The InSneider's Top 10 Films and TV Shows of 2018

You know the drill. This Top 10 is my ever-evolving personal list of favorites in both film and television. I also included my Worst 10 films of the year, plus lists of my most-anticipated movies and shows in 2019. Enjoy...

TheInSneider's Top 10 Movies of 2018

1. A STAR IS BORN - I knew this film would deliver as soon as the title appeared onscreen in big red font. The songs were excellent, the chemistry between Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga was electric, and yes, it held up on second viewing. That's right. I just wanted to take another look at it, outside of the glitz and glam of Toronto. It didn't disappoint. A hell of a directorial debut for Cooper.

2. BEAUTIFUL BOY - This film was devastating and absolutely heartbreaking. I was a mess afterwards. A human puddle. I had to call my Dad after and thank him for sticking by me through all the shit I've pulled over the years. As good as Timothee Chalamet is, Steve Carell might've been even better. Great soundtrack, too!

3. WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? - Even the trailer made me cry. I loved this movie, not just because of the man at its center, but because of its message. And there wasn't a better ending this year, as director Morgan Neville invites the audience to participate in the film and imagine someone who has helped them get to where they are. Powerful stuff. 

4. THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS - The single best story of the year, full of jaw-dropping twists and turns. You might not like A Star Is Born or Beautiful Boy, but I don't see how this film can be dismissed. Watch it and thank me later.

5. GREEN BOOK - Just a great movie, led by two rock-solid performances from Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali. I don't care about it being #problematic or not 'woke' enough. I don't even care that Dr. Shirley's family contends that these two men weren't even friends! True stories are not supposed to be documentaries. They take dramatic license. And what Peter Farrelly did with this film was crazy impressive. It has a great message and will make you feel good. What more can I ask of a film?

6. THE OLD MAN & THE GUN - Such a sweet, charming film, and a heck of a send-off for Robert Redford, who shows everyone what it truly means to be a 'movie star.' Easily the best film of David Lowery's career.

7. A QUIET PLACE - It wasn't just that this film was truly daring, original and suspenseful. It was anchored by genuine emotion. The kids are both good, Emily Blunt is great, but it's John Krasinski (pulling triple duty here) who makes this film work as well as it does. I suspect that this film will age really, really well. Let's just hope they don't ruin its legacy with a sub-par sequel...

8. AMERICAN ANIMALS - The single most underrated movie of the year. Bart Layton essentially created a new genre here, as not only does the film feature professional actors and the real-life people they're playing, but it has them interacting with each other! Layton does a great job playing with memory and the idea of the unreliable narrator. He made a movie about stealing rare books from a college library feel like Heat for undergrads. I loved everything about it and can't wait to see what he does next.

9. THE RIDER - I dragged myself to see this movie when it came out, as I didn't want to believe all the critics gushing over 'the horse movie with no stars.' Well, I'm man enough to admit when I'm wrong, and boy was I wrong here. This is a beautiful film featuring wonderful performances from non-professional actors. I wish Chloe Zhao wasn't making a Marvel movie next, as she shows incredible filmmaking chops here, but she has earned the right to do whatever she wants. If that happens to be a comic book movie then I'll be first in line to see it.

10. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT - Thrilling from start to finish. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. Tom Cruise remains The Greatest Movie Star In The World and not only does Christopher McQuarrie manage to keep things fresh 22 years after the first film in the franchise, but I don't know how he keeps topping himself. Along with Leo & Marty, this may be my favorite actor-director duo working today.

And now for the Worst 10 Movies of 2018. Apologies in advance...

10. SUSPIRIA - Two good scenes and a cool soundtrack do not a movie make. Pretentious, overlong drivel posing as a feminist text. Luca Guadagnino is a talented director but this "remake" is a straight-up mess.

9. MILE 22 - This action movie had one or two good scenes, but the acting was atrocious. A major step backwards for the tag-team of Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg, who were 3-for-3 in my book prior to this instantly forgettable film. 

8. (tie) AQUAMAN and DEADPOOL 2 - The worst comic book movies of the year. I had hope for James Wan's Aquaman, but it was CGI-soaked garbage featuring two wooden leads and some weak-ass villains. As I tweeted after, the DC film was stinky poo-poo. Meanwhile, Deadpool 2 wasn't much better. Wade Wilson remains a character in search of an actual movie. Such a lazy sequel. And "critics" ate it up! Sigh...

7. THE PREDATOR - Just an utter shitshow. Very embarrassing for Shane Black

6. FATHER OF THE YEAR - There's no bigger David Spade fan in the world than myself, but this was like torture. Just painfully unfunny.

5. SLICE - One of those films that really makes you wonder what the hell is going on over at A24.

4. THE CLOVERFIELD PARADOX - This movie was so generic and stupid, and there was no need for it to tie into the otherwise solid Cloverfield franchise.

3. DARK CRIMES - I bet you didn't see this glum, dour Jim Carrey thriller, but don't worry, you didn't miss much. I actually dug the end of this film, but it sure was a slog to get there. Not worth the time investment if you ask me. 

2. SORRY TO BOTHER YOU - A wildly overpraised movie that is supposed to be "smart satire" but instead devolves into juvenile garbage. This is what it looks like when indie cinema goes wrong. 

1. FRAUD - Funny title for this "film," which really isn't a film at all. It's a lame editing exercise in which someone reassembled a family's home movies to fit a narrative that places them on-the-lam, which is actually a really clever idea (hence, why I rented it), only it's totally unwatchable as a movie. This never should've been available on iTunes, and two demerits for the Variety critic who gave it a good review.

But hey, at least I made it through those films, which is more than I can say for Super Troopers 2, the Johnny Knoxville comedy Action Point, the Michael Pena sci-fi movie Extinction and the Adam Sandler-Chris Rock movie The Week Of! I mean... yikes! 

And now for the Top 10 Movies I Missed in 2018...

