Our critics share their lists of Oscar-worthy films and performances.
Our critics share their lists of Oscar-worthy films and performances.
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JAN. 3, 2020
Our critics share their lists of Oscar-worthy films and performances.
Manohla Dargis
A.O. Scott
Best Picture
‘American Factory’
‘The Irishman’
‘Little Women’
‘The Last Black Man in San Francisco’
‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’
‘One Child Nation’
‘Pain and Glory’
‘Parasite’
‘Synonyms’
‘Transit’
‘The Irishman’
‘Little Women’
‘Marriage Story’
‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’
‘Parasite’
‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’
‘The Souvenir’
‘Us’


Best Director
Pedro Almodóvar
‘Pain and Glory’
Bong Joon Ho
‘Parasite’
Greta Gerwig
‘Little Women’
Nadav Lapid
‘Synonyms’
Martin Scorsese
‘The Irishman’
Noah Baumbach
‘Marriage Story’
Bong Joon Ho
‘Parasite’
Greta Gerwig
‘Little Women’
Joanna Hogg
‘The Souvenir’
Martin Scorsese
‘The Irishman’
Best Actor
Antonio Banderas
‘Pain and Glory’
Robert De Niro
‘The Irishman’
Tom Mercier
‘Synonyms’
Brad Pitt
‘Ad Astra’ and ‘Once Upon a Time in … Hollywood’
Franz Rogowski
‘Transit’
Antonio Banderas
‘Pain and Glory’
Robert De Niro
‘The Irishman’
Leonardo DiCaprio
‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’
Adam Driver
‘Marriage Story’
Baykali Ganambarr
‘The Nightingale’
Best Actress
Julianne Moore
‘Gloria Bell’
Lupita Nyong’o
‘Us’
Saoirse Ronan
‘Little Women’
Charlize Theron
‘Bombshell’
Alfre Woodard
‘Clemency’
Aisling Franciosi
‘The Nightingale’
Adele Haenel
‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’
Scarlett Johansson
‘Marriage Story’
Elisabeth Moss
‘Her Smell’
Lupita Nyong’o
‘Us’
Best Supporting Actor
Tom Burke
‘The Souvenir’
Joe Pesci
‘The Irishman’
Wesley Snipes
‘Dolemite Is My Name’
Song Kang Ho
‘Parasite’
Max Stoianov
‘Give Me Liberty’
Rob Morgan
‘Just Mercy’
Joe Pesci
‘The Irishman’
Brad Pitt
‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’
Wesley Snipes
‘Dolemite Is My Name’
Bokeem Woodbine
‘Queen & Slim’
Best Supporting Actress
Chang Hyae Jin
‘Parasite’
Cho Yeo Jeong
‘Parasite’
Lee Jung Eun
‘Parasite’
Park So Dam
‘Parasite’
Margot Robbie
‘Bombshell’
Cho Yeo Jeong
‘Parasite’
Florence Pugh
‘Little Women’
Lee Jung Eun
‘Parasite’
Jennifer Lopez
‘Hustlers’
Park So Dam
‘Parasite’
Best Original Screenplay
‘Give Me Liberty’
‘Pain and Glory’
‘Parasite’
‘Peterloo’
‘Synonyms’
‘Marriage Story’
‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’
‘Parasite’
‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’
‘The Souvenir’
Best Adapted Screenplay
‘Atlantics’
‘Charlie Says’
‘Invisible Life’
‘Little Women’
‘Transit’
‘Gloria Bell’
‘Hustlers’
‘The Irishman’
‘Little Women’
‘Transit’
Image credits: “Little Women,” Wilson Webb/Sony Pictures; “The Irishman,” Niko Tavernise/Neflix; “Pain and Glory,” Manolo Pavón/El Deseo and Sony Pictures Classics; “Us,” Claudette Barius/Universal Pictures; “Dolemite Is My Name,” François Duhamel/Netflix; “Parasite,” Neon; “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood,” Andrew Cooper/Sony Pictures; “Transit,” Music Box Films.
Produced by Mekado Murphy and Rumsey Taylor.
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