Awards 2019-2020 / road to Oscars 2020
Movies likely to be nominated or win a major award in the 2019-2020 awards season.
Wins are in bold letters, the rest are nominations.
Only some selected awards and nominations will be included. Will be regularly updated.
The list is not official and it is not exhaustive. Errors might exist.
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Wins are in bold letters, the rest are nominations.
Only some selected awards and nominations will be included. Will be regularly updated.
The list is not official and it is not exhaustive. Errors might exist.
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Awards 2019-2020: http://www.imdb.com/list/ls023178762/ (this list)
Awards 2020-2021: http://www.imdb.com/list/ls043494844/
Awards 2021-2022: http://www.imdb.com/list/ls096426181/
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- DirectorBong Joon HoStarsSong Kang-hoLee Sun-kyunCho Yeo-jeongGreed and class discrimination threaten the newly-formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.Best Film: Oscars, PGA, Critics, AFI(special), LAFCA
Best Foreign Language Film: Oscars, Globes, Spirit, Critics, NBR, NYFCC
Best Director: Oscars, DGA, Globes, Critics[tie], LAFCA
Best Screenplay: Oscars(original), WGA(original), Globes, Critics(original), LAFCA
Best Ensembe/Cast: SAG, Critics
Best Supp. Actor (Song Kang Ho): LAFCA
Best Editing: Oscars, Eddie(drama), Critics
Best Production Design: Oscars
Festivals: Cannes - Palme d' Or
Festivals: Toronto - Second Runner-Up
South Korea - DirectorSam MendesStarsDean-Charles ChapmanGeorge MacKayDaniel MaysApril 6th, 1917. As an infantry battalion assembles to wage war deep in enemy territory, two soldiers are assigned to race against time and deliver a message that will stop 1,600 men from walking straight into a deadly trap.Best Film: Oscars, Globes(drama), PGA, Critics, AFI, NBR
Best Director: Oscars, DGA, Globes, Critics[tie]
Best Screenplay: Oscars(original), WGA(original)
Best Cinematography: Oscars, ASC, Critics, NBR, LAFCA
Best Editing: Critics
Best Production Design: Oscars
Best Score: Oscars, Globes, Critics, LAFCA - DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsLeonardo DiCaprioBrad PittMargot RobbieA faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles.Best Film: Oscars, Globes(comedy), PGA, Critics, AFI, NBR
Best Director: Oscars, DGA, Globes, Critics, NBR
Best Screenplay: Oscars(original), Globes, Critics(original), NYFCC
Best Ensembe/Cast: SAG, Critics
Best Actor (Leonardo DiCaprio): Oscars, SAG, Globes(comedy) Critics
Best Supp. Actor (Brad Pitt): Oscars, SAG, Globes, Critics, NBR
Best Cinematography: Oscars, ASC, Critics
Best Editing: Eddie(comedy), Critics
Best Production Design: Oscars
Festivals: Cannes - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroAl PacinoJoe PesciAn illustration of Frank Sheeran's life, from W.W.II veteran to hit-man for the Bufalino crime family and his alleged assassination of his close friend Jimmy Hoffa.Best Film: Oscars, Globes(drama), PGA, Critics, AFI, NBR, NYFCC, LAFCA
Best Director: Oscars, DGA, Globes, Critics, LAFCA
Best Screenplay: Oscars(adapted), WGA(adapted), Globes, Critics(adapted), NBR(adapted)
Best Ensembe/Cast: SAG, Critics
Best Actor (Robert De Niro): Critics
Best Supp. Actor (Joe Pesci): Oscars, SAG, Globes, Critics, NYFCC, LAFCA
Best Supp. Actor (Al Pacino): Oscars, SAG, Globes, Critics
Best Cinematography: Oscars, ASC, Critics
Best Editing: Oscars, Eddie(drama), Critics
Best Production Design: Oscars
Best Score: Critics - DirectorTodd PhillipsStarsJoaquin PhoenixRobert De NiroZazie BeetzDuring the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.Best Film: Oscars, Globes(drama), PGA, Critics, AFI
Best Director: Oscars, Globes
Best Screenplay: Oscars(adapted), WGA(adapted), Critics(adapted)
Best Actor (Joaquin Phoenix): Oscars, SAG, Globes(drama), Critics
Best Cinematography: Oscars, ASC, Critics
