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 2020
Runners Up
- Eliza Scanlen- Babyteeth
- Jessie Buckley- I’m Thinking of Ending Things
- Tilda Swinton– The Personal History of David Copperfield
- Olivia Colman- The Father
- Nicole Beharie– Miss Juneteenth
- Meryl Streep- Let Them All Talk, The Prom
- Glenn Close– Hillbilly Elegy
- Evan Rachel Wood- Kajillionaire
- Allison Janney- Bad Education
- Kelly O’Sullivan– Saint Frances
- Millie Bobby Brown- Enola Holmes
- Sidney Flanigan- Never Rarely Sometimes Always
- Rosamund Pike- Radioactive
- Radha Blank– The Forty-Year-Old Version
- Ellen Burstyn- Pieces of a Woman
- Lesley Manville– Let Him Go
- Sophia Loren- The Life Ahead
- Aubrey Plaza – Happiest Season, Black Bear
- Youn Yuh-jung– Minari
- Andrea Riseborough- Possessor
Top Five
5. Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman
4. Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
3. Frances McDormand – Nomadland
2. Elisabeth Moss – The Invisible Man, Shirley
1. Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
BEST ACTORS OF 2020
Runners Up
- Dev Patel- The Personal History of David Copperfield
- Tom Holland- The Devil All the Time
- Mark Rylance – The Trial of the Chicago 7
- Andy Samberg– Palm Springs
- Leslie Odom Jr.- One Night in Miami
- Tom Hanks- Greyhound, News of the World
- Ben Affleck- The Way Back
- Steven Yeun- Minari
- Paul Bettany- Uncle Frank
- Bill Murray- On the Rocks
- Dylan O’Brien- Love and Monsters
- Paul Raci- Sound of Metal
- Robert Pattinson- The Devil All the Time
- Mads Mikkelsen- Another Round
- Gary Oldman- Mank
- Hugh Grant- The Gentlemen
- Kingsley Ben-Adir- One Night in Miami
- Delroy Lindo– Da 5 Bloods
- Pete Davidson– Big Time Adolescence, The King of Staten Island
Top Five
5. Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
4. Hugh Jackman – Bad Education
3. Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
2. Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
1. Anthony Hopkins – The Father
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 2020
Runners Up
- Judd Apatow – The King of Staten Island
- Miranda July– Kajillionaire
- Aaron Sorkin- The Trial of the Chicago 7
- Antonio Campos– The Devil All the Time
- Cory Finley- Bad Education
- Brandon Cronenberg– Possessor
- David Fincher– Mank
- Andrew Patterson- The Vast of Night
- Michael Matthews- Love and Monsters
- Pete Docter and Kemp Powers– Soul
- Leigh Whannell– The Invisible Man
- George C. Wolfe- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- Lee Isaac Chung- Minari
- Radha Blank- The Forty-Year-Old Version
- Spike Lee– Da 5 Bloods
- Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart- Wolfwalkers
- Kornél Mundruczó- Pieces of a Woman
- Regina King- One Night in Miami
- Armando Iannucci– The Personal History of David Copperfield
- Max Barbakow- Palm Springs
Top Five
5. Alex Thompson – Saint Frances
4. Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
3. Florian Zeller – The Father
2. Darius Marder – Sound of Metal
1. Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
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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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