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 39th Shadows Awards for 2019
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The best and worst of the year...
Complete lists posted on Tuesday, 31 December 2019
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B E S T F I L M
Parasite
dir Bong Joon Ho
Not only is this one of the most original films in recent memory, but it's also staggeringly timely. Korean filmmaker Bong Joon Ho takes the audience on a rollercoaster of comedy, irony, adventure, mystery, thrills and even horror as the story unfolds, all while playing on ideas of privilege, connection and family values.
2. PAIN AND GLORY
(Pedro Almodovar)
3. PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
(Celine Sciamma)
4. WILD ROSE (Tom Harper)
5. HONEYLAND (Tamara Kotevska,
Ljubomir Stefanov)
6. THE IRISHMAN (Martin Scorsese)
7. 1917 (Sam Mendes)
8. QUEEN & SLIM (Melina Matsoukas)
9. ONCE UPON A TIME ...
IN HOLLYWOOD
(Quentin Tarantino)
10. I LOST MY BODY (Jeremy Clapin)
11. Bombshell (Jay Roach)
12. Apollo 11 (Todd Douglas Miller)
13. Invisible Life (Karim Ainouz)
14. Les Miserables (Ladj Ly)
15. For Sama (Waad Al-Khateab,
Edward Watts)
16. Tu Me Manques (Rodrigo Bellott)
17. Happy as Lazzaro
(Alice Rohrwacher)
18. The Blond One (Marco Berger)
19. Marriage Story (Noah Baumbach)
20. Varda by Agnes (Agnes Varda)
21. Honey Boy (Alma Har'el)
22. Us (Jordan Peele)
23. By the Grace of God
(Francois Ozon)
24. And Then We Danced
(Levan Akin)
25. Monos (Alejandro Landes)
26. Amazing Grace (Sydney Pollack,
Alan Elliott)
27. Monsoon (Hong Khaou)
28. Booksmart (Olivia Wilde)
29. Jellyfish (James Gardner)
30. Moffie (Oliver Hermanus)
31. Rocketman (Dexter Fletcher)
32. A Good Woman Is Hard to Find
(Abner Pastoll)
33. Greener Grass (Jocelyn DeBoer,
Dawn Luebbe)
34. Bacurau (Kleber Mendonca Filho,
Juliano Dornelles)
35. The Two Popes
(Fernando Meirelles)
36. Donbass (Sergei Loznitsa)
37. Midsommar (Ari Aster)
38. Dolemite Is My Name
(Craig Brewer)
39. Tucked (Jamie Patterson)
40. Earthquake Bird
(Wash Westmoreland)
41. Woman at War
(Benedikt Erlingsson)
42. Waves (Trey Edward Shults)
43. The Report (Scott Z Burns)
44. The Farewell (Lulu Wang)
45. In Fabric (Peter Strickland)
46. The Last Black Man in
San Francisco (Joe Talbot)
47. Nevrland (Gregor Schmidinger)
48. Kanarie (Christiaan Olwagen)
49. Luce (Julius Onah)
50. Spider-Man: Far From Home
(Jon Watts)
NB. I saw 525 films in 2019
 B E S T
F I L M S
O F T H E
2 0 1 0 s
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1. Leviathan (Zvyagintsev, 2014)
2. A Separation (Farhadi, 2011)
3. Boyhood (Linklater, 2014)
4. The Act of Killing
(Oppenheimer, 2012)
5. Parasite (Bong, 2019)
6. We Need to Talk About Kevin
(Ramsay, 2011)
7. Inception (Nolan, 2010)
8. Fire at Sea (Rosi, 2016)
9. Moonlight (Jenkins, 2016)
10. A Fantastic Woman
(Lelio, 2017)
11. The Great Beauty
(Sorrentino, 2013)
12. Rust and Bone
(Audiard, 2012)
13. Selma (DuVernay, 2014)
14. Son of Saul (Nemes, 2016)
15. Carol (Haynes, 2015)
16. Faces Places (Varda/JR, 2017)
