Alternate Oscars: 1989

Note: Twin Peaks is the international version of the pilot episode, which was released as a film.

* = winner


BEST PICTURE:

The ‘Burbs

Do the Right Thing

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Twin Peaks*

Weekend at Bernie’s


BEST DIRECTOR:

Tim Burton, Batman

Joe Dante, The ‘Burbs

Spike Lee, Do the Right Thing*

David Lynch, Twin Peaks

Steven Spielberg, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade


BEST ACTOR:

Kenneth Branagh, Henry V

Jeff Bridges, The Fabulous Baker Boys*

Daniel Day-Lewis, My Left Foot

Michael Douglas, The War of the Roses

Kyle MacLachlan, Twin Peaks


BEST ACTRESS:

Pauline Collins, Shirley Valentine

Andie MacDowell, Sex, Lies, and Videotape

Michelle Pfeiffer, The Fabulous Baker Boys*

Meg Ryan, When Harry Met Sally…

Kathleen Turner, The War of the Roses


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Beau Bridges, The Fabulous Baker Boys

Sean Connery, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade*

Bruce Davison, Longtime Companion

Terry Kiser, Weekend at Bernie’s

Denzel Washington, Glory


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Fairuza Balk, Valmont

Brenda Fricker, My Left Foot

Jennifer Jason Leigh, Last Exit to Brooklyn

Kelly Lynch, Drugstore Cowboy

Laura San Giacomo, Sex, Lies, and Videotape*


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

Born on the Fourth of July

Drugstore Cowboy

Field of Dreams

Monsieur Hire

The War of the Roses*


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

Do the Right Thing

The Fabulous Baker Boys

Sex, Lies, and Videotape*

Weekend at Bernie’s

When Harry Met Sally…


BEST ART DIRECTION:

The Abyss

Batman*

The ‘Burbs

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

The Abyss

Batman

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover

Do the Right Thing*

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade


BEST COSTUME DESIGN:

Batman

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover

Heathers

Henry V

Valmont*


BEST FILM EDITING:

The Abyss

Do the Right Thing*

The Fabulous Baker Boys

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

The Killer


BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:

Batman*

Do the Right Thing

Field of Dreams

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Twin Peaks


BEST ORIGINAL SONG:

"Cheer Down" from Lethal Weapon 2

"Fight the Power" from Do the Right Thing*

"Licence to Kill" from Licence to Kill

"Part of Your World" from The Little Mermaid

"Post-Mortem Bar" from Longtime Companion


BEST MAKEUP:

Back to the Future Part II*

Batman

Ghostbusters II

The Phantom of the Opera

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier


BEST SOUND:

The Abyss

Batman

The ‘Burbs

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade*

Lethal Weapon 2


BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

The Abyss*

Back to the Future Part II

Batman

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier


BEST STUNTS:

Batman

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade*

Lethal Weapon 2

Licence to Kill

Weekend at Bernie’s


BEST CASTING:

Dead Poets Society

Do the Right Thing

The Fabulous Baker Boys

Major League

Twin Peaks*


BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM:

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover*

Jesus of Montreal

Monsieur Hire

The Seventh Continent

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

If I Voted: 2018

Here are my Oscar picks from 2018.

BEST PICTURE:
The Favourite

BEST DIRECTOR:
Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite

BEST ACTOR:
Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born

BEST ACTRESS:
Olivia Colman, The Favourite

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Rachel Weisz, The Favourite

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Can You Ever Forgive Me?

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
The Favourite

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:
The Favourite

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Cold War

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
Black Panther

BEST FILM EDITING:
BlacKkKlansman

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
If Beale Street Could Talk

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
“All the Stars” from Black Panther

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING:
Border

BEST SOUND MIXING:
First Man

BEST SOUND EDITING:
First Man

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
Ready Player One

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
Never Look Away

Also, I updated my 2018 ballot and added the Best Stunts and Best Breakthrough lineups.

Alternate Oscars: 1990

* = winner

BEST PICTURE:

Close-Up

Dances with Wolves

Goodfellas

Ju Dou*

Misery


BEST DIRECTOR:

Kevin Costner, Dances with Wolves

Abbas Kiarostami, Close-Up

Rob Reiner, Misery

Martin Scorsese, Goodfellas

Zhang Yimou, Ju Dou*


BEST ACTOR:

Alec Baldwin, Miami Blues*

James Caan, Misery

Jeremy Irons, Reversal of Fortune

Ray Liotta, Goodfellas

Tim Roth, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead


BEST ACTRESS:

Kathy Bates, Misery

Cher, Mermaids

Laura Dern, Wild at Heart

Gong Li, Ju Dou*

Julia Roberts, Pretty Woman


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Brad Dourif, The Exorcist III

Robin Harris, House Party

Gary Oldman, State of Grace*

Joe Pesci, Goodfellas

Fred Ward, Tremors


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Bonnie Bedelia, Presumed Innocent

Annette Bening, The Grifters*

Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost

Carina Lau, Days of Being Wild

Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miami Blues


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

Dances with Wolves

Goodfellas*

The Grifters

Ju Dou

Misery


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

Ghost

Joe Versus the Volcano*

Life is Sweet

Metropolitan

Miller's Crossing


BEST ART DIRECTION:

