2023

Here's the first ballot of my new awards, which I like to think of as a mix of the Oscars, MTV movie awards, and critics awards. As I see new films and update these in the future, I'll update my alternate Oscar ballots to match. Also, I decided to give out an annual honorary award that will recognize the entertainer/artist/achievement of the year and/or a worthy film/artist that missed a nomination.

* = winner

BEST MOVIE:

Afire

Fallen Leaves*

Godzilla Minus One

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning

Perfect Days

BEST DIRECTOR:

Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest

Aki Kaurismäki, Fallen Leaves*

Christian Petzold, Afire

Wim Wenders, Perfect Days

Takashi Yamazaki, Godzilla Minus One

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE:

Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers

Atibon Nazaire, Mountains

Thomas Schubert, Afire

Jussi Vatanen, Fallen Leaves

Koji Yakusho, Perfect Days*

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE:

Paula Beer, Afire

Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon

Anne Hathaway, Eileen

Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall*

Alma Pöysti, Fallen Leaves

BEST SCREENPLAY:

Afire

Anatomy of a Fall

Fallen Leaves*

Mountains

Perfect Days

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

Ferrari

Godzilla Minus One

Oppenheimer

Perfect Days*

Saltburn

BEST EDITING:

Godzilla Minus One

John Wick: Chapter 4

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning

Oppenheimer*

Society of the Snow

BEST MUSIC:

Eileen

Godzilla Minus One

The Killer

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning*

Oppenheimer

BEST PRODUCTION:

Asteroid City

Godzilla Minus One*

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

BEST CAST:

Air*

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

Godzilla Minus One

The Iron Claw

Scream VI

Honorary award: Greta Gerwig (Barbie) and Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer) for directing Barbenheimer, which became the cinematic event of the year.