best picture

Top 10 of 2013
1. Gravity – Alfonso Cuaron
2. Her – Spike Jonze
3. Frozen – Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee
4. Oblivion – Joseph Kosinski
5. Blue Jasmine – Woody Allen
6. Before Midnight – Richard Linklater
7. Prisoners – Denis Villeneuve
8. 12 Years a Slave – Steve McQueen
9. Enough Said – Nicole Holofcener
10. Rush – Ron Howard

Honourable Mentions:
The Past – Asghar Farhadi
American Hustle – David O. Russell
The Wolf of Wall Street – Martin Scorsese
World War Z – Marc Foster
Star Trek Into Darkness – JJ Abrams
Pacific Rim – Guillermo Del Toro
Captain Phillips – Paul Greengrass
All is Lost – J.C. Chandor

 

best director

Winner:
Alfonso Cuaron – Gravity

Nominees:
Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave
Nicole Holofcener – Enough Said
Spike Jonze – Her
Asghar Farhadi – The Past
Denis Villeneuve – Prisoners

 

best lead actor 

Winner:
Joaquin Phoenix – Her

Nominees:
Chiwitel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave
Robert Redford – All is Lost
Tom Hanks – Captain Phillips
Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club
Michael B. Jordan – Fruitvale Station
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street

 

best lead actress

Winner:
Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine

Nominees:
Amy Adams – American Hustle
Julie Delpy – Before Midnight
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Enough Said
Sandra Bullock – Gravity
Berenice Bejo – The Past
Emma Thompson – Saving Mr Banks

 

best supporting actor

Winner:
Jake Gyllenhaal – Prisoners

Nominees:
Bradley Cooper – American Hustle
Bobby Cannavale – Blue Jasmine
Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club
James Gandolfini – Enough Said
Daniel Bruhl – Rush

 

best supporting actress 

Winner:
Margot Robbie – The Wolf of Wall Street

Nominees:
Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave
Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle
Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine
Octavia Spencer – Fruitvale Station
Zhang Ziyi – The Grandmaster

 

best male limited/cameo performance

Winner:
Matthew McConaughey – The Wolf of Wall Street

Nominees:
Chris Pratt – Her
Lee Pace – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Terrence Howard – Prisoners
Pierfrancesco Favino – Rush

 

best female limited/cameo performance

Winner:
Alfre Woodard – 12 Years a Slave

Nominees:
Melissa Leo – Oblivion
Sabrina Ouazani – The Past
Melanie Paxson – Saving Mr Banks
Ruth Wilson – Saving Mr Banks

 

best original screenplay 

Winner:
Spike Jonze – Her

Nominees:
Woody Allen Blue – Jasmine
Nicole Holofcener – Enough Said
Alfonso Cuaron & Jonas Cuaron – Gravity
Asghar Farhadi – The Past
Peter Morgan – Rush

 

best adapted screenplay

Winner:
Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke & Richard Linklater – Before Midnight

Nominees:
John Ridley – 12 Years a Slave
Jennifer Lee, Chris Buck, Shane Morris – Frozen
Steve Coogan & Jeff Pope – Philomena
Destin Daniel Cretton – Short Term 12
Terrence Winter – The Wolf of Wall Street

 

best original score

Winner: 
Anthony Gonzalez & Joseph Trapanese – Oblivion

Nominees:
Christophe Beck – Frozen
Shigeru Umebayashi & Stefano Lentini – The Grandmaster
Steven Price – Gravity
William Butler & Owen Pallett – Her
Explosions in the Sky & David Wingo Prince – Avalanche
Jóhann Jóhannsson – Prisoners
Hans Zimmer – Rush

 

best original song

Winner:
”Let It Go” – Frozen

Nominees:
“Happy” – Despicable Me 2
“Do You Want to Build a Snowman?” – Frozen
“For the First Time in Forever” – Frozen
“Young and Beautiful”-  The Great Gatsby
“Oblivion” – Oblivion

 

best non-english language film

Winner: 
The Past (Iran)

Nominees:
The Grandmaster (Hong Kong)
The Great Beauty (Italy)
The Rocket (Australia)
Wadjda (Saudi Arabia)

 

best cinematography

Winner: 
Philippe Le Sourd – The Grandmaster

Nominees:
Sean Bobbitt – 12 Years a Slave
Frank G. DeMarco – All is Lost
Emmanuel Lubezki – Gravity
Hoyte Van Hoytema – Her
Roger Deakins – Prisoners

 

best film editing

Winner:
Daniel P. Hanley & Mike Hill – Rush

Nominees:
Joe Walker – 12 Years a Slave
Christopher Rouse – Captain Phillips
Alfonso Cuaron & Mark Sanger – Gravity
Jeff Buchanan & Eric Zumbrunnen – Her
Richard Francis-Bruce – Oblivion

 

best production design

Winner:
Gravity

Nominees:
12 Years a Slave
The Great Gatsby
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Her
Oblivion

 

best costume design

Winner:
The Great Gatsby

Nominees:
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Blue Jasmine
The Grandmaster
The Lone Ranger

 

best sound mixing

Winner: 
Rush

Nominees:
12 Years a Slave
Frozen
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Oblivion

 

best sound editing

Winner: 
Oblivion

Nominees:
All is Lost
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Pacific Rim
Rush

 

best makeup and hairstyling

Winner: 
American Hustle

Nominees:
12 Years a Slave
Elysium
The Great Gatsby
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
World War Z

 

best visual effects 

Winner:
Gravity

Nominees:
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Man of Steel
Oblivion
Pacific Rim
Star Trek Into Darkness

 

best stunt direction

Winner: 
World War Z

Nominees:
Lone Survivor
Man of Steel
Pacific Rim
Rush
Star Trek Into Darkness

 

best documentary

Winner: 
20 Feet From Stardom

Nominees:
The Act of Killing
Blackfish
Dirty Wars
Stories We Tell

 

best ensemble

Winner: 
Prisoners

Nominees:
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
August: Osage County
Short Term 12
The Wolf of Wall Street

 

best animated feature

Winner:
Frozen

Nominees:
The Croods
Despicable Me 2

 

best titles sequence

Winner: 
The Great Gatsby

Nominees:
20 Feet From Stardom
The Conjuring
Oblivion

 

best poster

Winner:
Gravity

Nominees:
The Conjuring
Rush
Saving Mr Banks
The Spectacular Now

 

top 5 scenes of 2013

Jasmine Talks and Talks and Talks – Blue Jasmine
Elsa sings “Let it Go” – Frozen
The Debris – Gravity
In Utero – Gravity
The Lunch – The Wolf of Wall Street

Runners Up:
Hanging – 12 Years a Slave
Merry Clayton and Mick Jagger recall late-night “Gimme Shelter” session – 20 Feet From Stardom
You’re Safe Now Captain – Captain Phillips
Clap Clap – The Conjuring
Jerusalem Invasion – World War Z

 

wins tally

multiple nominations tally

Please note that eligibility periods and category placements may not be 100% accurate, and is in the sole discretion of the writer to do as he wishes. Thanks.

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