1979

* = winner

BEST PICTURE:

Alien*

All That Jazz

Apocalypse Now

A Little Romance

Stalker

BEST DIRECTOR:

Francis Ford Coppola, Apocalypse Now*

Bob Fosse, All That Jazz

George Roy Hill, A Little Romance

Ridley Scott, Alien

Andrei Tarkovsky, Stalker

BEST ACTOR:

Brad Dourif, Wise Blood

Malcolm McDowell, Caligula

Roy Scheider, All That Jazz*

Peter Sellers, Being There

Martin Sheen, Apocalypse Now

BEST ACTRESS:

Sally Field, Norma Rae

Jane Fonda, The China Syndrome

Bette Midler, The Rose

Hanna Schygulla, The Marriage of Maria Braun

Sigourney Weaver, Alien*

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Marlon Brando, Apocalypse Now

Paul Dooley, Breaking Away

Melvyn Douglas, Being There

Robert Duvall, Apocalypse Now

Laurence Olivier, A Little Romance*

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Jane Alexander, Kramer vs. Kramer

Candice Bergen, Starting Over

Mariel Hemingway, Manhattan

Meryl Streep, Kramer vs. Kramer*

Katharina Thalbach, The Tin Drum

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

Apocalypse Now

Being There

Kramer vs. Kramer

A Little Romance*

The Tin Drum

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

Alien*

All That Jazz

Mad Max

The Marriage of Maria Braun

Time After Time

BEST ART DIRECTION:

1941

Alien*

All That Jazz

Apocalypse Now

Tess

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

Alien

All That Jazz

Apocalypse Now*

Manhattan

Stalker

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:

1941

Alien

All That Jazz

The Marriage of Maria Braun

Tess*

BEST FILM EDITING:

Alien

All That Jazz*

Apocalypse Now

A Little Romance

Mad Max

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:

Alien

A Little Romance

Mad Max

Star Trek: The Motion Picture*

Tess

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:

"Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" from Life of Brian

"It Goes Like It Goes" from Norma Rae

"It's Easy to Say" from 10

"The Rainbow Connection" from The Muppet Movie*

"The Rose" from The Rose

BEST MAKEUP:

Alien

All That Jazz

The Brood

Nosferatu the Vampyre*

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

BEST SOUND:

1941

Alien

All That Jazz

Apocalypse Now*

Mad Max

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

1941

Alien*

Mad Max

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Time After Time

BEST STUNTS:

1941

Alien

Apocalypse Now

Mad Max*

Moonraker

BEST CASTING:

Alien*

Apocalypse Now

Breaking Away

Manhattan

Starting Over

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM:

Camera Buff

Mad Max

The Marriage of Maria Braun

Stalker*

The Tin Drum

1980

* = winner

BEST PICTURE:

Atlantic City

The Empire Strikes Back

Ordinary People*

Raging Bull

The Shining

BEST DIRECTOR:

Irvin Kershner, The Empire Strikes Back

Stanley Kubrick, The Shining

Louis Malle, Atlantic City

Robert Redford, Ordinary People*

Martin Scorsese, Raging Bull

BEST ACTOR:

Robert De Niro, Raging Bull

John Hurt, The Elephant Man

Timothy Hutton, Ordinary People*

Jack Nicholson, The Shining

Donald Sutherland, Ordinary People

BEST ACTRESS:

Catherine Deneuve, The Last Metro

Mary Tyler Moore, Ordinary People

Theresa Russell, Bad Timing

Susan Sarandon, Atlantic City

Sissy Spacek, Coal Miner's Daughter*

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Rodney Dangerfield, Caddyshack

Harrison Ford, The Empire Strikes Back*

Peter O'Toole, The Stunt Man

Joe Pesci, Raging Bull

Jason Robards, Melvin and Howard

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Carrie Fisher, The Empire Strikes Back*

Helen Mirren, The Long Good Friday

Cathy Moriarty, Raging Bull

Charlotte Rampling, Stardust Memories

Mary Steenburgen, Melvin and Howard

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

The Elephant Man

Hopscotch

Ordinary People*

Raging Bull

The Shining

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

Atlantic City*

The Big Red One

The Empire Strikes Back

The Last Metro

The Long Good Friday

BEST ART DIRECTION:

The Elephant Man

The Empire Strikes Back*

Kagemusha

The Last Metro

The Shining

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

Dressed to Kill

The Empire Strikes Back

Raging Bull*

The Shining

Stardust Memories

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:

The Elephant Man

The Empire Strikes Back

Kagemusha*

The Last Metro

Popeye

BEST FILM EDITING:

Dressed to Kill

The Empire Strikes Back

Fame

Raging Bull*

The Shining

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:

Dressed to Kill

The Elephant Man

The Empire Strikes Back*

The Fog

The Last Metro

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:

"Bits and Pieces" from The Stunt Man

"Fame" from Fame

"I'm Alright" from Caddyshack

"Nine to Five" from Nine to Five

"Out Here on My Own" from Fame*

BEST MAKEUP:

The Elephant Man*

The Empire Strikes Back

Kagemusha

Raging Bull

The Shining

BEST SOUND:

The Big Red One

The Elephant Man

The Empire Strikes Back*

Raging Bull

The Shining

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

The Elephant Man

The Empire Strikes Back*

The Fog

The Shining

Superman II

BEST STUNTS:

The Big Red One

The Empire Strikes Back*

The Shining

The Stunt Man

Superman II

BEST CASTING:

The Big Red One

Breaker Morant

Nine to Five

Ordinary People*

Raging Bull

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM:

Breaker Morant

Gregory’s Girl

Kagemusha

The Last Metro

The Long Good Friday*

Hello + Early Look at My 2021 Ballot

Happy New Year! Over the past few months, I've been thinking about expanding my awards, as well as being more active on here. We'll see how it goes, but I've decided to do both.

I've added Best International Film (for films produced outside of the U.S.) and split Best Breakthrough into two categories: Best Breakthrough Filmmaker and Best Breakthrough Performance. Also, Best Ensemble now honors the main cast and the casting director, as opposed to just the latter. (I don't list the cast on my ballots, though.) I've been updating my ballots, and 2007-2020 are up-to-date on here. I'll go ahead and post 1980 soon as well.

If you're into the Oscars, I've added my nomination predictions, and I'll be sure to post my final ones before the nominees are announced.

I considered posting my current top 10 films of 2021 list, but instead I'll just show you what my ballot looks like - sans winners - at the moment, since it will be a few months before it's "finished." Back soon.

BEST PICTURE:

Bergman Island

C’mon C’mon

Petite Maman

Spencer

Titane

BEST DIRECTOR:

Wes Anderson, The French Dispatch

Julia Ducournau, Titane

Pablo Larraín, Spencer

David Lowery, The Green Knight

Céline Sciamma, Petite Maman

BEST ACTOR:

Nicolas Cage, Pig

Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog

Christian Malheiros, 7 Prisoners

Dev Patel, The Green Knight

Joaquin Phoenix, C’mon C’mon

BEST ACTRESS:

Angelina Jolie, Those Who Wish Me Dead

Agathe Rousselle, Titane

Kristen Stewart, Spencer

Tessa Thompson, Passing

Robin Wright, Land

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Jamie Dornan, Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar

Brendan Fraser, No Sudden Move

Vincent Lindon, Titane

Woody Norman, C’mon C’mon

Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Ana de Armas, No Time to Die

Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog

Ruth Negga, Passing

Vinette Robinson, Boiling Point

Mia Wasikowska, Bergman Island

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

Benedetta

The Dig

The Green Knight

Passing

The Power of the Dog

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

Bergman Island

C’mon C’mon

Petite Maman

Spencer

Titane

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:

Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar

Dune

The French Dispatch

The Green Knight

Spencer

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

The French Dispatch

The Green Knight

Passing

The Power of the Dog

Spencer

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:

Cruella

The French Dispatch

The Green Knight

The Harder They Fall

Spencer

BEST FILM EDITING:

The Harder They Fall

Petite Maman

Spencer

Summer of Soul

Titane

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:

The French Dispatch

The Green Knight

Passing

The Power of the Dog

Spencer

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:

“Edgar’s Prayer” from Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar

“La Musique du Futur” from Petite Maman

“No Time to Die” from No Time to Die

“So May We Start” from Annette

“Willy’s Wonderland” from Willy’s Wonderland

BEST MAKEUP:

Dune

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

The Green Knight

Old

The Suicide Squad

BEST SOUND:

The Green Knight

The Harder They Fall

No Time to Die

The Power of the Dog

Spencer

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

Black Widow

Dune

Finch

Jungle Cruise

The Suicide Squad

BEST STUNTS:

Black Widow

F9

The Harder They Fall

Kate

No Time to Die

BEST ENSEMBLE:

The French Dispatch

The Harder They Fall

Judas and the Black Messiah

Mass

No Sudden Move

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM:

7 Prisoners

Benedetta

Bergman Island

Petite Maman

Titane

BEST BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER:

Rebecca Hall, Passing

Fran Kranz, Mass

Questlove, Summer of Soul

Jeymes Samuel, The Harder They Fall

Michael Sarnoski, Pig

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE:

Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Daniela Melchior, The Suicide Squad

Woody Norman, C’mon C’mon

Agathe Rousselle, Titane

Saniyya Sidney, King Richard