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 Eighty-Eighth 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.
Secondary Special Note: While normally, I try to limit my nominations for Best International Feature to films that were submitted to this category, I did not watch enough submitted films to have five nominees, so I have chosen to expand it to any foreign film eligible.
Partner to the Retrospective Golden Hourglass Awards: 2016.
Nominees taken from: boxd.it/c1X80
Categories:
Best Picture:
Tangerine ***Winner***
Beasts of No Nation
Carol
Clouds of Sils Maria
Ex Machina
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
Room
Best Director:
George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road ***Winner***
Sean Baker - Tangerine
Alex Garland - Ex Machina
Todd Haynes - Carol
Quentin Tarantino - The Hateful Eight
Best Actor:
Abraham Attah - Beasts of No Nation ***Winner***
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
Domhnall Gleeson - Ex Machina
Samuel Jackson - The Hateful Eight
Tom Hardy- Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Actress:
Kitana Kiki Rodriguez - Tangerine ***Winner***
Juliette Binoche - Clouds of Sils Maria
Brie Larson - Room
Rooney Mara - Carol
Alicia Vikander - Ex Machina
Best Supporting Actor:
Jacob Tremblay - Room ***Winner***
Idris Elba - Beasts of No Nation
Walter Goggins - The Hateful Eight
Oscar Isaac - Ex Machina
Kurt Russell - The Hateful Eight
Best Supporting Actress:
Kristen Stewart - Clouds of Sils Maria ***Winner***
Cate Blanchett - Carol
Chloe Grace Moretz - Clouds of Sils Maria
Rosie Huntington-Whitely - Mad Max: Fury Road
Mya Taylor - Tangerine
Best Original Screenplay:
Ex Machina ***Winner***
Clouds of Sils Maria
The Hateful Eight
It Follows
Tangerine
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Mad Max: Fury Road ***Winner***
Beasts of No Nation
Carol
The Revenant
Room
Best Animated Feature
Inside Out ***Winner***
The Boy and the Beast
The Peanuts Movie
The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
When Marnie Was There
Best International Feature
The Golden Dream - Mexico ***Winner***
The Boy and the Beast - Japan
Felix and Meira - Canada
Ixcanul - Guatemala
The Second Mother - Brazil
Best Documentary Feature
The Look of Silence ***Winner***
Amy
Best of Enemies
Cobain: Montage of Heck
A LEGO Brickumentary
Best Live Action Short:
Kung Fury ***Winner***
Ellis
Everything Will Be Okay
Over
The Pavement
Best Animated Short:
World of Tomorrow ***Winner***
Dissonance
Manoman
Missing Halloween
Prologue
Best Documentary Short
Body Team 12 ***Winner***
Humpback Whales
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
Through Our Eyes: Living with Aspergers
Through the Looking Glass: Making Ex Machina
Best Original Score
It Follows ***Winner***
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Pan
Tangerine
Best Song
Fine on the Outside - When Marnie Was There***Winner***
Love Me Like You Do - Fifty Shades of Grey
Something's Not Right - Pan
Starting Over - The Boy and the Beast
Towards the Sun - Home
Best Sound Editing
Mad Max: Fury Road ***Winner***
Beasts of No Nation
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Sound Mixing
Ex Machina ***Winner***
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Tangerine
Best Art Direction:
Mad Max: Fury Road ***Winner***
Cinderella
Macbeth
Pan
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Cinematography:
Mad Max: Fury Road***Winner***
Carol
Clouds of Sils Maria
Ex Machina
Room
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Cinderella ***Winner***
Macbeth
Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Costume Design
Cinderella ***Winner***
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Macbeth
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Film Editing
Tangerine ***Winner***
Ex Machina
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
Room
Best Visual Effects
Mad Max: Fury Road ***Winner***
Ant-Man
Ex Machina
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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Films with multiple nominations:
12: Mad Max: Fury Road
10: Ex Machina
8: Tangerine, The Hateful Eight
7: Carol
6: Clouds of Sils Maria, Room
5: Beasts of No Nation, The Revenant, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
3: The Boy and the Beast, Pan, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2, Macbeth, Cinderella
2: It Follows, When Marnie Was There
Films with multiple wins
6: Mad Max: Fury Road
3: Tangerine
2: Ex Machina, Cinderella