The Online Film Critics Society, of which I am a member and serve on the Governing Committee announced their nominees today for the best of the year. There are some interesting choices, but also some choices that have been very common throughout awards season.

Award Tallies

(8) The Favourite
(7) Roma
(6) If Beale Street Could Talk
(5) BlacKkKlansman
(4) A Star Is Born
(3) Eighth Grade, First Man, First Reformed, Hereditary, Widows, You Were Never Really Here

The Awards

Best Picture

Annihilation
BlacKkKlansman
Eighth Grade
The Favourite
First Reformed
Hereditary
If Beale Street Could Talk
Roma
A Star Is Born
Suspiria
You Were Never Really Here

Best Animated Feature

Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Best Director

Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
Barry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk
Yorgos Lanthimos – The Favourite
Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman
Lynne Ramsay – You Were Never Really Here

Best Actor

Christian Bale – Vice
Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
Ethan Hawke – First Reformed
Joaquin Phoenix – You Were Never Really Here
John David Washington – BlacKkKlansman

Best Actress

Yalitza Aparicio – Roma
Toni Collette – Hereditary
Olivia Colman – The Favourite
Regina Hall – Support the Girls
Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born

Best Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali – Green Book
Adam Driver – BlacKkKlansman
Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Michael B. Jordan – Black Panther
Steven Yeun – Burning

Best Supporting Actress

Elizabeth Debicki – Widows
Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
Thomasin McKenzie – Leave No Trace
Emma Stone – The Favourite
Rachel Weisz – The Favourite

Best Original Screenplay

Eighth Grade
The Favourite
First Reformed
Roma
Sorry to Bother You

Best Adapted Screenplay

BlacKkKlansman
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
If Beale Street Could Talk
Leave No Trace
Widows

Best Original Score

Black Panther
First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk
Isle of Dogs
Suspiria

Best Editing

The Favourite
First Man
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Roma
Widows

Best Cinematography

Cold War
The Favourite
First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk
Roma

Best Film Not in the English Language

Burning
Cold War
Roma
Shoplifters
Zama

Best Documentary

Free Solo
Minding the Gap
Shirkers
Three Identical Strangers
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Best Debut Feature

Ari Aster – Hereditary
Bo Burnham – Eighth Grade
Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
Carlos López Estrada – Blindspotting
Boots Riley – Sorry to Bother You

Online Film Critics Society Data

Year Founded: 1997
First Awards: 1997 (22)