Best Editing: Oscars, Eddie(drama)
Best Score: Oscars, Globes, Critics
Festivals: Venice - Golden Lion - DirectorTaika WaititiStarsRoman Griffin DavisThomasin McKenzieScarlett JohanssonA young German boy in the Hitler Youth whose hero and imaginary friend is the country's dictator is shocked to discover that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.Best Film: Oscars, Globes(comedy), PGA, Critics, AFI, NBR
Best Director: DGA
Best Screenplay: Oscars(adapted), WGA(adapted), Critics(adapted)
Best Ensembe/Cast: SAG
Best Actor (Roman Griffin Davis): Globes(comedy)
Best Supp. Actress (Scarlet Johansson): Oscars, SAG, Critics
Best Editing: Oscars, Eddie(comedy)
Best Production Design: Oscars
Festivals: Toronto - People's Choice Winner - DirectorNoah BaumbachStarsAdam DriverScarlett JohanssonJulia GreerNoah Baumbach's incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking up and a family staying together.Best Film: Oscars, Globes(drama), PGA, Spirit, Critics, Gotham, AFI, NBR
Best Director: Critics
Best Screenplay: Oscars(original), WGA(original), Globes, Spirit, Critics(original), Gotham, LAFCA
Best Ensemble/Cast: Critics
Best Actor (Adam Driver): Oscars, SAG, Globes(drama), Critics, Gotham, LAFCA
Best Actress (Scarlett Johansson): Oscars, SAG, Globes(drama), Critics
Best Supp. Actress (Laura Dern): Oscars, SAG, Globes, Critics, NYFCC
Best Editing: Eddie(drama)
Best Score: Oscars, Globes, Critics
Festivals: Venice
Festivals: Toronto - First Runner-Up - DirectorGreta GerwigStarsSaoirse RonanEmma WatsonFlorence PughJo March reflects back and forth on her life, telling the beloved story of the March sisters - four young women, each determined to live life on her own terms.Best Film: Oscars, PGA, Critics, AFI
Best Director: Critics
Best Screenplay: Oscars(adapted), WGA(adapted), Critics(adapted)
Best Ensemble/Cast: Critics
Best Actress (Saoirse Ronan): Oscars, Globes(drama), Critics
Best Supp. Actress (Florence Pugh): Oscars, Critics
Best Score: Oscars, Globes, Critics - DirectorJames MangoldStarsMatt DamonChristian BaleJon BernthalAmerican car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference and the laws of physics to build a revolutionary race car for Ford in order to defeat Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966.Best Film: Oscars, PGA, Critics, NBR
Best Actor (Christian Bale): SAG, Globes(drama)
Best Cinematography: ASC, Critics
Best Editing: Oscars, Eddie(drama), Critics - DirectorRian JohnsonStarsDaniel CraigChris EvansAna de ArmasA detective investigates the death of the patriarch of an eccentric, combative family.Best Film: Globes(comedy), PGA, AFI, NBR
Best Screenplay: Oscars(original), WGA(original), Critics(original)
Best Ensemble/Cast: Critics, NBR
Best Actor (Daniel Craig): Globes(comedy)
Best Actress (Ana de Armas): Globes(comedy)
Best Editing: Eddie(comedy) - DirectorFernando MeirellesStarsJonathan PryceAnthony HopkinsJuan MinujínBehind Vatican walls, the conservative Pope Benedict XVI and the liberal future Pope Francis must find common ground to forge a new path for the Catholic Church.Best Film: Globes(drama)
Best Screenplay: Oscars(adapted), Globes, Critics(adapted)
Best Actor (Jonathan Pryce): Oscars, Globes(drama)
Best Supp. Actor (Anthony Hopkins): Oscars, Globes, Critics - DirectorLulu WangStarsShuzhen ZhaoAwkwafinaX MayoA Chinese family discovers their grandmother has only a short while left to live and decide to keep her in the dark, scheduling a wedding to gather before she dies.Best Film: Spirit, AFI, NBR(indie)
Best Foreign Language Film: Globes
Best Screenplay: Critics(original)
Best Actress (Awkwafina): Globes(comedy), Critics, Gotham
Best Supp. Actress (Zhao Shuzhen): Spirit, Critics, LAFCA
Best Editing: Eddie(comedy)
Festivals: Sundance - DirectorBenny SafdieJosh SafdieStarsAdam SandlerJulia FoxIdina MenzelWith his debts mounting and angry collectors closing in, a fast-talking New York City jeweler risks everything in hope of staying afloat and alive.Best Film: Spirit, Critics, NBR
