My awards picks for the films of 2019.

Only eligible films are ones released in the US in 2019 (using IMDb & other sources to check). My categories are my own, not all are Oscar categories.

My previous awards: 2018 | 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:

An Elephant Sitting Still
A Hidden Life
The Irishman
Parasite
Uncut Gems - WINNER

Honourable Mentions: Ad Astra; For Sama; The Lighthouse; Marriage Story; Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Best Director:

Bong Joon-ho - Parasite
Hu Bo - An Elephant Sitting Still - WINNER
Terrence Malick - A Hidden Life
Josh & Benny Safdie - Uncut Gems
Céline Sciamma - Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Honourable Mentions: Robert Eggers (The Lighthouse), Asif Kapadia (Diego Maradona), Martin Scorsese (The Irishman), Shinichiro Ueda (One Cut of the Dead), Lulu Wang (The Farewell)

Best Animated Film:

Children of the Sea
I Lost My Body
Klaus
Modest Heroes
Toy Story 4 - WINNER

Honourable Mentions: Frozen II; The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part; Missing Link; Okko's Inn; White Snake

Best Documentary Film:

Apollo 11
Diego Maradona
For Sama - WINNER
Honeyland
One Child Nation

Honourable Mentions: American Factory; Anthropocene: The Human Epoch; Fyre; The Kingmaker; Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

Best Foreign-Language Film (*):

An Elephant Sitting Still
Hotel by the River
One Cut of the Dead
Parasite - WINNER
Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Honourable Mentions: Ash is Purest White; Atlantics; The Farewell; Grass; Long Day's Journey into Night
* - documentaries and animation ineligible

Best English-Language Film (*):

Ad Astra
A Hidden Life
The Irishman
The Lighthouse
Uncut Gems - WINNER

Honourable Mentions: High Life; In Fabric; Marriage Story; The Souvenir; Under the Silver Lake
* - documentaries and animation ineligible

Best Oscar-Nominated Film (**):

The Irishman
Little Women
Marriage Story
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Parasite - WINNER

Honourable Mentions: 1917; Jojo Rabbit; Pain and Glory; Richard Jewell; The Two Popes
** - nominated for picture, directing, acting, or screenplay

Best Actor:

Adam Driver - Marriage Story
Eddie Murphy - Dolemite is My Name
Joaquin Phoenix - Joker
Leonardo DiCaprio - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Adam Sandler - Uncut Gems - WINNER

Honourable Mentions: Antonio Banderas (Pain and Glory); Paul Walter Hauser (Richard Jewell); Robert Pattinson (The Lighthouse); Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes); Keanu Reeves (John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum)

Best Actress:

Awkwafina - The Farewell
Ana de Armas - Knives Out
Scarlett Johansson - Marriage Story
Lupita Nyong'o - Us - WINNER
Zhao Tao - Ash is Purest White

Honourable Mentions: Noémie Merlant (Portrait of a Lady on Fire); Maxine Peake (Funny Cow); Nguyễn Phương Trà My (The Third Wife); Charlize Theron (Bombshell); Renée Zellweger (Judy)

Best Supporting Actor:

Tom Burke - The Souvenir
Willem Dafoe - The Lighthouse -WINNER
Al Pacino - The Irishman
Brad Pitt - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Song Kang-ho - Parasite

Honourable Mentions: Fan Liao (Ash is Purest White); Baykali Ganambarr (The Nightingale); Joe Pesci (The Irishman); Wesley Snipes (Dolemite is My Name); Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit)

Best Supporting Actress:

Juliette Binoche - High Life
Cho Yeo-jeong - Parasite
Laura Dern - Marriage Story
Julia Fox - Uncut Gems
Jennifer Lopez - Hustlers - WINNER

Honourable Mentions: Anna Paquin (The Irishman); Park So-dam (Parasite); Florence Pugh (Little Women); Tang Wei (Long Day's Journey into Night); Zhao Shuzhen (The Farewell)

Best Acting Ensemble:

The Irishman
Marriage Story
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Parasite - WINNER
Uncut Gems

Honourable Mentions: Climax; An Elephant Sitting Still; The Farewell; Little Women; Peterloo

Best Character:

Rick Dalton - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Jimmy Hoffa - The Irishman
Rudy Ray Moore - Dolemite is My Name
Howard Ratner - Uncut Gems - WINNER
Thomas Wake - The Lighthouse

Honourable Mentions: Adolf Hitler - Imaginary (Jojo Rabbit); Franz Jägerstätter (A Hidden Life); Salvador Mallo (Pain and Glory); Frank Sheeran (The Irishman); Zhao Qiao (Ash is Purest White)

Best Premise:

Climax
In Fabric
The Lighthouse - WINNER
Parasite
Us

Honourable Mentions: Atlantics; An Elephant Sitting Still; The Forest of Love; High Life; The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

Best Screenplay:

An Elephant Sitting Still
The Irishman
Marriage Story
Parasite - WINNER
Uncut Gems

Honourable Mentions: The Farewell; The Lighthouse; Portrait of a Lady on Fire; Toy Story 4; Under the Silver Lake

Best Editing:

Apollo 11
Diego Maradona
The Lighthouse
Parasite - WINNER
Uncut Gems

Honourable Mentions: Ad Astra; The Irishman; John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum; Marriage Story; Us

Best Music:

Atlantics
Climax
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Uncut Gems - WINNER
Us

Honourable Mentions: 1917; Jojo Rabbit; Monos; Parasite; Yardie

Best Cinematography:

1917
A Hidden Life - WINNER
The Lighthouse
Long Day's Journey into Night
The Wild Pear Tree

Honourable Mentions: Climax; An Elephant Sitting Still; Once Upon a Time in Hollywood; Parasite; Uncut Gems

Best Sound:

1917
Ad Astra - WINNER
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
The Lighthouse
Uncut Gems

Honourable Mentions: Apollo 11; Climax; Dragged Across Concrete; Ford v Ferrari; John Wick - Chapter 3: Parabellum

Best Visuals:

Anthropocene: The Human Epoch - WINNER
A Hidden Life
Shadow
The Third Wife
Toy Story 4

Honourable Mentions: Ad Astra; The Lighthouse; Monos; Parasite; Uncut Gems

Best Visual Effects:

Ad Astra
Alita: Battle Angel
Avengers: Endgame
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Toy Story 4 - WINNER

Honourable Mentions: 1917; Captain Marvel; Dumbo; Spider-Man: Far From Home; Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Best Production Design:

1917
The Lighthouse
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - WINNER
Parasite
Shadow

Honourable Mentions: Ad Astra; Doctor Sleep; The Forest of Love; The Irishman; The Third Wife

Best Costumes:

1917
Dolemite is My Name - WINNER
Hustlers
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Rocketman

Honourable Mentions: In Fabric; The Lighthouse; Portrait of a Lady on Fire; Shadow; Us

Best Ending:

An Elephant Sitting Still - WINNER
The Irishman
The Lighthouse
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
The Wild Pear Tree

Honourable Mentions: Ash is Purest White; The Day Shall Come; High Life; One Cut of the Dead; Uncut Gems

Best Scene (SPOILERS):

Climax - Opening Dance
The Lighthouse - Final Twenty Minutes
Peterloo - Massacre
Portrait of a Lady on Fire - Theatre Epilogue - WINNER
Uncut Gems - Howard's Final Bet & Watching the Match

Honourable Mentions: High Life (Dibs in the Fuckbox); Midsommar (Cliff Suicides); One Cut of the Dead (Opening Long Take); One Cut of the Dead (Final Long Take Behind the Scenes); Parasite (Party)

Worst Film:

Cats
Dark Phoenix
The Haunting of Sharon Tate - WINNER
Hellboy
Weathering with You

Dishonourable Mentions: Bombshell; Glass; High Flying Bird; It Chapter Two; Mary Magdalene

Worst Director:

Daniel Farrands - The Haunting of Sharon Tate - WINNER
Tom Hooper - Cats
Simon Kinberg - Dark Phoenix
Andy Muschietti - It Chapter Two
Makoto Shinkai - Weathering with You

Dishonourable Mentions: J.J. Abrams (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker); F. Gary Gray (Men in Black: International); Neil Marshall (Hellboy); Steven Soderbergh (The Laundromat); Rob Zombie (3 From Hell)

Worst Performance:

James Corden - Cats
Jason Derulo - Cats
Hilary Duff - The Haunting of Sharon Tate
Sasha Lane - Hellboy
Jennifer Lawrence - Dark Phoenix - WINNER

Dishonourable Mentions: Zawe Ashton (Velvet Buzzsaw); Idris Elba (Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw); Daniel Dae Kim (Hellboy); Jacki Weaver (Out of Blue); Rebel Wilson (Cats)

Worst Screenplay:

Cats - WINNER
The Haunting of Sharon Tate
Hellboy
It Chapter Two
Men in Black: International

Dishonourable Mentions: Brightburn; Dark Phoenix; Glass; The Wandering Earth; Weathering with You

Worst Scene (SPOILERS):

Cats - Whole Thing
The Haunting of Sharon Tate - Twist Ending - WINNER
Hellboy - Introduction to Alice
Joker - Montage of a Fictional Neighbour
Weathering with You - Final Hour

Dishonourable Mentions: Brightburn (Giving a Gun as a Gift); Dark Phoenix ("X-Women"); The Haunting of Sharon Tate (Sharon's Dream of Death); Hellboy (Sequel Baiting); Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ("Rey Skywalker" & Ending)

Multiple Wins (excluding negative awards):
5 - Uncut Gems; Parasite
2 - An Elephant Sitting Still; The Lighthouse; Toy Story 4

Multiple Nominations (excluding negative awards):
12 - Uncut Gems
11 - Parasite
10 - The Lighthouse
8 - The Irishman; Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
6 - Marriage Story
5 - An Elephant Sitting Still; A Hidden Life
4 - Portrait of a Lady on Fire; 1917
3 - Ad Astra; Climax; Us; Toy Story 4; Dolemite is My Name
2 - Diego Maradona; Apollo 11; Hustlers; The Wild Pear Tree; Shadow; Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Multiple Mentions (excluding negative awards):
16 - Parasite; The Lighthouse
15 - Uncut Gems
14 - The Irishman
9 - Marriage Story; Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
8 - An Elephant Sitting Still; Portrait of a Lady on Fire
7 - Ad Astra; 1917
6 - A Hidden Life; The Farewell; Climax
5 - One Cut of the Dead; Ash is Purest White; High Life; Us
4 - Toy Story 4; Dolemite is My Name; Jojo Rabbit
3 - In Fabric; Atlantics; Long Day's Journey into Night; Diego Maradona; The Third Wife; Little Women; Pain and Glory; Apollo 11: John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum; Shadow
2 - For Sama; Under the Silver Lake; The Souvenir; Peterloo; The Forest of Love; Monos; Hustlers; The Wild Pear Tree; Richard Jewell; Anthropocene: The Human Epoch; The Two Popes; Godzilla: King of the Monsters