1. Private Life
2. Shirkers
3. Blaze
4. Border
5. Capernaum
6. Madeline's Madeline
7. Shoplifters
8. The Death of Stalin
9. Love, Simon
10. The Hate U Give

And finally, my Top 10 Most Anticipated Movies of 2019...

1. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2. ('Man' Biopics tie) The Irishman & Rocketman
3. Joker
4. (Serial Killer tie) Lost Girls & Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Incredibly Vile
5. (Bruce Willis tie) Glass & Motherless Brooklyn
6. Uncut Gems
7. (Disney tie) Toy Story 4 & The Lion King
8. (3-way Elevated Horror tie) Us & Wounds & Velvet Buzzsaw
9. (Netflix tie) The Perfection & Triple Frontier
10. Chuck Hank and the San Diego Twins (this is the year! fingers crossed!)

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And now for the TELEVISION portion of this year-end list!

The InSneider's Top 10 TV Shows of 2018

1. American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace (FX)
2. Narcos: Mexico (Netflix)
3. Barry (HBO)
4. Killing Eve (Hulu)
5. Homeland S7 (Showtime)
6. GLOW S2 (Netflix)
7. Seven Seconds (Netflix)
8. Bodyguard (Netflix)
9. Crashing S2 (HBO)
10. (tie) The Looming Tower & Ray Donovan S6 (in progress) (Hulu/Showtime)

Top 10 Most Anticipated New TV Shows of 2019

1. Too Old to Die Young (Amazon)
2. Watchmen (HBO)
3. City On a Hill (Showtime)
4. Lorena (Amazon)
5. Chernobyl (HBO)
6. Central Park Five (Netflix)
7. The Twilight Zone (CBS All Access)
8. Lovecraft Country (HBO)
9. The Boys (Amazon)
10. Zero Zero Zero (Amazon)

Top 10 Most Anticipated Returning TV Shows of 2019

1. Mindhunter S2 (Netflix)
2. Fargo S4 (FX)
3. True Detective S3 (HBO)
4. Narcos: Mexico S2 (Netflix)
5. Homeland S8 (Showtime)
6. Barry S2 (HBO)
7. Killing Eve S2 (Hulu)
8. GLOW S3 (Netflix)
9. Black Mirror S5 (Netflix)
10. Stranger Things S3 (Netflix)

If I Had An Oscar Ballot...

... it would look something like this. Please keep in mind that while I loved certain movies (like Instant Family and Red Sparrow, which are among my top-20 movies of 2018) it's hard to vote for them for Best Picture. These have to be somewhat REALISTIC choices, otherwise there would be no point to this exercise. Also of note: I haven't seen films such as The Hate U Give or Capernaum, and I have abstained from voting in categories which I am ill-informed about, like the sound and short film categories. Feel free to show off your own Oscar ballot in the comments section below, and thanks in advance for reading. I hope you enjoy my nominees.

Important Note: An asterisk (*) denotes my vote to WIN.

BEST PICTURE

American Animals
Beautiful Boy
Boy Erased
Green Book
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
The Old Man & the Gun
A Quiet Place
The Rider
The Sisters Brothers
A Star Is Born*

Note: Not much to add here, as my list was pretty clear-cut, but if I see any more films I truly love, Boy Erased would probably be the first cut. I just loved everything about A Star Is Born. Congrats to everyone involved! And if it should win Best Picture at the Academy Awards, you won't hear any complaints from me.

BEST DIRECTOR

Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
Peter Farrelly, Green Book
Bart Layton, American Animals*
Christopher McQuarrie, Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Chloe Zhao, The Rider

Note: Obviously, Alfonso Cuaron did a remarkable job with Roma, but it does feel like a beautiful coffee table book at times, as I found the script lacking, which is why I'd give Cuaron an Oscar for Best Cinematography (as you'll see below) rather than a nomination for Best Director. Felix van Groeningen was another tough cut, as he did a great job with Beautiful Boy, but I couldn't overlook what McQuarrie has done for the Mission: Impossible franchise. Even still, Bart Layton directed the hell out of American Animals, blurring the line between documentary and performance. This is one of the most exciting heist movies in years, and it's about four guys stealing rare books from their college library. No easy feat, I tell ya.

BEST ACTOR

Steve Carell, Beautiful Boy

Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born*
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody

Viggo Mortensen, Green Book
Robert Redford, The Old Man & the Gun

Note: Again, it was pretty easy to narrow this list down to five, all due respect to Hugh Jackman and Ethan Hawke. I also liked John C. Reilly and Steve Coogan in Stan & Ollie, both of Lucas Hedges' lead performances, all of Joaquin Phoenix's lead performances, plus Joe Cole in A Prayer Before Dawn, Brady Jandreau in The Rider and of course, the one and only Tom Cruise from M:I - Fallout. This would be a solid group of nominees, all of whom are very different, but Cooper stood head and shoulders above them, playing the only character who isn't based on a real person, despite what Father John Misty might think.

BEST ACTRESS

Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born*

Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Carey Mulligan, Wildlife
Rosamund Pike, A Private War

Charlize Theron, Tully

Note: This was hardest category by far, and it pains me to snub Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade), Toni Collette (Hereditary), Nicole Kidman (Destroyer) and, yes, Jennifer Lawrence (Red Sparrow), all of whom were terrific, and all of whom are perceived as inferior contenders compared to The Favourite star Olivia Colman, to which I take exception. But Pike and Mulligan deliver two of the year's most underrated performances, and like Theron, they utterly carry their respective films. But Gaga was cinematic dynamite, and I don't care if she's simply playing herself, as some critics have said. I disagree, and think it's a lot harder for a natural singer to project fear and uncertainty than for a non-singer to project confidence. Gaga may never go on to a major film career, and this may just be a case of perfect casting, but trust me... she knocked it out of the park.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Timothee Chalamet, Beautiful Boy*
Sam Elliott, A Star Is Born
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Michael B. Jordan, Black Panther
Ben Kingsley, Operation Finale