Best Director: Spirit, Critics, NYFCC
Best Screenplay: NBR(original)
Best Actor (Adam Sandler): Spirit, Critics, NBR
Best Editing: Spirit, Critics - DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsAntonio BanderasAsier EtxeandiaLeonardo SbaragliaA film director reflects on the choices he's made in life as the past and present come crashing down around him.Best Foreign Language Film: Oscars, Globes, Critics, NBR, LAFCA
Best Actor (Antonio Banderas): Oscars, Globes(drama), Critics, NYFCC, LAFCA
Festivals: Cannes - Best Actor (Antonio Banderas)
Spain - DirectorRupert GooldStarsRenée ZellwegerJessie BuckleyFinn WittrockLegendary performer Judy Garland arrives in London in the winter of 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts.Best Film: NBR(indie)
Best Actress (Renee Zellweger): Oscars, SAG, Globes(drama), Spirit, Critics, NBR - DirectorJay RoachStarsCharlize TheronNicole KidmanMargot RobbieA group of women take on Fox News head Roger Ailes and the toxic atmosphere he presided over at the network.Best Ensembe/Cast: SAG, Critics
Best Actress (Charlize Theron): Oscars, SAG, Globes(drama), Critics
Best Supp. Actress (Margot Robbie): Oscars, SAG, Globes, Critics
Best Supp. Actress (Nicole Kidman): SAG - DirectorClint EastwoodStarsPaul Walter HauserSam RockwellBrandon StanleySecurity guard Richard Jewell is an instant hero after foiling a bomb attack at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, but his life becomes a nightmare when the FBI leaks to the media that he is a suspect in the case.Best Film: AFI, NBR
Best Supp. Actress (Kathy Bates): Oscars, Globes, NBR - DirectorKasi LemmonsStarsCynthia ErivoJanelle MonáeLeslie Odom Jr.The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.Best Actress (Cynthia Erivo): Oscars, SAG, Globes(drama), Critics
Best Song (Stand Up): Oscars, Globes, Critics - DirectorRobert EggersStarsRobert PattinsonWillem DafoeValeriia KaramanTwo lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.Best Supp. Actor (Willem Dafoe): Spirit, Critics
Best Cinematography: Oscars, ASC(spotlight), Spirit, Critics
Festivals: Cannes - FIPRESCI Prize (Parallel section) - DirectorMarielle HellerStarsMatthew RhysTom HanksChris CooperBased on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Lloyd Vogel.Best Screenplay: WGA(adapted), Critics(adapted)
Best Supp. Actor (Tom Hanks): Oscars, SAG, Globes, Critics - DirectorDexter FletcherStarsTaron EgertonJamie BellRichard MaddenA musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John's breakthrough years.Best Film: Globes(comedy)
Best Actor (Taron Egerton) SAG, Globes(comedy)
Best Song (I'm Gonna Love Me Again): Oscars, Globes, Critics[tie] - DirectorCraig BrewerStarsEddie MurphyKeegan-Michael KeyMike EppsEddie Murphy portrays real-life legend Rudy Ray Moore, a comedy and rap pioneer who proved naysayers wrong when his hilarious, obscene, kung-fu fighting alter ego, Dolemite, became a 1970s Blaxploitation phenomenon.Best Film: Globes(comedy), NBR
Best Actor (Eddie Murphy): Globes(comedy), Critics
Best Editing: Eddie(comedy) - DirectorLadj LyStarsDamien BonnardAlexis ManentiDjebril ZongaA cop from the provinces moves to Paris to join the Anti-Crime Brigade of Montfermeil, discovering an underworld where the tensions between the different groups mark the rhythm.Best Foreign Language Film: Oscars, Globes, Critics
Festivals: Cannes - Jury Prize (tie)
France - DirectorTamara KotevskaLjubomir StefanovStarsHatidze MuratovaNazife MuratovaHussein SamThe last female bee-hunter in Europe must save the bees and return the natural balance in Honeyland, when a family of nomadic beekeepers invade her land and threaten her livelihood.Best Foreign Language Film: Oscars
Best Documentary: Oscars, DGA
Festivals - Documentary: Sundance - Grand Jury Prize (int.)
