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B E S T F I L M It's hard to imagine another filmmaker who could so adeptly take a nonfiction book and turn it into such a drop-dead gorgeous freeform narrative that mixes documentary authenticity with actors improvising among real people. What emerges is a moving, revealing portrait of a little-seen side of humanity. 2. MANGROVE (Steve McQueen) 3. THE MAURITANIAN (Kevin Macdonald) 4. SYSTEM CRASHER (Nora Fingscheidt) 5. NOTTURNO (Gianfranco Rosi) 6. THE HALF OF IT (Alice Wu) 7. DA 5 BLOODS (Spike Lee) 8. SOUL (Pete Docter) 9. THE PERFECT CANDIDATE (Haifaa Al Mansour) 10. ON THE ROCKS (Sofia Coppola) 11. Collective (Alexander Nanau) 12. After Love (Aleem Khan) 13. The Father (Florian Zeller) 14. Song Without a Name (Melina Leon) 15. Education (Steve McQueen) 16. I'm No Longer Here (Fernando Frias de la Parra) 17. The Vast of Night (Andrew Patterson) 18. Nobody Knows I'm Here (Gaspar Antillo) 19. Lovers Rock (Steve McQueen) 20. Time (Garrett Bradley) 21. La Llorona (Jayro Bustamante) 22. Red, White and Blue (Steve McQueen) 23. Hamilton (Thomas Kail) 24. The Reason I Jump (Jerry Rothwell) 25. First Cow (Kelly Reichardt) 26. Never Gonna Snow Again (Malgorzata Szumowska) 27. Palm Springs (Max Barbakow) 28. Dating Amber (David Freyne) 29. Onward (Dan Scanlon) 30. I Carry You With Me (Heidi Ewing) 31. Desert One (Barbara Kopple) 32. Promising Young Woman (Emerald Fennell) 33. Falling (Viggo Mortensen) 34. Welcome to Chechnya (David France) 35. Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Eliza Hittman) 36. The Roads Not Taken (Sally Potter) 37. The Prince (Sebastian Munoz Costa del Rio) 38. One Night in Miami... (Regina King) 39. Funny Boy (Deepa Mehta) 40. Alex Wheatle (Steve McQueen) 41. Calm With Horses (Nick Rowland) 42. The Garden Left Behind (Flavio Alves) 43. Mulan (Niki Caro) 44. Mosul (Matthew Michael Carnahan) 45. Over the Moon (Glen Keane) 46. Minari (Lee Isaac Chung) 47. The Salt in Our Waters (Rezwan Shahriar Sumit) 48. Faith Ba$ed (Vincent Masciale) 49. The Climb (Michael Angelo Covino) 50. AK vs AK (Vikramaditya Motwane) NB. I saw 617 films in 2020 SHADOWS HALL OF FAME |
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Steve McQueen Mangrove; Lovers Rock; Red, White and Blue; Alex Wheatle; Education 2. Kevin Macdonald - The Mauritanian 3. Chloe Zhao - Nomadland 4. Spike Lee - Da 5 Bloods, David Byrne's American Utopia 5. Nora Fingscheidt - System Crasher 6. Florian Zeller - The Father 7. Christopher Nolan - Tenet 8. Haifaa Al Mansour - The Perfect Candidate 9. Sally Potter - The Roads Not Taken 10. Melina Leon - Song Without a Name |
MB Traven, Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvania The Mauritanian 2. Pete Docter, Mike Jones, Kemp Powers - Soul 3. Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller - The Father 4. Alice Wu - The Half of It 5. Haifaa Al-Mansour, Brad Niemann - The Perfect Candidate 6. Chloe Zhao - Nomadland 7. Alastair Siddons, Steve McQueen - Mangrove 8. Jayro Bustamante, Lisandro Sanchez - La Llorona 9. Eliza Hittman - Never Rarely Sometimes Always 10. James Montague, Craig W Sanger - The Vast of Night | ||
