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, 2023
To view my Top 30 films of 2024, 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 2024, 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 1/23/2025**
**AMPAS winners added 3/2/2025**
LOS COLONOS
DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD
EVIL DOES NOT EXIST
DUNE 2
FURIOSA
MY FIRST FILM 2.0
CERRAR LOS OJOS
ODDITY
LIMBO
ART COLLEGE 1994
JANET PLANET
EUREKA
I SAW THE TV GLOW
AGGRO DR1FT
BETWEEN THE TEMPLES
ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT
SLEEP 잠
STOPMOTION
THE BRUTALIST
actual oscar nominees best picture:
ANORA (won)
actual oscar nominees international feature:
THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE
ANORA (won)
THE BRUTALIST
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
CONCLAVE
DUNE: PART TWO
EMILIA PÉREZ
I'M STILL HERE
NICKEL BOYS
THE SUBSTANCE
WICKED
THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE
FLOW
I'M STILL HERE (won)
EMILIA PÉREZ
THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG
2024
*Bertrand Bonello for THE BEAST
Felipe Gálvez Haberle for THE SETTLERS
Radu Jude for DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH
FROM THE END OF THE WORLD
Ryusuke Hamaguchi for EVIL DOES NOT EXIST
Annie Baker for JANET PLANET
George Miller for FURIOSA
actual oscar nominees
Sean Baker for ANORA (won)
Brady Corbet for THE BRUTALIST
James Mangold for A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
Jacques Audiard for EMILIA PEREZ
Coralie Fargeat for THE SUBSTANCE
2024
*Marianne Jean-Baptiste 
in HARD TRUTHS
Ilinca Manolache in DO NOT EXPECT
TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD
Léa Seydoux in THE BEAST
Jodie Comer in THE END WE START FROM
Mikey Madison in ANORA
Demi Moore in THE SUBSTANCE
actual oscar nominees
Cynthia Erivo in WICKED
Karla Sofia Gascon in EMELIA PEREZ
Mikey Madison in ANORA (won)
Demi Moore in THE SUBSTANCE
Fernanda Torres in I'M STILL HERE
2024
Colman Domingo in SING SING
David Dastmalchian in LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL
Simon Baker in LIMBO
Michael Pitt in DAY OF THE FIGHT
Timothée Chalamet in A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
actual oscar nominees
Adrien Brody in THE BRUTALIST (won)
Timothée Chalamet in A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
Colman Domingo in SING SING
Ralph Fiennes in CONCLAVE
Sebastian Stan in THE APPRENTICE
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*Felicity Jones in THE BRUTALIST
Alicia Witt in LONGLEGS
Michele Austin in HARD TRUTHS
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor in EXHIBITING FORGIVENESS
Carol Kane in BETWEEN THE TEMPLES
Zoe Saldaña in EMILIA PÉREZ
actual oscar nominees
Monica Barbaro in A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
Ariana Grande in WICKED
Felicity Jones in THE BRUTALIST
Isabella Rossellini in CONCLAVE
Zoe Saldana in EMILIE PEREZ (won)
2024
*Guy Pearce in THE BRUTALIST
Kieran Culkin in A REAL PAIN
John Speredakos in CRUMB CATCHER
Barry Keoghan in BIRD
Jeremy Strong in THE APPRENTICE
Franz Rogowski in BIRD
actual oscar nominees
Yura Borisov in ANORA
Kirean Culkin in A REAL PAIN (won)
Edward Norton in A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
Guy Pearce in THE BRUTALIST
Jeremy Strong in THE APPRENTICE
2024
*THE BRUTALIST
- Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH
FROM THE END OF THE WORLD - Radu Jude
BETWEEN THE TEMPLES - C. Mason Wells, Nathan Silver
HARD TRUTHS - Mike Leigh
LA MESITA DEL COMEDOR - Cris Borobia, Caye Casas
HIS THREE DAUGHTERS - Azazel Jacobs
A DIFFERENT MAN - Aaron Schimberg
COBWEB - Kim Jee-woon
actual oscar nominees
ANORA (won)
THE BRUTALIST
A REAL PAIN
SEPTEMBER 5
THE SUBSTANCE
2024
*LA BÊTE
- Bonello, Charbit, and Bréaud
NICKEL BOYS - RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
BASTARDEN - Nikolaj Arcel & Anders Thomas Jensen
CONCLAVE - Peter Straughan
THE ORDER - Zach Baylin
VENGEANCE MOST FOWL - Mark Burton & Nick Park
DUNE 2 - Villeneuve & Jon Spaihts
actual oscar nominees
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
CONCLAVE (won)
EMILIA PEREZ
NICKEL BOYS
SSING SING
2024
*PICTURES OF GHOSTS
SOUNDTRACK TO COUP D’ÉTAT
DAHOMEY
ENO
THE HUMAN SURGE 3
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO: OPUS
MOUNTAIN QUEEN: SUMMITS OF LHAKPA SHERPA
SEPARATED
CHASING CHASING AMY
BUTTERFLY IN THE SKY
BLACK BOX DIARIES
NO OTHER LAND (won)
PORCELAIN WAR
SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ETAT
SUGARCANE
2024
LOOK BACK
STOPMOTION
WALLACE & GROMIT VENGEANCE MOST FOWL
SIROCCO & THE KINGDOM OF WINDS
CHICKEN FOR LINDA!