Dances with Wolves

Dick Tracy*

Edward Scissorhands

Joe Versus the Volcano

Miller's Crossing


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

Close-Up

Dances with Wolves

Dick Tracy

Dreams*

Goodfellas


BEST COSTUME DESIGN:

Cry-Baby

Dances with Wolves

Dick Tracy*

Edward Scissorhands

Wild at Heart


BEST FILM EDITING:

Close-Up

Dances with Wolves

Goodfellas*

La Femme Nikita

Misery


BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:

Dances with Wolves*

Edward Scissorhands

Home Alone

The Hunt for Red October

The Rescuers Down Under


BEST ORIGINAL SONG:

"Blaze of Glory" from Young Guns II

"I’m Checkin’ Out" from Postcards from the Edge

"Promise Me You'll Remember" from The Godfather Part III

"Somewhere in My Memory" from Home Alone*

"Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)" from Dick Tracy


BEST MAKEUP:

Darkman

Dick Tracy*

Edward Scissorhands

The Exorcist III

The Witches


BEST SOUND:

Days of Thunder

Dick Tracy

Die Hard 2

The Hunt for Red October*

La Femme Nikita


BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

Back to the Future Part III

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Total Recall

Tremors*

The Witches


BEST STUNTS:

Darkman

Days of Thunder

Die Hard 2*

La Femme Nikita

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles


BEST CASTING:

Days of Being Wild*

Goodfellas

Home Alone

Mermaids

Misery


BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM:

Close-Up

Days of Being Wild

Dreams

Ju Dou*

Life is Sweet

Alternate Oscars: 1991

* = winner


BEST PICTURE:

The Fisher King

La Belle Noiseuse

The Lovers on the Bridge*

The Silence of the Lambs

Terminator 2: Judgment Day


BEST DIRECTOR:

James Cameron, Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Leos Carax, The Lovers on the Bridge*

Jonathan Demme, The Silence of the Lambs

Terry Gilliam, The Fisher King

Jacques Rivette, La Belle Noiseuse


BEST ACTOR:

Jeff Bridges, The Fisher King

Robert De Niro, Cape Fear

Nick Nolte, Cape Fear

River Phoenix, My Own Private Idaho

Robin Williams, The Fisher King*


BEST ACTRESS:

Juliette Binoche, The Lovers on the Bridge*

Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs

Linda Hamilton, Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Irène Jacob, The Double Life of Veronique

Gong Li, Raise the Red Lantern


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Russell Crowe, Proof

Laurence Fishburne, Boyz n the Hood

John Goodman, Barton Fink

Anthony Hopkins, The Silence of the Lambs*

Samuel L. Jackson, Jungle Fever


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Ruby Dee, Jungle Fever

Juliette Lewis, Cape Fear

Cathy Moriarty, Soapdish

Amanda Plummer, The Fisher King

Mercedes Ruehl, The Fisher King*


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

Cape Fear

JFK

La Belle Noiseuse*

Raise the Red Lantern

The Silence of the Lambs


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

Defending Your Life

The Double Life of Veronique

The Fisher King*

The Lovers on the Bridge

Night on Earth


BEST ART DIRECTION:

Barton Fink

Delicatessen*

The Doors

Hook

Raise the Red Lantern


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

The Double Life of Veronique*

JFK

The Lovers on the Bridge

The Ox

Raise the Red Lantern


BEST COSTUME DESIGN:

The Addams Family

Bugsy

Edward II

Hook

Raise the Red Lantern*


BEST FILM EDITING:

Cape Fear

JFK*

Point Break

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Thelma & Louise


BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:

Beauty and the Beast

The Double Life of Veronique

Hook

The Rocketeer

Terminator 2: Judgment Day*


BEST ORIGINAL SONG:

"All I Want" from All I Want for Christmas

"Beauty and the Beast" from Beauty and the Beast*

"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

"Tears in Heaven" from Rush

"When You're Alone" from Hook


BEST MAKEUP:

Hook

Naked Lunch

Nothing But Trouble

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Terminator 2: Judgment Day*


BEST SOUND:

Europa

Point Break

The Rocketeer

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Terminator 2: Judgment Day*


BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

Hook

Naked Lunch

The Rocketeer

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Terminator 2: Judgment Day*


BEST STUNTS:

Backdraft

Hook

Point Break

The Rocketeer

Terminator 2: Judgment Day*


BEST CASTING:

Boyz n the Hood

Cape Fear

The Fisher King

JFK*

Night on Earth


BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM:

The Double Life of Veronique

La Belle Noiseuse

The Lovers on the Bridge*

The Ox

Raise the Red Lantern

I'm Back!

For the two or three people reading this:

After dragging my feet for months on what to do with my ballots, I've decided to stick with my old format, and add Best Stunts and Best Breakthrough awards to bring my total to twenty categories (and one hundred nominations) a year. I haven't decided whether to keep doing "If I Voted" posts, as I announced in January, or not, but I have updated my 2019 ballot with all twenty categories. (I'll update my 1992-2018 ballots with the extra two categories soonish.)

I really should find the time to watch A Brighter Summer Day before I post 1991, but I might just go ahead and post it. And once I watch Postcards from the Edge, which I own on DVD, I'll post 1990. Then I'm just going to post my ballots in their most up-to-date form and edit them accordingly in the future.

Also, I'll have a full 2020 ballot ready to post as soon as I see a few more films, like The Father, Supernova, and Kajillionaire. Hope all of this is encouraging news. Back soon.