1987

* = winner

BEST MOVIE:

Beverly Hills Cop II

Lethal Weapon*

Little Dorrit

The Monster Squad

The Untouchables

BEST DIRECTOR:

Brian De Palma, The Untouchables

Richard Donner, Lethal Weapon

Christine Edzard, Little Dorrit*

Tony Scott, Beverly Hills Cop II

Wim Wenders, Wings of Desire

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE:

Christian Bale, Empire of the Sun*

Robert Downey Jr., Less Than Zero

Richard E. Grant, Withnail & I

Mark Harmon, Summer School

Mickey Rourke, Barfly

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE:

Cher, Moonstruck

Holly Hunter, Broadcast News*

Anjelica Huston, The Dead

Mary Stuart Masterson, Some Kind of Wonderful

Sarah Pickering, Little Dorrit

BEST SCREENPLAY:

Broadcast News

Lethal Weapon*

The Monster Squad

The Princess Bride

The Year My Voice Broke

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

Empire of the Sun

The Last Emperor

The Untouchables

Wings of Desire*

Wolf’s Hole

BEST EDITING:

Blind Chance

Evil Dead II

Full Metal Jacket

Lethal Weapon*

The Untouchables

BEST MUSIC:

Angel Heart

Dirty Dancing

Empire of the Sun

The Last Emperor

The Untouchables*

BEST PRODUCTION:

Empire of the Sun

The Last Emperor

Lethal Weapon

The Princess Bride*

The Untouchables

BEST CAST:

Broadcast News

Little Dorrit

Matewan

The Princess Bride

The Untouchables*

BEST COLLABORATION:

John Ashton, Eddie Murphy, and Judge Reinhold, Beverly Hills Cop II*

Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman, Ishtar

John Candy and Steve Martin, Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Cher, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Susan Sarandon, The Witches of Eastwick

Mel Gibson and Danny Glover, Lethal Weapon

BEST ARTIST:

Christine Edzard, Little Dorrit

Krzysztof Kieślowski, Blind Chance

Stanley Kubrick, Full Metal Jacket

Sam Raimi, Evil Dead II

Wim Wenders, Wings of Desire*

1988

* = winner

BEST MOVIE:

Cinema Paradiso

Die Hard*

Miracle Mile

A Short Film About Love

Tucker: The Man and His Dream

BEST DIRECTOR:

Francis Ford Coppola, Tucker: The Man and His Dream

Steve De Jarnatt, Miracle Mile

Krzysztof Kieślowski, A Short Film About Killing

John McTiernan, Die Hard

Giuseppe Tornatore, Cinema Paradiso*

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE:

Kevin Kline, A Fish Called Wanda

Bill Murray, Scrooged

Philippe Noiret, Cinema Paradiso

Forest Whitaker, Bird

Bruce Willis, Die Hard*

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE:

Isabelle Adjani, Camille Claudel

Glenn Close, Dangerous Liaisons

Jamie Lee Curtis, A Fish Called Wanda*

Jodie Foster, The Accused

Meryl Streep, A Cry in the Dark

BEST SCREENPLAY:

Cinema Paradiso

Die Hard*

A Fish Called Wanda

A Short Film About Love

The Vanishing

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

Cinema Paradiso

Distant Voices, Still Lives

A Short Film About Killing*

Tucker: The Man and His Dream

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

BEST EDITING:

Cinema Paradiso

Die Hard*

Miracle Mile

The Thin Blue Line

Tucker: The Man and His Dream

BEST MUSIC:

Beetlejuice

Big Time

Cinema Paradiso*

My Neighbor Totoro

A Short Film About Love

BEST PRODUCTION:

Beetlejuice

Dangerous Liaisons

Die Hard*

Tucker: The Man and His Dream

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

BEST CAST:

Die Hard

A Fish Called Wanda*

Running on Empty

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Working Girl

BEST COLLABORATION:

Michael Caine and Steve Martin, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin, Midnight Run

Anthony Edwards and Mare Winningham, Miracle Mile

Annabeth Gish, Julia Roberts, and Lili Taylor, Mystic Pizza

Olaf Lubaszenko and Grazyna Szapolowska, A Short Film About Love*

BEST ARTIST:

Krzysztof Kieślowski, A Short Film About Killing and A Short Film About Love*

Mira Nair, Salaam Bombay!