Julia Garner The Assistant 2. Helena Zengel - System Crasher, News of the World 3. Jodie Foster - The Mauritanian 4. Elisabeth Moss - The Invisible Man, Shirley 5. Letitia Wright - Mangrove 6. Frances McDormand - Nomadland 7. Joanna Scanlan - After Love 8. Jessie Buckley - Misbehaviour, I'm Thinking of Ending Things 9. Carey Mulligan - Promising Young Woman, The Dig 10. Aubrey Plaza - Black Bear, Happiest Season |
Tahar Rahim The Mauritanian 2. John Boyega - Red, White and Blue 3. Cosmo Jarvis - Calm With Horses 4. Anthony Hopkins - The Father 5. Chadwick Boseman - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Da 5 Bloods 6. Riz Ahmed - Mogul Mowgli, Sound of Metal 7. Lee Byung-hun - The Man Standing Next 8. Sacha Baron Cohen - The Trial of the Chicago 7, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm 9. Christopher Abbott - Possessor, Black Bear, The World to Come 10. Robert Pattinson - Tenet, The Devil All the Time, Waiting for the Barbarians | ||
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm 2. Olivia Colman - The Father 3. Amanda Seyfried - Mank 4. Cherry Jones - A Rainy Day in New York 5. Dhay - The Perfect Candidate 6. Lesley Manville - Misbehaviour, Let Him Go 7. Talia Ryder - Never Rarely Sometimes Always 8. Orla Brady - Rose Plays Julie 9. Shailene Woodley - The Mauritanian, Endings Beginnings 10. Laura Linney - The Roads Not Taken, Falling |
Barry Keoghan Calm With Horses 2. Lance Henriksen - Falling 3. Leslie Odom Jr - Hamilton, One Night in Miami 4. Jonathan Majors - Da 5 Bloods, Jungleland 5. Benedict Cumberbatch - The Mauritanian 6. Nicholas Hoult - True History of the Kelly Gang, Rebel in the Rye 7. Steve Toussaint - Red, White and Blue 8. Sverrir Gudnason - Falling 9. Harris Dickinson - County Lines 10. Alfredo Castro - The Prince | ||
H A L L O F S H A M E ![]() Fantasy Island dir Jeff Wadlow 2. Jexi (Jon Lucas, Scott Moore) 3. Hillbilly Elegy (Ron Howard) 4. Buddy Games (Josh Duhamel) 5. Love, Weddings & Other Disasters (Dennis Dugan) 6. Fatal Affair (Peter Sullivan) 7. The Last Days of American Crime (Olivier Megaton) 8. Come Away (Brenda Chapman) 9. The Ringmaster (Soren Juul Petersen) 10. Ava (Tate Taylor) 11. Unhinged (Derrick Borte) 12. Honest Thief (Mark Williams) 13. Max Winslow and the House of Secrets (Sean Olson) 14. Random Acts of Violence (Jay Baruchel) 15. Darkness Falls (Julien Seri) 16. Infamous (Joshua Caldwell) 17. Coffee & Kareem (Michael Dowse) 18. Artemis Fowl (Kenneth Branagh) 19. Like a Boss (Miguel Arteta) 20. The Wrong Missy (Tyler Spindel) 21. The War With Grandpa (Tim Hill) 22. Endless (Scott Speer) 23. Up on the Glass (Kevin Del Principe) 24. Inheritance (Vaughn Stein) 25. Cry for the Bad Man (Samuel Farmer) 26. Modern Persuasion (Alex Appel, Jonathan Lisecki) 27. Survive the Night (Matt Eskandari) 28. Wander Darkly (Tara Miele) 29. Endings, Beginnings (Drake Doremus) 30. The World to Come (Mona Fastvold) ![]() Rebel in the Rye. The World to