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, 2021, 2022
To view my Top 30 films of 2023, 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.
To view my Top 30 films of 2023, 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 1/23/2024**
PAST LIVES
MAY DECEMBER
MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MARRIAGE
ZONE OF INTEREST
LA PASSION DE DODIN BOUFFANT
COMA
FALLEN LEAVES
SHIN KAMEN RIDER
THE SEVERING
AFIRE
ENYS MEN
SKINAMARINK
ALL DIRT ROADS TASTE OF SALT
WALK UP
SHOWING UP
UNICORN WARS
INFINITY POOL [uncut version]
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
JIGARTHANDA DOUBLEX
actual oscar nominees best picture:
AMERICAN FICTION
actual oscar nominees international feature:
IO CAPITANO
AMERICAN FICTION
ANATOMY OF A FALL
BARBIE
THE HOLDOVERS
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
MAESTRO
OPPENHEIMER (won)
PAST LIVES
POOR THINGS
THE ZONE OF INTEREST
IO CAPITANO
PERFECT DAYS
SOCIETY OF THE SNOW
THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE
THE ZONE OF INTEREST (won)
2023
*Hayao Miyazaki for
THE BOY AND THE HERON
Jonathan Glazer for THE ZONE OF INTEREST
Castaing-Taylor/Paravel for FABRIC OF THE HUMAN BODY
Celine Song for PAST LIVES
Aki Kaurismäki for FALLEN LEAVES
Signe Baumane for MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MARRIAGE
actual oscar nominees
Justine Triet for ANATOMY OF A FALL
Martin Scorsese KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Christopher Nolan for OPPENHEIMER (won)
Yorgos Lanthimos for POOR THINGS
Jonathan Glazer for THE ZONE OF INTEREST
2023
THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE
Emma Stone in POOR THINGS
Lily Gladstone in THE UNKNOWN COUNTRY
Natalie Portman in MAY DECEMBER
Jennifer Lawrence in NO HARD FEELINGS
Teyana Taylor in A THOUSAND AND ONE
actual oscar nominees
Annette Bening in NYAD
Lily Gladstone in KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Sandra Hüller in ANATOMY OF A FALL
Carey Mulligan in MAESTRO
Emma Stone in POOR THINGS (won)
2023
OPPENHEIMER
Koji Yakusho in PERFECT DAYS
Paul Giamatti in THE HOLDOVERS
Franz Rogowski in PASSAGES
Jason Schwartzman in ASTEROID CITY
actual oscar nominees
Bradley Cooper in MAESTRO
Colman Domingo in RUSTIN
Paul Giamatti in THE HOLDOVERS
Cillian Murphy in OPPENHEIMER (won)
Jeffrey Wright in AMERICAN FICTION
2023
*Danielle Brooks in
THE COLOR PURPLE
Vanessa Kirby in NAPOLEON
Julianne Moore in MAY DECEMBER
Da’Vine Joy Randolph in THE HOLDOVERS
Ayo Edebiri in BOTTOMS
Erika Alexander in AMERICAN FICTION
actual oscar nominees
Emily Blunt in OPPENHEIMER
Danielle Brooks in THE COLOR PURPLE
America Ferrera in BARBIE
Jodie Foster in NYAD
Da'Vine Joy Randolph in THE HOLDOVERS (won)
2023
*Ryan Gosling in BARBIE
Colman Domingo in THE COLOR PURPLE
Donnie Yen in JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4
Robert Downey Jr. in OPPENHEIMER
Shea Whigham in EILEEN
actual oscar nominees
Sterling K. Brown in AMERICAN FICTION
Robert De Niro in KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Robert Downey Jr. in OPPENHEIMER (won)
Ryan Gosling in BARBIE
Mark Ruffalo in POOR THINGS
2023
*PAST LIVES - Celine Song
ANATOMY OF A FALL - Justine Triet, Arthur Harari
TALK TO ME - Danny Philippou, Bill Hinzman, Daley Pearson
THE HOLDOVERS - David Hemingson
THE NIGHT OF THE 12TH - Gilles Marchand, Dominik Moll
MAY DECEMBER - Alex Mechanik, Samy Burch
THE ORIGIN OF EVIL - Fanny Burdino, Sébastien Marnier
actual oscar nominees
ANATOMY OF A FALL (won)
THE HOLDOVERS
MAESTRO
MAY DECEMBER
PAST LIVES
2023
*KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
- Eric Roth, Scorsese, David Grann
HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE - Ariela Barer, J.Sjol, D.Goldhaber
CAINE MUTINY COURT-MARTIAL - William Friedkin
POOR THINGS - Tony McNamara
JIGARTHANDA DOUBLE X - Karthik Subbaraj
THE ZONE OF INTEREST - Jonathan Glazer
KNOCK AT THE CABIN - Shyamalan, Steve Desmond, Michael Sherman
actual oscar nominees
AMERICAN FICTION (won)
BARBIE
OPPENHEIMER
POOR THINGS
THE ZONE OF INTEREST
2023
*DE HUMANI
CORPORIS FABRICA
OUR BODY
