My awards picks for the films of 2018.

Only eligible films are ones released in the US in 2018 (using IMDb & other sources to check). My categories are my own, not all are Oscar categories.

My previous awards: 2017 | 2016

All eligible films are listed below. The notes lists each nomination. My complete ranking of the films is here.

Each category has 1 winner, 5 nominees, and 5 honourable mentions. Nominees and mentions listed alphabetically.

Best Film:

Burning
First Reformed
The Other Side of the Wind
Roma - WINNER
You Were Never Really Here

Honourable Mentions: Bad Genius; Cold War; The Day After; If Beale Street Could Talk; The Rider

Best Director:

Alfonso Cuarón - Roma - WINNER
Barry Jenkins - If Beale Street Could Talk
Lee Chang-dong - Burning
Lynne Ramsay - You Were Never Really Here
Paul Schrader - First Reformed

Honourable Mentions: Hong Sang-soo (The Day After); Sandi Tan (Shirkers); Orson Welles (The Other Side of the Wind); Naoko Yamada (Liz and the Blue Bird); Chloé Zhao (The Rider)

Best Animated Film:

Big Fish & Begonia
Liz and the Blue Bird - WINNER
Night is Short, Walk On Girl
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Tehran Taboo

Honourable Mentions: Flavors of Youth; Incredibles 2; Isle of Dogs; Lu over the Wall; Mirai

Best Documentary Film:

McQueen
Minding the Gap
Shirkers - WINNER
They Shall Not Grow Old
Won't You Be My Neighbor?

Honourable Mentions: Free Solo; Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.; Pick of the Litter; They'll Love Me When I'm Dead; Three Identical Strangers

Best Foreign-Language Film (*):

Bad Genius
Burning
Cold War
The Day After
Roma - WINNER

Honourable Mentions: Claire's Camera; November; On Body and Soul; Revenge; Shoplifters
* - documentaries and animation ineligible

Best English-Language Film (*):

First Reformed
If Beale Street Could Talk
The Other Side of the Wind
The Rider
You Were Never Really Here - WINNER

Honourable Mentions: Annihilation; Leave No Trace; Mission: Impossible - Fallout; Paddington 2; Sorry to Bother You
* - documentaries and animation ineligible

Best Oscar-Nominated Film (**):

BlacKkKlansman
Cold War
First Reformed
If Beale Street Could Talk
Roma - WINNER

Honourable Mentions: Black Panther; Can You Ever Forgive Me?; The Favourite; Green Book; A Star Is Born
** - nominated for picture, directing, acting, or screenplay

Best Actor:

Bradley Cooper - A Star Is Born - WINNER
Ben Foster - Leave No Trace
Ethan Hawke - First Reformed
Viggo Mortensen - Green Book
Joaquin Phoenix - You Were Never Really Here

Honourable Mentions: Zain Al Rafeea (Capernaum); Christian Bale (Vice); Willem Dafoe (At Eternity's Gate); Robert Redford (The Old Man & the Gun); Yoo Ah-in (Burning)

Best Actress:

Yalitza Aparicio - Roma
Olivia Colman - The Favourite - WINNER
Lady Gaga - A Star Is Born
KiKi Layne - If Beale Street Could Talk
Natalie Portman - Annhiliation

Honourable Mentions: Juliette Binoche (Let the Sunshine In); Chutimon Cheungcharoensukying (Bad Genius); Kim Min-hee (The Day After); Rachel Weisz (Disobedience); Ruth Wilson (Dark River)

Best Supporting Actor:

Mahershala Ali - Green Book
Hugh Grant - Paddington 2
Richard E. Grant - Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Michael B. Jordan - Black Panther
Steven Yeun - Burning - WINNER

Honourable Mentions: Simon Russell Beale (The Death of Stalin); Rafael Casal (Blindspotting); Timothée Chalamet (Beautiful Boy); Daniel Kaluuya (Widows); Alessandro Nivola (Disobedience)

Best Supporting Actress:

Jeon Jong-seo - Burning
Regina King - If Beale Street Could Talk
Rachel McAdams - Disobedience - WINNER
Emma Stone - The Favourite
Rachel Weisz - The Favourite

Honourable Mentions: Amy Adams (Vice); Sakura Ando (Shoplifters); Elizabeth Debicki (Widows); Mia Goth (Suspiria); Amanda Seyfried (First Reformed)

Best Acting Ensemble:

Burning - WINNER
Disobedience
The Favourite
A Star Is Born
Widows

Honourable Mentions: Black Panther; BlacKkKlansman; The Death of Stalin; If Beale Street Could Talk; Shoplifters

Best Character:

Anne, Queen of Great Britain - The Favourite
Lynn - Bad Genius
Mária - On Body and Soul
Phoenix Buchanan - Paddington 2 - WINNER
Reverend Ernst Toller - First Reformed

Honourable Mentions: Cleo (Roma); Erik "Killmonger" Stevens (Black Panther); Jack (The House That Jack Built); Jack Hock (Can You Ever Forgive Me?); Jackson Maine (A Star Is Born)

Best Premise:

Bad Genius
Game Night
A Quiet Place - WINNER
Sorry to Bother You
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Honourable Mentions: Avengers: Infinity War; The Death of Stalin; First Reformed; The Other Side of the Wind; Unsane

Best Screenplay:

Burning
First Reformed - WINNER
If Beale Street Could Talk
Sorry to Bother You
You Were Never Really Here

Honourable Mentions: Annihilation; The Death of Stalin; Roma; Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse; Widows

Best Editing:

Annihilation
Bad Genius - WINNER
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
The Other Side of the Wind
Revenge

Honourable Mentions: McQueen; Sorry to Bother You; A Star Is Born; Widows; You Were Never Really Here

Best Music:

Black Panther
Burning
If Beale Street Could Talk - WINNER
Sorry to Bother You
You Were Never Really Here

Honourable Mentions: Annihilation; Halloween; Liz and the Blue Bird; Mission: Impossible - Fallout; A Star Is Born

Best Cinematography:

Cold War
If Beale Street Could Talk
Revenge
The Rider
Roma - WINNER

Honourable Mentions: Burning; Mission: Impossible - Fallout; The Other Side of the Wind; Ready Player One; Sweet County

Best Sound:

First Man
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
A Quiet Place
Roma - WINNER
Sicario: Day of the Soldado

Honourable Mentions: Annihilation; Bohemian Rhapsody; Hereditary; Pacific Rim: Uprising; A Star Is Born

Best Visuals:

Mandy
Paddington 2
Revenge
Roma - WINNER
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Honourable Mentions: Cold War; First Man; If Beale Street Could Talk; Liz and the Blue Bird; You Were Never Really Here

Best Visual Effects:

Aquaman
Avengers: Infinity War
First Man - WINNER
Ready Player One
Solo: A Star Wars Story

Honourable Mentions: Bumblebee; Christopher Robin; Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald; Mary Poppins Returns; Pacific Rim: Uprising

Best Production Design:

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Black Panther
First Man
Mary Poppins Returns
Paddington 2 - WINNER

Honourable Mentions: The Favourite; If Beale Street Could Talk; Roma; Stan & Ollie; A Star Is Born

Best Costumes:

Crazy Rich Asians - WINNER
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
The Favourite
Mary Poppins Returns
Paddington 2

Honourable Mentions: Aquaman; Black Panther; Mary Queen of Scots; Solo: A Star Wars Story; Zama

Best Ending:

Big Fish & Begonia
Burning
First Reformed - WINNER
The Old Man & the Gun
Revenge

Honourable Mentions: Annihilation; Avengers: Infinity War; Liz and the Blue Bird; Roma; You Were Never Really Here

Best Scene (SPOILERS):

Annihilation - Inside the lighthouse
Burning - Dancing in the twilight
Burning - Meeting Ben for the final time
First Reformed - Laying on the floor
Roma - Riot / Birth - WINNER

