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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Frozen II
How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Klaus
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Toy Story 4
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
1917
Avengers: Endgame
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker
The Irishman
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roger Deakins - 1917
Hong Kyung-pyo - Parasite
Rodrigo Prieto - The Irishman
Robert Richardson - Once Upon A Time... in Hollywood
Lawrence Sher - Joker
BEST SCORE
Alexandre Desplat - Little Women
Hildur Guðnadóttir - Joker
Randy Newman - Marriage Story
Thomas Newman - 1917
Alan Silvestri - Avengers: Endgame
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
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
1917
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Parasite
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
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
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Jojo Rabbit
Knives Out
Little Women
Parasite
The Irishman
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)
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)
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!