North Macedonia - DirectorJan KomasaStarsBartosz BieleniaAleksandra KoniecznaEliza RycembelDaniel experiences a spiritual transformation in a detention center. Although his criminal record prevents him from applying to the seminary, he has no intention of giving up his dream and decides to minister a small-town parish.Best Foreign Language Film: Oscars
Poland - DirectorCéline SciammaStarsNoémie MerlantAdèle HaenelLuàna BajramiOn an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.Best Foreign Language Film: Globes, Critics, NBR, LAFCA
Best Cinematography: NYFCC, LAFCA(tie)
Festivals: Cannes - Best Screenplay
France - DirectorMati DiopStarsMame Bineta SaneAmadou MbowTraoreIn a popular suburb of Dakar, workers on the construction site of a futuristic tower, without pay for months, decide to leave the country by the ocean for a better future. Among them is Souleiman, the lover of Ada, promised to another.Best First Film: DGA, NYFCC
Best Foreign Language Film: Critics, NBR
Best Cinematography: LAFCA(tie)
Festivals: Cannes - Grand Jury Prize
Senegal - DirectorJordan PeeleStarsLupita Nyong'oWinston DukeElisabeth MossAdelaide Wilson and her family are attacked by mysterious figures dressed in red. Upon closer inspection, the Wilsons realize that the intruders are exact lookalikes of them.Best Actress (Lupita Nyong'o): SAG, Critics, NYFCC, LAFCA
Best Score: Critics - DirectorOlivia WildeStarsKaitlyn DeverBeanie FeldsteinJessica WilliamsOn the eve of their high-school graduation, two academic superstars and best friends realize they should have worked less and played more. Determined not to fall short of their peers, the girls try to cram four years of fun into one night.Best First Film: Spirit
Best Screenplay: WGA(original)
Best Actress (Beanie Feldstein): Globes(comedy) - DirectorNisha GanatraStarsEmma ThompsonMindy KalingJohn LithgowA late night talk show host suspects that she may soon lose her long-running show.Best Actress (Emma Thompson): Globes(comedy)
Festivals: Sundance - DirectorLorene ScafariaStarsConstance WuJennifer LopezJulia StilesInspired by the viral New York Magazine article, Hustlers follows a crew of savvy former strip club employees who band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.Best Supp. Actress (Jennifer Lopez): SAG, Globes, Critics, LAFCA
- DirectorScott Z. BurnsStarsAdam DriverAnnette BeningJon HammIdealistic Senate staffer Daniel J. Jones, tasked by his boss to lead an investigation into the CIA's post 9/11 Detention and Interrogation Program, uncovers shocking secrets.Best Supp. Actress (Annette Bening): Globes
Festivals: Sundance - DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsCate BlanchettBilly CrudupEmma NelsonA loving mom becomes compelled to reconnect with her creative passions after years of sacrificing herself for her family. Her leap of faith takes her on an epic adventure that jump-starts her life and leads to her triumphant rediscovery.Best Actress (Cate Blanchett): Globes(comedy)
- DirectorDestin Daniel CrettonStarsMichael B. JordanJamie FoxxBrie LarsonWorld-renowned civil rights defense attorney Bryan Stevenson works to free a wrongly condemned death row prisoner.Best Supp. Actor (Jamie Foxx): SAG
- DirectorMelina MatsoukasStarsDaniel KaluuyaJodie Turner-SmithBokeem WoodbineA couple's first date takes an unexpected turn when a police officer pulls them over.Best First Film: DGA, NBR
- DirectorTrey Edward ShultsStarsTaylor RussellKelvin Harrison Jr.Alexa DemieTraces the journey of a suburban family - led by a well-intentioned but domineering father - as they navigate love, forgiveness, and coming together in the aftermath of a loss.Best Film: NBR
- DirectorJoanna HoggStarsNeil YoungTosin ColeJack McMullenA young film student in the early '80s becomes romantically involved with a complicated and untrustworthy man.Best Film: NBR(indie)
Festivals: Sundance - Grand Jury Prize (int.) - DirectorJoe TalbotStarsJimmie FailsJonathan MajorsRob MorganA young man searches for home in the changing city that seems to have left him behind.Best Film: NBR(indie)
Best First Film: DGA