Come. Shirley. Hillbilly Elegy. Rebecca MOST PRETENTIOUS: Mank Wander Darkly. The Other Lamb MOST INDULGENT: Come Away. Buddy Games. The Jesus Rolls. Coastal Elites MOST DERIVATIVE: Love, Weddings & Other Disasters Coffee & Kareem. Fatale. Bloodshot LAZIEST MOVIE: Jexi.Love, Weddings & Other Disasters. Honest Thief. Like a Boss MOST OVERBLOWN (THE MICHAEL BAY AWARD): Extraction. The Last Days of American Crime. Coffee & Kareem. Guns Akimbo MOST CYNICALLY PACKAGED: Honest Thief. Love, Weddings & Other Disasters. Scoob! LEAST 'SPECIAL' EFFECTS: The Call of the Wild Max Winslow and the House of Secrets. Vanguard. WW84 WORST MESSAGE: Unhinged. Random Acts of Violence. Let Him Go. The Last Days of American Crime WORST TITLE: The Nest. Falling. Mr Jones. Tape MOST THANKLESS ROLE: Jena Malone (Stardust). David Oyelowo (Come Away) MOST ANNOYING VOICEOVER (THE MORGAN FREEMAN AWARD): Rose Byrne (Jexi). MOST WASTEFUL DIRECTOR: Dennis Dugan (Love, Weddings & Other Disasters). Vaughn Stein (Inheritance). Jon Lucas & Scott Moore (Jexi) MOST WASTED DIRECTOR: Miguel Arteta (Like a Boss) Kenneth Branagh (Artemis Fowl). SHOULD RETIRE: Rob Schneider PLEASE STOP: Mindless machismo (Survive the Night, Buddy Games). Liam Neeson action (Honest Thief). Remaking Hitchcock (Rebecca) WORST MANAGEMENT: Michael Pena (Jexi, Fantasy Island) Simon Pegg (Inheritance) |
N O N - F I L M P I C K S ![]() Schitt’s Creek CBC 2. The Good Place (Netflix) 3. Ted Lasso (Apple) 4. The Mandalorian (Disney) 5. We Are Who We Are (HBO) 6. Dave (FX) 7. Staged (BBC) 8. Normal People (BBC) 9. I May Destroy You (BBC) 10. Shameless (Showtime) 11. The Crown (Netflix) 12. One Day at a Time (Pop) 13. Unbelievable (Netflix) 14. The New Pope (Sky) 15. Star Trek: Picard (Prime) 16. A Suitable Boy (BBC) 17. Bridgerton (Netflix) 18. Star Trek: Discovery (CBS) 19. The Conners (ABC) 20. His Dark Materials (BBC) 21. Homeland (Showtime) 22. Unorthodox (Netflix) 23. Hollywood (Netflix) 24. Mrs America (Hulu) 25. The Undoing (HBO) 26. Grace and Frankie (Netflix) 27. The Politician (Netflix) 28. Tehran (Apple) 29. Mom (CBS) 30. The Great (Hulu) WORST SERIES: Away. Truth Seekers. Adult Material. AJ and the Queen. Avenue 5 ![]() No Time to Die Billie Eilish 2. Hurt - Arlo Parks 3. Head & Heart - Joel Corry & MNEK 4. Coffee for Your Head - Powfu & Beabadoobee 5. Cuz I Love You - Lizzo 6. Watch Your Step - Disclosure & Kelis 7. Diamonds - Sam Smith 8. This Is the Place - Tom Grennan 9. Far Away - Jessie Reyez 10. Rainfall - Stormzy & Tiana Major9 11. Intentions - Justin Bieber & Quavo 12. Lasting Lover - Sigala & James Arthur 13. Giants - Dermot Kennedy 14. Levitating - Dua Lipa & DaBaby 15. To Die For - Sam Smith 16. You Should Be Sad - Halsey 17. Wildflower - 5 Seconds of Summer 18. City of Angels - 24kGoldn 19. Stupid Love - Lady Gaga 20. Trouble Coming - Royal Blood 21. Black and White - Niall Horan 22. Blinding Lights - Weeknd 23. Physical - Dua Lipa 24. Stuck With U - Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber 25. Mood - 24kGoldn & Iann Dorr 26. Daisies - Katy Perry 27. Golden - Harry Styles 28. Boyfriend - Mabel 29. Rain on Me - Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande 30. What a Man Gotta Do - Jonas Brothers | ||
