Acting is not about being someone different. It’s finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there.
– Meryl Streep, Actress
BEST ACTRESSES OF 2019
Runners Up
Taylor Russell- Waves
Jessie Buckley- Wild Rose
Kaitlyn Dever– Booksmart
Cynthia Erivo- Harriet
Jodi Turner-Smith– Queen & Slim
Cate Blanchett- Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Julia Fox– Uncut Gems
Jennifer Lopez- Hustlers
Kathy Bates- Richard Jewell
Margot Robbie– Bombshell
Emma Thompson- Late Night
Laura Dern- Marriage Story, Little Women
Beanie Feldstein- Booksmart
Octavia Spencer– Ma, Luce
Saoirse Ronan- Little Women
Ana de Armas– Knives Out
Samara Weaving- Ready or Not
Renée Zellweger – Judy
TOP 5
FIVE:
AWKWAFINA
(The Farewell)
FOUR:
CHARLIZE THERON
(Long Shot, Bombshell)
THREE:
FLORENCE PUGH
(Fighting with My Family, Midsommar, Little Women)
TWO:
LUPITA NYONG’O
(Us, Little Monsters)
ONE:
SCARLETT JOHANSSON
(Jojo Rabbit, Marriage Story)
BEST ACTORS OF 2019
Runners Up
Eddie Murphy- Dolemite is My Name
Ewan McGregor- Doctor Sleep
Paul Walter Hauser – Richard Jewell
Mark Ruffalo– Dark Waters
Daniel Craig- Knives Out
Tom Hanks- A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Taron Egerton- Rocketman
Jimmie Fails- The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Jonathan Pryce– The Two Popes
Matt Damon– Ford v. Ferrari
Daniel Kaluuya- Queen & Slim
Robert De Niro- The Irishman
Jamie Foxx- Just Mercy
George MacKay- 1917
Timothée Chalamet- The King, Little Women
Willem Dafoe- The Lighthouse, Togo
Al Pacino- The Irishman
Leonardo DiCaprio- Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Kelvin Harrison Jr.- Luce, Waves
Sam Rockwell– Best of Enemies, Richard Jewell
Christian Bale- Ford v. Ferrari
Roman Griffin Davis– Jojo Rabbit
Antonio Banderas– Pain and Glory
Dev Patel- Hotel Mumbai
Robert Downey Jr.- Avengers: Endgame
André Holland – High Flying Bird
Song Kang Ho- Parasite
Jonathan Majors- The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Shia LaBeouf- The Peanut Butter Falcon, Honey Boy
Noah Jupe- Honey Boy, Ford v. Ferrari
Anthony Hopkins- The Two Popes
TOP 5
FIVE:
ROBERT PATTINSON
(High Life, The Lighthouse)
FOUR:
ADAM SANDLER
(Uncut Gems)
THREE:
BRAD PITT
(Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, Ad Astra)
TWO:
ADAM DRIVER
(Marriage Story, The Report, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker)
ONE:
JOAQUIN PHOENIX
(Joker)
To make a film is easy; To make a good film is war. To make a very good film is a miracle.
– Alejandro González Iñárritu, Director
BEST DIRECTORS OF 2019
Runners Up
Pedro Almodóvar – Pain and Glory
Lorene Scafaria – Hustlers
Greta Gerwig– Little Women
Melina Matsoukas- Queen & Slim
John Chester- The Biggest Little Farm
Claire Denis– High Life
James Gray- Ad Astra
Alma Har’el– Honey Boy
Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz– The Peanut Butter Falcon
Joe Talbot– The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Todd Douglas Miller- Apollo 11
Robert Eggers- The Lighthouse
Josh Cooley– Toy Story 4
James Mangold– Ford v. Ferrari
Ed Perkins- Tell Me Who I Am
Jordan Peele– Us
Quentin Tarantino– Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Dean DeBlois- How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Steven Soderbergh- High Flying Bird
Sasha Joseph Neulinger- Rewind
Joe and Anthony Russo- Avengers: Endgame
Rian Johnson– Knives Out
Ari Aster- Midsommar
Lulu Wang- The Farewell
Dexter Fletcher- Rocketman
Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar– American Factory
Martin Scorsese- The Irishman
Olivia Wilde- Booksmart
TOP 5
FIVE:
NOAH BAUMBACH
(Marriage Story)
FOUR:
JOSH and BENNY SAFDIE
(Uncut Gems)
THREE:
TODD PHILLIPS
(Joker)
TWO:
SAM MENDES
(1917)
ONE:
BONG JOON HO
(Parasite)
Brandon Vick is a member of The Music City Film Critics’ Association, the resident film critic of the SoBros Network, and the star of The Vick’s Flicks Podcast. Follow him on Twitter @SirBrandonV and be sure to search #VicksFlicks for all of his latest movie reviews.
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