17. Pain and Glory
(Almodovar, 2019)
18. This Is Not a Film
(Panahi/Mirtahmasb, 2011)
19. Holy Motors (Carax, 2012)
20. Paddington 2 (King, 2017)
See also:
SHADOWS HALL OF FAME
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2018 < SHADOWS AWARDS > 2020
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D I R E C T O R
Pedro Almodóvar
Pain and Glory
2. Alma Har'el - Honey Boy
3. Bong Joon Ho - Parasite
4. Celine Sciamma -
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
5. Sam Mendes - 1917
6. Melina Matsoukas - Queen & Slim
7. Jennifer Kent - The Nightingale
8. Quentin Tarantino - Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood
9. Ladj Ly - Les Miserables
10. Alice Rohrwacher - Happy as Lazzaro
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S C R E E N W R I T E R
Céline Sciamma
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
2. Lena Waithe - Queen & Slim
3. Pedro Almodovar - Pain and Glory
4. Bong Joon Ho, Han Jin Won -
Parasite
5. Agnes Varda - Varda by Agnes
6. Susanna Fogel, Emily Halpern,
Sarah Haskins, Katie Silberman - Booksmart
7. Anthony McCarten - The Two Popes
8. Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski -
Dolemite Is My Name
9. Charles Randolph - Bombshell
10. Joe Talbot, Rob Richert -
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
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A C T R E S S
Jessie Buckley
Wild Rose, Judy
2. Florence Pugh - Midsommar, Little Women,
Fighting With My Family
3. Renee Zellweger - Judy
4. Liv Hill - Jellyfish
5. Sarah Bolger - A Good Woman Is Hard to Find
6. Baran Kosari - Permission
7. Lupita Nyong'o - Us, Little Monsters
8. Scarlett Johansson - Marriage Story, Jojo Rabbit,
Avengers: Endgame
9. Awkwafina - The Farewell, Jumanji: The Next Level
10. Charlize Theron - Bombshell, Long Shot
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A C T O R
Adam Driver
Marriage Story, The Report,
The Rise of Skywalker,
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
2. Antonio Banderas - Pain and Glory, The Laundromat
3. George MacKay - 1917, Ophelia
4. Tom Burke - The Souvenir
5. Choi Woo Shik - Parasite
6. Jonathan Pryce - The Two Popes,
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
7. Daniel Kaluuya - Queen & Slim
8. Robert Pattinson - The Lighthouse, High Life, The King
9. Lucas Hedges - Honey Boy, Waves, Ben Is Back, Mid90s
10. Eddie Murphy - Dolemite Is My Name
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S U P P O R T I N G
A C T R E S S
Laura Dern
Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy,
Marriage Story, Little Women
2. Julie Walters - Wild Rose
3. Taylor Russell - Waves
4. Karen Gillan - All Creatures Here Below,
Avengers: Endgame, Jumanji: The Next Level, Stuber
5. Da'Vine Joy Randolph - Dolemite Is My Name
6. Allison Janney - Bad Education, Bombshell, Ma
7. Tilda Swinton - The Souvenir, The Personal History of
David Copperfield, The Dead Don't Die,
Avengers: Endgame
8. Thomasin McKenzie - Jojo Rabbit, The King
9. Riley Keough - Earthquake Bird, The Lodge,