Festivals: Sundance - Best Director - DirectorTyler NilsonMichael SchwartzStarsZack GottsagenAnn PierceDakota JohnsonZak, a man with down syndrome, runs away from a residential nursing home to pursue his dream of becoming a wrestler. Later, he meets with an outlaw who becomes his friend and coach.Best Film: NBR(indie)
Best First Film: DGA - DirectorJennifer KentStarsAisling FranciosiMaya ChristieBaykali GanambarrSet in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict woman, chases a British officer through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. On the way she enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker named Billy, who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.Best Film: NBR(indie)
Festivals: Venice - Special Jury Prize(2018) - DirectorAri AsterStarsFlorence PughJack ReynorVilhelm BlomgrenA couple travels to Northern Europe to visit a rural hometown's fabled Swedish mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.Best Film: NBR(indie)
- DirectorTom HarperStarsJessie BuckleyMatt CostelloJane PattersonA troubled young Glaswegian woman dreams of becoming a Nashville country star.Best Film: NBR(indie)
Best Song (Glasgow / No Place Like Home): Critics[tie] - DirectorKirill MikhanovskyStarsChris GalustLauren 'Lolo' SpencerMaksim StoyanovIn this freewheeling comedy, medical transport driver Vic risks his job to shuttle a group of rowdy seniors and a Russian boxer to a funeral, dragging clients like Tracy, a young woman with ALS, along for the ride.Best Film: NBR(indie)
- DirectorTerrence MalickStarsAugust DiehlValerie PachnerMaria SimonThe Austrian Franz Jägerstätter, a conscientious objector, refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II.Best Film: Spirit, NBR(indie)
Festivals: Cannes - DirectorKarim AïnouzStarsJulia StocklerCarol DuarteFlávia GusmãoKept apart by a terrible lie and a conservative society, two sisters born in Rio de Janeiro make their way through life each believing the other is living out her dreams half a world away.Best Foreign Language Film: NBR
- DirectorChristian PetzoldStarsFranz RogowskiPaula BeerGodehard GieseA man attempting to escape occupied France falls in love with the wife of a dead author whose identity he has assumed.Best Foreign Language Film: NBR
- DirectorLaure de Clermont-TonnerreStarsMatthias SchoenaertsJason MitchellBruce DernWhile participating in a rehabilitation program training wild mustangs, a convict at first struggles to connect with the horses and his fellow inmates, but he learns to confront his violent past as he soothes an especially feisty horse.Best First Film: Gotham
Festivals: Sundance - DirectorKent JonesStarsMary Kay PlaceJake LacyEstelle ParsonsDiane fills her days helping others and desperately attempting to bond with her drug-addicted son. As these pieces of her existence begin to fade, she finds herself confronting memories she'd sooner forget than face.Best Actress (Mary Kay Place): LAFCA
- DirectorEdward NortonStarsEdward NortonGugu Mbatha-RawAlec BaldwinIn 1950s New York, Lionel, a private detective with Tourette syndrome, sets out to uncover the mystery behind his mentor and only friend Frank's murder. Scouring the jazz clubs and slums of Brooklyn, he soon uncovers a web of secrets.Best Score: Globes
- DirectorKen LoachStarsKris HitchenDebbie HoneywoodRhys McgowanHoping that self-employment through gig economy can solve their financial woes, a hard-up UK delivery driver and his wife struggling to raise a family end up trapped in the vicious circle of this modern-day form of labour exploitation.Festivals: Cannes
- DirectorJames GrayStarsBrad PittTommy Lee JonesRuth NeggaAstronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across an unforgiving solar system to uncover the truth about his missing father and his doomed expedition that now, 30 years later, threatens the universe.Festivals: Venice
- DirectorDavid MichôdStarsTom Glynn-CarneyGábor CzapTom FisherYoung Henry V encounters deceit, war and treachery after becoming King of England in the 15th century, in the aftermath of his brother's death.
