HAPPY OSCARS NIGHT!!
I have no clout in this world at all, but I love awards season. Here are my winners for the best of 2018.
(I love so many performances this year, though. So, I’m listing my runners-up as well.)
Best Film
Winner: Roma
1st Runner-up: The Favourite
2nd Runner-up: If Beale Street Could Talk
Best Director
Winner: Alfonso Cuarón (Roma)
1st Runner-up: Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)
2nd Runner-up: Barry Jenkins (If Beale Street Could Talk)
Best Actress
Winner: Olivia Colman (The Favourite)
1st Runner-up: Glenn Close (The Wife)
2nd Runner-up: Emily Blunt (Mary Poppins Returns)
Best Actor
Winner: Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)
1st Runner-up: Ethan Hawke (First Reformed)
2nd Runner-up: John David Washington (BlacKkKlansman)
Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk)
1st Runner-up: Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)
2nd Runner-up: Emma Stone (The Favourite)
Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
1st Runner-up: Brian Tyree Henry (If Beale Street Could Talk)
2nd Runner-up: Sam Elliott (A Star Is Born)
Best Original Screenplay
Winner: The Favourite
1st Runner-up: First Reformed
2nd Runner-up: Eighth Grade
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: If Beale Street Could Talk
1st Runner-up: Can You Ever Forgive Me?
2nd Runner-up: BlacKkKlansman
Best Cinematography
Winner: Suspiria
1st Runner-up: The Favourite
2nd Runner-up: Roma
Best Score
Winner: If Beale Street Could Talk
1st Runner-up: First Man
2nd Runner-up: Mary Poppins Returns
Best Original Song
Winner: Shallow (A Star Is Born)
1st Runner-up: Always Remember Us This Way (A Star Is Born)
2nd Runner-up: The Place Where Lost Things Go (Mary Poppins Returns)
Best Sound
Winner: A Star Is Born
1st Runner-up: Roma
2nd Runner-up: A Quiet Place
Best Animated Film
Winner: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
1st Runner-up: Ralph Breaks the Internet
2nd Runner-up: Incredibles 2
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner: Roma
1st Runner-up: Burning
2nd Runner-up: Shoplifters
Best Documentary Film
Winner: Free Solo
1st Runner-up: Minding the Gap
2nd Runner-up: Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Best Production Design
Winner: Black Panther
1st Runner-up: Roma
2nd Runner-up: The Favourite
Best Editing
Winner: The Favourite
1st Runner-up: Roma
2nd Runner-up: A Star Is Born
Best Costume Design
Winner: Black Panther
1st Runner-up: The Favourite
2nd Runner-up: Mary Poppins Returns
Best Makeup and Hair
Winner: Suspiria
1st Runner-up: Mary Queen of Scots
2nd Runner-up: Black Panther
Best Visual Effects
Winner: Avengers: Infinity War
1st Runner-up: First Man
2nd Runner-up: Mary Poppins Returns
THE STATS (Films with Multiple Appearances)
| FILM | Wins | 1RUs | 2RUs | Total Mentions |
| THE FAVOURITE | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| ROMA | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| A STAR IS BORN | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| BLACK PANTHER | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| SUSPIRIA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| FIRST REFORMED | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| FIRST MAN | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| MARY POPPINS RETURNS | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| BLACKKKLANSMAN | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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