Parasite needed the critics to fall in line for it to enter the Oscar race and that appears to be happening with several selections this week alone. A few other races seem to be taking shape as well.

Award Tallies

(3) Parasite
(2) Marriage Story

The Awards

Best Picture

Parasite (RU: The Irishman, Marriage Story)

Best Animated Feature

Missing Link (RU: Toy Story 4, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Frozen II)

Best Director

Bong Joon-ho – Parasite (RU: Martin Scorsese – The Irishman, Noah Baumbach – Marriage Story)

Best Actor

Adam Driver – Marriage Story (RU: Adam Sandler – Uncut Gems, Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory)

Best Actress

Lupita Nyong’o – Us (RU: Renée Zellweger – Judy, Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story)

Best Supporting Actor

Bard Pitt – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (Willem Dafoe – The Lighthouse, Joe Pesci – The Irishman)

Best Supporting Actress

Laura Dern – Marriage Story (RU: Florence Pugh – Little Women, Julia Fox – Uncut Gems)

Best Screenplay

The Irishman (RU: Parasite, Marriage Story)

Best Foreign-Language Film

Parasite (RU: Pain and Glory, Portrait of a Lady on Fire)

Best Documentary

American Factory (RU: Apollo 13, The Cave)

Best First Feature

Booksmart – Olivia Wilde (RU: Atlantics – Mati Diop, Queen & Slim – Melina Matsoukas)

Best Canadian Film Finalists (To Be Announced: January 9, 2020)

The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open
Antigone
Firecrackers

Toronto Film Critics Association Data

First Awards: 1997 (23)