Martin Scorsese, The Last Temptation of Christ

Isao Takahata, Grave of the Fireflies

Giuseppe Tornatore, Cinema Paradiso

2022 (music)

Fun fact: I saw this year's ROTY and SOTY winners open for my AOTY winner on that album cycle.

* = winner

Album of the Year:

Blue Rev - Alvvays

Crybaby - Tegan and Sara*

Expert In A Dying Field - The Beths

i don’t know who needs to hear this… - Tomberlin

Tough Boy - Carlie Hanson

Record of the Year:

“608” - Carlie Hanson*

“Free” - Florence and the Machine

“I Can’t Grow Up” - Tegan and Sara

“Shotgun” - Soccer Mommy

“Unconditional II (Race and Religion)” - Arcade Fire ft. Peter Gabriel

Song of the Year:

“2am” - The Beths

“Belinda Says” - Alvvays

“happy accident” - Tomberlin*

“The Heart Part 5” - Kendrick Lamar

“Illusion” - Carlie Hanson

Performance of the Year:

“Belinda Says” - Alvvays*

“Expert In A Dying Field” - The Beths

“happy accident” - Tomberlin

“The Heart Part 5” - Kendrick Lamar

“Whatever That Was” - Tegan and Sara

Artist of the Year:

Alvvays

Dehd

Harry Styles

Tegan and Sara*

Wet Leg

1989

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

* = winner

BEST MOVIE:

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 MALE PERFORMANCE:

Kenneth Branagh, Henry V

Beau Bridges, The Fabulous Baker Boys

Jeff Bridges, The Fabulous Baker Boys*

Daniel Day-Lewis, My Left Foot

Denzel Washington, Glory

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE:

Pauline Collins, Shirley Valentine

Andie MacDowell, Sex, Lies, and Videotape

Michelle Pfeiffer, The Fabulous Baker Boys*

Meg Ryan, When Harry Met Sally…

Laura San Giacomo, Sex, Lies, and Videotape

BEST SCREENPLAY:

Do the Right Thing

The Fabulous Baker Boys

Sex, Lies, and Videotape*

The War of the Roses

When Harry Met Sally…

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 EDITING:

The Abyss

Do the Right Thing*

The Fabulous Baker Boys

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

The Killer

BEST MUSIC:

Batman*

Do the Right Thing

Field of Dreams

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

The Little Mermaid

BEST PRODUCTION:

The Abyss

Back to the Future Part II

Batman

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade*

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

BEST CAST:

The ‘Burbs

Dead Poets Society

Do the Right Thing

Major League

Twin Peaks*

BEST COLLABORATION:

Sean Connery and Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan, When Harry Met Sally…

Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, The War of the Roses

Mel Gibson and Danny Glover, Lethal Weapon 2

Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman, Weekend at Bernie’s*

BEST ARTIST:

Denys Arcand, Jesus of Montreal

Peter Greenaway, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover

Michael Haneke, The Seventh Continent

Spike Lee, Do the Right Thing*

David Lynch, Twin Peaks

1990

* = winner

BEST MOVIE:

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 MALE PERFORMANCE:

Alec Baldwin, Miami Blues

James Caan, Misery

Jeremy Irons, Reversal of Fortune

Gary Oldman, State of Grace*

Joe Pesci, Goodfellas

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE:

Kathy Bates, Misery

Annette Bening, The Grifters

Laura Dern, Wild at Heart

Gong Li, Ju Dou*

Julia Roberts, Pretty Woman

BEST SCREENPLAY:

Ghost

Goodfellas*

Joe Versus the Volcano

Metropolitan

Misery

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

Close-Up

Dances with Wolves

Dick Tracy

Dreams*

Goodfellas

BEST EDITING:

Close-Up

Dances with Wolves

Goodfellas*

La Femme Nikita

Misery

BEST MUSIC:

