This is my awards for films released in 2017.
The criteria for film eligibility is as follows:
1) I must have seen it (duh) by the day of making this list (19th February).
2) It must have a US release in 2017 (using IMDb to check) so as to allow partial comparison with major awards like the Oscars.
All eligible films are listed below.
Each category has 1 winner, 5 nominees and 5 honourable mentions.
Best Film:
Blade Runner 2049 - WINNER
Dunkirk
Loveless
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
Honourable Mentions: A Ghost Story; In This Corner of the World; Lady Bird; On the Beach at Night Alone; Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Best Director:
Paul Thomas Anderson - Phantom Thread - WINNER
Guillermo del Toro - The Shape of Water
Jordan Peele - Get Out
Denis Villeneuve - Blade Runner 2049
Andrey Zvyagintsev - Loveless
Honourable Mentions: Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird); Hong Sang-soo (On the Beach at Night Alone); Rian Johnson (Star Wars: The Last Jedi); Sunao Katabuchi (In This Corner of the World); Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk)
Best Foreign-Language Film (*):
Antiporno
Loveless - WINNER
On the Beach at Night Alone
Raw
The Villainess
Honourable Mentions: Blade of the Immortal; It's Only the End of the World; The Other Side of Hope; The Salesman; The Square
* - documentaries and animation ineligible
Best Animation:
Coco
Ethel & Ernest
In This Corner of the World - WINNER
The Lego Batman Movie
My Life as a Zucchini
Honourable Mentions: Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie; The Lego Ninjago Movie; Loving Vincent; Napping Princess; A Silent Voice
Best Documentary:
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Faces Places
Icarus
LA 92 - WINNER
Step
Honourable Mentions: Chasing Coral; City of Ghosts; Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond; Risk; Strong Island
Best Oscar-Nominated Film (**):
Call Me by Your Name
Dunkirk
Lady Bird
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water - WINNER
Honourable Mentions: The Disaster Artist; The Florida Project; Get Out; I, Tonya; The Post
** - nominated for picture, directing, acting, or writing
Best English-Language Film (***):
Blade Runner 2049 - WINNER
A Ghost Story
Okja
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
War for the Planet of the Apes
Honourable Mentions: God's Own Country; Good Time; I, Daniel Blake; The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected); Song to Song
*** - not nominated for picture, directing, acting, or writing at Oscars; documentaries and animation ineligible
Best Actor:
Timothée Chalamet - Call Me by Your Name
Daniel Day-Lewis - Phantom Thread - WINNER
James Franco - The Disaster Artist
Daniel Kaluuya - Get Out
Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour
Honourable Mentions: James McAvoy (Split); Josh O'Connor (God's Own Country); Robert Pattinson (Good Time); Adam Sandler (The Meyerowitz Stories); Andy Serkis (War for the Planet of the Apes)
Best Actress:
Sally Hawkins - The Shape of Water
Kim Min-hee - On the Beach at Night Alone
Brooklynn Prince - The Florida Project
Margot Robbie - I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan - Lady Bird - WINNER
Honourable Mentions: Jessica Chastain (Molly's Game); Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri); Maryana Spivak (Loveless); Kristen Stewart (Personal Shopper); Emma Stone (Battle of the Sexes)
Best Supporting Actor:
Daniel Craig - Logan Lucky
Willem Dafoe - The Florida Project - WINNER
Lil Rel Howery - Get Out
Will Poulter - Detroit
Michael Stuhlbarg - Call Me by Your Name
Honourable Mentions: Harrison Ford (Blade Runner 2049); Mark Hamill (Star Wars: The Last Jedi); Armie Hammer (Call Me by Your Name); Christopher Plummer (All the Money in the World); Michael Shannon (The Shape of Water)
Best Supporting Actress:
Hong Chau - Downsizing
Allison Janney - I, Tonya - WINNER
Lesley Manville - Phantom Thread
Laurie Metcalf - Lady Bird
Bria Vinaite - The Florida Project
Honourable Mentions: Marion Cotillard (It's Only the End of the World); Ana de Armas (Blade Runner 2049); Dafne Keen (Logan); Ella Rumpf (Raw); Hayley Squires (I, Daniel Blake)
Best Acting Ensemble:
Blade Runner 2049
The Florida Project - WINNER
Lady Bird
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Phantom Thread
Honourable Mentions: I, Daniel Blake; Logan Lucky; The Post; Song to Song; T2 Trainspotting
Best Character:
Bobby Hicks - The Florida Project
Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson - Lady Bird
Molly Bloom - Molly's Game
Reynolds Woodock - Phantom Thread - WINNER
Tommy Wiseau - The Disaster Artist
Honourable Mentions: Colonel Richard Strickland (The Shape of Water); LaVona Fay Golden (I, Tonya); Logan / Wolverine (Logan); Mark Renton (T2 Trainspotting); Sook-hee / Chae Yeon-soo (The Villainess)
Best Premise
A Ghost Story
Colossal
Get Out - WINNER
Logan
Raw
Honourable Mentions: Antiporno; The Discovery; Free Fire; Loving Vincent; The Shape of Water
Best Screenplay:
Blade Runner 2049
Get Out
Loveless
Phantom Thread - WINNER
The Shape of Water
Honourable Mentions: A Ghost Story; I, Daniel Blake; Lady Bird; On the Beach at Night Alone; Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Best Editing:
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk - WINNER
Good Time
Phantom Thread
Honourable Mentions: I, Tonya; LA 92; The Shape of Water; Song to Song; Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Best Music:
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Coco
Dunkirk
Phantom Thread - WINNER
Honourable Mentions: Good Time; The Killing of a Sacred Deer; Song to Song; Star Wars: The Last Jedi; T2 Trainspotting
Best Cinematography:
Blade Runner 2049 - WINNER
Dunkirk
Loveless
Phantom Thread
Song to Song
Honourable Mentions: Call Me by Your Name; Good Time; The Lost City of Z; Mudbound; The Shape of Water
Best Sound Effects:
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049 - WINNER
Detroit
Dunkirk
War for the Planet of the Apes
Honourable Mentions: Blade of the Immortal; Free Fire; Kong: Skull Island; The Shape of Water; Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Best Visuals:
Blade Runner 2049 - WINNER
Loving Vincent
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
Song to Song
Honourable Mentions: Antiporno; The Bad Batch; Dunkirk; In This Corner of the World; Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Best Visual Effects:
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
War for the Planet of the Apes - WINNER
Honourable Mentions: Beauty and the Beast; Ghost in the Shell; Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2; Kong: Skull Island; Transformers: The Last Knight
Best Production Design:
Antiporno
Blade Runner 2049 - WINNER
Dunkirk
The Lost City of Z
The Shape of Water
Honourable Mentions: Beauty and the Beast; Darkest Hour; Mudbound; Phantom Thread; Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Best Costumes:
Dunkirk
The Lost City of Z
Phantom Thread - WINNER
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Wonder Woman
Honourable Mentions: Antiporno; Beauty and the Beast; The Beguiled; JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable - Chapter 1; Victoria & Abdul
Best Ending:
Blade Runner 2049
Get Out - WINNER
Phantom Thread
T2 Trainspotting
The Villainess
Honourable Mentions: Baby Driver; Brawl in Cell Block 99; A Ghost Story; Loveless; Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Best Scene (SPOILERS):
Blade Runner 2049 - K dies
Detroit - Algiers Hotel Incident
Get Out - Car with Sirens Arrives - WINNER
Phantom Thread - Reynolds' Omelette
Wonder Woman - Crossing No Man's Land
Honourable Mentions: Antiporno (Opening Porn Shoot); Call Me by Your Name (Father's speech); I, Daniel Blake (Food Bank); In This Corner of the World (The War has Ended); Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Luke faces the First Order)
Worst Film:
The Book of Henry - WINNER
The Circle
The Emoji Movie
mother!
Transformers: The Last Knight
Dishonourable Mentions: The Bye Bye Man; Kingdom of Us; The Mummy; Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales; Wolves at the Door
Worst Director:
Darren Aronofsky - mother! - WINNER
Michael Bay - Transformers: The Last Knight
Alex Kurtzman - The Mummy
Tony Leondis - The Emoji Movie
Colin Trevorrow - The Book of Henry
Dishonourable Mentions: David Ayer (Bright); John R. Leonetti (Wolves at the Door); James Ponsoldt (The Circle); Zack Snyder (Justice League); Matthew Vaughn (Kingsman: The Golden Circle)
Worst Performance:
James Corden - The Emoji Movie
Russell Crowe - The Mummy - WINNER
Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Laura Haddock - Transformers: The Last Knight
Amy Schumer - Snatched
Dishonourable Mentions: Matt Damon (The Great Wall); Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades Darker); Jake Johnson (The Mummy); Annabelle Wallis (The Mummy); Emma Watson (Beauty and the Beast)
Worst Screenplay:
The Book of Henry - WINNER
The Circle
The Emoji Movie
mother!
Wolves at the Door
Dishonourable Mentions: Bright; Ghost in the Shell; Justice League; The Mummy; Transformers: The Last Knight
Worst Scene (SPOILERS):
Bright - Ward defeats the elves
The Emoji Movie - Candy Crush
The Emoji Movie - Just Dance - WINNER
Kingsman: The Golden Circle - Fingering
The Mummy - Hyde Fight
Dishonourable Mentions: The Book of Henry (Peter's Magic Show); Darkest Hour (Churchill on the Underground); Ferdinand (Dance Battle); Ghost in the Shell (Major meets her mother); Wolves at the Door (Ending)
See notes for nominations for each film.
For my complete ranking of the films of 2017, click here.
Multiple wins (excluding negative awards):
6 - Blade Runner 2049; Phantom Thread
3 - Get Out
2 - The Florida Project
Mutiple nominations (excluding negative awards):
14 - Blade Runner 2049; Phantom Thread
8 - Dunkirk
7 - Get Out; The Shape of Water
5 - The Florida Project; Loveless
4 - Lady Bird
3 - War for the Planet of the Apes; Star Wars: The Last Jedi; Call Me by Your Name; Baby Driver; Detroit
2 - I, Tonya; Song to Song; Antiporno; A Ghost Story; On the Beach at Night Alone; The Villainess; Raw; The Lost City of Z; The Disaster Artist; Wonder Woman; Coco
Multiple mentions (excluding negative awards):
16 - Blade Runner 2049; Phantom Thread
14 - Star Wars: The Last Jedi
13 - The Shape of Water
11 - Dunkirk
8 - Get Out; Lady Bird
7 - Loveless
6 - The Florida Project; Call Me by Your Name; Song to Song; Antiporno
5 - I, Tonya; In This Corner of the World; A Ghost Story; On the Beach at Night Alone; Good Time; I, Daniel Blake
4 - War for the Planet of the Apes; Baby Driver; T2 Trainspotting
3 - Detroit; The Villainess; Raw; The Lost City of Z; The Disaster Artist; The Meyerowitz Stories (New & Selected); Logan; Loving Vincent; Beauty and the Beast
2 - LA 92; Wonder Woman; Coco; Molly's Game; Logan Lucky; Darkest Hour; God's Own Country; It's Only the End of the World; Free Fire; Blade of the Immortal; The Post; Mudbound; Kong: Skull Island