Note: Grant was absolutely fantastic in Can You Ever Forgive Me? but he'll have to forgive me, as Chalamet's performance as a young drug addict was too heartbreaking to ignore. Sure, that part has been played before, but Chalamet brought a certain innocence to the role that made his performance even more devastating than, say, Leonardo DiCaprio clawing at his mother's door in The Basketball Diaries. Leo just didn't have the same innocence. The Academy is quick to honor young actresses but it makes young actors wait too long, which is how Leo ended up winning his first Oscar for The Revenant, a film in which he was ultimately outshined by Tom Hardy. 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Elizabeth Debicki, Widows
Nicole Kidman, Boy Erased

Natalie Portman, Vox Lux*
Maura Tierney, Beautiful Boy
Michelle Yeoh, Crazy Rich Asians

Note: It was a weak year for this category, as I don't really think Portman delivered a necessarily Oscar-worthy turn in Vox Lux, but I don't know who else to vote for, so she wins by default. Meanwhile, are any of these performances getting serious awards consideration? No. Which is a damn shame. Instead, the three locks are Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz from The Favourite and Amy Adams from Vice. They were all fine, but c'mon...

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

American Animals
Eighth Grade

Green Book*
A Quiet Place

Tully

Note: I really like this crop of screenplays. The other nominees may be a bit more original than Green Book, which some have accused of being formulaic, but if that's the case, that is one hell of a formula.

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Beautiful Boy
Boy Erased
The Old Man & the Gun
The Sisters Brothers

A Star Is Born*

Note: Sure, A Star Is Born has been done before, but not nearly as well. So what it lacks in originality, it makes up for with instantly quotable lines. "I just wanted to take another look at you." "All you gotta do is trust me. That's all you gotta do." On paper, these lines are nothing special, but they become magical when given life by actors.

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Incredibles 2*
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Note: I only saw four animated movies this year (Wes Anderson's disappointing Isle of Dogs was the fourth) and to be honest, none of them really blew me away, but I went with the Pixar sequel over Spider-Man, because even though the animation wasn't quite as dynamic or original, I preferred the story and just really enjoy the Parr family and their superhero shenanigans.

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Fahrenheit 11/9

Free Solo
They Fight
Three Identical Strangers
Won't You Be My Neighbor?*

Note: I've gone back and forth all year debating the merits of the Mister Rogers documentary and that of Three Identical Strangers, and while the latter film boasted an incredible true story full of wild twists, it does fall off a bit towards the end, whereas Won't You Be My Neighbor?  reaches a crescendo that invites the audience to participate in the film -- a stroke of brilliance that, frankly, went unrivaled this year. In the end, that gave it the edge.

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURE

22 July
The Night Comes for Us

Roma*

Note: I only saw four Oscar-eligible films in this category -- Roma, Burning, The Guilty and Cold War -- and the only one I liked was Roma, which is a beautiful film, even though I still don't think it's a masterpiece. I hope to see Capernaum, Shoplifters, Birds of Passage, El Angel, Girl and Border soon.

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk

Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Roma*

The Sisters Brothers

Note: Alfonso Cuaron is a shoo-in for this award. Say what you will about Roma (and God knows I have!) but the cinematography is excellent, and those gorgeous black-and-white images are unforgettable.

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite

Mary Poppins Returns*

Vox Lux

Note: I really thought this was going to be a duel between Black Panther and The Favourite, but I really thought that some of the costumes in Mary Poppins Returns were wonderfully creative and unique. 

BEST EDITING

American Animals*
Beautiful Boy
Hereditary
A Quiet Place

A Star Is Born

Note: The editing in American Animals is masterful as the film cuts between its real-life subjects and the four actors playing them. It just cranks up the intensity to the max, resulting in one of the year's most memorable movies.

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING

Destroyer
Overlord
Stan & Ollie
Vice*
Vox Lux

Note: I wasn't a big fan of Vice but the artistry it took to transform Christian Bale into Dick Cheney is simply undeniable. 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

American Animals*
Annihilation
BlacKkKlansman

First Man

If Beale Street Could Talk

Note: I don't think it was a great year for scores, but Anne Nikitin did a great job ratcheting up the tension in American Animals, and frankly, female composers don't get nearly enough recognition for their contributions. Her work tops that of Nicholas Britell and Justin Hurwitz in my book.

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

"Has Ended," Suspiria
"Music to My Eyes," A Star Is Born
"Revelation," Boy Erased
"Shallow," A Star Is Born*
"Suspirium," Suspiria

Note: Is this even really a contest? Even my man Thom Yorke is no match for the pairing of Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper this year.

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Beautiful Boy
The Favourite*
Mary Poppins Returns
A Quiet Place
Ready Player One

Note: As soon as I saw The Favourite, I knew it would win this fake award on my fake ballot. The production design was magnificent, like something out of a Kubrick film. Everything is just so. Hats off to Fiona Crombie.

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Annihilation
Mary Poppins Returns

Mission: Impossible - Fallout*
Ready Player One
Skyscraper

Note: Sorry, but you won't find any comic book movies here. I thought the VFX in Black Panther and Aquaman were underwhelming, and the Ant-Man sequel paled in comparison to the original. Mission: Impossible put all of these superhero movies to shame.

BEST ENSEMBLE (not an actual award)

Black Panther*
Crazy Rich Asians
Hereditary
The Old Man & the Gun

The Sisters Brothers

Note: Okay, so I've been tough on comic book movies throughout this column, but here's a category where one actually deserves to win. One of the problems I had with Black Panther was T'Challa himself, as Chadwick Boseman felt a bit overshadowed in his own movie. However, the right way to look at that peculiar situation is that he was surrounded by a top-notch supporting cast. I mean, I was barely familiar with Letitia Wright and Winston Duke before this film, and now they're on the covers of magazines. Ryan Coogler assembled an incredible cast that helped Black Panther become a cultural phenomenon, so I must give credit where it's due, and with apologies to the similarly impressive cast of Crazy Rich Asians.