REWIND & PLAY
MINAMATA MANDALA
TO KILL A TIGER
THE PLAINS
MENUS PLAISIRS - LES TROISGROS
ANSELM 3D
KOKOMO CITY
GODS OF MEXICO
BOBI WINE: THE PEOPLE'S PRESIDENT
THE ETERNAL MEMORY
FOUR DAUGHTERS
TO KILL A TIGER
20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL (won)
2023
MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MARRIAGE
UNICORN WARS
PERLIMPS
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE
ERNEST & CELESTINE: A TRIP TO GIBBERITIA
THE INVENTOR
THE VENTURE BROS:
RADIANT IS THE BLOOD OF THE BABOON HEART
ROBOT DREAMS
CHICKEN RUN: DAWN OF THE NUGGET
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM
LITTLE NICHOLAS: HAPPY AS CAN BE
THEY SHOT THE PIANO PLAYER
SUZUME
MERRY LITTLE BATMAN
METALOCALYPSE: ARMY OF THE DOOMSTAR
actual oscar nominees
THE BOY AND THE HERON (won)
ELEMENTAL
NIMONA
ROBOT DREAMS
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE
2023
*THE ZONE OF INTEREST
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON - Robbie Robertson >
PAST LIVES - Christopher Bear, Daniel Rossen >
POOR THINGS - Jerskin Fendrix >
DIVINITY - Dean Hurley, Deejay Muggs >
OPPENHEIMER - Ludwig Göransson >
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE - Daniel Pemberton >
GODZILLA MINUS ONE - Naoki Satô >
MAY DECMBER - Marcelo Zarvos >
TMNT: MUTANT MAYHEM - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross >
actual oscar nominees
AMERICAN FICTION
INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
OPPENHEIMER (won)
POOR THINGS
2023
*NYC RGB
by Viktoria Schmid
POISON (Wes Anderson)
DREAMKILL [V/H/S/85 segment]
ABATTOIR U.S.A.!
WEYES BLOOD: GOD TURN ME INTO A FLOWER
KING KRULE: IF ONLY IT WAS WARMTH
HAMMER OF ZANZIBAR [SATANIC HISPANICS segment]
LITTLE SIMZ: GORILLA
THE RAT CATCHER
actual oscar nominees narrative short
THE AFTER
actual oscar nominees documentary short
THE ABCS OF BOOK BANNING
THE AFTER
INVINCIBLE
KNIGHT OF FORTUNE
RED, WHITE AND BLUE
THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR (won)
THE ABCS OF BOOK BANNING
THE BARBER OF LITTLE ROCK
ISLAND IN BETWEEN
THE LAST REPAIR SHOP (won)
NǍI NAI & WÀI PÓ
2023
THE MIRACLE by Nienke Deutz
MIISUFY
OUR UNIFORM
A LETTER TO A PIG
PJ HARVEY: I INSIDE THE OLD I DYING
THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE GYM
TOBY FOX & ITOKI HANA: THE GREATEST LIVING SHOW
DAFT PUNK: INFINITY REPEATING
PETER & THE WOLF by Stephen McNally, Elliot Dear
MELANIE MARTINEZ: VOID
actual oscar nominees:
A LETTER TO A PIG
A LETTER TO A PIG
NINETY-FIVE SENSES
OUR UNIFORM
PACHYDERME
WAR IS OVER! INSPIRED BY THE MUSIC OF JOHN & YOKO (won)
categories below this point are
↓for you technical craft lovers↓
2023
*EL CONDE - Ed Lachman, ASC
SCARLET [L'ENVOL] - Marco Graziaplena, AIC
POOR THINGS - Robbie Ryan, ISC, ASC
MAMI WATA - Lílis Soares, ABC
GODS OF MEXICO - loads of photographers
ASTEROID CITY - Robert Yeoman, ASC
actual oscar nominees:
EL CONDE
EL CONDE
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
MAESTRO
OPPENHEIMER (won)
POOR THINGS
2023
*DE HUMANI CORPORIS FABRICA
- Castaing-Taylor/Paravel
OPPENHEIMER - Jennifer Lame
SKINAMARINK - Kyle Edward Ball
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON - Thelma Schoonmaker
THE ZONE OF INTEREST - Paul Watts
OUR BODY - Julien Lacheray
ENYS MEN - Mark Jenkin, Michael Todd
SHIN KAMEN RIDER - Hideaki Anno, Emi Tsujita
HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE - Daniel Garber
ALL DIRT ROADS TASTE OF SALT - Lee Chatametikool
actual oscar nominees:
ANATOMY OF A FALL
ANATOMY OF A FALL
THE HOLDOVERS
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
OPPENHEIMER (won)
POOR THINGS
2023
BARBIE - Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer, Ashley Swanson
THE CREATOR - James Clyne, Claire Levinson-Gendler, S.Hockman
ZONE OF INTEREST - Chris Oddy, Joanna Kus, Katarzyna Sikora
POOR THINGS - Shona Heath, James Price, Zsuzsa Mihalek
MOON GARDEN - John Michael Elfers, Ryan Stevens Harris
BEAU IS AFRAID - Crombie, Gaucher, Clouatre, Hotte, Robitaille
OPPENHEIMER
- Ruth De Jong, Claire Kaufman, Peebles, Adam Willis, Englender
