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, 1989,2020
To view my Top 30 films of 2021, visit the Final Cinema.
Note: I'm not going to separate foreign language films from english films on my ballot. It's bullshit and the academy shouldn't do it anymore either. Also, Oscar winner predictions will be added later this year beneath my *top pick in each category.
**Actual AMPAS nominees added 2/8/2022**
To view my Top 30 films of 2021, visit the Final Cinema.
Note: I'm not going to separate foreign language films from english films on my ballot. It's bullshit and the academy shouldn't do it anymore either. Also, Oscar winner predictions will be added later this year beneath my *top pick in each category.
**Actual AMPAS nominees added 2/8/2022**
**Oscar winner predictions added 3/19/2022 below actual AMPAS nominees**
**Actual Oscar winners noted 3/27/2022**
2021
*WEST SIDE STORY
actual oscar nominees best picture:
BELFAST
actual oscar nominees international feature:
DRIVE MY CAR (won)
2021
*Steven Spielberg
actual oscar nominees
Jessica Chastain in THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE (won)
2021
*Peter Dinklage in CYRANO
actual oscar nominations
Javier Bardem in BEING THE RICARDOS
2021
*Ruth Negga in PASSING
actual oscar nominees
Jessie Buckley in THE LOST DAUGHTER
2021
*Mike Faist in WEST SIDE STORY
actual oscar nominees:
BELFAST (won)
2021
*THE POWER OF THE DOG
actual oscar nominees
ENCANTO (won)
prediction animated feature:
actual oscar nominees:
AFFAIRS OF THE ART
2021
*THE GREEN KNIGHT
actual oscar nominees:
DUNE: PART ONE (won)
2021
*LABYRINTH OF CINEMA - Hisaki Sanbongi, Nobuhiko Ôbayashi
actual oscar nominees
DON’T LOOK UP
*NIGHTMARE ALLEY
actual oscar nominees:
DUNE: PART ONE (won)
2021
*COMING 2 AMERICA
actual oscar nominees
CRUELLA (won)
2021
*PG: PSYCHO GOREMAN
actual oscar nominees:
COMING 2 AMERICA
2021
*DUNE: PART ONE
actual oscar nominees:
BELFAST
2021
*DUNE: PART ONE
actual oscar nominees:
DUNE: PART ONE (won)
2021
LABYRINTH OF CINEMA
WHAT DO WE SEE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SKY?
MEMORIA
THE POWER OF THE DOG
THIS IS NOT A BURIAL IT’S A RESURRECTION
EMA
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
DRIVE MY CAR
ABOUT ENDLESSNESS
WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY
BENEDETTA
ZOLA
SLALOM
THE SOUVENIR PART II
RED MOON TIDE
NO SUDDEN MOVE
UNDINE
LICORICE PIZZA
THE CARD COUNTER
actual oscar nominees best picture:
BELFAST
CODA (won)
DON’T LOOK UP
DRIVE MY CAR
DUNE: PART ONE
KING RICHARD
LICORICE PIZZA
NIGHTMARE ALLEY
THE POWER OF THE DOG
WEST SIDE STORY
DRIVE MY CAR (won)
FLEE
THE HAND OF GOD
LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
prediction best pic:
CODA
prediction foreign film:
DRIVE MY CAR
2021
for WEST SIDE STORY
actual oscar nominees
2021
*Mariana di Girolamo in EMA
Nobuhiko Obayashi for LABYRINTH OF CINEMA
Ryusuke Hamaguchi for DRIVE MY CAR
Jane Campion for THE POWER OF THE DOG
Apichatpong Weerasethakul for MEMORIA
actual oscar nominees
Paul Thomas Anderson for LICORICE PIZZA
Kenneth Branagh for BELFAST
Jane Campion for THE POWER OF THE DOG (won)
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi for DRIVE MY CAR
Steven Spielberg for WEST SIDE STORY
prediction directing:
Jane Campion
Isabelle Fuhrman in NOVICE
Renate Reinsve in THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
Penélope Cruz in PARALLEL MOTHERS
Olivia Colman in THE LOST DAUGHTER
actual oscar nominees
Jessica Chastain in THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE (won)
Olivia Colman in THE LOST DAUGHTER
Penélope Cruz in PARALLEL MOTHERS
Nicole Kidman in BEING THE RICARDOS
Kristen Stewart in SPENCER
prediction actress:
Jessica Chastain in THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE
2021
Simon Rex in RED ROCKET
Hidetoshi Nishijima in DRIVE MY CAR
Jonathan Majors in THE HARDER THEY FALL
Adam Driver in ANNETTE
actual oscar nominations
Javier Bardem in BEING THE RICARDOS
Benedict Cumberbatch in THE POWER OF THE DOG
Andrew Garfield in TICK TICK .. BOOM!