Honourable Mentions: First Reformed (Final kiss); Mission: Impossible - Fallout (Fight in Paris toilets); Mission: Impossible - Fallout (Helicopter chase); The Other Side of the Wind (Sex in the car); Suspiria (Dancing Volk / the broken leg)

Worst Film:

The Cloverfield Paradox
God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness
Gotti
Life Itself - WINNER
Show Dogs

Dishonourable Mentions: The 15:17 to Paris; Day of the Dead: Bloodline; Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom; Mute; Super Troopers 2

Worst Director:

Jay Chandrasekhar - Super Troopers 2
Kevin Connolly - Gotti
Dan Fogelman - Life Itself - WINNER
Raja Gosnell - Show Dogs
Hèctor Hernández Vicens - Day of the Dead: Bloodline

Dishonourable Mentions: Shane Black (The Predator); Will Gluck (Peter Rabbit); Duncan Jones (Mute); Michael Mason (God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness); Julius Onah (The Cloverfield Paradox)

Worst Performance:

Jay Chandrasekhar - Super Troopers 2
James Corden - Peter Rabbit - WINNER
Jared Leto - The Outsider
Spencer Stone - The 15:17 to Paris
John Travolta - Gotti

Dishonourable Mentions: Chris "Ludacris" Bridges (Show Dogs); Emilia Clarke (Solo: A Star Wars Story); Jean-Michel Richaud (The Housemaid); Anthony Sadler (The 15:17 to Paris); Alek Skarlatos (The 15:17 to Paris)

Worst Screenplay:

God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness
Gotti
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Life Itself - WINNER
Show Dogs

Dishonourable Mentions: The Cloverfield Paradox; Day of the Dead: Bloodline; Mute; Super Troopers 2; Terminal

Worst Scene (SPOILERS):

The Devil and Father Amorth - Offscreen meeting with a possessed woman
God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness - "Jesus was a Social Justice Warrior" - WINNER
Life Itself - Chapter One
Sicario: Day of the Soldado - Gillick isn't dead
Super Troopers 2 - Taking pills

Dishonourable Mentions: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (Opening escape); Gotti (Lawyer makes anti-government speech); Jurassic Word: Fallen Kingdom (Dinosaur in the bedroom); Pacific Rim: Uprising (Mako Mori's death); The Wife (Flashback scenes)

Multiple Wins (excluding negative awards):
8 - Roma
2 - Burning; First Reformed; Paddington 2

Multiple Nominations (excluding negative awards):
12 - Burning
9 - Roma; First Reformed
8 - If Beale Street Could Talk
6 - You Were Never Really Here; The Favourite
5 - Paddington 2
4 - Bad Genius; Revenge
3 - A Star Is Born; First Man; Annihilation; The Other Side of the Wind; Black Panther; Cold War; Sorry to Bother You; Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2 - Disobedience; A Quiet Place; Mission: Impossible - Fallout; The Rider; Green Book; Mary Poppins Returns; Big Fish & Begonia

Multiple Mentions (excluding negative awards):
13 - Roma; Burning
12 - First Reformed; If Beale Street Could Talk
9 - You Were Never Really Here; A Star Is Born
8 - The Favourite; Annihilation
7 - The Other Side of the Wind; Black Panther; Mission: Impossible - Fallout
6 - Paddington 2; Bad Genius
5 - Liz and the Blue Bird; Revenge; Cold War; Sorry to Bother You; Widows
4 - First Man; Disobedience; Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse; The Rider; The Day After; The Death of Stalin
3 - Green Book; Mary Poppins Returns; Can You Ever Forgive Me?; Avengers: Infinity War; Shoplifters
2 - A Quiet Place; Shirkers; Big Fish & Begonia; Leave No Trace; On Body and Soul; BlacKkKlansman; McQueen; The Old Man & the Gun; Ready Player One; Aquaman; Solo: A Star Wars Story; Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald; Suspiria; Vice; Pacific Rim: Uprising