best picture

Top 10 of 2016
1. Arrival – Denis Villeneuve
2. Lion – Garth Davis
3. La La Land – Damien Chazelle
4. Moonlight – Barry Jenkins
5. Miss Sloane – John Madden
6. Hell or High Water – Taylor Sheridan
7. Jackie – Pablo Larrain
8. Deadpool – Tim MIller
9. Sing Street – John Carney
10. Tanna – Martin Butler and Bentley Dean

Honourable Mentions:
13th – Ava DuVernay
Moana – Ron Clements, John Musker
A Bigger Splash – Luca Guadagnino
Trolls – Mike Mitchell
Julieta – Pedro Almodovar
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – Gareth Edwards
Nocturnal Animals – Tom Ford
Finding Dory – Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane, Jose Luis Angulo
OJ: Made in America – Ezra Edelman

 

best director

Winner:
Denis Villeneuve – Arrival

Nominees:

Taylor Sheridan – Hell or High Water
Pablo Larrain – Jackie
Garth Davis – Lion
John Madden – Miss Sloane
Barry Jenkins – Moonlight

 

 best lead actor

Winner:
Jake Gyllenhaal – Nocturnal Animals

Nominees:

Denzel Washington – Fences
Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge
Chris Pine – Hell or High Water
Ryan Gosling – La La Land
Jesse Plemons – Other People

 

best lead actress

Winner:
Jessica Chastain – Miss Sloane

Nominees:

Amy Adams – Arrival
Isabelle Huppert – Elle
Natalie Portman – Jackie
Adriana Ugarte – Julieta
Emma Stone – La La Land
Ruth Negga – Loving

 

best supporting actor

Winner:
Dev Patel – Lion

Nominees:
John Goodman – 10 Cloverfield Lane
Ralph Fiennes – A Bigger Splash
Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water
Aaron Taylor Johnson – Nocturnal Animals
Jack Reynor – Sing Street

 

best supporting actress

Winner:
Kathryn Hahn – Bad Moms

Nominees:

Judy Davis – The Dressmaker
Viola Davis – Fences
Nicole Kidman – Lion
Naomie Harris – Moonlight
Molly Shannon – Other People

 

best original screenplay

Winner:
Taylor Sheridan – Hell or High Water

Nominees:
Robert Schenkkan, Andrew Knight – Hacksaw Ridge
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen – Hail Caesar!
Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
Jonathan Perera – Miss Sloane
Shane Black, Anthony Bagarozzi – The Nice Guys

 

best adapted screenplay

Winner:
Luke Davies – Lion

Nominees:

Eric Heisserer – Arrival
Rhett Ree, Paul Wernick – Deadpool
David Birke – Elle
Theodore Melfi, Allison Schroeder – Hidden Figures
Barry Jenkins, Tarell McCraney – Moonlight

 

best original score/soundtrack

Winner:
Dustin O’Halloran & Hauschka – Lion

Nominees:

Jóhann Jóhannsson – Arrival
Justin Hurwitz – La La Land
Nicholas Britell – Moonlight
Abel Korzeniowski – Nocturnal Animals
Thomas Newman – Passengers

 

best original song

Winner:
“Another Day of Sun” – La La Land

Nominees:
“Just Like Fire” – Alice Through the Looking Glass
“Never Give Up” – Lion
“How Far I’ll Go” – Moana
“Drive It Like You Stole It” – Sing Street
“Can’t Stop the Feeling” – Trolls

 

best non-english language film

Winner:
Tanna (Australia)

Runners-up:
The Handmaiden (South Korea)
Julieta (Spain)
A Man Called Ove (Sweden)
The Salesman (Iran)

 

best cinematography

Winner:
Moonlight

Nominees:
Arrival
A Bigger Splash
The Handmaiden
Lion
Tanna

 

best film editing

Winner:
Arrival

Nominees:
Lion
Miss Sloane
Moonlight
Hell or High Water
Nocturnal Animals

 

best production design

Winner:
Passengers

Nominees:
Arrival
Hail Caesar!
The Handmaiden
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Kubo and the Two Strings

 

best costume design

Winner:
Jackie

Nominees:
A Bigger Splash
The Dressmaker
Hail Caesar!
The Handmaiden
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

 

best sound

Winner:
Arrival

Nominees:
Deadpool
Hacksaw Ridge
Moana
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Sully

 

best makeup and hairstyling

Winner:
Star Trek Beyond

Nominees:
Deadpool
The Dreessmaker
Hail Caesar!
A Man Called Ove
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

 

best visual effects

Winner:
Arrival

Nominees:
Deadpool
The Jungle Book
Kubo and the Two Strings
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Star Trek Beyond

 

best stunts

Winner:
Hacksaw Ridge

Runners-up:
Arrival
Deadpool
Nocturnal Animals
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Star Trek Beyond

 

best documentary

Winner:
13th

Runners-up:
The Eagle Huntress
OJ: Made in America

 

best ensemble

Winner:
Moonlight

Nominees:
Bad Moms
Eye in the Sky
Manchester by the Sea
Hail Caesar!
Hell or High Water

 

best animated feature

Winner:
Trolls

Runners-up:
Finding Dory
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
The Secret Life of Pets
Zootopia

 

best titles sequence

Kubo and the Two Strings

 

best poster

Arrival

 

top 10 scenes

Ocean Swim
Moonlight
Nominees
Trump Rally 13th
First Contact Arrival
Dance A Bigger Splash
Reunited Finding Dory
Shootout Hell or High Water
Sunset Dance La La Land
Bus Crash A Man Called Ove
Vader and the Stolen Plans Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Bamboleo Sing

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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