Every year, starting in 2020, I do my own personal film awards that I call the Golden Hourglass Awards. Recently, I discovered an account, Cláudio Alves, that put together lists of eligible films for every year in Academy Awards history and it got me thinking about how a 1929 version of the Golden Hourglass Awards would have looked.

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 the Golden Hourglasses 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 Golden Hourglass Awards, using my own personal categories, and using the eligibility period of 2010. Any film that received a wide release in this time is considered eligible.

Categories:
Best Picture:

Carlos ***Winner***
Black Swan
Easy A
Inception
Insidious
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Marimbas from Hell
The Runaways
Scott Pilgrim vs the World
True Grit

Best Director:

Olivier Assayas - Carlos ***Winner***
Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan
Julio Hernández Cordón - Marimbas from Hell
Christopher Nolan - Inception
Edgar Wright - Scott Pilgrim vs the World

Best Actor:

Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network ***Winner***
Jeff Bridges - True Grit
Michael Cera - Scott Pilgrim vs the World
Édgar Ramírez - Carlos
Mark Ruffalo - The Kids are All Right

Best Actress:

Natalie Portman - Black Swan ***Winner***
Dakota Fanning - The Runaways
Hailee Steinfeld - True Grit
Emma Stone - Easy A
Mary Elizabeth Winstead - Scott Pilgrim vs the World

Best Supporting Actor:

Andrew Garfield - The Social Network ***Winner***
Michael Shannon - The Runaways
Matt Damon - True Grit
Rodney El Haddad - Carlos
Cillian Murphy - Inception

Best Supporting Actress:

Kristen Stewart - The Runaways ***Winner***
Barbara Hershey - Black Swan
Chloë Grace Moretz - Kick-Ass
Lin Shaye - Insidious
Nora von Waldstätten - Carlos

Best Voice Actor

Geoffrey Rush - Legend of the Owls: The Guardians of Ga'Hoole ***Winner***
Jay Baruchel - How to Train Your Dragons
Ned Beatty - Toy Story 3
Walt Dohrn - Shrek Forever After
Will Ferrell - Megamind

Best Voice Actress

Mandy Moore - Tangled ***Winner***
Emily Barclay - Legend of the Owls: Guardians of Ga'Hoole
America Ferrara - How to Train Your Dragon
Donna Murphy - Tangled
Mirai Shida - The Secret World of Arietty

Best Casting:

Carlos ***Winner***
Easy A
Inception
The Runaways
Scott Pilgrim vs the World

Best Original Screenplay:

Easy A ***Winner***
Black Swan
Carlos
Insidious
Marimbas from Hell

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Scott Pilgrim vs the World ***Winner***
How to Train Your Dragon
Kick-Ass
The Runaways
The Social Network

Best Animated Feature

Legend of the Guardians: Owls of Ga'Hoole ***Winner***
Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic
How to Train Your Dragon
Megamind
Toy Story 3

Best International Feature Film

Carlos - France ***Winner***
Incendies - Canada
Marimbas from Hell - Guatemala
The Secret of Arietty - Japan
Who Killed Captain Alex - Uganda

Best Documentary Feature

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy ***Winner***
Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious
Jaws: The Inside Story
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story

Best Animated Short

Cows & Cows & Cows ***Winner***
The Deep
Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Zero

Best Live Action Short:

Internet Story ***Winner***
Agents of Secret Stuff
God of Love
Non Plus One
The Onion's Future News From The Year 2137

Best Documentary Short:

Poster Girl ***Winner***
Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora
Avatar Spirits
The Making of the Walking Dead
Raising Hell: Filming the Exorcist

Best Original Score

How to Train Your Dragon ***Winner***
Inception
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Marimbas from Hell
Scott Pilgrim vs the World

Best Original Song

I See the Light - Tangled ***Winner***
Black Sheep - Scott Pilgrim vs the World
My Love is Always Here - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1
Today was a Fairy Tale - Valentine's Day
We Belong Together - Toy Story 3

Best Sound:

Inception ***Winner***
Carlos
Insidious
The Runaways
Scott Pilgrim vs the World

Best Art Direction:

Black Swan ***Winner***
Carlos
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1
Inception
The King's Speech

Best Cinematography

Scott Pilgrim vs the World ***Winner***
Black Swan
Inception
Meek's Cutoff
True Grit

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Carlos ***Winner***
Alice in Wonderland
Black Swan
Insidious
The Runaways

Best Costume Design:

Black Swan ***Winner***
Alice in Wonderland
Carlos
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dwan Treader
The Runaways

Best Stunt Choreography and Coordination

Kick-Ass ***Winner***
Alice in Wonderland
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dwan Treader
Inception
Iron Man 2

Best Film Editing:

Scott Pilgrim vs the World***Winner***
Black Swan
Carlos
Inception
True Grit

Best Visual Effects:

Scott Pilgrim vs the World ***Winner***
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dwan Treader
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1
Inception
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

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Films with multiple nominations:
12: Carlos, Scott Pilgrim vs the World
11: Inception
10: Black Swan
9: The Runaways
6: Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, True Grit
5: Insidious, How to Train Your Dragon
4: Easy A, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1, Marimbas from Hell
3: Kick-Ass, The Social Network, Tangled, Alice in Wonderland, Toy Story 3, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dwan Treader
2: Megamind, The Secret World of Arietty

Films with multiple wins:
5: Carlos
4: Scott Pilgrim vs the World
3: Black Swan
2: Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, Tangled, The Social Network