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![]() 2. The Boys in the Band 3. The Trial of the Chicago 7 4. The Mauritanian 5. Mank Special mention: Let Them All Talk. AK vs AK. BREAKOUT FILMMAKER: Andrew Patterson (The Vast of Night) 2. Florian Zeller (The Father) 3. Rose Glass (Saint Maud) 4. Alice Wu (The Half of It) 5. Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman) BREAKOUT ACTOR: Helena Zengel (System Crasher, News of the World) 2. Conrad Khan (County Lines) 3. Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm) 4. Sidney Flanigan (Never Rarely Sometimes Always) 5. Dominique Fishback (Project Power) ![]() Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (Atli Orvarsson, et al) 2. First Cow (William Tyler) 3. Lovers Rock (Mica Levi) 4. Song Without a Name (Pauchi Sasaki) 5. The Human Voice (Alberto Iglesias) CINEMATOGRAPHY: Lovers Rock (Shabier Kirchner) 2. Nomadland (Joshua James Richards) 3. The Roads Not Taken (Robbie Ryan) 4. Song Without a Name (Inti Briones) 5. Tenet (Hoyte Van Hoytema) EDITING: Tenet (Jennifer Lame) 2. The Father (Yorgos Lamprinos) 3. The Man Standing Next (Jeong Ji-eun) 4. I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Robert Frazen) 5. System Crasher (Stephan Bechinger, Julia Kovalenko) ![]() I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Molly Hughes) 2. The Human Voice (Antxon Gomez) 3. True History of the Kelly Gang (Karen Murphy) 4. The Death & Life of John F Donovan (Anne Pritchard, Colombe Raby) 5. Lovers Rock (Helen Scott) EFFECTS: Color Out of Space 2. The Eight Hundred 3. Possessor 4. Tenet 5. The Invisible Man Special mention: Welcome to Chechnya |
![]() 2. Away 3. WolfWalkers 4. Onward 5. Top 3 COSTUMES: Eurovision Song Contest 2. The Human Voice 3. Mulan 4. Rebecca 5. Emma MAKEUP & HAIR: Eurovision Song Contest 2. I'm Thinking of Ending Things 3. The Human Voice 4. The Glorias 5. Pinocchio SOUND DESIGN: Sound of Metal 2. Lovers Rock 3. La Llorona 4. The Vast of Night 5. Tenet STUNTS: Tenet 2. Extraction 3. The Eight Hundred 4. True History of the Kelly Gang 5. Birds of Prey ![]() Notturno. Welcome to Chechnya. For They Know Not What They Do. I Am Samuel MOST ORIGINAL DOC: African Apocalypse Krabi, 2562. Circus of Books. In Bright Axiom. If It Were Love MOST INSPIRING DOC: The Reason I Jump I Am Greta. Time. The Australian Dream. Drag Kids. Born to Be MOST ENTERTAINING DOC: Desert One. Mucho Mucho Amor. Dick Johnson Is Dead. The Painter and the Thief. Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street MOST DEPRESSING DOC: The Edge of Democracy Boys State. The Dissident MOST BLOOD-BOILING DOC: Collective The Dissident. On the Record. The Edge of Democracy ![]() Misbehaviour. Sergio. The King of Staten Island. Red, White and Blue. Most Wanted DULLEST BIOPIC: Radioactive Rebel in the Rye MOST HOLLYWOODISED BIOPIC: I Am Woman Resistance. Military Wives. Dream Horse BEST SHORT FEATURE: The Human Voice | ||
