2016 Year End Report: My Oscar Ballot

Best Picture

1. O.J.: Made in America
2. Manchester by the Sea
3. Toni Erdmann
4. Silence
5. The Lobster
6. American Honey
7. Moonlight
8. Paterson
9. Green Room
10. Jackie
     
    Director

1. Ezra Edelman, O.J.: Made in America
2. Maren Ade, Toni Erdmann
3. Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
4. Martin Scorsese, Silence
5. Andrea Arnold, American Honey
    

Best Actor

1. Casey Affleck in Manchester by the Sea
2. Adam Driver in Paterson
3. Colin Farrell in The Lobster
4. Denzel Washington in Fences
5. Joel Edgerton in Loving
    
   Best Actress

1. Isabelle Huppert in Elle
2. Sandra Huller in Toni Erdmann
3. Sasha Lane in American Honey
4. Rebecca Hall in Christine
5. Natalie Portman in Jackie
    
   Best Supporting Actor

1. Mahershala Ali in Moonlight
2. Alden Ehrenreich in Hail, Caesar!
3. Issei Ogata, Silence
4. Jeff Bridges in Hell or High Water
5. Michael Shannon in Nocturnal Animals
    
   Best Supporting Actress

1. Michelle Williams in Manchester by the Sea
2. Lily Gladstone in Certain Women
3. Viola Davis in Fences
4. Naomie Harris in Moonlight
5. Riley Keough in American Honey
    
   Best Original Screenplay

1. Manchester by the Sea – Kenneth Lonergan
2. Toni Erdmann – Maren Ade
3. The Lobster - Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou
4. Paterson – Jim Jarmusch
5. Hell or High Water – Taylor Sheridan
    
   Best Adapted Screenplay

1. Moonlight – Barry Jenkins
2. Silence – Jay Cocks & Martin Scorsese
3. The Handmaiden – Park Chan Wook
4. Arrival – Eric Heisserer
5. Certain Women – Kelly Reichardt
    
   Best Documentary

1. OJ: Made in America
2. Weiner
3. 13^th
4. Tower
5. Fire at Sea
    

Best Animated Film

1. Moana
2. Tower
3. Zootopia
4. Kubo and the Two Strings
5. Finding Dory
    
   Best Foreign Language Film

1. Toni Erdmann - Germany
2. The Handmaiden – South Korea
3. Elle - France
4. Mountains May Depart - China
5. Right Now, Wrong Then – South Korea
    
   Best Cinematography

1. Silence – Rodrigo Prieto
2. American  Honey – Robbie Ryan
3. Moonlight – James Laxton
4. The Handmaiden - Chung-hoon Chung
5. Jackie – Stephane Fontaine

 

Editing

1. O.J.: Made in America – Bret Granato & Maya Mumma & Ben Sozanski
2. Moonlight – Joi McMillon & Nat Sanders
3. Manchester by the Sea – Jennifer Lame
4. Silence – Thelma Schoonmaker
5. The Handmaiden – Jae-Bum Kim & Sang-beom Kim

 

Score

1. Jackie – Mica Levi
2. Moonloight – Nicholas Britell
3. Arrival – Johan Johansson
4. The Handmaiden - Jo Yeong-wook
5. The Witch – Mark Koven

 

Song

1. Moana – How Far I’ll Go
2. Moana – You’re Welcome
3. La La Land - Audition
4. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping – Equal Rights
5. Sing Street – Drive It Like You Stole It
    

Production Design

1. The Handmaiden
2. Hail, Caesar!
3. Jackie
4. Arrival
5. Silence
    

Costume Design

1. The Handmaiden
2. Hail, Caesar!
3. Jackie
4. Kubo and the Two Strings
5. The Witch
    

Make-Up & Hair Styling

1. Hail, Caesar!
2. The Handmaiden
3. Star Trek: Beyond
    

Sound Mixing

1. Don’t Breathe
2. Green Room
3. Jackie
4. Arrival
5. The  Witch
    

Sound Editing

1. Arrival
2. Hacksaw Ridge
3. Deepwater Horizon
4. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
5. Kubo and the Two Strings
    
   Visual Effects

1. The Jungle Book
2. Arrival
3. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
4. Kubo and the Two Strings
5. Doctor Strange