Will Smith in KING RICHARD (won)
Denzel Washington in TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
prediction actor:
Will Smith in KING RICHARD
2021
Riley Keough in ZOLA
Kirsten Dunst in THE POWER OF THE DOG
Ariana DeBose in WEST SIDE STORY
Jessie Buckley in THE LOST DAUGHTER
actual oscar nominees
Jessie Buckley in THE LOST DAUGHTER
Ariana DeBose in WEST SIDE STORY (won)
Judi Dench in BELFAST
Kirsten Dunst in THE POWER OF THE DOG
Aunjanue Ellis in KING RICHARD
prediction supporting actress:
Ariana DeBose in WEST SIDE STORY
2021
Chaske Spencer in WILD INDIAN
Ciarán Hinds in BELFAST
Kodi Smit-McPhee in THE POWER OF THE DOG
Jeffrey Wright in THE FRENCH DISPATCH
Simon Helberg in ANNETTE
actual oscar nominees:
Ciarán Hinds in BELFAST
2021
*WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Ciarán Hinds in BELFAST
Troy Kotsur in CODA (won)
Jesse Plemons in THE POWER OF THE DOG
J.K. Simmons in BEING THE RICARDOS
Kodi Smit-McPhee in THE POWER OF THE DOG
prediction supporting actor:
Troy Kotsur in CODA
2021
BAD LUCK BANGING OR LOONY PORN - Radu Jude
PARALLEL MOTHERS - Pedro Almodovar
LICORICE PIZZA - Paul Thomas Anderson
THE CARD COUNTER - Paul Schrader
actual oscar nominees:
BELFAST (won)
DON’T LOOK UP
KING RICHARD
LICORICE PIZZA
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
prediction original screenplay:
DON'T LOOK UP
2021
- Jane Campion
WEST SIDE STORY - Tony Kushner
DRIVE MY CAR - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe
ZOLA - Janicza Bravo & Jeremy O. Harris
THE SOUVENIR PART II - Joanna Hogg
THE LOST DAUGHTER - Maggie Gyllenhaal
actual oscar nominees:
CODA (won)
prediction adapted screenplay:
2021
*THE WITCHES OF THE ORIENT
actual oscar nominees:
ASCENSION
2021
*CRYPTOZOO
CODA (won)
DRIVE MY CAR
DUNE: PART ONE
THE LOST DAUGHTER
THE POWER OF THE DOG
THE POWER OF THE DOG
2021
PROCESSION
FAYA DAYI
ALL LIGHT EVERYWHERE
HER SOCIALIST SMILE
SUMMER OF SOUL
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
WOJNAROWICZ
NO ORDINARY MAN
FLEE
actual oscar nominees:
ASCENSION
ATTICA
FLEE
SUMMER OF SOUL (won)
WRITING WITH FIRE
prediction documentary:
SUMMER OF SOUL
2021
JUNK HEAD [feature version]
THE SPINE OF NIGHT
BELLE: DRAGON & THE FRECKLED PRINCESS
EVANGELION: 3.0+1.0 THRICE UPON A TIME
THE APE STAR
FLEE
RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON
PETIT VAMPIRE
UN DISFRAZ PARA NICOLÁS
LUCA
actual oscar nominees
ENCANTO (won)
FLEE
LUCA
THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES
RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON
ENCANTO
2021
*THE POWER OF THE DOG
EMA - Nicolas Jaar >
ZOLA - Mica Levi >
DRIVE MY CAR - Eiko Ishibashi >
DUNE: PART ONE - Hans Zimmer >
BROADCAST SIGNAL INTRUSION - Ben Lovett >
THE STYLIST - Nicholas Elert >
FRIED BARRY - Haezer >