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![]() (System Crasher, News of the World) Sophia Loren (The Life Ahead). Millie Bobby Brown (Enola Holmes). One Night in Miami WORST CASTING: David Spade as a 30-something (The Wrong Missy). Lily Collins as a gun-toting millionaire DA (Inheritance). Wild Mountain Thyme. BEST VOICE PERFORMANCE: Tina Fey (Soul). Maya Rudolph (The Willoughbys). Ian McKellen (Animal Crackers). Phillipa Soo (Over the Moon). MOST PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE: Yifei Liu (Mulan). George MacKay (True History of the Kelly Gang). Joseph Gordon-Levitt (7500). Terry Notary (The Call of the Wild) BEST ANIMAL PERFORMANCE: Bob (A Christmas Gift From Bob) White cat (Koko-di Koko-da). Chunk (The Rental) WORST ANIMAL PERFORMANCE: Buck (The Call of the Wild). Kristen Wiig (WW84) BEST HAIR: Jaeden Martell (The True Adventures of Wolfboy). Amarah-Jae St Aubyn (Lovers Rock). Anya Taylor-Joy (Emma). Sacha Baron Cohen (The Trial of the Chicago 7) WORST HAIR: Emily Blunt (Wild Mountain Thyme) Simon Pegg (Inheritance). Evan Rachel Wood (Kajillionaire) LEAST EXPRESSIVE FACE: Angelina Jolie (Come Away) ![]() Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman). Elizabeth Debicki (Tenet). Devrim Lingnau (Carmilla). Amarah-Jae St Aubyn (Lovers Rock) HUNK OF THE YEAR: Henry Zaga (The New Mutants) Albrecht Schuch (System Crasher). Chris Hemsworth (Extraction). Liam Hemsworth (Arkansas). Micheal Ward (Lovers Rock) BEST CHEMISTRY: Kyle Marvin & Michael Angelo Covino (The Climb) Carey Mulligan & Bo Burnham (Promising Young Woman). Tom Hanks & Helena Zengel (News of the World). John Magaro & Orion Lee (First Cow) WORST CHEMISTRY: David Spade & Lauren Lapkus (The Wrong Missy) BEST VILLAIN: Hilary Swank (The Hunt, Fatale) Nicholas Hoult (True History of the Kelly Gang). Gong Li (Mulan). Salma Hayek (Like a Boss). Kenneth Branagh (Tenet) MOST LUDICROUS VILLAIN: Johnny Knoxville (We Summon the Darkness) Yvette Nicole Brown (Lady and the Tramp). Simon Pegg (Inheritance) ![]() Hugh Grant (The Gentlemen) Daveed Diggs (Hamilton). Harshvardhan Kapoor (AK vs AK). John Malkovich (Arkansas). Lynn Cohen (The Vigil) BEST SCENE-CHEWING: Zachary Quinto (The Boys in the Band) Kristin Scott Thomas (Rebecca). Rose Byrne (Irresistible). Ewan McGregor (Birds of Prey). Betty Gilpin (The Hunt) WORST SCENE-CHOMPING: Shia LaBeouf (Pieces of a Woman) Michael Pena (Jexi, Fantasy Island). Viola Davis (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom). James Corden (The Prom). Betty Gilpin (Coffee & Kareem) BEST COSTAR-CHEWING (THE ALIVE AWARD): Edge of Extinction. The Dinner Party BEST PHONED-IN PERFORMANCE: Jet Li (Mulan) Matthew McConaughey (The Gentlemen). Colin Farrell (Artemis Fowl). Rhys Ifans (Misbehaviour) BEST REINVENTION: Orlando Bloom (Retaliation) Loretta Devine (Spell). Kevin James (Becky) ![]() 2. On the Rocks 3. Palm Springs 4. Faith Ba$ed 5. Babysplitters NUTTIEST MOVIE: Luz: The Flower of Evil Color Out of Space. Butt Boy. We Are Little Zombies. Antebellum