I will now reveal the winners in my own personal film honors — the Filmiest Awards! Check out my picks below, with winners at the top of each category followed by the rest of the nominees.
BEST PICTURE
If Beale Street Could Talk
- BlacKkKlansman
- The Favourite
- First Man
- Hereditary
- Leave No Trace
- The Rider
- Roma
- A Star Is Born
- Suspiria
BEST DIRECTOR
Barry Jenkins for If Beale Street Could Talk
- Alfonso Cuarón for Roma
- Debra Granik for Leave No Trace
- Yorgos Lanthimos for The Favourite
- Spike Lee for BlacKkKlansman
BEST ACTOR
Bradley Cooper as Jackson Maine in A Star Is Born
- Ben Foster as Will in Leave No Trace
- Ethan Hawke as Ernst Toller in First Reformed
- Stephan James as Alonzo “Fonny” Hunt in If Beale Street Could Talk
- Joaquin Phoenix as Joe in You Were Never Really Here
BEST ACTRESS
Toni Collette as Annie Graham in Hereditary
- Glenn Close as Joan Castleman in The Wife
- Olivia Colman as Queen Anne in The Favourite
- Melissa McCarthy as Lee Israel in Can You Ever Forgive Me?
- Thomasin McKenzie as Tom in Leave No Trace
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Richard E. Grant as Jack Hock in Can You Ever Forgive Me?
- Hugh Grant as Phoenix Buchanan in Paddington 2
- Josh Hamilton as Mark Day in Eighth Grade
- Brian Tyree Henry as Daniel Carty in If Beale Street Could Talk
- Russell Hornsby as Maverick Carter in The Hate U Give
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Regina King as Sharon Rivers in If Beale Street Could Talk
- Elizabeth Debicki as Alice Gunner in Widows
- Cynthia Erivo as Darlene Sweet in Bad Times at the El Royale
- Rachel Weisz as Sarah Churchill in The Favourite
- Michelle Yeoh as Eleanor Sung-Young in Crazy Rich Asians
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Favourite — Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara
- Eighth Grade — Bo Burnham
- First Reformed — Paul Schrader
- Private Life — Tamara Jenkins
- Shoplifters — Hirokazu Kore-
eda
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BlacKkKlansman — Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee
- Can You Ever Forgive Me? — Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty
- If Beale Street Could Talk — Barry Jenkins
- Leave No Trace — Debra Granik and Anne Rossellini
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse — Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
If Beale Street Could Talk — Nicholas Britell
- Annihilation — Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury
- Black Panther — Ludwig Göransson
- BlacKkKlansman — Terence Blanchard
- First Man — Justin Hurwitz
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
A Star Is Born (“Shallow”) — Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt
- Black Panther (“All the Stars”) — Kendrick Lamar,
Sounwave , Al Shux, SZA - Mary Poppins Returns (“A Cover Is Not the Book”) — Mark Shaiman and Scott Wittman
- A Star Is Born (“Always Remember Us This Way”) — Lady Gaga, Natalie Hemby, Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna
- Vox Lux (“Wrapped Up”) — Sia and Greg Kurstin
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Favourite — Fiona Crombie; Alice Felton
- Annihilation — Mark Digby; Michelle Day
- Black Panther — Hannah Beachler; Jay Hart
- Isle of Dogs — Paul Harrod and Adam Stockhausen
- Roma — Eugenio Caballero; Bárbara Enríquez
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
If Beale Street Could Talk — James Laxton
- Cold War — Łukasz Żal
- The Favourite — Robbie Ryan
- The Rider — Joshua James Richards
- Roma — Alfonso Cuarón
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Black Panther — Ruth E. Carter
- Crazy Rich Asians — Mary E. Vogt
- The Favourite — Sandy Powell
- If Beale Street Could Talk — Caroline Eselin
- Mary Poppins Returns — Sandy Powell
BEST FILM EDITING
BlacKkKlansman — Barry Alexander Brown
- First Man — Tom Cross
- If Beale Street Could Talk — Joi McMillion and Nat Sanders
- Minding the Gap — Joshua Altman and Bing Liu
- Widows — Joe Walker
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Suspiria — Mark Coulier, Fernanda Perez and Manolo Garcia
- Black Panther — Joel Harlow, Camille Friend
and Ken Diaz - The Favourite — Nadia Stacey
- Mary Queen of Scots — Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher and Jessica Brooks
- Stan & Ollie — Jeremy Woodhead and Mark Coulier
BEST SOUND DESIGN
A Star Is Born — Alan Robert Murray, Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic, Jason Ruder and Steve A. Morrow
- First Man — Ai-Ling Lee,
Midred Iatrou Morgan, Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, and Mary H. Ellis - Hereditary — Lewis Goldstein, Thomas Ryan
and Steve Laneri - Roma — Sergio Díaz, Skip Lievsay, Craig Henighan and José Antonio García
- Suspiria — Frank Kruse, Yves-Marie Omnes and Lars Ginzel
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Paddington 2 — Nicholas Bennett, Rupert Davies, Andy Kind, Peter McDonald, Carlos Monzon, Glen Pratt
- Annihilation — Andrew Whitehurst, Sara Bennett, Richard Clarke
and Simon Hughes - Avengers: Infinity War — Dan DeLeeuw, Kelly Port, Russell Earl
and Dan Sudick - First Man — Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles
and J. D. Schwalm - Mission: Impossible — Fallout — Rohit Prakash Gujar, Vinod Gundre, Jody Johnson
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MULTIPLE WINS
5 — If Beale Street Could Talk
3 — A Star Is Born
2 — BlacKkKlansman, The Favourite