If I Voted: 2020

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

BEST PICTURE:
Nomadland

BEST DIRECTOR:
ChloƩ 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

2020

* = winner

BEST PICTURE:

Another Round

The Nest*

Nomadland

Quo Vadis, Aida?

Undine


BEST DIRECTOR:

Sean Durkin, The Nest

Christian Petzold, Undine

Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round

Jasmila Zbanic, Quo Vadis, Aida?

ChloƩ 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

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

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.