One can always rely on the San Diego Film Critics Society to shit all over awards season, even if the impact it has is rarely greater than a temporary little brown stain. Or is that an orange stain? Green Book racks up an astonishing nine nominations (don't worry, it won't get close to that with the Academy), The Ballad of Buster Scruggs receives a remarkable boost with seven, and poor Roma and A Star Is Born only muster up five between them! And in case you're wondering whether or not members saw If Beale Street Could Talk, I'd put way too much money on betting that they did! Always cute to witness an ensemble of 'critics' express themselves purely and honestly, right? Ftr, though, I'm nothing short of delighted at the major category success of Leave No Trace. Winners will be announced on Monday, the 10th of December.
Best Picture
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Favourite
Green Book
Leave No Trace
A Quiet Place
Best Director
Bo Burnham (Eighth Grade)
Peter Farrelly (Green Book)
Debra Granik (Leave No Trace)
John Krasinski (A Quiet Place)
Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite)
Best Actor, Female
Glenn Close (The Wife)
Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade)
Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born)
Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
Carey Mulligan (Wildlife)
Best Actor, Male
Christian Bale (Vice)
Ethan Hawke (First Reformed)
Lucas Hedges (Boy Erased)
Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)
John C. Reilly (The Sisters Brothers)
Best Supporting Actor, Female
Nina Arianda (Stan & Ollie)
Zoe Kazan (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs)
Nicole Kidman (Boy Erased)
Thomasin McKenzie (Leave No Trace)
Alia Shawkat (Blaze)
Best Supporting Actor, Male
Mahershala Ali (Green Book)
Timothee Chalamet (Beautiful Boy)
Joel Edgerton (Boy Erased)
Sam Elliott (A Star Is Born)
Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
Best Original Screenplay
Wes Anderson (Isle of Dogs)
Scott Beck, John Krasinski and Bryan Woods (A Quiet Place)
Bo Burnham (Eighth Grade)
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs)
Peter Farrelly, Brian Hayes Currie and Nick Vallelonga (Green Book)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Joel Edgerton (Boy Erased)
Peter Fellows, Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, Fabien Nury and David Schneider (The Death of Stalin)
Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini (Leave No Trace)
Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
David Lowery (The Old Man & the Gun)
Best Cinematography
Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
Bruno Delbonnel (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs)
Alexander Dynan (First Reformed)
Magnus Nordenhof Jonck (Lean on Pete)
Joshua James Richards (The Rider)
Best Editing
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs)
Patrick J. Don Vito (Green Book)
David Egan and Jamie Gross (Game Night)
Yorgos Mavropsaridis (The Favourite)
Christopher Tellefsen (A Quiet Place)
Best Production Design
Hannah Beachler (Black Panther)
Fiona Crombie (The Favourite)
Tim Galvin (Green Book)
John Paul Kelly (Stan & Ollie)
Adam Stockhausen (Ready Player One)
Best Costume Design
Lindy Hemming (Paddington 2)
Sandy Powell (The Favourite)
Guy Speranza (Stan & Ollie)
Mary E. Vogt (Crazy Rich Asians)
Mary Zophres (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs)
Best Visual Effects
Black Panther
Christopher Robin
Isle of Dogs
Paddington 2
Ready Player One
Best Use of Music in a Film
Bad Times at the El Royale
Blaze
Bohemian Rhapsody
Green Book
A Star Is Born
Best Ensemble
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Boy Erased
The Favourite
Game Night
Green Book
Best Animated Film
Have a Nice Day
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Best Documentary
Free Solo
Love, Gilda
RBG
Three Identical Strangers
Won't You Be My Neighbour?
Best Foreign-Language Film
Capernaum
Cold War
The Guilty
Roma
Shoplifters
Best Comedic Performance
Awkwafina (Crazy Rich Asians)
Jason Bateman (Game Night)
Hugh Grant (Paddington 2)
Jesse Plemons (Game Night)
Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool 2)
Best Breakout Artist
Bo Burnham (Eighth Grade)
Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade)
Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)
Thomasin McKenzie (Leave No Trace)
Charlie Plummer (Lean on Pete)