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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