- DirectorJuliano DornellesKleber Mendonça FilhoStarsBárbara ColenThomas AquinoSilvero PereiraAfter the death of her grandmother, Teresa comes home to her matriarchal village in a near-future Brazil to find a succession of sinister events that mobilizes all of its residents.Festivals: Cannes - Jury Prize (tie)
- DirectorJean-Pierre DardenneLuc DardenneStarsIdir Ben AddiOlivier BonnaudMyriem AkheddiouA Belgian teenager hatches a plot to kill his teacher after embracing an extremist interpretation of the Quran.Festivals: Cannes - Best Director
- DirectorElia SuleimanStarsElia SuleimanTarik KoptyKareem GhneimFilmmaker Elia Suleiman travels to different cities and finds unexpected parallels to his homeland of Palestine.Festivals: Cannes - Special Mention, FIPRESCI Prize
- DirectorJessica HausnerStarsEmily BeechamBen WhishawKerry FoxAlice, a single mother, is a dedicated senior plant breeder at a corporation engaged in developing new species. Against company policy, she takes one home as a gift for her teenage son and names it after him but soon starts fearing it.Festivals: Cannes - Best Actress (Emily Beecham)
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsCatherine DeneuveJuliette BinocheEthan HawkeA stormy reunion between scriptwriter Lumir with her famous mother and actress, Fabienne, against the backdrop of Fabienne's autobiographic book and her latest role in a Sci-Fi picture as a daughter of a mother who never grows old.Festivals: Cannes
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsLouis GarrelChristophe MaratierPierre PoirotIn 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at Devil's island.Festivals: Venice - Grand Jury Prize
- DirectorFranco MarescoStarsLetizia BattagliaCiccio MiraMatteo ManninoOn the 25th anniversary of Capaci and via D'Amelio bombings, Franco Maresco wonders what's left of their ideals and struggles in contemporary Sicily, dwelling on its relationship with the Mafia.Festivals: Venice - Special Jury Prize
- DirectorRoy AnderssonStarsJessica LouthanderTatiana DelaunayAnders HellströmRoy Andersson adds to his cinematic oeuvre with a reflection on human life in all its beauty and cruelty, its splendour and banality.Festivals: Venice - Best Director
- DirectorYonfanStarsSylvia ChangWei ZhaoAlex Tak-Shun LamZiming, a University undergraduate, is entangled between his amorous feelings for a self-exiled mother Mrs Yu from Taiwan and her beautiful daughter Meiling, in the era coincides with Hong Kong's turbulent times of 1967.Festivals: Venice - Best Screenplay
- DirectorPietro MarcelloStarsLuca MarinelliJessica CressyVincenzo NemolatoMartin Eden struggles to rise above his destitute, proletarian circumstances through an intense and passionate pursuit of self-education, hoping to achieve a place among the literary elite.Festivals: Venice - Best Actor (Luca Marinelli)
- DirectorRobert GuédiguianStarsAriane AscarideJean-Pierre DarroussinGérard MeylanIn Marseille, a family gathers for the birth of baby Gloria. But despite the joy, the young parents have fallen on tough times. As they try to make ends meet, they reconnect with Gloria's ex-convict grandfather.Festivals: Venice - Best Actress (Ariane Ascaride)
- DirectorPaul Downs ColaizzoStarsJillian BellJennifer DundasPatch DarraghA young woman decides to make positive changes in her life by training for the New York City Marathon.Festivals: Sundance - Audience Award
- DirectorChinonye ChukwuStarsAlfre WoodardRichard SchiffAldis HodgeAs she prepares to execute another inmate, Bernadine must confront the psychological and emotional demons her job creates, ultimately connecting her to the man she is sanctioned to kill.Best Film: Spirit
Festivals: Sundance - Grand Jury Prize - DirectorMay el-ToukhyStarsTrine DyrholmGustav LindhMagnus KrepperA successful lawyer jeopardizes her career and threatens to tear her family apart after engaging in an affair with her teenage stepson.Festivals: Sundance - Audience Award (int.)
- DirectorLucía GaribaldiStarsRomina BentancurFederico MorosiniFabián ArenillasTwo young lovers embark on a relationship while a rumor of sharks at the beach has everyone talking.Festivals: Sundance - Best Director (int.)