FINAL TALLY (out of 20):

A Star Is Born - 5 (Picture, Actor, Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Original Song)
American Animals - 3 (Director, Editing, Original Score)
Roma - 2 (Foreign Language Feature, Cinematography)
Beautiful Boy - 1 (Supporting Actor)
Black Panther - 1 (Ensemble)
The Favourite - 1 (Production Design)
Green Book - 1 (Original Screenplay)
Incredibles 2 - 1 (Animated Feature)
Mary Poppins Returns - 1 (Costume Design)
Mission: Impossible - Fallout - 1 (Visual Effects)
Vice - 1 (Makeup and Hairstyling)
Vox Lux - 1 (Supporting Actress)
Won't You Be My Neighbor - 1 (Documentary Feature)

2018 Movie List -- The Top 188 So Far

THE STANDOUTS (15) - This should go without saying, but these are all must-sees.

A Star Is Born ***1/2
Beautiful Boy ***1/2
Won't You Be My Neighbor? ***1/2
Three Identical Strangers ***1/2
Green Book ***1/2
The Old Man & the Gun ***1/2
A Quiet Place ***1/2
The Rider ***1/2
Mission: Impossible - Fallout ***1/2
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling (HBO) ***
American Animals ***
Sicario: Day of the Soldado ***
The Sisters Brothers ***
Free Solo ***
Instant Family ***


THE GOOD (68) - These represent quality filmmaking all-around.

Ben Is Back ***
Boy Erased ***
Red Sparrow ***
Tully ***
Hereditary ***
Eighth Grade ***
We the Animals ***
Bohemian Rhapsody ***
Widows ***
Hotel Mumbai ***
Stan & Ollie ***
Roma ***
Fahrenheit 11/9 ***
Game Night ***
Halloween ***
Crazy Rich Asians ***
Blockers ***
Incredibles 2 ***
Andre the Giant (HBO) ***
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (HBO) ***
Lords of Chaos ***
Can You Ever Forgive Me? ***
Hold the Dark ***
A Prayer Before Dawn ***
Searching ***
The Frontrunner ***
July 22 ***
A Private War ***
Wildlife ***
Creed II ***
Skyscraper ***
Bumblebee ***
Black Panther ***
Filmworker ***
The Package ***
Tag ***
I Feel Pretty ***
The Standoff at Sparrow Creek ***
Vox Lux ***
Skin ***
RBG ***
Teen Spirit ***
Ready Player One ***
Upgrade ***
The Oath ***
Mid-90s ***
Tragedy Girls ***
Summer of '84 ***
Holiday ***
Calibre ***
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse ***
The Ritual ***
Alpha ***
The Night Comes For Us ***
They Fight (Fox Sports) ***
Minding the Gap ***
The Bill Murray Stories ***
Overlord ***
Mowgli ***
The Mule ***
Papillon ***
Freaks ***
Hotel Artemis **1/2
Solo: A Star Wars Story **1/2
Burden **1/2
Small Town Crime **1/2
Beirut **1/2
Set It Up **1/2

THE GOOD... BUT SHOULD'VE BEEN BETTERS (33) - Why weren't these good movies better? I don't really know. But they should've been. Hence, the name of this section.

BlacKkKlansman **1/2
Destroyer **1/2
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs **1/2
The House That Jack Built **1/2
On the Basis of Sex **1/2
Support the Girls **1/2
Operation Finale **1/2
The Wife **1/2
The Equalizer 2 **1/2
Leave No Trace **1/2
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot **1/2
Fahrenheit 451 (HBO) **1/2
Paterno (HBO) **1/2
My Dinner With Hervé (HBO) **1/2
The Tale (HBO) **1/2
The Favourite **1/2
First Reformed **1/2
You Were Never Really Here **1/2
Mary Poppins Returns **1/2
A Simple Favor **1/2
Ralph Breaks the Internet **1/2
Adrift **1/2
The 15:17 to Paris **1/2
Piercing **1/2
Assassination Nation **1/2
Lizzie **1/2
Life Itself **1/2
The Death and Life of John F. Donovan **1/2
Isle of Dogs **1/2
Monster **1/2
Monsters and Men **1/2
The Kindergarten Teacher **1/2
Blindspotting **1/2


THE GUILTY PLEASURES (22) - These are movies that I shouldn't like but I do, for one reason or another. I only feel ashamed because the Internet tells me I'm supposed to.

Uncle Drew ***
The Spy Who Dumped Me ***
Night School **1/2
Den of Thieves **1/2
The Happytime Murders **1/2
A Futile and Stupid Gesture **1/2
Billionaire Boys Club **1/2
Venom **1/2
Life of the Party **1/2
The First Purge **1/2
Hell Fest **1/2
The Meg **1/2
Final Score **1/2
Peppermint **1/2
Keep Watching **1/2
14 Cameras **1/2
Like Me **1/2
Gotti **
The Commuter **
Death Wish **
Game Over, Man! **
The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter **


THE UNDERWHELMING DISAPPOINTMENTS (39) - Chalk it up to expectations but these movies just didn't cut it for me.

First Man **1/2
If Beale Street Could Talk **1/2
White Boy Rick **1/2
Burning **
Vice **
Bad Times at the El Royale **
Cam **
Cold War **
Ant-Man and the Wasp **
Unfriended: Dark Web (version A) **
The Girl In the Spider's Web **
Ocean's 8 **
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom **
Avengers: Infinity War **
Annihilation **
Unsane **
Mandy **
Apostle **
Climax **
The Wind **
The House With a Clock In Its Walls **
Bird Box **
Bad Samaritan **
Hot Summer Nights **
Never Goin' Back **
Tyrel **
Rampage **
Arizona **
The Catcher Was a Spy **
The Miseducation of Cameron Post **
The Strangers: Prey at Night **
The Guilty **
Beast **
Welcome to Marwen *1/2
Pledge *1/2
Truth or Dare *1/2
Ibiza *1/2
Gringo *1/2
In Fabric *1/2


THE BAD (11) - For better or worse, I just don't know what these movies were thinking.


