It's that time again: the Team Experience Awards! Before Nathaniel starts dishing out the Film Bitch Awards you've all been waiting for, the rest of us at The Film Experience compile our ballots for our favorites of the year in film. This year, Greta Gerwig's Little Women leads the mentions with 11 nominations - but it's Bong Joon-ho's Parasite that is our ultimate runaway favorite. As usual, our ballot features some major divergences from Oscar and some unheralded favorites. Look out for a majority female Best Director lineup, a different double acting nominee than the one Oscar chose, and a few contemporary surprises in the design categories...
Best Picture
- Parasite
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire
- Marriage Story
- Little Women
- Pain and Glory
- Atlantics
- A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- The Lighthouse
- Hustlers
Best Director
- Pedro Almodóvar - Pain and Glory
- Bong Joon-ho - Parasite (WINNER)
- Mati Diop - Atlantics
- Greta Gerwig - Little Women
- Céline Sciamma - Portrait of a Lady on Fire (RUNNER-UP)
Best Film Not in the English Language
- Atlantics
- Invisible Life
- Pain and Glory
- Parasite (WINNER)
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire (RUNNER-UP)
Best Actress
- Elisabeth Moss - Her Smell (RUNNER-UP)
- Lupita Nyong'o - Us (WINNER)
- Florence Pugh - MidSommar
- Saoirse Ronan - Little Women
- Alfre Woodard - Clemency
Best Actor
- Antonio Banderas - Pain and Glory (WINNER)
- Adam Driver - Marriage Story (RUNNER-UP)
- Eddie Murphy - Dolemite is My Name
- Robert Pattinson - The Lighthouse
- Adam Sandler - Uncut Gems
Best Supporting Actress
- Cho Yeo-jeong - Parasite
- Laura Dern - Marriage Story
- Jennifer Lopez - Hustlers (WINNER)
- Florence Pugh - Little Women (RUNNER-UP)
- Octavia Spencer - Luce
Best Supporting Actor
- Tom Hanks - A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (RUNNER-UP)
- Al Pacino - The Irishman
- Joe Pesci - The Irishman
- Brad Pitt - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Song Kang-ho - Parasite (WINNER)
Best Original Screenplay
- The Farewell
- Marriage Story (RUNNER-UP)
- Pain and Glory
- Parasite (WINNER)
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Best Adapted Screenplay
- A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
- Hustlers
- The Irishman (RUNNER-UP)
- Jojo Rabbit
- Little Women (WINNER)
Best Costume Design
- Dolemite is My Name (RUNNER-UP)
- Hustlers
- Knives Out
- Little Women (WINNER)
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Best Documentary Feature
- American Factory
- Apollo 11 (RUNNER-UP)
- For Sama
- Honeyland (WINNER)
- One Child Nation
Best Animated Feature
- How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
- I Lost My Body (RUNNER-UP)
- Missing Link
- Toy Story 4 (WINNER)
- Weathering With You
Best Ensemble
- Hustlers
- Knives Out
- Little Women (RUNNER-UP)
- Marriage Story
- Parasite (WINNER)
Best Editing
- Hustlers
- The Irishman
- Little Women
- Parasite (WINNER)
- Uncut Gems (RUNNER-UP)
Best Production Design
- Knives Out
- Little Women
- MidSommar
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (RUNNER-UP)
- Parasite (WINNER)
Best Cinematography
- 1917
- Ad Astra
- The Lighthouse (RUNNER-UP)
- Little Women
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire (WINNER)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- Bombshell (WINNER)
- Dolemite is My Name
- Judy (RUNNER-UP)
- Little Women
- Rocketman
Best Music (Pre-Existing or Original)
- Hustlers
- Joker
- The Last Black Man in San Francisco (WINNER)
- Little Women (RUNNER-UP)
- Marriage Story
Best Visual Effects
- 1917
- Ad Astra (WINNER)
- Avengers: Endgame (RUNNER-UP)
- The Irishman
- MidSommar
Best Sound
- 1917
- Ad Astra (WINNER)
- Ford v Ferrari
- The Lighthouse (RUNNER-UP)
- Uncut Gems
Best Unreleased Film
- Animals
- Bad Education (RUNNER-UP)
- Beanpole (WINNER)
- The Vast of Night
- The Wild Goose Lake
SOME FUN STATISTICS...
- Overall, 197 total films appeared across all categories and all ballots, with 74 titles showing up in votes for Best Picture ballots alone. The category with the most individual bids was (as you might expect) Best Supporting Actress, with 45 performances mentioned across all ballots.
- With 8 wins, Parasite becomes our most tropheyed film since 2015's Carol, which won 9 categories.
- The most competive category was Best Supporting Actor, with a narrow margin of only 5 points separating all nominees.
- Some titles that were generally loved but didn't land many (or any) nominations: The Last Black Man in San Francisco, The Farewell, Invisible Life, The Nightingale, and Booksmart.
- The closest vote tally to a nomination shutout: Marielle Heller (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood) and Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story) both missed a Best Director nomination by a single point, as did Knives Out for Best Original Screenplay.
- With a Best Actress bid, Her Smell is another previous Best Unreleased Film winner to show up on next year's ballot after release (previous examples including Personal Shopper, The Lobster, and The Look of Silence). Your move, Beanpole.
- With the exception of its Best Supporting Actor win, Parasite led each of its winning categories by a substantial margin. Those categories were a race to second place.