Under the Silver Lake
10. Idina Menzel - Uncut Gems
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S U P P O R T I N G
A C T O R
Noah Jupe
Honey Boy, Ford v Ferrari
2. Bruce Dern - The Mustang,
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
3. Swann Arlaud - By the Grace of God
4. Jamie Bell - Rocketman, Skin
5. Wesley Snipes - Dolemite Is My Name
6. Al Pacino - The Irishman,
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
7. Baykali Ganambarr - The Nightingale
8. Jonathan Majors - Out of Blue,
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
9. Richard Madden - 1917, Rocketman
10. Joe Pesci - The Irishman
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H A L L O F S H A M E
WORST FILM
Rambo: Last Blood
dir Adrian Grunberg
2. Black and Blue (Deon Taylor)
3. 6 Underground (Michael Bay)
4. Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
(Joachim Ronning)
5. Godzilla: King of the Monsters
(Michael Dougherty)
6. Escape Plan: The Extractors
(John Herzfeld)
7. Killers Anonymous (Martin Owen)
8. Ecco (Ben Medina)
9. Triple Frontier (JC Chandor)
10. Cats (Tom Hooper)
11. Division 19 (SA Halewood)
12. Charming (Ross Venokur)
13. Wicked Witches (Mark Pickering, Martin J Pickering)
14. Rare Beasts (Billie Piper)
15. In Like Flynn (Russell Mulcahy)
16. The Aftermath (James Kent)
17. Madeline's Madeline (Josephine Decker)
18. Burning Cane (Burning Cane)
19. Isn't It Romantic (Todd Strauss-Schulson)
20. The Laundromat (Steven Soderbergh)
21. Stuber (Michael Dowse)
22. Wonder Park (David Feiss)
23. Bruce!!!! (Eden Marryshow)
24. The Courier (Zackary Adler)
25. Imperial Blue (Dan Moss)
26. The Birdcatcher (Ross Clarke)
27. Under the Silver Lake (David Robert Mitchell)
28. Red Joan (Trevor Nunn)
29. The Hustle (Chris Addison)
30. Charlie's Angels (Elizabeth Banks)
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT:
The Rise of Skywalker. Dark Phoenix.
Charlie's Angels. Triple Frontier. Ad Astra
MOST PRETENTIOUS: Ad Astra
Burning Cane. Madeline's Madeline
MOST INDULGENT: The Laundromat. Cats
MOST DERIVATIVE: Isn't It Romantic
The Curse of La Llorona
LAZIEST MOVIE: Black and Blue. The Rise of Skywalker. Isn't It Romantic. The Hustle. 21 Bridges
MOST OVERBLOWN (THE MICHAEL BAY AWARD):
6 Underground. Midway. Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. Terminator: Dark Fate. Alita: Battle Angel
LEAST 'SPECIAL' EFFECTS: Cats
Dora and the Lost City of Gold. Jumanji: The Next Level
MOST ANTI-CLIMACTIC REUNION: Isn't It Romantic
WORST MESSAGE: Rambo: Last Blood. Groupers
WORST TITLE: Ford v Ferrari. Wonder Park. The King
MOST ANNOYING VOICEOVER (THE MORGAN
FREEMAN AWARD): Edward Norton (Motherless Brooklyn). Ryan Reynolds (6 Underground)
MOST WASTEFUL DIRECTOR:
Steven Soderbergh (The Laundromat). David Raymond (Night Hunter). Deon Taylor (Black and Blue)
MOST WASTED DIRECTOR: JC Chandor (Triple Frontier)
Thomas Vinterberg (Kursk: The Last Mission).
SHOULD RETIRE: Michael Bay
PLEASE STOP: Sylvester Stallone action (Escape Plan: The Extractors, Rambo: Last Blood).
