The Wandering Image: 2017 YEAR-END BALLOT

the point of this exercise isn't merely to stand in contrast to industry awards shows but to shine light on other works/achievements/performances that might've not gotten enough consideration during their initial releases

Past ballots at The Wandering Image:
1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988,

1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997,

1998, 1999, 2000, 2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,

2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015,

2016

To view my Top 30 films of 2017, visit the Final Cinema.

Note: As usual, Oscar winner predictions will be added towards the end of January beneath my *top pick in each category.

**Actual AMPAS nominees added 1/23/2018**
**Oscar winner predictions added 2/10/2018 below actual AMPAS nominees**

2017

*PHANTOM THREAD
OKJA

THE FLORIDA PROJECT

SONG TO SONG

A QUIET PASSION

THE LOST CITY OF Z

GOOD TIME

GET OUT

NOCTURAMA

PERSONAL SHOPPER

120 BEATS PER MINUTE

FOXTROT

THE LURE

HANAGATAMI

THE BREADWINNER

WONDERSTRUCK

BAD GENIUS

THE DEVIL'S CANDY

MUDBOUND

AFTER THE STORM

actual best picture oscar nominees:
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
DARKEST HOUR
DUNKIRK
GET OUT
LADY BIRD
PHANTOM THREAD
THE POST
THE SHAPE OF WATER (won)
3 BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI

prediction:
THE SHAPE OF WATER

actual foreign language oscar nominees:
A FANTASTIC WOMAN (won)
THE INSULT
LOVELESS
ON BODY AND SOUL
THE SQUARE

prediction:
A FANTASTIC WOMAN

2017

*Paul Thomas Anderson
for PHANTOM THREAD
the Safdie brothers for GOOD TIME
James Gray for THE LOST CITY OF Z

Bong Joon-ho for OKJA

Agnieszka Smoczynska for THE LURE

actual oscar nominees:
Christopher Nolan for DUNKIRK
Jordan Peele for GET OUT
Greta Gerwig for LADY BIRD
Paul Thomas Anderson for PHANTOM THREAD
Guillermo del Toro for THE SHAPE OF WATER (won)

prediction:
Greta Gerwig for LADY BIRD

2017

*Cynthia Nixon
in A QUIET PASSION
Sally Hawkins in MAUDIE
Margot Robbie in I, TONYA
Saoirse Ronan in LADY BIRD
Meryl Streep in THE POST

actual oscar nominees:
Sally Hawkins in THE SHAPE OF WATER
Frances McDormand in 3 BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING MISSOURI (won)
Margot Robbie in I TONYA
Saoirse Ronan in LADY BIRD
Meryl Streep in THE POST

prediction:
Sally Hawkins in THE SHAPE OF WATER

2017

*Daniel Day-Lewis
in PHANTOM THREAD
Daniel Kaluuya in GET OUT
Sam Elliott in THE HERO
Robert Pattinson in GOOD TIME
Timothée Chalamet in CALL ME BY YOUR NAME

actual oscar nominees:
Timothée Chalamet in CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
Daniel Day-Lewis in PHANTOM THREAD
Daniel Kaluuya in GET OUT
Gary Oldman in DARKEST HOUR (won)
Denzel Washington in ROMAN J. ISRAEL, ESQ

prediction:
Gary Oldman in DARKEST HOUR

2017

*Tiffany Haddish in GIRLS TRIP
Vicky Krieps in PHANTOM THREAD

Laurie Metcalf in LADY BIRD
Lois Smith in MARJORIE PRIME
Allison Janney in I, TONYA

actual oscar nominees:
Mary J. Blige in MUDBOUND
Allison Janney in I TONYA (won)
Lesley Manville in PHANTOM THREAD
Laurie Metcalf in LADY BIRD
Octavia Spencer in THE SHAPE OF WATER

prediction:
Allison Janney in I TONYA

2017

*Garrett Hedlund in MUDBOUND
Willem Dafoe in THE FLORIDA PROJECT
Benny Safdie in GOOD TIME
Bill Nighy in THEIR FINEST
Daniel Craig in LOGAN LUCKY

actual oscar nominees:
Willem Dafoe in THE FLORIDA PROJECT
Woody Harrelson in 3 BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING MISSOURI
Richard Jenkins in THE SHAPE OF WATER
Christopher Plummer in ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD
Sam Rockwell in 3 BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING MISSOURI (won)

prediction:
Sam Rockwell in 3 BILLBOARDS

2017

*GET OUT - Jordan Peele
LADY BIRD - Greta Gerwig
PHANTOM THREAD - Paul Thomas Anderson