LICORICE PIZZA - Johnny Greenwood >
FLEE - Uno Helmersson >
LAST AND FIRST MEN
actual oscar nominees:
DON’T LOOK UP
DON’T LOOK UP
DUNE: PART ONE (won)
ENCANTO
PARALLEL MOTHERS
THE POWER OF THE DOG
prediction original score:
POWER OF THE DOG
2021
*STILL PROCESSING
NIGHT COLONIES
[YEAR OF THE EVERLASTING STORM segment]
PLEASE HOLD
DEATH VALLEY by Grace Sloan
THE VANDAL by Eddie Alcazar
SEVDALIZA: HOMUNCULUS
STORM DRAIN by Chloe Okuno [V/H/S/94 segment]
OLIVIA RODRIGO: DRIVERS LICENSE
TAKE AND RUN [ALA KACHUU]
LIL NAS X: MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME)
TYLER, THE CREATOR: LUMBERJACK
TERROR by Ryan Prow [V/H/S/94 segment]
TOVE LO: BLUE LIPS
actual oscar nominees narrative short
ALA KACHUU: TAKE AND RUN
actual oscar nominees documentary short
AUDIBLE
2021
*AFFAIRS OF THE ART
ALA KACHUU: TAKE AND RUN
THE DRESS
THE LONG GOODBYE (won)
ON MY MIND
PLEASE HOLD
AUDIBLE
LEAD ME HOME
QUEEN OF BASKETBALL (won)
3 SONGS FOR BENAZIR
WHEN WE WERE BULLIES
prediction narrative short:
THE LONG GOODBYE
prediction documentary short:
AUDIBLE
2021
NAVOZANDE, THE MUSICIAN
THE BONES [LOS HUESOS]
BOXBALLET - БоксБалет
TRONA PINNACLES
HOLD ME TIGHT by Mélanie Robert-Tourneur
ONLY A CHILD
TEN TWENTY THIRTY FORTY FIFTY MILES A DAY
LA BESTIA by Tamez/Kuttikatt/Van Nuenen
[not to be confused with Hugo Covarrubias' "BESTIA"]
THE FOURTH WALL by Mahboobeh Kalaee
FLEET FOXES: FEATHERWEIGHT
FUELLED
THE LIVING TOMBSTONE: IN SOUND MIND AMV
ARCA: PRADA / RAKATA
DESPOT by Nicholas D'agostino
SORORELLE [SORORAL]
DUA LIPA: LEVITATING
FLOWING HOME
MUM IS POURING RAIN
THE HANGMAN AT HOME
actual oscar nominees:
AFFAIRS OF THE ART
BESTIA
BOXBALLET
ROBIN ROBIN
THE WINDSHIELD WIPER (won)
prediction animated short:
ROBIN ROBIN
categories below this point are
↓for you technical craft lovers↓
- Andrew Droz Palermo, ASC
WEST SIDE STORY - Janusz Kamiński, ASC, PSC
NIGHTMARE ALLEY - Dan Laustsen, ASC, DFF
THE POWER OF THE DOG - Ari Wegner, ACS
DUNE: PART ONE - Greg Fraser, ACS, ASC
MEMORIA - Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
CYRANO - Seamus McGarvey, BSC, ASC
actual oscar nominees:
DUNE: PART ONE (won)
NIGHTMARE ALLEY
THE POWER OF THE DOG
TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
WEST SIDE STORY
prediction cinematography:
POWER OF THE DOG
2021
DUNE: PART ONE - Joe Walker
DRIVE MY CAR - Azusa Yamazaki
WEST SIDE STORY - Sarah Broshar, Michael Kahn
THIS IS NOT A BURIAL IT’S A RESURRECTION
- Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese
MEMORIA - Lee Chatametikool
WHAT DO WE SEE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SKY?
- Aleksandre Koberidze
THE GREEN KNIGHT - David Lowery
BROADCAST SIGNAL INTRUSION - Jacob Gentry
actual oscar nominees
DON’T LOOK UP
DUNE: PART ONE (won)
KING RICHARD
THE POWER OF THE DOG
TICK TICK .. BOOM!