Sloppy remakes (Cold Pursuit, The Hustle)
WORST MANAGEMENT: Gary Oldman (Killers Anonymous, The Courier, The Laundromat)
Naomie Harris (Black and Blue). Clive Owen (Gemini Man). Ben Kingsley (Spider in the Web, Night Hunter)
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N O N - F I L M P I C K S
TV SERIES
Fleabag
BBC
2. Schitt's Creek (CBN)
3. The Mandalorian (Disney)
4. Years and Years (BBC)
5. Special (Netflix)
6. Call My Agent (Netflix)
7. Chernobyl (HBO)
8. Killing Eve (BBC)
9. Jane the Virgin (ABC)
10. The Good Place (Netflix)
11. Shameless (Showtime)
12. The Crown (Netflix)
13. The OA (Netflix)
14. Watchmen (HBO)
15. Euphoria (HBO)
16. One Day at a Time (Netflix)
17. The Morning Show (Apple)
18. The End of the F***ing World (C4)
19. Good Omens (BBC)
20. Sex Education (BBC)
21. This Time With Alan Partridge (BBC)
22. The Other Two (Comedy Central)
23. Succession (HBO)
24. Grace and Frankie (Netflix)
25. Pose (FX)
26. Stranger Things (Netflix)
27. Fosse/Verdon (FX)
28. Catch-22 (Hulu)
29. Big Little Lies (HBO)
30. Now Apocalypse (Starz)
SINGLE
Juice
Lizzo
2. Circles (Post Malone)
3. Slide Away (Miley Cyrus)
4. Play God (Sam Fender)
5. Bad Guy (Billie Eilish)
6. Giant (Calvin Harris & Rag'n'Bone Man)
7. Own It (Stormzy, Ed Sheeran,
Burna Boy)
8. Watermelon Sugar (Harry Styles)
9. Orphans (Coldplay)
10. Harmony Hall (Vampire Weekend)
11. Dancing With a Stranger (Sam Smith & Normani)
12. 3 Nights (Dominic Fike)
13. Someone You Loved (Lewis Capaldi)
14. Mother's Daughter (Miley Cyrus)
15. Late Night Feelings (Mark Ronson & Lykke Li)
16. Be Someone (CamelPhat & Jake Bugg)
17. All the Good Girls Go to Hell (Billie Eilish)
18. Motivation (Normani)
19. Church (Samm Henshaw & EarthGang)
20. Tempo (Lizzo & Missy Elliott)
21. Liar (Camila Cabello)
22. Raising Hell (Kesha)
23. SOS (Avicii & Aloe Bacc)
24. Chlorine (Twenty One Pilots)
25. Will We Talk (Sam Fender)
26. Old Town Road (Lil Nas X)
27. My Motto (Jade Bird)
28. Goodbyes (Post Malone & Young Thug)
29. Wish You Well (Sigala & Becky Hill)
30. You Need to Calm Down (Taylor Swift)
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S P E C I A L A W A R D S
ENSEMBLE: Parasite
2. Knives Out
3. Bombshell
4. By the Grace of God
5. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Special mention: Monos. The Shiny Shrimps.
BREAKOUT FILMMAKER:
Melina Matsoukas (Queen & Slim)
2. Alma Har'el (Honey Boy)
3. Ladj Ly (Les Miserables)
4. Jocelyn DeBoer & Dawn Luebbe (Greener Grass)
5. Joe Talbot (The Last Black Man in San Francisco)
BREAKOUT ACTOR: Aisling Franciosi (The Nightingale)
2. Taylor Russell (Waves)
3. Kelvin Harrison Jr (Luce, Waves)
4. Kyliegh Curran (Doctor Sleep)
5. Jonathan Majors (The Last Black Man in San Francisco,
Out of Blue)
MUSIC: Pain and Glory (Alberto Iglesias)
2. Wild Rose (Jack Arnold)
3. Queen & Slim (Kier Lehman)
4. 1917 (Thomas Newman)
5. Kanarie (Charl-Johan Lingenfelder)
CINEMATOGRAPHY: 1917 (Roger Deakins)
2. Monos (Jasper Wolf)
3. Long Day's Journey Into Night (Yao Hung-i)
4. Earthquake Bird (Chung Chung-hoon)
5. Queen & Slim (Tat Radcliffe)
EDITING: The Irishman (Thelma Schoonmaker)
2. Bombshell (Jon Poll)
3. Parasite (Yang Jinmo)
4. Pain and Glory (Teresa Font)
5. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Fred Raskin)
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Pain and Glory (Antxon Gomez)
2. High Life (Olafur Eliasson, Francois-Renaud Labarthe)
3. Rocketman (Marcus Rowland)
4. In Fabric (Paki Smith)
5. Greener Grass (Leigh Poindexter)
EFFECTS: The Rise of Skywalker
2. 1917
3. The Irishman
4. The Lighthouse
5. In Fabric
MAKEUP & HAIR: Bombshell
Judy. The Irishman. Rocketman. Glass
SOUND DESIGN: 1917
Uncut Gems. Waves. Ford v Ferrari. The Rise of Skywalker
COSTUMES: Queen & Slim
In Fabric. Rocketman. Beanpole. Deerskin
STUNTS: 1917
Fighting With My Family. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Hobbs & Shaw. Hotel Mumbai
ANIMATION: I Lost My Body
Missing Link. The Lion King. Frozen II. Farmageddon
FILM HISTORY AWARD: You Don't Nomi
Memory. Making Montgomery Clift. Sid & Judy
BEST CASTING: Jonathan Pryce &
Anthony Hopkins (The Two Popes)
Annette Bening (The Report). Taron Egerton (Rocketman). Bombshell. It: Chapter Two
BEST HAIR: Samuel L Jackson (Glass).