Dances with Wolves*

Dick Tracy

Edward Scissorhands

Home Alone

The Hunt for Red October

BEST PRODUCTION:

Dances with Wolves

Dick Tracy*

Die Hard 2

Miller's Crossing

Total Recall

BEST CAST:

The Godfather Part III

Goodfellas

Home Alone

Life is Sweet

Mermaids*

BEST COLLABORATION:

Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward, Tremors

Richard Gere and Julia Roberts, Pretty Woman

Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, Joe Versus the Volcano*

Kid ’n Play, House Party

Gary Oldman and Tim Roth, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

BEST ARTIST:

Wong Kar-Wai, Days of Being Wild

Aki Kaurismäki, The Match Factory Girl

Abbas Kiarostami, Close-Up*

Akira Kurosawa, Dreams

Zhang Yimou, Ju Dou

1991

I finally finished adding Best Collaboration and Best Artist lineups to my 1992-2024 movie awards ballots, so I should be posting ballots more frequently now. (My alternate Oscar ballots from 1991-2024 are also up-to-date.)

* = winner

BEST MOVIE:

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 MALE PERFORMANCE:

Jeff Bridges, The Fisher King

Robert De Niro, Cape Fear

Anthony Hopkins, The Silence of the Lambs

River Phoenix, My Own Private Idaho

Robin Williams, The Fisher King*

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE:

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 SCREENPLAY:

The Fisher King*

La Belle Noiseuse

The Lovers on the Bridge

Night on Earth

The Silence of the Lambs

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

The Double Life of Veronique*

JFK

The Lovers on the Bridge

The Ox

Raise the Red Lantern

BEST EDITING:

Cape Fear

JFK*

Point Break

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Thelma & Louise

BEST MUSIC:

Beauty and the Beast

The Double Life of Veronique

Hook

The Rocketeer

Terminator 2: Judgment Day*

BEST PRODUCTION:

Barton Fink

Hook

The Rocketeer

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Terminator 2: Judgment Day*

BEST CAST:

Boyz n the Hood

Cape Fear

The Fisher King*

JFK

Night on Earth

BEST COLLABORATION:

Emmanuelle Béart and Michel Piccoli, La Belle Noiseuse

Juliette Binoche and Denis Lavant, The Lovers on the Bridge

Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon, Thelma and Louise

Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins, The Silence of the Lambs*

Edward Furlong, Linda Hamilton, and Arnold Schwarzenegger, Terminator 2: Judgment Day

BEST ARTIST:

Albert Brooks, Defending Your Life

Leos Carax, The Lovers on the Bridge

Krzysztof Kieślowski, The Double Life of Veronique

Jacques Rivette, La Belle Noiseuse*

John Singleton, Boyz n the Hood

2021 (music)

I don't listen to as much new music (mostly indie pop and alternative) these days, but I'm slowly filling out my 2020s ballots, since I want to complete these and eventually work my way backwards.

* = winner

Album of the Year:

Happier Than Ever - Billie Eilish

Jubilee - Japanese Breakfast*

Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night - Bleachers

Thirstier - TORRES

WE ARE - Jon Batiste

Record of the Year:

“Asking for a Friend” - CHVRCHES

“Be Sweet” - Japanese Breakfast*

“Don’t Go Puttin Wishes in My Head” - TORRES

“Happier Than Ever” - Billie Eilish

“Snot” - Carlie Hanson ft. Deb Never

Song of the Year:

“18 Cigarettes” - Ducks Ltd.

“FREEDOM” - Jon Batiste

“Happier Than Ever” - Billie Eilish*

“Paprika” - Japanese Breakfast

“Wasted” - The War on Drugs

Performance of the Year:

“CRY” - Jon Batiste

“Don’t Go Puttin Wishes in My Head” - TORRES*

“Dreaming” - Bnny

“GOLDWING” - Billie Eilish

“Posing For Cars” - Japanese Breakfast

Artist of the Year:

Jon Batiste*

Billie Eilish

Bleachers

Japanese Breakfast

Olivia Rodrigo