SILLIEST MOVIE: Fatale The Willoughbys. We Can Be Heroes. Scoob! WW84. Driven. Divos! LEAST FUNNY COMEDY: Love, Weddings & Other Disasters. Jexi. Like a Boss. Buddy Games. The Wrong Missy. SEXIEST MOVIE: Palm Springs If It Were Love. Who You Think I Am. Orpheus' Song. Dry Wind LEAST ROMANTIC LOVE STORY: A Rainy Day in New York Endings, Beginnings. Hooking Up YUMMIEST MOVIE: Uncorked YUCKIEST MOVIE: Fanny Lye Deliver'd Possessor. Saint Maud. The Hunt. The Dinner Party. Color Out of Space TRASHIEST MOVIE (THE JOHN WATERS AWARD): Hillbilly Elegy The Prince. Promising Young Woman. Jungleland ![]() The Man Standing Next The Old Guard. Tenet. Mosul. Extraction LEAST THRILLING THRILLER: Fantasy Island Fatal Affair. Inheritance. Cry for the Bad Man SCARIEST MOVIE: Welcome to Chechnya Possessor. Koko-di Koko-da. Young Ahmed. Host GRISLIEST MOVIE: True History of the Kelly Gang New Order. Guns Akimbo. Why Don't You Just Die. Savage GIRLIEST MOVIE: Birds of Prey Rocks. Misbehaviour. Papicha. Chick Fight MANLIEST MOVIE: The Trial of the Chicago 7 Da 5 Bloods. The Boys in the Band. Jungleland. First Cow MOPIEST MOVIE (THE TWILIGHT AWARD): Wander Darkly. The World to Come. Endings, Beginnings. The Midnight Sky. Little Fish. Clementine THE FAMILY VALUES AWARD: Minari The King of Staten Island. The Truth. Tigertail. True History of the Kelly Gang STRAIGHTEST GAY MOVIE (THE BROKEBACK AWARD): Straight Up. A Dim Valley. True History of the Kelly Gang GAYEST STRAIGHT MOVIE (THE BROMANCE AWARD): The Climb. First Cow. The Jesus Rolls. Faith Ba$ed |
![]() The Roads Not Taken 2. Mosul 3. Falling 4. The Death & Life of John F Donovan 5. True History of the Kelly Gang MOST OVERRATED: Mank 2. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 3. Shirley 4. Saint Maud 5. Pieces of a Woman MOST IMPORTANT FILM: Small Axe 2. La Llorona 3. The Perfect Candidate 4. The Garden Left Behind 5. The Mauritanian MOST INVENTIVE: System Crasher The Father. The Vast of Night. The Man Standing Next. Tenet CLEVER APPROACH TO A COMPLEX ISSUE: Soul Never Rarely Sometimes Always. I'm Thinking of Ending Things. I'm No Longer Here. Nomadland FILM HISTORY AWARD: Mank He Dreams of Giants. Ask Any Buddy. Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters. Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street ![]() 2. Unknown Origins 3. Birds of Prey 4. The Hunt 5. Same Boat NICEST SURPRISE: Birds of Prey 2. Palm Springs 3. The Half of It 4. Love and Monsters 5. The Secret Garden MOST ORIGINAL TAKE ON A TIRED GENRE: Color Out of Space. Relic. Days of the Bagnold Summer. She Dies Tomorrow. The Woman With Leopard Shoes MISSED OPPORTUNITY: The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run. Tape. Scoob! BEST HEART-STOPPER: Turn around (Misbehaviour) The syringe (Rose Plays Julie). The attack (Young Ahmed). The hijacking (7500). The final shot (Eastern) BEST SHOW-STOPPER: Elisabeth Moss vs The Invisible Man BEST LINE OF DIALOG: "One drink" (On the Rocks) "Have you ever loved someone so much you didn't want anything about them to change?" (The