THE POST - Liz Hannah, Josh Singer
COCO - Unkrich, Katz, Matthew Aldrich, Adrian Molina

actual oscar nominees:
THE BIG SICK
GET OUT (won)
LADY BIRD
THE SHAPE OF WATER
3 BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING MISSOURI

prediction:
THE SHAPE OF WATER

2017

*THE LOST CITY OF Z

- James Gray
MUDBOUND - Virgil Willaims, Dee Rees
MARJORIE PRIME - Michael Almereyda, Jordan Harrison
THEIR FINEST - Gabby Chiappe

CALL ME BY YOUR NAME - James Ivory

actual oscar nominees:
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME (won)
THE DISASTER ARTIST
LOGAN
MOLLY'S GAME
MUDBOUND

prediction:
MOLLY'S GAME

2017

*BEHEMOTH
DAWSON CITY: FROZEN TIME
LOOK & SEE: PORTRAIT OF WENDELL BERRY
TEMPESTAD
EX LIBIRS: THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
FACES PLACES
THE QUEST
IN TRANSIT
RAT FILM
STRONG ISLAND

actual oscar nominees:
ABACUS: SMALL ENOUGH TO JAIL
FACES PLACES
ICARUS (won)
LAST MEN IN ALEPPO
STRONG ISLAND

prediction:
FACES PLACES

2017

*THE BREADWINNER
MY ENTIRE HIGH SCHOOL SINKING INTO THE SEA
COCO

IN THIS CORNER OF THE WORLD
LOVING VINCENT
YOUR NAME.
CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS: THE FIRST EPIC MOVIE

actual oscar nominees:
THE BOSS BABY
THE BREADWINNER
COCO (won)
FERDINAND
LOVING VINCENT

prediction:
COCO

2017

*THE SHAPE OF WATER
- Alexandre Desplat >
GOOD TIME - Oneohtrix Point Never >
PHANTOM THREAD - Jonny Greenwood >
SPLIT - West Dylan Thordson >
BLADE RUNNER 2049 - Ben Wallfisch & Hans Zimmer >
THE MEYEROWITZ STORIES - Randy Newman >
THE POST - John Williams >
A GHOST STORY - Daniel Hart >
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS - Patrick Doyle >

actual oscar nominees:
DUNKIRK
PHANTOM THREAD
THE SHAPE OF WATER (won)
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI
3 BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING MISSOURI

prediction:
THE SHAPE OF WATER

2017

*FISH STORY

by Charlie Lyne Shackleton
DEKALB ELEMENTARY
WATU WOTE [ALL OF US]
THE BOX by Jovanka Vuckovic [XX segment]
BJORK: THE GATE
FEAR US WOMEN
TRAFFIC STOP
TOUR DE PHARMACY
HEROINE(E)

Rodney Ascher's PRIMAL SCREEN

Neill Blomkamp's ZYGOTE

TAYLOR SWIFT: READY FOR IT?

actual oscar nominees live-action short:
DEKALB ELEMENTARY
THE ELEVEN O'CLOCK
MY NEPHEW EMMETT
THE SILENT CHILD (won)
WATU WOTE / ALL OF US

prediction live-action short:
THE ELEVEN O'CLOCK

actual oscar nominees documentary short:
EDITH+EDDIE
HEAVEN IS A TRAFFIC JAM ON THE 405 (won)
HEROIN(E)
KNIFE SKILLS
TRAFFIC STOP

prediction documentary short:
HEAVEN IS A TRAFFIC JAM ON THE 405

2017

*WORLD OF TOMORROW - EPISODE 2: THE BURDEN OF OTHER PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS
TWIZTID: DEAD & GONE (UNH-STOP)

JAY-Z: THE STORY OF O.J.
NEGATIVE SPACE
AFTER ALL by Michael Cusack
LOU
REVOLTING RHYMES

[O] by Mario Radev and Chiara Sgatti

actual oscar nominees:
DEAR BASKETBALL (won)
GARDEN PARTY
LOU
NEGATIVE SPACE
REVOLTING RHYMES

prediction:
REVOLTING RHYMES

categories below this point are

↓for you technical craft lovers↓

2017

*BLADE RUNNER 2049
- Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC
THE LOST CITY OF Z - Darius Khondji, ASC
DUNKIRK - Hoyte Van Hoytema, FSF, ASC
THE SHAPE OF WATER - Dan Laustsen, DFF
WONDERSTRUCK - Edard Lachman, ASC

actual oscar nominees:
BLADE RUNNER 2049 (won)
DARKEST HOUR
DUNKIRK
MUDBOUND
THE SHAPE OF WATER