Helena Howard (Madeline's Madeline).
Lee Pace (Driven). Zac Efron (Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile)
WORST HAIR: Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)
Adam Driver (The Report, Marriage Story, The Rise of Skywalker, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote).
Ethan Hawke & Mark Strong (Stockholm)
LEAST EXPRESSIVE FACE: Woody Harrelson (Midway)
BEST ANIMAL PERFORMANCE: Goose (Captain Marvel)
Hercules (Happy as Lazzaro). Masher (Playing With Fire)
WORST ANIMAL PERFORMANCE: Cats
BABE OF THE YEAR: Naomi Scott (Aladdin)
Kaya Scodelario (Crawl). Florence Pugh (Fighting With My Family, Midsommar, Little Women). Zendaya (Spider-Man: Far from Home).
Linda Hamilton (Terminator: Dark Fate)
HUNK OF THE YEAR:
Carloto Cotta (Diamantino, Frankie)
Mena Massoud (Aladdin). Henry Golding (Monsoon, Last Christmas). The Shiny Shrimps
BEST CHEMISTRY:
Seth Rogen & Charlize Theron (Long Shot)
Daniel Kaluuya & Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen & Slim).
Jamie Bell & Danielle Macdonald (Skin). Noemie Merlant & Adele Haenel (Portrait of a Lady on Fire)
WORST CHEMISTRY:
Ben Kingsley & Monica Bellucci (Spider in the Web)
BEST VILLAIN: Isabelle Huppert (Greta)
Sam Claflin (The Nightingale). Marwan Kenzari (Aladdin). Laurent & Larry Bourgeois (Men in Black: International).
Amir Jadidi (Permission). Octavia Spencer (Ma)
MOST LUDICROUS VILLAIN: Idris Elba (Cats)
Josh Lucas (Ford v Ferrari). Jessica Chastain (Dark Phoenix)
BEST SCENE-STEALING:
Awkwafina (Jumanji: The Next Level)
John Malkovich (Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile). Lakeith Stanfield (Knives Out). Allison Janney (Ma, Bad Education).
Retta & Lil Rel Howery (Good Boys)
BEST SCENE-CHEWING: Laura Dern (Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy)
Wesley Snipes (Dolemite Is My Name).
Jean Dujardin (Deerskin). Robert Pattinson (The King).
Dwayne Johnson (Fighting With My Family)
WORST SCENE-CHOMPING: Rebel Wilson
(The Hustle, Jojo Rabbit, Isn't It Romantic, Cats)
Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers). Gary Oldman (The Laundromat,
The Courier, Killers Anonymous). Alfre Woodard (Clemency). Dwayne Johnson (Jumanji: The Next Level)
BEST PHONED-IN PERFORMANCE: Julia Stiles (Hustlers)
Patrick Wilson, Aaron Eckhart, Dennis Quaid (Midway)
BEST REINVENTION: Alexander Skarsgard (Long Shot)
Shia LaBeouf (Honey Boy)
BEST CAMEO:
Richard Aoyade (The Souvenir)
Courtney Love (Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy). Harrison Ford (The Rise of Skywalker). Sally Phillips (Blinded by the Light). Chris Rock (Dolemite Is My Name)
MOST POINTLESS CAMEO:
Liv Tyler (Ad Astra)
Lizzo & Cardi B (Hustlers). Kevin Hart (Hobbs & Shaw). Sharon Stone (The Laundromat). Jaclyn Smith, Laverne Cox, Ronda Rousey (Charlie's Angels)
WORST CAMEO: Robert Patrick (The Laundromat)
EWAN McGREGOR GOLDEN LIGHT SABER AWARD:
Jack Reynor (Midsommar). Luke Evans (Ma). Cesar Vicente (Pain and Glory). Tom Mercier (Synonyms). Aaron Taylor-Johnson & Giovanni Ribisi (A Million Little Pieces). Jake Phillips Head (The Souvenir). Carloto Cotta (Diamantino)
NUTTIEST MOVIE: Deerskin
Greener Grass. The Lighthouse.
