Back in 2020, a friend of mine, Alex, and I were rather unimpressed with the Oscars that year. I can't remember which decision exactly it was that led to us getting annoyed with them that year, but we decided we would each do our own versions instead. Using the same time frame and mostly the same categories, but with our own rules about which movies we'd consider, we set out to decide what movies we would have nominated in each category. He called his awards the Silver Sail Awards. I called mine the Golden Hourglass Awards.
This is a list of every film I ever nominated for a Golden Hourglass, with the year and nominations listed in the notes.
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Back in 2020, a friend of mine, Alex, and I were rather unimpressed with the Oscars that year. I can't remember which decision exactly it was that led to us getting annoyed with them that year, but we decided we would each do our own versions instead. Using the same time frame and mostly the same categories, but with our own rules about which movies we'd consider, we set out to decide what movies we would have nominated in each category. He called his awards the Silver Sail Awards. I called mine the Golden Hourglass Awards.
This is a list of every film I ever nominated for a Golden Hourglass, with the year and nominations listed in the notes.
By Category:
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Voice Actor
Best Voice Actress
Best Ensemble Cast
Best Original Screenplay
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Animated Feature
Best International Feature
Best Documentary Feature
Best Documentary Short
Best Live-Action Short
Best Animated Short
Best Original Score
Best Original Song
Best Sound
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Best Production Design
Best Costume Design
Best Cinematography
Best Stunt Coordination and Choreography
Best Film Editing
Best Visual Effects
Worst Film
By Ceremony:
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
Superlatives
Most Nominated Film
- Megalopolis (2024): 13 nominations (8 wins)
Most Awarded Film
- Megalopolis (2024): 8 wins (out of 13 nominations)
Least Nominated Best Picture Nominee:
- Palm Springs (2020): 2 nominations (0 wins)
Least Nominated Best Picture Winner:
- Pieces of a Woman (2021): 7 nominations (3 wins)
Least Awarded Best Picture Winner:
- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020): 3 wins (out of 9 nominations)
- Pieces of a Woman (2021): 3 wins (out of 7 nominations)
Most Nominated Film to Lose Best Picture:
- Everything Everywhere All at Once: 12 nominations (won 6)
- Rebel Moon: Chapter Two - Curse of Forgiveness: 12 nominations (2 wins)
Most Nominated Film Without a Best Picture Nod:
- Deathstalker (2025): 7 nominations (0 wins)
Most Nominations Without a Win:
- The Irishman (2019): 9 nominations
- First Cow (2020): 9 nominations
Largest Clean Sweep:
- Rabbit Trap (2025): 2/2
Most Wins Without Winning Best Picture:
- Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022): 6 wins (out of 12 nominations)
Most Wins Without a Best Picture Nomination:
- La Llorona (2020): 2 wins (out of 5 nominations)
- Wolfwalkers (2020): 2 wins (out of 3 nominations)
- The Mitchell’s vs the Machines (2021): 2 wins (out of 4 nominations)
Performers with Multiple Nominations
Joaquin Phoenix: 4
- Joker: Best Actor (won)
- C'mon C'mon: Best Actor
- Beau is Afraid: Best Actor
- Joker: Folie à Deux: Best Actor
Nicolas Cage: 3
- Pig: Best Actor
- Butcher's Crossing: Best Supporting Actor
- Longlegs: Best Supporting Actor
Riz Ahmed: 2
- Sound of Metal: Best Actor
- Nimona: Best Voice Actor
Robert Pattinson: 2
- The Lighthouse: Best Supporting Actor
- The Boy and the Heron: Best Voice Actor
Thomasin McKenzie: 2
- Jojo Rabbit: Best Supporting Actress
- Last Night in Soho: Best Actress
Anthony Hopkins: 2
- The Two Popes: Best Supporting Actor
- Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Curse of Forgiveness: Best Voice Actor (won)
Kristen Stewart: 2
- Spencer: Best Actress
- Love Lies Bleeding: Best Actress
Emma Stone: 2
- Poor Things: Best Actress (won)
- Bugonia: Best Actress
Longest Nominee
- In Search of Tomorrow (2022): 301 minutes (1 nod)
Shortest Nominee
- Alien Xmas (2020): 42 minutes (1 nod)
Highest Rated Nominee
- Parasite (2019): 4.6 (9 nods/5 wins/BP Winner)
Lowest Rated Nominee
- Cats (2019): 1.3 (2 nods/1 win/Worst Picture Nominee)
Big Five Nominees
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
Best Picture: Won
Best Director (George C. Wolfe): Lost to Miranda July (Kajillionaire)
Best Actor (Chadwick Boseman): Won
Best Actress (Viola Davis): Won
Best Adapted Screenplay: Lost to His House
Nine Days (2021)
Best Picture: Lost to Pieces of a Woman
Best Director (Edson Oda): Lost to Zack Snyder (Zack Snyder's Justice League)
Best Actor (Winston Duke): Won
Best Actress (Zazie Beetz): Lost to Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman)
Best Original Screenplay: Lost to C'mon C'mon
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
Best Picture: Lost to Poor Things
Best Director (Martin Scorsese): Lost to Wes Anderson (Asteroid City)
Best Actor (Leonardo DiCaprio): Lost to Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)
Best Actress (Lily Gladstone): Lost to Emily Stone (Poor Things)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Lost to Poor Things
The End (2024)
Best Picture: Lost to Megalopolis
Best Director (Joshua Oppenheimer): Lost to Francis Ford Coppola (Megalopolis)
Best Actor (George MacKay): Lost to Ryland Brickson Cole Tews (Hundreds of Beavers)
Best Actress (Tilda Swinton): Won
Best Original Screenplay: Lost to Megalopolis
She Rides Shotgun (2025)
Best Picture: Won
Best Director (Nick Rowland): Won
Best Actor (Taron Egerton): Won
Best Actress (ana Sophia Heger): Won
Best Adapted Screenplay: Won
Most Acting Nominations for a Film
The End: 4 nominations
Best Actor - George MacKay: lost to Ryland Brickson Cole Tews
Best Actress - Tilda Swinton: Won
Best Supporting Actor - Michael Shannon: lost to Jack Haven
Best Supporting Actress - Moses Ingram: lost to Katy O'Brian