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.
These are the nominees for the 5th Official Annual Golden Hourglass Awards. My only criteria for films was that it had to have gotten…
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.
These are the nominees for the 5th Official Annual Golden Hourglass Awards. My only criteria for films was that it had to have gotten a wide release anywhere in the world in 2023. Festival and limited releases did not count, except for short films.
Here are the nominees:
Best Picture
Poor Things ***Winner***
Asteroid City
Beau is Afraid
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Killers of the Flower Moon
Nimona
No One Will Save You
Oppenheimer
Rebel Moon: Part One - a Child of Fire
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best Director
Wes Anderson - Asteroid City ***Winner***
Ari Aster - Beau is Afraid
Yorgos Lanthimos - Poor Things
Christopher Nolan - Oppenheimer
Martin Scorsese - Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Actor
Cillian Murphy - Oppenheimer ***Winner***
Leonardo DiCaprio - Killers of the Flower Moon
David Jonsson - Rye Lane
Joaquin Phoenix - Beau is Afraid
Teo Yoo - Past Lives
Best Actress
Emma Stone - Poor Things ***Winner***
Kaitlyn Dever - No One Will Save You
Lily Gladstone - Killers of the Flower Moon
Greta Lee - Past Lives
Vivian Oparah - Rye Lane
Best Supporting Actor
Charles Melton - May December ***Winner***
Dave Bautista - Knock at the Cabin
Nicolas Cage - Butcher's Crossing
Jaime Foxx - They Cloned Tyrone
Mark Ruffalo - Poor Things
Best Supporting Actress
Patti LuPone - Beau is Afraid ***Winner***
Emily Blunt - Oppenheimer
Samantha Hyde - Wildflower
Julianne Moore - May December
Da'Vine Randolph - The Holdovers
Best Voice Actor
Shameik Moore - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse ***Winner***
Riz Ahmed - Nimona
Oscar Isaac - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Yonas Kibreab - Merry Little Batman
Robert Pattinson - The Boy and the Heron
Best Voice Actress
Hailee Steinfeld - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse ***Winner***
Jenna Davis - M3GAN
Ayo Edebiri - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Chloë Grace Moretz - Nimona
Florence Pugh - The Boy and the Heron
Best Ensemble Cast
Asteroid City ***Winner***
Blue Beetle
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best Original Screenplay
Asteroid City ***Winner***
Beau is Afraid
No One Will Save You
Past Lives
Rye Lane
Best Adapted Screenplay
Poor Things ***Winner***
Eileen
Killers of the Flower Moon
Nimona
Oppenheimer
Best Animated Feature Film
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse ***Winner***
The Boy and the Heron
Merry Little Batman
Nimona
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Best International Feature Film
Monster - Japan ***Winner***
Anatomy of a Fall - France
Ballerina - South Korea
Sorcery - Chile
Tótem - Mexico
Best Documentary Feature
The Mission ***Winner***
20 Days in Mariupol
Beyond the Light Barries
Last Stop Larrimah: Murder Down Under
The Pope: Answers
Best Documentary Short
Margie Soudek's Salt and Pepper Shakers ***Winner***
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Necessity: Transgender Kiss
Transgender Nuclear Suicide Sojourn
Under G-d
Best Live-Action Short
Strange Way of Life ***Winner***
In the Valley of the Moon
It Ain't Easy Being Green
Pennies from Heaven
Unemployees
Best Animated Short
E6-D7 ***Winner***
Blood Bound
Clavel Gris
Hidari
Resilience
Best Original Score
Oppenheimer ***Winner***
The Boy and the Heron
Monster
No One Will Save You
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best Original Song
Self-Love - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse ***Winner***
Ace Up My Sleeves - The Starling Girl
Can't Catch Me Now - The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Spinning Globe - The Boy and the Heron
What Was I Made For - Barbie
Best Sound
No One Will Save You ***Winner***
Blue Beetle
The Creator
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
The Zone of Interest
Best Production Design
Poor Things ***Winner***
Asteroid City
Barbie
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Moon Garden
Best Cinematography
Oppenheimer ***Winner***
Asteroid City
No One Will Save You
Past Lives
Rebel Moon: Part One - A Child of Fire
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Poor Things ***Winner***
Beau is Afraid
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Moon Garden
Rebel Moon: Part One - A Child of Fire
Best Costume Design
Poor Things ***Winner***
Barbie
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Priscilla
Best Stunt Coordination and Choreography
Pathaan ***Winner***
Ballerina
Blue Beetle
The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Rebel Moon: Part One - A Child of Fire
Best Film Editing
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse ***Winner***
Asteroid City
Beau is Afraid
Killers of the Flower Moon
No One Will Save You
Best Visual Effects
Rebel Moon: Part One - A Child of Fire ***Winner***
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
No One Will Save You
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Worst Film
The Exorcist: Believer ***Winner***
Dream Scenario
The Outwaters
Peter Pan & Wendy
A Thousand and One
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Films with multiple nominations:
10: Poor Things
8: No One Will Save You, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Oppenheimer
7: Asteroid City, Beau is Afraid, Killers of the Flower Moon
6: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
5: Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire, Nimona, The Boy and the Heron
4: Past Lives
3: Blue Beetle, Barbie, Rye Lane, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
2: Moon Garden, Monster, May December, Merry Little Batman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Ballerina
Films with multiple wins:
6: Poor Things
5: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
3: Asteroid City, Oppenheimer