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich. Cats
SILLIEST MOVIE: Horrible Histories:
The Movie - Rotten Romans
Deerskin. Spies in Disguise
TRASHIEST MOVIE (THE JOHN
WATERS AWARD): Uncut Gems
Knife + Heart. Beanpole. The Beach Bum. Hustlers. Skin. Honey Boy. Knives and Skin
MOPIEST MOVIE (THE TWILIGHT AWARD): Frankie. Gwen. What They Had. Tell It to the Bees.
The Mountain. Night Hunter
BEST LINE OF DIALOG:
"Was that even Dad's fake baby?" (Knives and Skin)
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MOST UNDERRATED:
Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy
2. Knives and Skin
3. Dolemite Is My Name
4. Earthquake Bird
5. Dumbo
MOST OVERRATED: Joker
2. Hustlers
3. Ad Astra
4. Avengers: Endgame
5. Madeline's Madeline
MOST IMPORTANT FILM: Honeyland
2. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
3. Permission
4. The Chambermaid
5. Bacurau
Special mention: Sorry We Missed You. Dark Waters
MOST INVENTIVE: Rocketman
Yuli. 1917. Happy as Lazzaro. Pain and Glory
CLEVER APPROACH TO A COMPLEX ISSUE: Monos
Bacurau. Hail Satan? Woman at War.
Corpus Christi. Us. Les Miserables
GUILTY PLEASURE: Little Monsters
2. Diamantino
3. Fighting With My Family
4. Dumbo
5. Downton Abbey
NICEST SURPRISE: Queen & Slim
Long Shot. Dolemite Is My Name.
Shazam! Yesterday
MOST ORIGINAL TAKE ON A TIRED GENRE:
A Good Woman Is Hard to Find. Wild Rose. Long Shot. Little Monsters. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
BEST SHOW-STOPPER:
Rose-Lynn's first song (Wild Rose)
Naked McCavity (Cats). Over the Rainbow (Judy). Tracy Letts takes a ride (Ford v Ferrari). Crocodile Rock (Rocketman)
BEST HEART-STOPPER: The cliff dive (Midsommar)
The murder (Waves). Smothering Pashka (Beanpole).Falling from a cliff (Happy as Lazzaro). Murderous finale (Donbass)
FUNNIEST MOVIE: Long Shot
2. Jellyfish
3. Late Night
4. Booksmart
5. The Shiny Shrimps
LEAST FUNNY COMEDY: The Hustle
Jumanji: The Next Level. Bruce!!!!
Playmobil: The Movie.
SEXIEST MOVIE: On a Magical Night
The Blond One. Just Friends. Always Say Yes.
Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Cats
LEAST ROMANTIC LOVE STORY: Isn't It Romantic
SCARIEST MOVIE: Midsommar
Us. Sons of Denmark. Bacurau. Crawl
MOST THRILLING THRILLER: Monos
Hotel Mumbai. Arctic. The Report
LEAST THRILLING THRILLER: Triple Frontier
Night Hunter. The Curse of La Llorona.
GIRLIEST MOVIE: Little Women
Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Invisible Life. Hustlers. Wild Rose
MANLIEST MOVIE: The Shiny Shrimps
Consequences. Triple Frontier. Men of Hard Skin. Moffie
YUCKIEST MOVIE: The Lighthouse
The Nightingale. Beanpole. Knife + Heart. Groupers
GRISLIEST MOVIE: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Corpus Christi. Piercing. Hagazussa. Feedback
MOST INSPIRING DOC: Amazing Grace
Honeyland. Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly. TransMilitary. Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
MOST INVOLVING DOC: For Sama.
