THE 2020 HOUNDIE AWARDS

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the penultimate awards show...Kinda... For the past several years on Letterboxd, I've done my awards for the top movies of the year and now to kick off what will be a busy year on this site, I'm transferring that over to here and rebranding it as the "HOUNDIES". Instead of a traditional top ten list, I decided it might fit best if I did my favorites of the year as an awards style list. The winner of each category is labeled in bold. There are still a handful of movies that I still need to see that could've made scored some nominations and wins such as Honey Boy, Just Mercy, and Waves, though for those three films in particular either haven't opened near me yet or I missed it when it was theaters.

Unlike the Oscars and previous awards done by me, the acting and directing categories will not be limited to 5 nominations but there will be no more than 10 nominations for those categories. Everything else is limited to 5.

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BEST PICTURE

1917

Ford v Ferrari

Jojo Rabbit

Knives Out

Little Women

Marriage Story

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Parasite

The Irishman

Toy Story 4

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BEST DIRECTOR

Noah Baumbach - Marriage Story

Greta Gerwig - Little Women

Marielle Heller - A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood

Bong Joon-ho - Parasite

James Mangold - Ford v Ferrari

Sam Mendes - 1917

Todd Phillips - Joker

Martin Scorsese - The Irishman

Quentin Tarantino - Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Taika Waititi - Jojo Rabbit

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BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:

Christian Bale - Ford v Ferrari

Roman Griffin Davis - Jojo Rabbit

Robert De Niro - The Irishman

Leonardo DiCaprio - Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Adam Driver - Marriage Story

Taron Egerton - Rocketman

Paul Walter Hauser - Richard Jewell

George MacKay - 1917

Eddie Murphy - Dolemite Is My Name

Joaquin Phoenix - Joker

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BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:

Ana de Armas - Knives Out

Awkwafina - The Farewell

Kaitlyn Dever - Booksmart

Scarlett Johansson - Marriage Story

Lupita Nyong'o - Us

Florence Pugh - Midsommar

Saoirse Ronan - Little Women

Charlie Theron - Bombshell

Emma Thompson - Late Night

Renee Zellweger - Judy

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BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:

Tom Hanks - A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Anthony Hopkins - The Two Popes

Song Kang-ho - Parasite

Al Pacino - The Irishman

Joe Pesci - The Irishman

Brad Pitt - Once Upon A Time... in Hollywood

Taika Waititi - Jojo Rabbit

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BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Kathy Bates - Richard Jewell

Laura Dern - Marriage Story

Scarlett Johansson - Jojo Rabbit

Jennifer Lopez - Hustlers

Billie Lourd - Booksmart

Thomasin McKenzie - Jojo Rabbit

Florence Pugh - Little Women

Margot Robbie - Bombshell

Zhao Shuzhen - The Farewell

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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Noah Baumbach - Marriage Story Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Susanna Fogel, Katie Silberman - Booksmart

Rian Johnson - Knives Out

Bong Joon-ho, Han Jin won - Parasite

Quentin Tarantino - Once Upon A Time... in Hollywood

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BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Greta Gerwig - Little Women

Anthony McCarten - The Two Popes

Andrew Stanton, Stephen Folsom - Toy Story 4

Taika Waititi - Jojo Rabbit

Steve Zaillian - The Irishman

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BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Frozen II

How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

Klaus

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

Toy Story 4

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BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

1917

Avengers: Endgame

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker

The Irishman

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Roger Deakins - 1917

Hong Kyung-pyo - Parasite

Rodrigo Prieto - The Irishman

Robert Richardson - Once Upon A Time... in Hollywood

Lawrence Sher - Joker

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BEST SCORE

Alexandre Desplat - Little Women

Hildur Guðnadóttir - Joker

Randy Newman - Marriage Story

Thomas Newman - 1917

Alan Silvestri - Avengers: Endgame

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BEST ORIGINAL SONG

Speechless - Aladdin

Into The Unknown - Frozen II

Super Cool - The Lego Movie 2

(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again - Rocketman

I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away - Toy Story 4

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BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

1917

Jojo Rabbit

Joker

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Parasite

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BEST EDITING

Tom Eagles - Jojo Rabbit

Michael McCusker, Dirk Westervelt, Andrew Buckland - Ford v Ferrari

Fred Raskin - Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Thelma Schoonmaker - The Irishman

Lee Smith - 1917

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BEST VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE

Tony Hale - Toy Story 4

Tom Hanks - Toy Story 4

Annie Potts - Toy Story 4

Chris Pratt - The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

Keanu Reeves - Toy Story 4

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BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

Jojo Rabbit

Knives Out

Little Women

Parasite

The Irishman

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BREAKOUT ACTOR

Roman Griffin Davis (Jojo Rabbit)

Zack Gottsagen (The Peanut Butter Falcon)

Paul Walter Hauser (Richard Jewell)

George MacKay (1917)

Archie Yates (Jojo Rabbit)

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BREAKOUT ACTRESS

Ana de Armas (Knives Out)

Julia Butters (Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood)

Billie Lourd (Booksmart)

Lashana Lynch (Captain Marvel)

Florence Pugh (Fighting With My Family, Little Women, Midsommar)

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And that's all! Thanks for reading! Stay tuned throughout the next week for my thoughts on the Oscar nominations, 1917, Just Mercy, and Bad Boys For Life. This going to be a big year for the site and I can't wait for everyone to see what I have in store!