NYFCC Winners and Critics Choice Predictions

BEST PICTURE: Lady Bird
BEST DIRECTOR: Sean Baker, The Florida Project
BEST ACTOR: Timothée Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
BEST ACTRESS: Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Tiffany Haddish, Girls Trip
BEST SCREENPLAY: Phantom Thread
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Mudbound
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Coco
BEST FOREIGN FILM: BPM (Beats Per Minute)
BEST NONFICTION FILM: Faces Places
BEST FIRST FILM: Get Out

So, this is an interesting set of winners. Lady Bird continues its dominance, but it’s too early to tell if the film will be a legitimate contender to win Best Picture. Tiffany Haddish is the most unusual winner, but I don’t think she will repeat at the Oscars. All the other winners are at least in the conversation.

So, tomorrow is the Critics Choice nominations. Once they are announced, awards season officially kicks off. So, I decided to throw together some predictions. They were a little tricky to put together, mainly because it’s hard to know what films will qualify.

Here are my predictions.

BEST PICTURE

Call Me By Your Name
Darkest Hour
The Disaster Artist
Dunkirk
Get Out
Lady Bird
Mudbound
The Post
The Shape Of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

BEST DIRECTOR

Guillermo Del Toro, The Shape Of Water
Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
Jordan Peele, Get Out
Steven Spielberg, The Post

BEST ACTOR

Timothée Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
James Franco, The Disaster Artist
Tom Hanks, The Post
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour

BEST ACTRESS

Sally Hawkins, The Shape Of Water
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Emma Stone, Battle Of The Sexes
Meryl Streep, The Post

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
Armie Hammer, Call Me By Your Name
Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Richard Jenkins, The Shape Of Water
Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Mark Rylance, Dunkirk

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
Hong Chau, Downsizing
Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Kristen Scott Thomas, Darkest Hour
Octavia Spencer, The Shape Of Water

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Darkest Hour
Downsizing
Get Out
Lady Bird
The Post
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Call Me By Your Name
The Disaster Artist
Last Flag Flying
Molly’s Game
Mudbound
Wonder

BEST YOUNG ACTOR / ACTRESS

Ella Anderson, The Glass Castle
Dafne Keen, Logan
Brooklyn Prince, The Florida Project
Millicent Simmonds, Wonderstruck
Will Tilston, Goodbye Christopher Robin
Jacob Tremblay, Wonder

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

Call Me By Your Name
Get Out
Lady Bird
Mudbound
The Post
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

BEST FILM EDITING

Dunkirk
Get Out
Lady Bird
The Post
The Shape Of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Mudbound
The Shape Of Water
Wonderstruck

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Beauty And The Beast
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Phantom Thread
The Shape Of Water

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Beauty And The Beast
The Beguiled
Darkest Hour
Phantom Thread
The Shape Of Water
Victoria And Abdul

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP

Beauty And The Beast
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2
I, Tonya
The Shape Of Water

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Beauty And The Beast
Blade Runner 2049
The Shape Of Water
Spider-Man: Homecoming
War For The Planet Of The Apes
Wonder Woman

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

The Breadwinner
Cars 3
Coco
Despicable Me 3
The Girl Without Hands
Loving Vincent

BEST ACTION MOVIE

Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
Logan
Thor: Ragnarok
Wonder Woman

BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE

Ben Affleck, Justice League
Ryan Gosling, Blade Runner 2049
Chris Hemsworth, Thor: Ragnarok
Hugh Jackman, Logan
Andy Serkis, War For The Planet Of The Apes

BEST ACTRESS IN ACTION MOVIE

Halle Berry, Kidnap
Gal Gadot, Justice League
Gal Gadot, Wonder Woman
Zoe Saldana, Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2
Charlize Theron, Atomic Blonde

BEST COMEDY

Baby Driver
Downsizing
The Disaster Artist
Lady Bird
The Meyerowitz Stories

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY

Matt Damon, Downsizing
Ansel Elgort, Baby Driver
James Franco, The Disaster Artist
Kumail Nanjiami, The Big Sick
Adam Sandler, The Meyerowitz Stories

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

Tiffany Haddish, Girls Trip
Regina Hall, Girls Trip
Zoe Kazan, The Big Sick
Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird

BEST SCI-FI / HORROR MOVIE

Blade Runner 2049
Downsizing
Get Out
It
mother!
War For The Planet Of The Apes

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

BPM (Beats Per Minute)
A Fantastic Woman
First They Killed My Father
Foxtrot
In The Fade
The Square

BEST SONG

“Evermore” – Beauty And The Beast
“If I Dare” – Battle Of The Sexes
“The Mystery Of Love” – Call Me By Your Name
“Remember Me” – Coco
“Stand Up For Something” – Marshall
“This Is Me” – The Greatest Showman

BEST SCORE

Coco
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
The Shape Of Water
The Post
Wonderstruck

 

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