While going through Letterbox, I found this account, Cláudio Alves that has put together a list of films eligible for Oscars throughout the entire history of the Academy Awards. And I was incredibly impressed and thrilled to find such lists.
And such lists got me thinking: I've often ranted about how the Oscars get it wrong, every year, and have always done so. So how would I have done it? If I had been presented with these ballots every year, how would I have voted every time? In contrast, not taking into consideration Academy eligibility rules, which are often confusing and contradictory, what films would have stood out to me each year? So, this list was born.
This list will…
While going through Letterbox, I found this account, Cláudio Alves that has put together a list of films eligible for Oscars throughout the entire history of the Academy Awards. And I was incredibly impressed and thrilled to find such lists.
And such lists got me thinking: I've often ranted about how the Oscars get it wrong, every year, and have always done so. So how would I have done it? If I had been presented with these ballots every year, how would I have voted every time? In contrast, not taking into consideration Academy eligibility rules, which are often confusing and contradictory, what films would have stood out to me each year? So, this list was born.
This list will be part of an ongoing personal project where I go through every Academy Awards and make two lists: The first, a retrospective ballot based off actual eligible films and using official categories for that ceremony. The second will be a retrospective of my own personal awards that I choose each year, without taking into consideration Academy eligibility or how the Academy defines the release of each film.
This is my retrospective ballot for the Ninety-First Academy Awards.
Special note here, the list of eligible Oscar nominees does not include short films so, I'm using the release date to give myself as best an idea of what to pick from as I can, so what I choose may not completely accurately reflect what was eligible at the time since eligibility for shorts is weird a lot of the times. But it's the best I can do.
Partner to the Retrospective Golden Hourglass Awards: 2019.
Nominees taken from: boxd.it/c1aPa
Categories:
Best Picture:
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse ***Winner***
BlacKkKlansman
The Death of Stalin
Hereditary
Madeline's Madeline
Mary, Queen of Scots
Searching
You Were Never Really Here
Best Director:
Ari Aster - Hereditary ***Winner***
Aneesh Chaganty - Searching
Lee Chang-Dong - Burning
Josephine Decker - Madeline's Madeline
Spike Lee - BlacKkKlansman
Best Actor:
Zain Al-Rafeea - Capernaum ***Winner***
Steve Buscemi - The Death of Stalin
John Cho - Searching
Joaquin Phoenix - You Were Never Really Here
John David Washington - BlacKkKlansman
Best Actress:
Helena Howard - Madeline's Madeline ***Winner***
Olivia Cooke - Thoroughbreds
Toni Colette - Hereditary
Elsie Fisher - Eighth Grade
Saoirse Ronan - Mary, Queen of Scots
Best Supporting Actor:
Steven Yeun - Burning ***Winner***
Simon Russell Beale - The Death of Stalin
Adam Driver - BlacKkKlansman
Ed Harris - Kodachrome
Rupert Friend - The Death of Stalin
Best Supporting Actress:
Margot Robbie - Mary, Queen of Scots ***Winner***
Jeon Jong-Seo - Burning
Andrea Riseborough - The Death of Stalin
Ekaterina Samsonov - You Were Never Really Here
Anya Taylor-Joy - Thoroughbreds
Best Original Screenplay:
Madeline's Madeline***Winner***
Capernaum
Eighth Grade
Game Night
Hereditary
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse ***Winner***
BlacKkKlansman
The Death of Stalin
A Star is Born
You Were Never Really Here
Best Animated Feature
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse ***Winner***
Early Man
Isle of Dogs
Liz and the Blue Bird
Mirai
Best International Feature
Capernaum - Lebanon ***Winner***
Burning - South Korea
Dogman - Italy
Roma - Mexico
Shoplifters - Japan
Best Documentary Feature
The Sentence ***Winner***
Generation Wealth
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
The Road Movie
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Best Live Action Short:
Fauve ***Winner***
Caroline
Marguerite
May Day
Wale
Best Animated Short:
Lost & Found ***Winner***
Age of Sail
Bao
Bilby
Bird Karma
Best Documentary Short
My Dead Dad's Porno Tapes ***Winner***
'63 Boycott
Black Sheep
Los Comandos
Zion
Best Original Score
BlacKkKlansman***Winner***
Liz and the Blue Bird
A Star is Born
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
You Were Never Really Here
Best Song
Sunflower - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse ***Winner***
Girls, Dance, Staircase - Liz and the Blue Bird
Pray for Me - Black Panther
Shallow - A Star is Born
What's Up Danger - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Best Sound Editing
A Quiet Place ***Winner***
Annihilation
Aquaman
A Star is Born
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Best Sound Mixing
A Quiet Place ***Winner***
BlacKkKlansman
Madeline's Madeline
Searching
A Star is Born
Best Art Direction:
Mary, Queen of Scots ***Winner***
The Death of Stalin
The Favourite
Hereditary
Thoroughbreds
Best Cinematography:
Burning ***Winner***
Hereditary
Madeline's Madeline
Roma
Thoroughbreds
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Mary, Queen of Scots ***Winner***
Colette
The Death of Stalin
The Favourite
Vice
Best Costume Design
Mary, Queen of Scots ***Winner***
Black Panther
Colette
The Death of Stalin
The Favourite
Best Film Editing
Madeline's Madeline ***Winner***
Hereditary
Searching
Unsane
You Were Never Really Here
Best Visual Effects
Aquaman ***Winner***
Annihilation
Deadpool 2
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Ready Player One
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Films with multiple nominations:
9: The Death of Stalin
7: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, BlacKkKlansman, Hereditary, Madeline's Madeline
6: Mary Queen of Scots, You Were Never Really Here
5: Searching, Burning, A Star is Born
4: Thoroughbreds
3: Capernaum, Liz and the Blue Bird, The Favourite
2: Eighth Grade, Roma, Black Panther, Annihilation, Aquaman, A Quiet Place, Colette
Films with multiple wins
4: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Mary Queen of Scots
3: Madeline's Madeline
2: Burning, Capernaum, A Quiet Place