Suspiria *1/2
Mile 22 *1/2
Deadpool 2 *
The Predator *
Father of the Year *
Aquaman *
Slice 1/2*
The Cloverfield Paradox 1/2*
Dark Crimes 1/2*
Sorry to Bother You 1/2*
Fraud (zero stars)

IN PROGRESS (4) - I started watching these but I never quite finished. Make of that what you will.

Action Point (40 minutes)
Extinction (15 minutes)
Super Troopers 2 (5 minutes)
The Week Of (30 minutes)

EMBARGOED (2) - Silence is golden... for now.

Escape Room
State Like Sleep


OOPS, I MISSED (125): 6 Balloons, 7 Days in Entebbe, 10x10, 12 Strong, After Everything, A Kid Like Jake, El Angel, The Angel, Anna and the Apocalypse, Anon, At Eternity's Gate, Back Roads, Bisbee '17, Blaze, Billy Boy, Blue Iguana, Book Club, Border, Capernaum, The Captain, Cargo, The Children Act, The Christmas Chronicles, Christopher Robin, The Clovehitch Killer, Colette, Come Sunday, Cruise, Custody, Damsel, The Darkest Minds, The Death of Stalin, Disobedience, Dog Days, Dr. Seuss' The Grinch, Dude, Dumplin', Early Man, An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, A Fantastic Woman, Fifty Shades Freed, Final Portrait, First Match, Flower, Ghost Stories, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, Happy as Lazzaro, The Hate U Give, Hearts Beat Loud, How It Ends, How to Talk to Girls at Parties, Hunter Killer, The Hurricane Heist, In Darkness, Infinite Football, Insidious: The Last Key, The Insult, Izzy Gets the Fuck Across Town, Jonathan, Juliet, Naked, Kin, Kings, The Kissing Booth, The Land of Steady Habits, Lean on Pete, Let the Corpses Tan, Let the Sunshine In, Like Father, The Little Stranger, The Lodgers, London Fields, Loveless, Love, Gilda, Love, Simon, Loving Pablo, Madeline's Madeline, Mary Shelley, McQueen, Mortal Engines, Mute, Nancy, The Neighbor, Nobody's Fool, Nostalgia, The Nun, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, Once Upon a Deadpool, On Chesil Beach, The Open House, The Other Side of the Wind, Outlaw King, Outside In, The Outsider, Pacific Rim: Uprising, Paddington 2, Patient Zero, The Polka King, The Possession of Hannah Grace, Prospect, Proud Mary, Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich, Puzzle, Robin Hood, Roxanne Roxanne, Second Act, Seeing Allred, Shirkers, Shoplifters, Sierra Burgess Is a Loser, Skate Kitchen, Slender Man, Studio 54, Superfly, Tau, The Third Murder, To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Tomb Raider, Unloved, Veronica, Welcome Home, Western, What They Had, Where Hands Touch, Where Is Kyra?, Winchester, A Wrinkle in Time, Zama


COMING SOON (3): Holmes & Watson, Mary Queen of Scots, Private Life

2017 Movie List -- The Top 180 Films of the Year

THE STANDOUTS (21) - This should go without saying, but these are all must-sees.

Stronger ****
The Big Sick ****
Call Me by Your Name ****
Patti Cake$ ***1/2
Logan ***1/2
Spielberg (HBO) ***1/2
War for the Planet of the Apes ***1/2
The Disaster Artist ***
I, Tonya ***
The Killing of a Sacred Deer ***
The Florida Project ***
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri ***
Shot Caller ***
In the Fade ***
Girls Trip ***
Get Out ***
The Ardennes ***
Ingrid Goes West ***
Dunkirk ***
Beach Rats ***
Score: A Film Music Documentary ***


THE GOOD (48) - These represent quality filmmaking all-around.

The Shape of Water ***
Phantom Thread ***
Last Flag Flying ***
Borg/McEnroe ***
All the Money in the World ***
Lady Bird ***
Molly's Game ***
Mudbound ***
First They Killed My Father ***
Wind River ***
Brad's Status ***
Super Dark Times ***
Disgraced (Showtime) ***
John Wick: Chapter 2 ***
Bodied ***
Brawl in Cell Block 99 ***
Oklahoma City ***
Crown Heights ***
Aftermath ***
Logan Lucky ***
Alien: Covenant ***
Spider-Man: Homecoming ***
Wonder Woman ***
The Survivalist ***
Killing Ground ***
The Trip to Spain ***
The Meyerowitz Stories ***
My Friend Dahmer ***
Better Watch Out ***
The Beguiled ***
Sweet Virginia ***
The Girl With All the Gifts ***
Chuck ***
Tramps ***
Icarus ***
Nobody Speak: Trials of a Free Press ***
Jim and Andy: The Great Beyond ***
The Work ***
Mean Dreams ***
Tilt ***
American Assassin **1/2
Win It All **1/2
Handsome: A Netflix Murder Mystery **1/2
Burning Sands **1/2
Downrange **1/2
Creep 2 **1/2
Voyeur **1/2
Casting JonBenet **1/2

THE GOOD... BUT SHOULD'VE BEEN BETTERS (35) - Why weren't these good movies better? I don't really know. But they should've been. Hence, the name of this section.

The Post ***
Coco ***
Only the Brave ***
Darkest Hour ***
American Made ***
Chappaquiddick ***
Baby Driver ***
Good Time ***
The Wall ***
Life ***
The Wizard of Lies (HBO) ***
Lady Macbeth ***
Brigsby Bear ***
The Lost City of Z ***
Hostiles ***
Battle of the Sexes ***
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer ***
Okja **1/2
Thoroughbreds **1/2
Star Wars: The Last Jedi **1/2
Marshall **1/2
Roman J. Israel, Esq. **1/2
Atomic Blonde **1/2
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 **1/2
Thor: Ragnarok **1/2
Ghost In the Shell **1/2
Hounds of Love **1/2
Thank You for Your Service **1/2
T2: Trainspotting **1/2
Sweet Virginia **1/2
Wilson **1/2
Landline **1/2
I Love You, Daddy **1/2
Table 19 **1/2
Beatriz at Dinner **


THE GUILTY PLEASURES (20) - These are movies that I shouldn't like but I do, for one reason or another. I only feel ashamed because the Internet tells me I'm supposed to.

