Precursor: 39th London Critics Nominations (2018)

With added categories for Briths/Irish films, actors, and filmmakers, The Favourite crushed all others in the nominations count. Even without those nominations, it still did topped the list with six. Below, the tallies include the total each film received with the number in parentheses representing how many the film would have received without those nationality-based prizes. It should also be mentioned that their eligibility period is a bit different from the U.S. due to delayed release outside the United States, which would explain a few of the minor selections here. It’s interesting to see just how differently London-based critics feel about this year’s offerings compared to American critics.

Nominations Tallies

(10) The Favourite (6)
(5) Cold War, The Happy Prince (2), Roma, You Were Never Really Here (4)
(4) First Man (3), Widows (3)
(3) Apostasy (0), Beast (0), BlacKkKlansman, First Reformed, If Beale Street Could Talk, Leave No Trace, A Quiet Place (1)

The Nominations

Best Picture

BlacKkKlansman
Cold War
The Favourite
First Man
First Reformed
The Happy Prince
Leave No Trace
Roma
Shoplifters
You Were Never Really Here

Best Director

Cold War – Pawel Pawlikowski
The Favourite – Yorgos Lanthimos
Leave No Trace – Debra Granik
Roma – Alfonso Cuaron
You Were Never Really Here – Lynne Ramsay

Best Actor

Christian Bale – Vice
Rupert Everett – The Happy Prince
Ben Foster – Leave No Trace
Ethan Hawke – First Reformed
Joaquin Phoenix – You Were Never Really Here

Best Actress

Yalitza Aparicio – Roma
Glenn Close – The Wife
Toni Collette – Hereditary
Olivia Colman – The Favourite
Joanna Kulig – Cold War

Best Supporting Actor

Adam Driver – BlacKkKlansman
Richard E Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Michael B Jordan – Black Panther
Daniel Kaluuya – Widows
Alessandro Nivola – Disobedience

Best Supporting Actress

Elizabeth Debicki – Widows
Cynthia Erivo – Bad Times at the El Royale
Claire Foy – First Man
Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
Rachel Weisz – The Favourite

Best Screenplay

The Favourite
First Reformed
If Beale Street Could Talk
Roma
Widows

Best Foreign-Language Film

120 Beats per Minute
Cold War
A Fantastic Woman
Roma
Shoplifters

Best Documentary

Faces Places
McQueen
They Shall Not Grow Old
Three Identical Strangers
Whitney

Best British / Irish Film

Apostasy
Beast
The Favourite
The Happy Prince
You Were Never Really Here

Best British / Irish Actor

Christian Bale – Mowgli, Vice
Steve Coogan – Holmes & Watson, Ideal Home, Stan & Ollie
Rupert Everett – The Happy Prince
Richard E Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Daniel Kaluuya – Black Panther, Widows

Best British / Irish Actress

Emily Blunt – Mary Poppins Returns, A Quiet Place, Sherlock Gnomes
Jessie Buckley – Beast
Olivia Colman – The Favourite
Claire Foy – First Man, The Girl in the Spider’s Web, Unsane
Rachel Weisz – Disobedience, The Favourite

Best Young British / Irish Performer

Liv Hill – Jellyfish, The Little Stranger
Noah Jupe – Holmes & Watson, A Quiet Place, That Good Night, The Titan
Anya Taylor-Joy – Glass, The Secret of Marrowbone, Thoroughbreds
Fionn Whitehead – The Children Act
Molly Wright – Apostasy

Breakthrough British / Irish Filmmaker

Deborah Davis – The Favourite
Rupert Everett – The Happy Prince
Deborah Haywood – Pin Cushion
Daniel Kokotajlo – Apostasy
Michael Pearce – Beast

British / Irish Short Film

Little Shit – Richard Gorodecky
Night Out – Amelia Hashemi
Salt & Sauce – Alia Ghafar
Three Centimetres – Lara Zeidan
Under Growth – Evin O’Neill

Technical Achievements

Music: If Beale Street Could Talk
Music: Suspiria
Film Editing: American Animals
Film Editing: You Were Never Really Here
Cinematography: Cold War
Production Design: The Favourite
Costume Design: BlacKkKlansman
Sound Design: A Quiet Place
Visual Effects: First Man
Stunt Coordination: Mission: Impossible – Fallout