Half of It). "What if we get sick of each other?" "We're already sick of each other!" (Palm Springs). "I broke my own heart" (Ghost) Special mention: The Boys in the Band ![]() I'm Thinking of Ending Things First Cow. Summer of 85. Emma. Waiting for the Barbarians WORST BOOK-TO-FILM: Come Away Artemis Fowl. The Call of the Wild. Hillbilly Elegy WORST TV-TO-FILM: Fantasy Island BEST COMIC-TO-FILM: Birds of Prey The Old Guard WORST COMIC-TO-FILM: The New Mutants. Bloodshot BEST STAGE-TO-FILM: Hamilton The Boys in the Band. The Prom WORST STAGE-TO-FILM: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom BEST GAME-TO-FILM: Sonic the Hedgehog MOST SURPRISINGLY NOT-AWFUL ADAPTATION: The Secret Garden ![]() The Boys in the Band. The Secret Garden WORST REMAKE: Human Capital Rebecca. The Witches. MOST SURPRISINGLY NOT-AWFUL REMAKE: The Invisible Man. Blithe Spirit. Emma. Love Wedding Repeat. Sonic the Hedgehog BEST SEQUEL: Birds of Prey WORST SEQUEL: Peninsula MOST SURPRISINGLY NOT-AWFUL SEQUEL: Bill & Ted Face the Music. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. The Jesus Rolls. Birds of Prey MOST SURPRISINGLY NOT-AWFUL PREQUEL: Scoob! BEST SPINOFF: Enola Holmes ![]() Tom Hanks (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm) Margaret Cho (Faith Ba$ed). Joan Chen (Tigertail). Patrick Wilson (The Assistant) Special mention: Eurovision Song Contest MOST POINTLESS CAMEO: Elisabeth Shue (Greyhound) Lisa Kudrow (Like a Boss). Karen Gillan (The Call of the Wild). Steve Buscemi (The King of Staten Island) WORST CAMEO: Rob Schneider (The Wrong Missy) Debra Messing (Irresistible) EWAN McGREGOR GOLDEN LIGHT SABER AWARD: Matt Bomer (The Boys in the Band) Shia LaBeouf (Pieces of a Woman). Christopher Abbott (Possessor). Freddie Fox (Fanny Lye Deliver'd). Juan Carlos Maldonado & Lucas Balmaceda (The Prince) Special mention: Bare. Patrick. Ask Any Buddy. ![]() Steve McQueen (Mangrove, Lovers Rock, Red White & Blue, Alex Wheatle, Education) Andrea Riseborough (Possessor, Luxor, Burden, The Kindness of Strangers, Grudge) BEST NEW TREND: Topical horror (La Llorona, The Vigil, Relic, Spree, She Dies Tomorrow) Genre-busting romcoms (The Half of It, Palm Springs, Happiest Season) WORST NEW TREND: Mope-o-rama (Wander Darkly, The World to Come, Little Fish, Pieces of a Woman, The Photograph, Miss Juneteenth) MOST ANTICIPATED FILM OF 2021: Free Guy The King's Man. The Many Saints of Newark. Eternals. Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Halloween Kills MOST ANTICIPATED FILM OF 2021 (PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED IN 2020): No Time to Die Dune. Black Widow. A Quiet Place Part II. Jungle Cruise. Top Gun: Maverick. West Side Story. In the Heights. LEAST ANTICIPATED FILM OF 2021: Coming 2 America Godzilla vs Kong. Fast & Furious 9. Snake Eyes. Spiral. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It. Candyman | ||