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle ***
What Happened to Monday? ***
Rough Night ***
Sleepless **1/2
Vincent N Roxxy **1/2
Snatched **1/2
Baywatch **1/2
Fist Fight **1/2
The House **1/2
CHiPS **1/2
All Nighter **1/2
Wolves **1/2
The Babysitter **1/2
Leatherface **1/2
Cult of Chucky **1/2
Shimmer Lake **1/2
5-25-77 **1/2
Vengeance: A Love Story **1/2
Stray Bullets **1/2
Sandy Wexler **


THE UNDERWHELMING DISAPPOINTMENTS (40) - Chalk it up to expectations but these movies just didn't cut it for me.

It **1/2
The Square **1/2
Blade Runner 2049 **1/2
Valerian **1/2
Kingsman: The Golden Circle **1/2
The Greatest Showman **1/2
Gemini **1/2
Wheelman **1/2
Jigsaw **1/2
It Comes at Night **1/2
Thelma **1/2
Sand Castle **1/2
Personal Shopper **
Suburbicon **
Kong: Skull Island **
Bright **
The Fate of the Furious **
A Ghost Story **
Unforgettable **
Detour **
War on Everyone **
Death Note **
Happy Death Day **
Mindhorn **
Downsizing **
Small Crimes **
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore **
Let Me Make You a Martyr **
Take Me **
The Assignment **
The Void **
Murder on the Orient Express **
Daddy's Home 2 **
Geostorm *1/2
Transformers: The Last Knight *1/2
Justice League *1/2
Nerdland *1/2
Rupture *1/2
Hangman *1/2
Stratton *1/2


THE BAD (16) - For better or worse, I just don't know what these movies were thinking.


Detroit *1/2
Nocturama *1/2
mother! *1/2
The Bad Batch *1/2
A Cure for Wellness *1/2
War Machine *1/2
The Snowman *
The Mummy *
The Dinner *
The Circle *
Mine *
XX *
Girlfriend's Day *
The Bye Bye Man 1/2*
The Endless 1/2*
Killing Gunther 1/2*

IN PROGRESS (4) - I started watching these but I never quite finished. Make of that what you will.

The Hitman's Bodyguard (45 minutes)
Mom and Dad (45 minutes)
Little Evil (45 minutes)
Fifty Shades Darker (20 minutes)

EMBARGOED (1) - Silence is golden... for now.

Midnighters


OOPS, I MISSED (152): 2:22, 3 Generations, 6 Days, 9/11, 1922, 24 Hours to Live, 47 Meters Down, 68 Kill, 78/52: Hitchcock's Shower Scene, Abattoir, Abundant Acreage Available, All Eyez on Me, All I See Is You, American Anarchist, Amityville: The Awakening, Annabelle: Creation, The Bachelors, A Bad Moms Christmas, Band Aid, Battlecreek, Beauty and the Beast, Before I Fall, Berlin Syndrome, Birth of the Dragon, Bitch, Blind, The Book of Henry, Born in China, The Boss Baby, BPM (Beats Per Minute), Breathe, Brimstone and Glory, Burden, Bushwick, Buster's Mal Heart, California Typewriter, Captain Underpants, Cars 3, Catfight, Churchill, City of Ghosts, Collide, Columbus, The Dark Tower, Dealt, Dean, Deidra and Laney Rob a Train, Despicable Me 3, A Dog's Purpose, Donald Cried, The Drowning, The Emoji Movie, The Exception, Everything Everything, Faces Places, A Fantastic Woman, Father Figures, Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool, Flatliners, Folk Hero and Funny Guy, The Force, The Foreigner, Frank Serpico, Friend Request, Fun Mom Dinner, Gifted, The Glass Castle, Going in Style, Goodbye Christopher Robin, Gook, Graduation, The Great Wall, Happy End, The Hero, Hollow In the Land, How to Be a Latin Lover, The Hunter's Prayer, I Am Heath Ledger, I Daniel Blake, I Do... Until I Don't, The Institute, Jackals, Jungle, Just Getting Started, Keep Watching, Kidnap, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, The Last Word, Lavender, The Layover, LBJ, The LEGO Batman Movie, The LEGO Ninjago Movie, Lemon, The Limehouse Golem, The Little Hours, Long Strange Trip, Loveless, The Lovers, Lovesong, Lowriders, Lucky, The Lure, Man Down, Marjorie Prime, Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House, Maudie, Mayhem, Megan Leavey, Menashe, The Most Hated Woman in America, The Mountain Between Us, My Cousin Rachel, My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea, November Criminals, Novitiate, The Only Living Boy in New York, Opening Night, Person to Person, Phoenix Forgotten, Pilgrimage, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Pitch Perfect 3, Power Rangers, A Quiet Passion, Rebel in the Rye, Rings, The Salesman, The Secret Scripture, The Shack, Some Freaks, Song to Song, The Space Between Us, Temple, Their Finest, The Ticket, Tragedy Girls, Transfiguration, Trespass Against Us, Tribes of Palos Verdes, Trophy, Tulip Fever, Una, A United Kingdom, The Vault, Victoria and Abdul, The Villainess, Wakefield, The Wilde Wedding, Wish Upon, Wonder, Wonderstruck, Wonder Wheel, Woodshock, You Get Me


COMING SOON (0):

The InSneider's Annual Last-Minute Oscar Nomination Predictions

It has become an annual tradition here at The InSneider, so this should sound familiar: T-minus 4 hours, yada yada yada. It's now or never, baby! I'd better get these on the record, pronto! 

I haven't played The Alternate Game the last few years so I decided against it again this year, despite the temptation with such a wide-open Best Picture field. There are 3-5 acting slots that are really tough to call this year and yet the trickiest question remains, as always, not which films will be nominated for Best Picture, but how many?