THREE MUSKETEERS: D'ARTAGNAN
- Stéphane Taillasson, Patrick Schmitt, Philippe Cord'homme
HUNGER GAMES: BALLAD
OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES - Uli Hanisch
actual oscar nominees:
BARBIE
BARBIE
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
NAPOLEON
OPPENHEIMER
POOR THINGS (won)
2023
POOR THINGS - Holly Waddington
THEY CLONED TYRONE - Francine Jamison-Tanchuck
PRISCILLA - Stacey Battat
FERRARI - Massimo Cantini Parrini
THREE MUSKETEERS: D'ARTAGNAN - Thierry Delettre
HIDDEN BLADE - Lui Fungshan, William Cheung
ASTEROID CITY - Milena Canonero
PETER PAN & WENDY - Ngila Dickson
actual oscar nominees:
BARBIE
BARBIE
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
NAPOLEON
OPPENHEIMER
POOR THINGS (won)
2023
*BEAU IS AFRAID
THEY CLONED TYRONE
SOCIETY OF THE SNOW
DIVINITY
POOR THINGS
OPPENHEIMER
WONKA
EVIL DEAD RISE
BARBIE
FERRARI
MAMI WATA
WHEN EVIL LURKS
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL.3
INFINITY POOL
actual oscar nominees:
GOLDA
MAESTRO
OPPENHEIMER
POOR THINGS (won)
SOCIETY OF THE SNOW
2023
*SKINAMARINK
THE ZONE OF INTEREST
OPPENHEIMER
NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU
THE CREATOR
FERRARI
THE OUTWATERS
65
actual oscar nominees:
THE CREATOR
MAESTRO
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING PART ONE
OPPENHEIMER
THE ZONE OF INTEREST (won)
OPPENHEIMER
GODZILLA MINUS ONE
POOR THINGS
FERRARI
THE KILLER
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3
GRAN TURISMO
EVIL DEAD RISE
WHEN EVIL LURKS
NAPOLEON
actual oscar nominees:
THE CREATOR
GODZILLA MINUS ONE (won)
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING PART ONE
NAPOLEON
↓muriel awards categories:
2023
DE HUMANI CORPORIS FABRICA
2) those little Warawara balloon souls floating into the sky
----------------------------------------BOY & THE HERON
3) entire "kevin come upstairs" finale - SKINAMARINK
4) Jo takes the pigeon to Lizzy's ceramics show
-------------------------------------------- SHOWING UP
5) fishing & playing in the shallows gets interrupted
------------------------------------------- ZONE OF INTEREST
6) ending; multiple re-takes of the "it's ok to be scared" snake scene w/the music swell ----- MAY DECEMBER
7) 3 finally being together at the bar – PAST LIVES
8) the big Mille Miglia race & crash - FERRARI
9) very spooky heat mirage silhouettes in the crop fire
------------------- KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
10) Entire finale: a small volunteer navy, one Kyushu J7W1
Shinden fighter, & civilian boats face off against title kaiju
------------------------------- GODZILLA MINUS ONE
11) montage of Bella & all of her dates - POOR THINGS
12) hospital climax (wheelchair, etc.) - TALK TO ME
13) Oppy gives a speech in front of students on the heels of
the bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki. a masterclass in
editing & sound design+mix - OPPENHEIMER [IMAX]
14) a curious extraterrestrial retrieves the orb
------------------------------------------ ASTEROID CITY
15) Incendiary shotgun rounds long-take/ action sequence,
complete w/overhead tracking shot--- JOHN WICK 4
-tie- finale raid on Playa's stronghold- SILENT NIGHT
16) the first parasite impregnation (stuck to the ceiling)
scene ----------------------- NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU
17) ending stuck in a portal loop & self-mutilation
---------------------------------------- THE OUTWATERS
18) Mary stops over at her sister's THE HOLDOVERS
19) the “Miss Celie’s Pants” number - THE COLOR PURPLE
20) stroboscopic fight, the Rider vs Augmented Wasp
------------------------------------ SHIN KAMEN RIDER
21) the stupid Kens all sing Matchbox 20 - BARBIE
22) shapeshifter's slapstick escape, done as a playful faux-Oner
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES
23) giant beak spits orange slime on Trish - KIDS VS ALIENS
24) Caesar emerges from FISTFUL OF DOLLARS
-----------------------------JIGARTHANDA DOUBLEX
25) the bunker buster/ kamikaze drones - THE CREATOR
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