- DirectorPippa BiancoStarsRhianne BarretoJ.C. MacKenzieChristian CorraoAfter discovering a disturbing video from a night she doesn't remember, sixteen-year-old Mandy must try to figure out what happened and how to navigate the escalating fallout.Festivals: Sundance - Best Screenplay
- DirectorChiwetel EjioforStarsChiwetel EjioforMaxwell SimbaFelix LemburoAgainst all the odds, a thirteen-year-old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.Festivals: Sundance
- DirectorCristina IbarraAlex RiveraStarsMohammad AbdollahiMaynor AlvaradoRoman ArabiaA rag-tag group of undocumented youth - Dreamers - deliberately get detained by Border Patrol in order to infiltrate a shadowy, for-profit detention center.Festivals: Sundance
- DirectorAlma Har'elStarsShia LaBeoufLucas HedgesNoah JupeA young actor's stormy childhood and early adult years as he struggles to reconcile with his father and deal with his mental health.Best First Film: DGA
Best Cinematography: ASC(spotlight)
Festivals: Sundance - Special Jury Prize - DirectorGavin HoodStarsKeira KnightleyMatt SmithMatthew GoodeThe true story of a British whistleblower who leaked information to the press about an illegal NSA spy operation designed to push the UN Security Council into sanctioning the 2003 invasion of Iraq.Festivals: Sundance
- DirectorGurinder ChadhaStarsBilly BarrattRonak Singh Chadha BergesViveik KalraIn England in 1987, a teenager from an Asian family learns to live his life, understand his family and find his own voice through the music of American rock star Bruce Springsteen.Festivals: Sundance
- DirectorShola AmooStarsNicholas PinnockDenise BlackSamuel AdewunmiAfter a happy childhood in the countryside, a teenager moves to London, where he must navigate an unfamiliar environment on his road to adulthood.Festivals: Sundance
- DirectorAlejandro LandesStarsSofia BuenaventuraJulián GiraldoKaren QuinteroOn a remote mountaintop, eight kids with guns watch over a hostage and a conscripted milk cow.Best Cinematography: ASC(spotlight)
Festivals: Sundance - Special Jury Prize (int.), London Film Festival - Best Film - DirectorJulius OnahStarsNaomi WattsOctavia SpencerKelvin Harrison Jr.A married couple is forced to reckon with their idealized image of their son, adopted from war-torn Eritrea, after an alarming discovery by a devoted high school teacher threatens his status as an all-star student.Festivals: Sundance
- DirectorTodd HaynesStarsMark RuffaloAnne HathawayTim RobbinsA corporate defense attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against a chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution.
- DirectorArmando IannucciStarsDev PatelHugh LaurieTilda SwintonA modern take on Charles Dickens's classic tale of a young orphan who is able to triumph over many obstacles.
- DirectorJustin KurzelStarsGeorge MacKayEssie DavisNicholas HoultAustralian bushranger Ned Kelly and his gang flee from authorities during the 1870s.
- DirectorJosh CooleyStarsTom HanksTim AllenAnnie PottsWhen a new toy called "Forky" joins Woody and the gang, a road trip alongside old and new friends reveals how big the world can be for a toy.Best Animated Film: Oscars, Globes, Annie, Critics, LAFCA
Best Song (I can't let you throw yourself away): Oscars - DirectorSergio PablosCarlos Martínez LópezStarsJason SchwartzmanJ.K. SimmonsRashida JonesA simple act of kindness always sparks another, even in a frozen, faraway place. When Smeerensburg's new postman, Jesper, befriends toymaker Klaus, their gifts melt an age-old feud and deliver a sleigh full of holiday traditions.Best Animated Film: Oscars, Annie
- DirectorJérémy ClapinStarsHakim FarisVictoire Du BoisPatrick d'AssumçaoA story of Naoufel, a young man who is in love with Gabrielle. In another part of town, a severed hand escapes from a dissection lab, determined to find its body again.Best Animated Film: Oscars, Annie(indie), Critics, NYFCC, LAFCA
Best Score: LAFCA - DirectorDean DeBloisStarsJay BaruchelAmerica FerreraF. Murray AbrahamWhen Hiccup discovers Toothless isn't the only Night Fury, he must seek the Hidden World, a secret Dragon Utopia before a hired tyrant named Grimmel finds it first.Best Animated Film: Oscars, Globes, Annie, Critics, NBR
