Actress
Rebecca De Mornay in Mother’s Day
Dame Judi Dench in Skyfall
Anne Hathaway in Les Miserables
Zoe Kazan in Ruby Sparks
Sarah Silverman in Take This Waltz
Best Original Screenplay
The Cabin In The Woods
Django Unchained
The Master
Ruby Sparks
Take This Waltz
Best Adapted Screenplay
Anna Karenina
Argo
Bernie
Life of Pi
Silver Linings Playbook
Best Feature-Length Animated Film
Brave
Frankenweenie
Paranorman
Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph
Best Foreign Language Film
Barbara
Headhunters
The Raid: Redemption
A Royal Affair
Rust and Bone
Best Documentary Feature
Ai Wei Wei: Never Sorry
The Central Park Five
First Position
The Queen of Versailles
2016: Obama’s America
Best Original Score
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Brave
The Dark Knight Rises
For Greater Glory
The Master
Best Original Song
“For You” from Act of Valor
“Yo No Se” from Casa De Mi Padre
“The Sambola! International Dance Craze” from Damsels in Distress
“Ancora Qui” from Django Unchained
“Abraham’s Daughter” from The Hunger Games
“The Baddest Man Alive” from The Man With The Iron Fists
“Razor’s Out” from The Raid: Redemption
“Big Machine” from Safety Not Guaranteed
“Skyfall” from Skyfall
“Anything Made Out of Paper” from West of Memphis
Best Sound Editing
Chronicle
The Dark Knight Rises
End of Watch
Les Miserables
Skyfall
Best Sound Mixing
Chronicle
End of Watch
Killing Them Softly
Les Miserables
Skyfall
Best Art Direction
Anna Karenina
The Avengers
The Cabin In The Woods
Cosmopolis
Les Miserables
Best Cinematography
The Hobbit
Lawless
Life of Pi
Moonrise Kingdom
Skyfall
Best Makeup
The Hobbit
The Hunger Games
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Looper
Best Costume Design
Anna Karenina
Django Unchained
The Hunger Games
Lincoln
Moonrise Kingdom
Best Film Editing
Anna Karenina
The Cabin In The Woods
Django Unchained
The Master
Silent House
Best Visual Effects
The Avengers
The Dark Knight Rises
Life of Pi
Looper
Men In Black 3
List of Films By Number of Nominations
8 Nominations — Django Unchained
7 Nominations — Anna Karenina
6 Nominations — Les Miserables, Life of Pi, The Master, Skyfall
5 Nominations — The Cabin In The Woods, Silver Linings Playbook
4 Nominations — Bernie
3 Nominations — The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, The Hobbit, The Hunger Games, Lincoln, Take This Waltz
2 Nominations — Brave, Chronicle, Damsels in Distress, End of Watch, Moonrise Kingdom, The Raid: Redemption, Ruby Sparks, Rust and Bone
1 Nomination —Act of Valor, Ai Wei Wei: Never Sorry, Argo, Barbara, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Casa De Mi Padre, The Central Park Five, Cosmopolis, First Position, For Greater Glory, Frankenweenie, Headhunters, Killer Joe, Killing Them Softly, Lawless, Looper, The Man With The Iron Fists, Men In Black 3, Mother’s Day, The Pirates! Band of Misfits , The Queen of Versailles, A Royal Affair, Safety Not Guaranteed, Seven Psychopaths, Silent House, 2016: Obama’s America, West of Memphis, Wreck-It Ralph
List of Films By Oscars Won
2 Oscars — Anna Karenina, Brave, Django Unchained, Les Miserables, Life of Pi
1 Oscar — Ai Wei Wei: Never Sorry, Bernie, The Cabin In the Woods, Looper, The Master, Moonrise Kingdom, The Raid: Redemption, Ruby Sparks, Rust and Bone, Skyfall, Take This Waltz
Through the Shattered Lens 