With the year coming to close, time is getting closer to acknowledging the cinematic and TV performances that took stage or show all 2019 with the annual award ceremony, The Critics Choice Awards. It’s been discussed amongst the critics that this award season will be one of the most competitive yet. The Broadcast Film Critics Association revealed the nominees for the 2020 Critics Choice Awards, Here’s the full list of nominations:

Best Picture

• 1917
• Ford v Ferrari
• The Irishman
• Jojo Rabbit
• Joker
• Little Women
• Marriage Story
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• Parasite
• Uncut Gems

Best Actor

• Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory
• Robert De Niro – The Irishman
• Leonardo DiCaprio – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• Adam Driver – Marriage Story
• Eddie Murphy – Dolemite Is My Name
• Joaquin Phoenix – Joker
• Adam Sandler – Uncut Gems

Best Actress

• Awkwafina – The Farewell
• Cynthia Erivo – Harriet
• Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story
• Lupita Nyong’o – Us
• Saoirse Ronan – Little Women
• Charlize Theron – Bombshell
• Renée Zellweger – Judy

Best Supporting Actor

Willem Dafoe – The Lighthouse

Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Anthony Hopkins – The Two Popes

Al Pacino – The Irishman

Joe Pesci – The Irishman

Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Supporting Actress

Laura Dern – Marriage Story

Scarlett Johansson – Jojo Rabbit

Jennifer Lopez – Hustlers

Florence Pugh – Little Women

Margot Robbie – Bombshell

Zhao Shuzhen – The Farewell

Best Young Actor/Actress

• Julia Butters – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• Roman Griffin Davis – Jojo Rabbit
• Noah Jupe – Honey Boy
• Thomasin McKenzie – Jojo Rabbit
• Shahadi Wright Joseph – Us
• Archie Yates – Jojo Rabbit

Best Acting Ensemble

• Bombshell
• The Irishman
• Knives Out
• Little Women
• Marriage Story
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• Parasite

Best Director

• Noah Baumbach – Marriage Story
• Greta Gerwig – Little Women
• Bong Joon Ho – Parasite
• Sam Mendes – 1917
• Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie – Uncut Gems
• Martin Scorsese – The Irishman
• Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Original Screenplay

• Noah Baumbach – Marriage Story
• Rian Johnson – Knives Out
• Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won – Parasite
• Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• Lulu Wang – The Farewell

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Greta Gerwig – Little Women
• Noah Harpster and Micah Fitzerman-Blue – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
• Anthony McCarten – The Two Popes
• Todd Phillips & Scott Silver – Joker
• Taika Waititi – Jojo Rabbit
• Steven Zaillian – The Irishman

Best Cinematography

• Jarin Blaschke – The Lighthouse
• Roger Deakins – 1917
• Phedon Papamichael – Ford v Ferrari
• Rodrigo Prieto – The Irishman
• Robert Richardson – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• Lawrence Sher – Joker

Best Production Design

• Mark Friedberg, Kris Moran – Joker
• Dennis Gassner, Lee Sandales – 1917
• Jess Gonchor, Claire Kaufman – Little Women
• Lee Ha Jun – Parasite
• Barbara Ling, Nancy Haigh – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• Bob Shaw, Regina Graves – The Irishman
• Donal Woods, Gina Cromwell – Downton Abbey

Best Editing 

• Ronald Bronstein, Benny Safdie – Uncut Gems
• Andrew Buckland, Michael McCusker – Ford v Ferrari
• Yang Jinmo – Parasite
• Fred Raskin – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• Thelma Schoonmaker – The Irishman
• Lee Smith – 1917

Best Costume Design

• Ruth E. Carter – Dolemite Is My Name
• Julian Day – Rocketman
• Jacqueline Durran – Little Women
• Arianne Phillips – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• Sandy Powell, Christopher Peterson – The Irishman
• Anna Robbins – Downton Abbey

Best Hair and Makeup

• Bombshell
• Dolemite Is My Name
• The Irishman
• Joker
• Judy
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• Rocketman

Best Visual Effects

• 1917
• Ad Astra
• The Aeronauts
• Avengers: Endgame
• Ford v Ferrari
• The Irishman
• The Lion King

Best Animated Feature

• Abominable
• Frozen II
• How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
• I Lost My Body
• Missing Link
• Toy Story 4

Best Action Movie

• 1917
• Avengers: Endgame
• Ford v Ferrari
• John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
• Spider-Man: Far From Home

Best Comedy

• Booksmart
• Dolemite Is My Name
• The Farewell
• Jojo Rabbit
• Knives Out

Best Sci-Fi or Horror Movie

• Ad Astra
• Avengers: Endgame
• Midsommar
• Us

Best Foreign Language Film

• Atlantics
• Les Misérables
• Pain and Glory
• Parasite
• Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Best Song

• “Glasgow (No Place Like Home)” – Wild Rose
• “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” – Rocketman
• “I’m Standing With You” – Breakthrough
• “Into the Unknown” – Frozen II
• “Speechless” – Aladdin
• “Spirit “– The Lion King
• “Stand Up” – Harriet

Best Score

• Michael Abels – Us
• Alexandre Desplat – Little Women
• Hildur Guðnadóttir – Joker
• Randy Newman – Marriage Story
• Thomas Newman – 1917
• Robbie Robertson – The Irishman

Counts show Once Apon a Time in Hollywood – Quentin Tarantino and The Irishman – Martin Scorsese leading the nominations. Not much of a surprise since the two extraordinarily talented directors have been in Award talks since they’ve premiered and the Cannes Film Festival and New York Film Festival. It’s exciting to see both established talents and new talents take the same nominee titles deservingly as this year of watching has been impressive.

The BFCA comprises more than 300 film critics from television, radio, and online media to determine nominations. Tay Diggs (Greys Anatomy, Bow Stella got her groove back, The Best Man Holdiay) is hosting the 2020 ceremony on January 12 at the Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, California.

P.S. Whatever we do, let’s remember Adam Sandler to avoid a bad movie made on purpose in 2020-2021. Thanks!