- DirectorChris ButlerStarsHugh JackmanDavid WalliamsStephen FryMr. Link recruits explorer Sir Lionel Frost to help find his long-lost relatives in the fabled valley of Shangri-La. Along with adventurer Adelina Fortnight, this trio of explorers travel the world to help their new friend.Best Animated Film: Oscars, Globes, Annie, Critics
- DirectorChris BuckJennifer LeeStarsKristen BellIdina MenzelJosh GadAnna, Elsa, Kristoff, Olaf and Sven leave Arendelle to travel to an ancient, autumn-bound forest of an enchanted land. They set out to find the origin of Elsa's powers in order to save their kingdom.Best Animated Film: Globes, Annie, Critics
Best Song (Into the Unknown): Oscars, Globes, Critics - DirectorMakoto ShinkaiStarsKotaro DaigoNana MoriTsubasa HondaSet during a period of exceptionally rainy weather, high-school boy Hodaka Morishima runs away from his troubled rural home to Tokyo and befriends an orphan girl who can manipulate the weather.Best Animated Film: Annie(indie)
- DirectorHiroyuki ImaishiStarsJohn Eric BentleySteve BlumJohnny Yong BoschA futuristic firefighting mecha service is created to protect the world.Best Animated Film: Annie(indie)
- DirectorSalvador SimóStarsJorge UsónFernando RamosLuis Enrique de TomásThe true story of how Luis Buñuel made his third movie.Best Animated Film: Annie(indie)
- DirectorKitarô KôsakaStarsSeiran KobayashiNana MizukiSatsumi MatsudaAfter losing her parents in a car accident, Okko starts living in the countryside with her grandmother who runs a traditional Japanese inn. While she prepares to be the next owner of the inn, Okko can somehow see friendly ghosts.Best Animated Film: Annie(indie)
- DirectorJill CultonTodd WildermanStarsChloe BennetAlbert TsaiTenzing Norgay TrainorThree teenagers must help a Yeti return to his family while avoiding a wealthy man and a zoologist who want him for their own needs.Best Animated Film: Critics
- DirectorJon FavreauStarsDonald GloverBeyoncéSeth RogenAfter the murder of his father, a young lion prince flees his kingdom only to learn the true meaning of responsibility and bravery.Best Animated Film: Globes
Best Song (Spirit): Globes, Critics - DirectorSteven BognarJulia ReichertStarsJunming 'Jimmy' WangRobert AllenSherrod BrownIn post-industrial Ohio, a Chinese billionaire opens a factory in an abandoned General Motors plant, hiring two thousand Americans. Early days of hope and optimism give way to setbacks as high-tech China clashes with working-class America.Best Documentary: Oscars, DGA, Spirit, Gotham
Festivals - Documentary: Sundance - Best Director - DirectorTodd Douglas MillerStarsNeil ArmstrongMike CollinsBuzz AldrinA look at the Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon led by commander Neil Armstrong and pilots Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins.Best Documentary: PGA, Critics
- DirectorWaad Al-KateabEdward WattsStarsWaad Al-KateabSama Al-KhateabHamza Al-KhateabFOR SAMA is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war.Best Documentary: Oscars
- DirectorFeras FayyadStarsAmani BallourAlaaSalim NamourAmidst air strikes and bombings, a group of female doctors in Ghouta, Syria struggle with systemic sexism while trying to care for the injured using limited resources.Best Documentary: Oscars, DGA
- DirectorPetra CostaStarsDilma RousseffLuiz Inácio Lula da SilvaMarisa Letícia Lula da SilvaPolitical documentary and personal memoir collide in this exploration into the complex truth behind the unraveling of two Brazilian presidencies.Best Documentary: Oscars
- DirectorAlex HolmesStarsFrank BoughJohn ChittendenBruno Du BoisThe story of Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old cook on charter boats, who became the skipper of the first ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989.Best Documentary: DGA
- DirectorNanfu WangJialing ZhangStarsNanfu WangZaodi WangZhimei WangAfter becoming a mother, a filmmaker uncovers the untold history of China's one-child policy and the generations of parents and children forever shaped by this social experiment.Best Documentary: DGA
Festivals - Documentary: Sundance - Grand Jury Prize - DirectorMads BrüggerStarsMads BrüggerClarinah MfenguSaphir Wenzi MabanzaDanish director Mads Brügger and Swedish private investigator Göran Björkdahl are trying to solve the mysterious death of Dag Hammarskjöld. As their investigation closes in, they discover a crime far worse than killing the Secretary-General of the United Nations.Festivals - Documentary: Sundance - Best Director (int.)