Thanks to all the bloggers I've enjoyed reading this awards season, including but certainly not limited to: Scott Feinberg, Kris Tapley, Jeff Wells, Kyle Buchanan, Gregory Ellwood, Anne Thompson, David Poland, Tom O'Neil, Pete Hammond and Peter Bart. I'd call this a work-in-progress but fortunately, we've run out of time and these will have to do. Good luck to all the contenders! And now, on to Phase Two...

BEST PICTURE

1. La La Land

2. Moonlight

3. Manchester by the Sea

4. Arrival

5. Hidden Figures
6. Hell or High Water

7. Lion

8. Fences

9. O.J.: Made in America

BEST DIRECTOR

1. Damien Chazelle, La La Land

2. Barry Jenkins, Moonlight

3. Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea

4. Denis Villeneuve, Arrival

5. David Mackenzie, Hell or High Water

BEST ACTOR

1. Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea

2. Denzel Washington, Fences

3. Ryan Gosling, La La Land

4. Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic

5. Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge

BEST ACTRESS

1. Emma Stone, La La Land

2. Natalie Portman, Jackie

3. Amy Adams, Arrival

4. Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins

5. Taraji P. Henson, Hidden Figures

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1. Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water

2. Mahershala Ali, Moonlight

3. Dev Patel, Lion

4. Kevin Costner, Hidden Figures

5. Hugh Grant, Florence Foster Jenkins

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1. Viola Davis, Fences

2. Naomie Harris, Moonlight

3. Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea

4. Nicole Kidman, Lion

5. Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1. Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea

2. Damien Chazelle, La La Land

3. Taylor Sheridan, Hell or High Water

4. Jared Bush & Phil Johnston, Zootopia

5. Matt Ross, Captain Fantastic

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 

1. Barry Jenkins, Moonlight

2. Eric Heisserer, Arrival

3. Luke Davies, Lion

4. Allison Schroeder & Ted Melfi, Hidden Figures

5. August Wilson, Fences

2016 MOVIE LIST -- The Top 200 So Far

THE STANDOUTS (19) - This should go without saying, but these are all must-sees.


O.J.: Made in America (ESPN) ****
Manchester By the Sea ***1/2
La La Land ***1/2
Patriots Day ***1/2
The Invitation ***1/2
Lion ***1/2
Sully ***1/2
A Monster Calls ***1/2
Weiner ***1/2
Deepwater Horizon ***1/2
Allied ***
Bleed for This ***
Jackie ***
The Jungle Book ***
Everybody Wants Some!! *** 

Sing Street ***  

Hunt for the Wilderpeople ***
Pete's Dragon ***
Goat ***


THE GOOD (59) - These represent quality filmmaking all-around.


20th Century Women ***
Arrival ***
Silence ***
Hacksaw Ridge ***
Kicks ***
The Meddler ***
Eddie the Eagle *** 

The Infiltrator ***
Captain Fantastic ***
Miss Sloane ***
Nocturnal Animals ***
Snowden ***
Cash Only ***
Raw ***
The Eyes of My Mother ***
Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart ***
Gold ***
Fences ***
Other People ***
Sausage Party ***
Don't Breathe ***
Hidden Figures ***
War Dogs ***
Serial Killer 1 *** 

13 Hours ***
The Accountant ***
The Wave *** 

Hello, My Name Is Doris ***
Miss Stevens ***
Sleight ***
Moana ***
Zootopia ***
Too Late ***
Midnight Special ***
Doctor Strange ***
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping ***
The 4th ***
Amanda Knox ***

Under the Shadow ***
Krisha ***
Colossal ***
In a Valley of Violence ***
Don't Think Twice ***
The Trust ***
Transpecos ***
Tower ***
The Hollars ***
The Clan ***
Department Q: The Absent One ***
Department Q: A Conspiracy of Faith ***
Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes ***
Jane Got a Gun ***
And Then There Were None (BBC) ***
Captain America: Civil War ***
The Phenom ***
Sing **1/2
Finding Dory **1/2
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot **1/2
Me Him Her **1/2

THE GOOD... BUT SHOULD'VE BEEN BETTERS (26) - Why weren't these good movies better? I don't really know. But they should've been. Hence, the name of this section.


The Founder ***
Moonlight ***
Hell or High Water ***
The Comedian ***
The Birth of a Nation ***
Elle **1/2  

Loving **1/2
10 Cloverfield Lane ***
The Nice Guys **1/2
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children **1/2
The Finest Hours **1/2
Money Monster **1/2
Hands of Stone **1/2
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising **1/2
Deadpool **1/2
Keanu **1/2 

Triple 9 **1/2
The Hollow Point **1/2
All the Way (HBO) **1/2
Confirmation (HBO) **1/2
Operation Avalanche **1/2
Always Shine **1/2
Band of Robbers **1/2
Wild **1/2
Hello, Destroyer **1/2
The Witness **1/2


THE GUILTY PLEASURES (29) - These are movies that I shouldn't like but I do, for one reason or another. I only feel ashamed because the Internet tells me I'm supposed to.


The Belko Experiment ***
Pet ***
13 Cameras ***
Headshot ***
The Magnificent Seven ***
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates **1/2
Criminal **1/2
The Shallows **1/2
Emelie **1/2
Intruders **1/2
Central Intelligence **1/2
Blood Father **1/2
The Autopsy of Jane Doe **1/2
Hush **1/2
Why Him? **1/2
Office Christmas Party **1/2
The Take **1/2
The Good Neighbor **1/2
Dog Eat Dog **
I.T. **
Holidays **
Search Party **
The Preppie Connection **
The Do-Over **
31 **
Nerve **
London Has Fallen **
Term Life **
I Am Wrath **


THE UNDERWHELMING DISAPPOINTMENTS (48) - Chalk it up to expectations but these movies just didn't cut it for me.