prediction editing:
TICK TICK .. BOOM
2021
- Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau
DUNE: PT. 1 - Patrice Vermette, Zsuzsanna Sipos, D.Doran
CYRANO - Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
THE GREEN KNIGHT - Jade Healy, Jenny Oman
WEST SIDE STORY - Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo
TRAGEDY OF MACBETH - Stefan Dechant, Nancy Haigh
THE FRENCH DISPATCH - A.Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo
REMINISCENCE - Howard Cummings, Leonard R. Spears
THE BLAZING WORLD - Rodney Becker, Grace Potter, Zachary T. Scott
actual oscar nominees:
DUNE: PART ONE (won)
NIGHTMARE ALLEY
THE POWER OF THE DOG
TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
WEST SIDE STORY
prediction art direction:
WEST SIDE STORY
2021
- Ruth E. Carter
DUNE: PART ONE - Jacqueline West, Bob Morgan
THE HARDER THEY FALL - Antoinette Messam
CYRANO - Jacqueline Durran, Massimo Cantini Parrini
NIGHTMARE ALLEY - Luis Sequeira
WEST SIDE STORY - Paul Tazewell
THE LAST DUEL - Janty Yates
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO - Odile Dicks-Mireaux
actual oscar nominees
CRUELLA (won)
CYRANO
DUNE: PART ONE
NIGHTMARE ALLEY
WEST SIDE STORY
prediction costumes:
NIGHTMARE ALLEY
2021
COMING 2 AMERICA
THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE
DUNE: PART ONE
THE LAST DUEL
HOUSE OF GUCCI
RESIDENT EVIL: WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY
BEING THE RICARDOS
actual oscar nominees:
COMING 2 AMERICA
CRUELLA
DUNE: PART ONE
THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE (won)
HOUSE OF GUCCI
prediction makeup & hair:
HOUSE OF GUCCI
2021
MEMORIA
A QUIET PLACE II
WEST SIDE STORY
CHAOS WALKING
THE POWER OF THE DOG
DRIVE MY CAR
NO TIME TO DIE
actual oscar nominees:
BELFAST
DUNE: PART ONE (won)
NO TIME TO DIE
THE POWER OF THE DOG
WEST SIDE STORY
prediction sound editing:
DUNE: PART ONE
2021
FINCH
COSMOBALL
CANDYMAN
PG: PSYCHO GOREMAN
THE SUICIDE SQUAD
SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME
THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS
actual oscar nominees:
DUNE: PART ONE (won)
FREE GUY
NO TIME TO DIE
SHANG-CHI & LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS
SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME
prediction visual effects:
SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME
--------------- WEST SIDE STORY
2) source of mysterious thunder "boom" finally revealed
--------------------------------------------- MEMORIA
3) all performances in front of the flickering blue, red,
3) all performances in front of the flickering blue, red,
& pink Sun ------------------------------------------ EMA
4) Baby Annette puppet montage of viral fame - ANNETTE
5) playful & unexpectedly late opening credits
4) Baby Annette puppet montage of viral fame - ANNETTE
5) playful & unexpectedly late opening credits
--------------------------------------- DRIVE MY CAR
6) Gabriel's brutal slaughter of prisoners & cops in jail
6) Gabriel's brutal slaughter of prisoners & cops in jail
------------------------------------------- MALIGNANT
7) ecstatic screaming & laughing scene
7) ecstatic screaming & laughing scene
----------------- RED POST ON ESCHER STREET
8) Duncan's dynamic escape during Harkonnen coup
8) Duncan's dynamic escape during Harkonnen coup
------------------------------------ DUNE PART ONE
9) "what is war?" adventure movie within a movie
9) "what is war?" adventure movie within a movie
--------------------------- LABYRINTH OF CINEMA
10) the getaway van runs out of gas - LICORICE PIZZA
11) Lamb's bloody arrival at the police station - COPSHOP
10) the getaway van runs out of gas - LICORICE PIZZA
11) Lamb's bloody arrival at the police station - COPSHOP
12) vision of suffering Jesus gives title character paingasm
------------------------------------------------------ BENEDETTA
13) 1 old man vs 5 brutes; bus fight. "I'm gonna fuck you up"
13) 1 old man vs 5 brutes; bus fight. "I'm gonna fuck you up"
------------------------------------------------ NOBODY
14) Amin is finally able to be himself @ Rose club - FLEE
15) Julie can stop time!
--------------------- THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
16) Finale mayhem at armored car depot - WRATH OF MAN
17) the corridor dreams/nightmares - COME TRUE
18) all the contortionist three witches scenes
------------------------------ THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
-tie- pit stop at Saint Winifred's - THE GREEN KNIGHT
19) Brianna summons title character in police custody
--------------------------------------------- CANDYMAN
20) the entire duel in all its brilliant glory - THE LAST DUEL
21) King Shark loves colorful creatures in Starro's tank
----------------------------------- THE SUICIDE SQUAD
22) last moment with Cappa parents on the beach - OLD
23) abandoned plaza shootout - RAGING FIRE
-tie- heist to break Trinity out of the Matrix 2.0
+ pursuit that follows - THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS
24) hypnotic mechanophilia scene - TITANE
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