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F I L M![]() 1481 Soul**++ 1304 Minari*+ 997 Collective* 974 First Cow 902 Another Round** 896 Promising Young Woman**+ 879 Time*+ 874 Wolfwalkers*+ 671 Dick Johnson Is Dead+ D I R E C T O R 1308 Chloe Zhao - Nomadland**++ 502 Emerald Fennell - Promising Young Woman*+ 402 Regina King - One Night in Miami+ 381 Lee Isaac Chung - Minari*+ 319 David Fincher - Mank*+ S C R E E N P L A Y 832 Nomadland* - Chloe Zhao 811 Promising Young Woman**++ - Emerald Fennell. 656 The Trial of the Chicago 7*+ - Aaron Sorkin. 535 The Father** - Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller 498 Minari*- Lee Isaac Chung. E N S E M B L E 405 One Night in Miami++ 401 The Trial of the Chicago 7++ 314 Da 5 Bloods+ 275 Ma Rainey's Black Bottom+ 251 Rocks** A C T R E S S 1003 Frances McDormand - Nomadland**+ 858 Carey Mulligan - Promising Young Woman*+, The Dig 690 Viola Davis - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom*++ 519 Vanessa Kirby - Pieces of a Woman*+, The World to Come 245 Sophia Loren - The Life Ahead A C T O R 1394 Chadwick Boseman - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom*++, Da 5 Bloods+ 914 Riz Ahmed - Sound of Metal*+, Mogul Mowgli 829 Anthony Hopkins - The Father**+ 442 Delroy Lindo - Da Five Bloods 356 Steven Yeun - Minari*+ S U P P O R T I N G A C T R E S S 1012 Yuh-Jung Youn - Minari**++ 780 Maria Bakalova - Borat Subsequent Moviefilm*+ 554 Amanda Seyfried - Mank* 448 Olivia Colman - The Father*+ 304 Glenn Close - Hillbilly Elegy*+ S U P P O R T I N G A C T O R 679 Daniel Kaluuya - Judas and the Black Messiah**++ 638 Leslie Odom Jr - One Night in Miami*+, Hamilton 609 Sacha Baron Cohen - Trial of the Chicago 7*+, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm 584 Paul Raci - Sound of Metal* 303 Bill Murray - On the Rocks |
B R E A K T H R O U G H A C T O R![]() 187 Bukky Bakray - Rocks** 177 Maria Bakalova - Borat Subsequent Moviefilm 160 Radha Blank - The Forty-Year-Old Version 146 Kingsley Ben-Adir - One Night in Miami* B R E A K T H R O U G H F I L M M A K E R 320 Radha Blank - The Forty-Year-Old Version+ 252 Emerald Fennell - Promising Young Woman 207 Remi Weekes - His House** 203 Rose Glass - Saint Maud* 160 Darius Marder - Sound of Metal++ A R T 1301 Mank**++ 1190 Ma Rainey's Black Bottom**++ 612 Emma*+ 436 Mulan*++ 436 Pinocchio*++ M U S I C 996 Soul**++ - Reznor, Ross, Batiste 431 Mank* - Trent Reznor, Attics Ross 402 One Night in Miami* - Terence Blanchard 378 Minari* - Emile Mosseri 323 News of the World* - James Newton Howard C I N E M A T O G R A P H Y 934 Nomadland**+ - Joshua James Richards 562 Mank**++ - Erik Messerschmidt 322 News of the World*+ - Dariusz Wolski 262 Tenet - Hoyte van Hoytema 151 Judas and the Black Messiah* - Sean Bobbitt T E C H 861 Tenet**++ 683 Soul*++ 532 Sound of Metal**++ 487 The Midnight Sky*++ 420 Greyhound*++ E D I T I N G 490 The Trial of the Chicago 7*++ - Alan Baumgarten 481 Nomadland*+ - Chloe Zhao 341 Sound of Metal**+ - Mikkel EG Nielsen 260 Tenet - Jennifer Lame 237 The Father* - Yorgos Lamprinos W O R S T F I L M 421 Dolittle 351 Fantasy Island 285 365 Days 210 Music 204 Hillbilly Elegy
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