The Sunday Sessions. Man Made. Krow's Transformation. Sid & Judy
MOST ORIGINAL DOC: Varda by Agnes
Hail Satan? Last Breath. American Factory. Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life
MOST DEPRESSING DOC: Leaving Neverland
Sea of Shadows. Mystify: Michael Hutchence.
The Cave. XY Chelsea
MOST BLOOD-BOILING DOC: The Great Hack
The Kingmaker. Hail Satan?
BEST BIOPIC: The Irishman
Yuli. At Eternity's Gate. Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy.
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile. Rocketman
WORST BIOPIC: Red Joan
Vita & Virginia. Ford v Ferrari
MOST HOLLYWOODISED BIOPIC: Harriet
THE FAMILY VALUES AWARD: Parasite
Everybody Knows. Fighting With My Family.
The Souvenir. Frankie. The Farewell
STRAIGHTEST GAY MOVIE (THE BROKEBACK AWARD): Synonyms. Consequences. The Blond One. Rialto
GAYEST STRAIGHT MOVIE (THE BROMANCE AWARD): Hobbs & Shaw. Tucked. The Last Black Man in San Francisco
BEST BOOK-TO-FILM: Martin Eden
Invisible Life. Earthquake Bird.
Adam. Jojo Rabbit
WORST BOOK-TO-FILM: The Aftermath
The Laundromat. Cats
BEST COMIC-TO-FILM: I Lost My Body
Spider-Man: Far from Home.
Captain Marvel. Shazam!
WORST COMIC-TO-FILM: Dark Phoenix
Alita: Battle Angel
BEST STAGE-TO-FILM: Tu Me Manques
Luce. Beats. Scarborough. Romeo and Juliet: Beyond Words
WORST STAGE-TO-FILM: Cats
BEST SHORT-TO-FEATURE: The Mustang. Thunder Road
MOST SURPRISINGLY NOT-AWFUL ADAPTATION:
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
BEST REMAKE: Gloria Bell
Dumbo. The Lion King
WORST REMAKE: The Hustle
Cold Pursuit. Midway.
WORST REBOOT: Charlie's Angels
MOST SURPRISINGLY NOT-AWFUL REMAKE: Pet Sematary. Child's Play
BEST SEQUEL: Toy Story 4
Spider-Man: Far from Home. Frozen II. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. Avengers: Endgame
WORST SEQUEL: Rambo: Last Blood
Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. Dark Phoenix. Escape Plan: The Extractors
MOST SURPRISINGLY NOT-AWFUL SEQUEL:
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich. Doctor Sleep.
BEST PREQUEL: Captain Marvel
BEST SPINOFF: Joker
THE HARDEST WORKING PERSON IN MOVIES:
Karen Gillan (The Party's Just Beginning, All Creatures Here Below, Avengers: Endgame, Stuber, Jumanji: The Next Level, Spies in Disguise)
BEST NEW TREND: Thrilling bookish thrillers (Bombshell, Dark Waters, Bad Education,
The Report, By the Grace of God)
WORST NEW TREND: Badly undeveloped sequels
(Men in Black: International, Dark Phoenix,
Rambo: Last Blood, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil,
Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Jumanji: The Next Level)
MOST ANTICIPATED FILM OF 2020: Tenet
No Time to Die. Dune. A Quiet Place Part II. Black Widow.
Bill & Ted Face the Music. West Side Story. Mulan.
Wonder Woman 1984. Jungle Cruise. The King's Man.
Eternals. The Many Saints of Newark
LEAST ANTICIPATED FILM OF 2020: Bad Boys for Life
Godzilla vs Kong. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It. Bloodshot. Birds of Prey.
KEEPING AN OPEN MIND: Top Gun: Maverick.
Sonic the Hedgehog. Snake Eyes. Fast & Furious 9
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S H A D O W S S W E E P S T A K E S 2 0 2 0
The final standings on 17.Mar.20 with 168 awards tabulated...