prediction:
THE SHAPE OF WATER

2017

*PHANTOM THREAD - Dylan Tichenor
BABY DRIVER - Jonathan Amos, Paul Machliss
DAWSON CITY: FROZEN TIME - Bill Morrison
DUNKIRK - Lee Smith
SONG TO SONG - R. Nizar Ali, Hank Corwin, K. Fraase
NOCTURAMA - Fabrice Rouaud

actual oscar nominees:
BABY DRIVER
DUNKIRK (won)
I TONYA
THE SHAPE OF WATER
3 BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING MISSOURI

prediction:
DUNKIRK

2017

*BLADE RUNNER 2049 - Dennis Gassner

DARKEST HOUR - Sarah Greenwood
THE SHAPE OF WATER - Paul D. Austerberry
PHANTOM THREAD - Mark Tildesley
A CURE FOR WELLNESS - Eve Stewart

actual oscar nominees:
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
BLADE RUNNER 2049
DARKEST HOUR
DUNKIRK
THE SHAPE OF WATER (won)

prediction:
THE SHAPE OF WATER

2017

*PHANTOM THREAD - Mark Bridges

THE GREAT WALL - Mayes C. Rubeo
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS - Alexandra Byrne
HOSTILES - Jenny Eagan
THE LOST CITY OF Z - Sonia Grande
THE SHAPE OF WATER - Luis Sequeira
THE BEGUILED - Stacey Battat

VICTORIA & ABDUL - Consolata Boyle

actual oscar nominees:
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
DARKEST HOUR
PHANTOM THREAD (won)
THE SHAPE OF WATER
VICTORIA & ABDUL

prediction:
THE SHAPE OF WATER

2017

*GUARDIANS

OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2
THE SHAPE OF WATER
DARKEST HOUR
IT
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS

actual oscar nominees:
DARKEST HOUR (won)
VICTORIA & ABDUL
WONDER

prediction:
DARKEST HOUR

2017

*PHANTOM THREAD
A GHOST STORY
BLADE RUNNER 2049
MONSTER TRUCKS
BABY DRIVER
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI

actual oscar nominees:
BABY DRIVER
BLADE RUNNER 2049
DUNKIRK (won)
THE SHAPE OF WATER
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI

prediction:
DUNKIRK

2017

*BLADE RUNNER 2049
DUNKIRK
BABY DRIVER
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI
WONDER WOMAN

actual oscar nominees:
BABY DRIVER
BLADE RUNNER 2049
DUNKIRK (won)
THE SHAPE OF WATER
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI

prediction:
DUNKIRK

2017

*WAR FOR THE
PLANET OF THE APES
BLADE RUNNER 2049
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL.2
OKJA
THE SHAPE OF WATER

STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI

WHAT HAPPENED TO MONDAY

actual oscar nominees:
BLADE RUNNER 2049 (won)
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL.2
KONG: SKULL ISLAND
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI
WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES

prediction:
WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES

↓muriel awards categories:

2017

*1) "The sunken place"
first revealed - GET OUT
2) Tunnel escape & mall chase sequence - OKJA
3) "The Beast" smashing light bulbs - SPLIT
4) The surprise dinner argument (Asparagus)

---------------------------------- PHANTOM THREAD

5) Running at DisneyWorld. iPhone footage @ close

----------------------------- THE FLORIDA PROJECT
6) Farrier's Spitfire is out of gas. Ending sequence

--------------------------------------------- DUNKIRK
7) Miguel first sings "Un Poco Loco" on stage- COCO
8) Lip synching "My Way" in department store

---------------------------------------- NOCTURAMA

9) Final 9 mins. Oil derrick, Enchanted Rock, Patti, etc.

--------------------------------------- SONG TO SONG
10) Sook-hee's attack on city bus - THE VILLAINESS
11) Fight with red Praetorian Guards

------------------------- STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI
12) Freakish event at the ballet - THELMA

13) Baby xenomorph stretches arms out for David

----------------------------------- ALIEN: COVENANT

14) Christine's voicemail to mom - LADY BIRD
15) first attack on German stronghold town

------------------------------------- WONDER WOMAN
-tie- X-23's attack on Pierce & his militia - LOGAN
16) Toy pop gun + hiding on the bunkbed

--------------------------------------- ANNABELLE: CREATION
17) Father's monologue/words of encouragement @ close

------------------------------------ CALL ME BY YOUR NAME

18) attack at Junkyard & landing - BLADE RUNNER 2049
19) Holdup at the mansion goes wrong

- I DON'T FEEL AT HOME IN THIS WORLD ANYMORE

20) Laundromat date - BABY DRIVER

also this incredible moment from TV courtesy of David Lynch. Sure TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN may not be a feature film, but it does function as a type of cinema. If it had been released as an epic 17hr beast, this part might rival everything on this list;