Split **1/2
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story **1/2
Live by Night **1/2
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back **1/2
The Girl on the Train **1/2
American Pastoral **1/2
American Honey **1/2
The Edge of Seventeen **1/2
The Wailing **1/2

A Bigger Splash **1/2
Christine **1/2
Tickled **1/2

Where to Invade Next **1/2
Race **1/2
The Purge: Election Year **1/2
Hail, Caesar! **
Passengers **
Rules Don't Apply **
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk **
The Light Between Oceans **
Mascots **

Joshy **
Ghostbusters **
The Boss **
Bad Santa 2 **
Masterminds **
Bad Moms **
Star Trek Beyond ** 

The Neon Demon **
Blair Witch **
White Girl**
Carnage Park **
Message From the King **
Lights Out **
Solace **
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows **
The Secret Life of Pets ** 

Frank and Lola **
Mr. Church **
The Fits **
Paterson *1/2
The BFG *1/2
The Brothers Grimsby *1/2
Ride Along 2 *1/2
Now You See Me: The Second Act *1/2
How to Be Single *1/2
Marauders *1/2
Get a Job *1/2


THE BAD (19) - For better or worse, I just don't know what these movies were thinking.


Inferno *1/2
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice *1/2
Dirty Grandpa *1/2
Free Fire *1/2
The Conjuring 2 *1/2
Jason Bourne *1/2
X-Men: Apocalypse *1/2
Suicide Squad *1/2
Batman: The Killing Joke *1/2
Yoga Hosers *1/2
Trash Fire *1/2
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies *
Independence Day: Resurgence *
Dark Night * 

Zoolander 2 *
Kindergarten Cop 2 *  

The Boy *
Flight 7500 *
Punk's Dead: SLC Punk 2 *


IN PROGRESS (6) - I started watching these but I never quite finished. Make of that what you will.


The Lobster (50 minutes)
Swiss Army Man (40 minutes)
Barry (30 minutes)
The Adderall Diaries (30 minutes)
The Handmaiden (20 minutes)
The Greasy Strangler (20 minutes)


OOPS, I MISSED (116): The 5th Wave, 13th, Anesthesia, Anthropoid, Assassin's Creed, The Automatic Hate, Backgammon, Being Charlie, Ben-Hur, Blue Jay, Burn Country, Cafe Society, Careful What You Wish For, Cell, Certain Women, The Choice, Clown, The Club, Collateral Beauty, Colonia, Coming Through the Rye, Creative Control, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny, Demon, Denial, Dheepan, The Disappointments Room, Disorder, Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words, Edge of Winter, Elstree 1976, Elvis and Nixon, Embrace of the Serpent, Equals, Equity, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Fifty Shades of Black, First Girl I Loved, Five Nights in Maine, Flock of Dudes, Florence Foster Jenkins, The Forest, Free State of Jones, The Fundamentals of Caring, Genius, Ghost Team, Gleason, Gods of Egypt, Good Kids, Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee, Holy Hell, I Am Not Your Negro, I Daniel Blake, Imperium, Incarnate, Indignation, Into the Forest, Julieta, Keeping Up With the Joneses, Kevin Hart: What Now?, King Cobra, Knight of Cups, Kubo and the Two Strings, Lamb, The Land, The Legend of Tarzan, Les Cowboys, Life Animated, Little Men, Louder Than Bombs, Love and Friendship, The Lovers and the Despot, The Love Witch, Maggie's Plan, The Man Who Knew Infinity, The Major, Man Down, Max Rose, Me Before You, Michael Moore in Trumpland, Miles Ahead, Monster Hunt, Moonwalkers, Morgan, Morris From America, Neruda, Oasis: Supersonic, The Other Side of the Door, Our Kind of Traitor, Pee-wee's Big Holiday, Pele: Birth of a Legend, A Perfect Day, Queen of Katwe, Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made, Regression, Remember, Risen, Satanic, Seoul Searching, Shovel Buddies, Shut In, The Siege of Jadotville, Southside With You, Sugar Mountain, Tale of Tales, Toni Erdmann, Touched With Fire, Traders, Trolls, Tumbledown, Viral, Voyage of Time, Warcraft, Wiener-Dog


COMING SOON: 2017 Movie List

TheInSneider's Annual Last-Minute Oscar Nominations

This should sound familiar: T-minus 4 hours, so I'd better get these on the record quick! I haven't played The Alternate Game the last few years so I decided against it again this year despite the temptation with such a wide-open field. There are some categories that are really tough to call this year so I did offer some elementary analysis, though the trickiest question remains not which films will be nominated, but rather, how many. Thanks to all the bloggers I've enjoyed reading this awards season, including but certainly not limited to: Steve Pond, Scott Feinberg, Jeff Wells, Kris Tapley, Sasha Stone, Anne Thompson, Pete Hammond and the fine folks at The Playlist. I'd call this a work-in-progress but fortunately, we've run out of time and these will have to do. Good luck to all the contenders! And now, on to Phase Two...

BEST PICTURE

1. Spotlight

2. The Big Short

3. The Martian

4. The Revenant

5. Mad Max: Fury Road

6. Carol

7. Bridge of Spies

8. Straight Outta Compton

9. Brooklyn

BEST DIRECTOR

1. Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu, The Revenant

2. Ridley Scott, The Martian

3. Tom McCarthy, Spotlight

4. Adam McKay, The Big Short

5. George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST ACTOR

1. Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant

2. Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl

3. Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs

4. Bryan Cranston, Trumbo

5. Matt Damon, The Martian

BEST ACTRESS

1. Brie Larson, Room

2. Cate Blanchett, Carol

3. Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

4. Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl

5. Jennifer Lawrence, Joy

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1. Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies

2. Sylvester Stallone, Creed

3. Christian Bale, The Big Short

4. Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation

5. Jacob Tremblay, Room

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1. Rooney Mara, Carol

2. Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

3. Helen Mirren, Trumbo

4. Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight

5. Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1. Spotlight

2. The Hateful Eight

3. Inside Out

4. Ex Machina

5. Bridge of Spies

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 

1. The Big Short

2. Steve Jobs

3. Room

4. Carol

5. Brooklyn