2024

These awards are really just a bit of fun, so I've decided to add two new categories: Best Collaboration (for 2 or more actors, writers, directors, etc.) and Best Artist (for artistic achievement, as my favorite film of the year isn't always the one I'd call the best). In addition, I've nixed the honorary award. I'll update my other ballots with these changes, too.

* = winner

BEST MOVIE:

Bird*

The Brutalist

Hard Truths

Nosferatu

Presence


BEST DIRECTOR:

Andrea Arnold, Bird*

Brady Corbet, The Brutalist

Robert Eggers, Nosferatu

Mike Leigh, Hard Truths

Steven Soderbergh, Presence


BEST MALE PERFORMANCE:

Adrien Brody, The Brutalist

Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown

Josh Hartnett, Trap*

Barry Keoghan, Bird

Cillian Murphy, Small Things Like These


BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE:

Nykiya Adams, Bird

Lily-Rose Depp, Nosferatu

Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths*

Angelina Jolie, Maria

Saoirse Ronan, The Outrun


BEST SCREENPLAY:

Anora

Bird*

The Brutalist

Good One

Hard Truths


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

Bird*

The Brutalist

Conclave

Nickel Boys

Nosferatu


BEST EDITING:

Bird*

The Brutalist

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1

No Other Land

The Substance


BEST MUSIC:

The Brutalist

Challengers

Flow*

Nosferatu

Presence


BEST PRODUCTION:

The Brutalist

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1

Nosferatu*

Twisters


BEST CAST:

Anora

Bird*

The Brutalist

A Different Man

Ghostlight


BEST COLLABORATION:

Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain*

Chloe East, Hugh Grant, and Sophie Thatcher, Heretic

Mia Goth and Ti West, MaXXXine

Carol Kane and Jason Schwartzman, Between the Temples

Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley, The Substance


BEST ARTIST:

Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, and Rachel Szor, No Other Land

Andrea Arnold, Bird

Brady Corbet, The Brutalist*

Rose Glass, Love Lies Bleeding

Aaron Schimberg, A Different Man 

Alternate Oscars: 2024

Happy Oscar Sunday! Look out for my own 2024 movie awards tomorrow.

* = winner 

BEST PICTURE:

Bird*

The Brutalist

Hard Truths

Nosferatu

Presence


BEST DIRECTOR:

Andrea Arnold, Bird*

Brady Corbet, The Brutalist

Robert Eggers, Nosferatu

Mike Leigh, Hard Truths

Steven Soderbergh, Presence


BEST ACTOR:

Adrien Brody, The Brutalist

Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown

Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain

Josh Hartnett, Trap*

Cillian Murphy, Small Things Like These


BEST ACTRESS:

Nykiya Adams, Bird

Lily-Rose Depp, Nosferatu

Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths*

Angelina Jolie, Maria

Saoirse Ronan, The Outrun


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Yura Borisov, Anora

Barry Keoghan, Bird*

Guy Pearce, The Brutalist

Adam Pearson, A Different Man

Franz Rogowski, Bird


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Michele Austin, Hard Truths

Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown

Dolly de Leon, Ghostlight*

Felicity Jones, The Brutalist

Carol Kane, Between the Temples


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

Conclave

La Cocina

Nosferatu*

The Order

Small Things Like These


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

Anora

Bird*

The Brutalist

Good One

Hard Truths


BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:

The Brutalist*

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Kinds of Kindness

Maria

Nosferatu


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

Bird*

The Brutalist

Conclave

Nickel Boys

Nosferatu


BEST COSTUME DESIGN:

The Brutalist

Maria

MaXXXine

Nosferatu*

The Substance


BEST FILM EDITING:

Bird*

The Brutalist

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1

No Other Land

The Substance


BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:

The Brutalist

Challengers

Flow*

Nosferatu

Presence


BEST ORIGINAL SONG:

“Chasing the Wind” from Twisters*

“Compress/Repress” from Challengers

“Save Me” from Trap

“Starburned and Unkissed” from I Saw the TV Glow

“Vaster Than Empires” from Queer


BEST MAKEUP:

Alien: Romulus

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

A Different Man

Nosferatu*

The Substance


BEST SOUND:

Bird

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga*

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1

Nosferatu

The Substance


BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

Alien: Romulus

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga*

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Nosferatu

Twisters


BEST STUNTS:

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

The Fall Guy

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga*

Gladiator II

Monkey Man


BEST CASTING:

Anora

Bird

The Brutalist*

Ghostlight

Love Lies Bleeding


BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM:

All We Imagine as Light

Bird*

Hard Truths

No Other Land

The Outrun