F I L M
1670 Parasite**+
735 The Irishman*+
732 Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood*+
718 1917**++
688 For Sama**+
645 Pain and Glory*
625 Marriage Story*+
602 Portrait of a Lady on Fire*
526 American Factory**+
526 Toy Story 4**++
D I R E C T O R
617 Bong Joon-ho - Parasite**+
395 Martin Scorsese - The Irishman*+
371 Quentin Tarantino - Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood*+
205 Sam Mendes - 1917**++
196 Todd Phillips - Joker*
S C R E E N P L A Y
601 Parasite.**++ - Bong Joon-ho, Han Jin-wan
522 Marriage Story.*+ - Noah Baumbach
486 Jojo Rabbit**++ - Taika Waititi
431 The Irishman*+ - Steve Zaillian
373 Little Women*+ - Greta Gerwig
E N S E M B L E
196 Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood*++
191 Knives Out++
186 Marriage Story*++
130 Joker**+
105 The Irishman+
A C T R E S S
705 Renee Zellweger - Judy**++
601 Scarlett Johansson - Marriage Story*+, Jojo Rabbit*+
327 Lupita Nyong'o - Us+, Little Monsters
299 Saoirse Ronan - Little Women*
297 Charlize Theron - Bombshell*+
A C T O R
598 Joaquin Phoenix - Joker**++
576 Adam Driver - Marriage Story*+, The Report
454 Antonio Banderas - Pain and Glory*
258 Leonardo DiCaprio - Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood*+
239 Jonathan Pryce -The Two Popes*
S U P P O R T I N G A C T R E S S
643 Laura Dern - Marriage Story**++, Little Women
444 Margot Robbie - Bombshell*+, Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood*
441 Florence Pugh - Little Women*, Midsommar, Fighting With My Family
351 Jennifer Lopez - Hustlers+
155 Kathy Bates - Richard Jewell*
S U P P O R T I N G A C T O R
614 Brad Pitt - Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood**++, Ad Astra
442 Joe Pesci - The Irishman*+
342 Al Pacino - The Irishman*+
339 Tom Hanks - A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood*+
193 Anthony Hopkins - The Two Popes*
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B R E A K T H R O U G H A C T O R
108 Kelvin Harrison Jr* - Luce, Waves
102 Micheal Ward** - Blue Story
98 Noah Jupe - Honey Boy
95 Kaitlyn Dever* - Booksmart, Them That Follow
78 Taylor Russell - Waves
B R E A K T H R O U G H F I L M M A K E R
175 Mark Jenkin** - Bait
135 Harry Wootliff* - Only You
134 Olivia Wilde - Booksmart
126 Joe Talbot+ - The Last Black Man in San Francisco
123 Mati Diop+ - Atlantics
A R T
836 Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood**++
619 1917**
528 The Irishman*+
510 Joker*+
508 Bombshell**+
M U S I C
487 Joker**+ - Hildur Gudnadottir
384 Frozen II*+ - Beck, Fjellheim, Anderson-Lopez, Lopez
383 1917*+ - Thomas Newman
354 Rocketman** - Elton John, Bernie Taupin
318 Harriet*+ - Blanchard, Campbell, Erivo
C I N E M A T O G R A P H Y
530 1917**++ - Roger Deakins
305 The Lighthouse*++ - Jarin Blaschke
245 The Irishman*+ - Rodrigo Prieto
244 Joker*+ - Lawrence Sher
213 Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood*+ - Robert Richardson
T E C H
1005 1917**++
668 Ford v Ferrari**++
574 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker*++
549 Avengers: Endgame*++
483 The Lion King*++
E D I T I N G
382 Ford v Ferarri**+ - Andrew Buckland, Michael McCusker
297 The Irishman*+ - Thelma Schoonmaker
262 Parasite*++ - Yang Jinmo
226 Jojo Rabbit*++ - Tom Eagles
192 Joker*+ - Jeff Groth
W O R S T F I L M
714 Cats
478 Rambo: Last Blood
453 A Madea Family Funeral
369 The Fanatic
297 The Haunting of Sharon Tate
Oscar/Bafta *nominees **winners
Guilds +nominees ++winners.
Numbers are cumulative points based on Shadows' secret scoring system, combining awards, Oscarwatchers and more.
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