If I Voted: 2020

Here are my picks if I voted for the Oscars this year.

BEST PICTURE:
Nomadland

BEST DIRECTOR:
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland

BEST ACTOR:
Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal

BEST ACTRESS:
Frances McDormand, Nomadland

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
The Father

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Minari

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:
Mank

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Nomadland

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
Emma.

BEST FILM EDITING:
Nomadland

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
Minari

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
“Husavik” from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING:
Pinocchio

BEST SOUND:
Greyhound

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
Love and Monsters

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
Wolfwalkers

Alternate Oscars: 2020

* = winner

BEST PICTURE:

Another Round

The Nest*

Nomadland

Possessor

Undine


BEST DIRECTOR:

Brandon Cronenberg, Possessor

Sean Durkin, The Nest

Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round

Jasmila Zbanic, Quo Vadis, Aida?

Chloé Zhao, Nomadland*


BEST ACTOR:

Adam Brody, The Kid Detective

Anthony Hopkins, The Father

Jude Law, The Nest

Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods

Mads Mikkelsen, Another Round*


BEST ACTRESS:

Paula Beer, Undine*

Nicole Beharie, Miss Juneteenth

Carrie Coon, The Nest

Frances McDormand, Nomadland

Natasa Stork, Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Chadwick Boseman, Da 5 Bloods

Colman Domingo, Zola*

Bill Murray, On the Rocks

Michael Stuhlbarg, Shirley

Steve Tientcheu, Night of the Kings


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Kelly Chapman, Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Olivia Colman, The Father

Lesley Manville, Let Him Go

Gina Rodriguez, Kajillionaire

Yuh-jung Youn, Minari*


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

The Dry

The Father

I’m Thinking of Ending Things

Nomadland*

Zola


BEST ORIGNAL SCREENPLAY:

Another Round

The Forty-Year-Old Version

Minari

The Nest*

Undine


BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

The Father

I’m Thinking of Ending Things

Mank*

The Nest


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

Ammonite

Dear Comrades!

The Nest

Nomadland

Quo Vadis, Aida?*


BEST COSTUME DESIGN:

Ammonite

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)*

Emma.

Mank

Misbehaviour


BEST FILM EDITING:

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

Nomadland

Possessor*

Undine

Wander Darkly


BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:

Minari

The Nest*

Soul

Wendy

The Wolf of Snow Hollow


BEST ORIGINAL SONG:

“Come True” from Come True

“Husavik” from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga

“Make You Mine This Season” from Happiest Season*

“Queen Bee” from Emma.

“See You in the Dark” from Little Fish


BEST MAKEUP:

Bill & Ted Face the Music

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)*

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Possessor


BEST SOUND:

Greyhound*

The Killing of Two Lovers

Love and Monsters

News of the World

A Quiet Place Part II


BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

Greyhound

The Invisible Man

Love and Monsters

The One and Only Ivan

Wendy*


BEST STUNTS:

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)*

Mulan

The Old Guard

Tenet

Underwater


BEST CASTING:

The Father*

Happiest Season

Minari

One Night in Miami

Shiva Baby


BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM:

Another Round*

Possessor

Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

Quo Vadis, Aida?

Undine


Brief reminder that I go by IMDb release dates, so films like Sound of Metal, First Cow, and Pinocchio are on my 2019 ballot.