Precursor: 23rd Online Critics Nominations (2019)

While a lot of this year’s big Oscar players are here, some (like Little Women) are absent. This group shows its populist/anti-populist streak year after year with off-beat choices alongside mainstream ones.

Award Tallies

(8) The Irishman
(7) Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
(6) Marriage Story, Parasite
(5) 1917
(4) Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Us
(3) Little Women

The Awards

Best Picture

The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Knives Out
Marriage Story
1917
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Parasite
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Uncut Gems
Us

Best Animated Feature

Frozen II
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
I Lost My Body
Missing Link
Toy Story 4

Best Director

Bong Joon-ho – Parasite
Sam Mendes – 1917
Celine Sciamma – Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Martin Scorsese – The Irishman
Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

Best Actor

Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory
Robert De Niro – The Irishman
Adam Driver – Marriage Story
Joaquin Phoenix – Joker
Adam Sandler – Uncut Gems

Best Actress

Awkwafina – The Farewell
Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story
Lupita Nyong’o – Us
Florence Pugh – Midsommar
Renée Zellweger – Judy

Best Supporting Actor

Willem Dafoe – The Lighthouse
Al Pacino – The Irishman
Joe Pesci – The Irishman
Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Song Kang-ho – Parasite

Best Supporting Actress

Laura Dern – Marriage Story
Jennifer Lopez – Hustlers
Florence Pugh – Little Women
Margot Robbie – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Shuzhen Zhao – The Farewell

Best Original Screenplay

Knives Out
Marriage Story
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Parasite
Us

Best Adapted Screenplay

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Hustlers
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Little Women

Best Original Score

Joker
Little Women
Marriage Story
1917
Us

Best Editing

Ford v Ferrari
The Irishman
1917
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Parasite

Best Cinematography

The Irishman
The Lighthouse
1917
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Best Film Not in the English Language

Atlantics
Monos
Pain and Glory
Parasite
Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Best Documentary

American Factory
Apollo 11
For Sama
Honeyland
One Child Nation

Best Debut Feature

Mati Diop – Atlantics
Melina Matsoukas – Queen & Slim
Tyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz – The Peanut Butter Falcon
Joe Talbot – The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Olivia Wilde – Booksmart