MARS EXPRESS
FLOW
MEMOIR OF A SNAIL
GHOST CAT ANZU
TRANSFORMERS ONE
THE COLORS WITHIN
actual oscar nominees
FLOW (won)
INSIDE OUT 2
MEMOIR OF A SNAIL
WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL
THE WILD ROBOT
2024
*LOVE LIES BLEEDING
CHICKEN FOR LINDA! - Clément Ducol >
CHALLENGERS - Reznor/Ross >
I SAW THE TV GLOW - Alex G. >
THE BRUTALIST - Daniel Blumberg >
EVIL DOES NOT EXIST - Eiko Ishibashi >
CONCLAVE - Volker Bertelmann >
I'M STILL HERE - Warren Ellis >
THE WILD ROBOT - Kris Bowers >
QUEER - Reznor/Ross >
DUNE 2 - Hans Zimmer >
actual oscar nominees
THE BRUTALIST (won)
CONCLAVE
EMILIA PEREZ
WICKED
THE WILD ROBOT
2024
*CHIME
IT'S NOT ME [C'EST PAS MOI]
INSTRUMENTS OF A BEATING HEART
RMF IS FLYING [KINDS OF KINDNESS segment]
A$AP ROCKY: TAILOR SWIF
ELBOW - LOVERS' LEAP
TAYLOR SWIFT ft. POST MALONE: FORTNIGHT
INCIDENT by Bill Morrison
STOWAWAY [V/H/S/ BEYOND]
JADE: ANGEL OF MY DREAMS
THE DEATH OF RMF [KINDS OF KINDNESS segment]
actual oscar nominees narrative short
A LIEN
actual oscar nominees documentary short
DEATH BY NUMBERS
A LIEN
ANUJA
I'M NOT A ROBOT (won)
THE LAST RANGER
THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT
DEATH BY NUMBERS
I AM READY WARDEN
INCIDENT
INSTRUMENTS OF A BEATING HEART
THE ONLY GIRL IN THE ORCHESTRA (won)
2024
AND GRANNY WOULD DANCE by Maryam Mohajer
SUCH MIRACLES DO HAPPEN
THE BROWN DOG by Hallgren/Medina
NUBE [CLOUD]
ANA MORPHOSE
ME by Don Hertzfeldt
ÉTÉ 96
ALIEN: MONDAY
SIS.: BOW TO YOUR WILDERNESS
IN THE SHADOW OF THE CYPRESS
actual oscar nominees:
BEAUTIFUL MEN
BEAUTIFUL MEN
IN THE SHADOW OF THE CYPRESS (won)
MAGIC CANDIES
WANDER TO WONDER
YUCK!
categories below this point are
↓for you technical craft lovers↓
2024
*NICKEL BOYS - Jomo Fray, ASC
DUNE 2 - Greig Fraser
NOSFERATU - Jarin Blaschke
DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH
FROM THE END OF THE WORLD - Marius Panduru
THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE - Michal Dymek
THE SETTLERS - Simone D'Arcangelo
CHALLENGERS - Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
RUMOURS - Stefan Ciupek
ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT - Ranabir Das
actual oscar nominees:
THE BRUTALIST (won)
THE BRUTALIST (won)
DUNE 2
EMILIA PEREZ
MARIA
NOSFERATU
2024
*DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD - Catalin Cristutiu
LA BÊTE - Anita Roth
ANORA - Sean Baker
HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS - Mike Cheslik
CHALLENGERS - Marco Costa
THE BRUTALIST - David Jancso
FURIOSA - Eliot Knapman, Margaret Sixel
ENO - Marley Mcdonald, Maya Tippett
MY FIRST FILM 2.0 - Joe Bini, Matthew Hannam
PSYCHOSIS - Pirie Martin
actual oscar nominees:
ANORA (won)
THE BRUTALIST
CONCLAVE
EMILIA PEREZ
WICKED
2024
- Colin Gibson, Shane Baxley, Katie Sharrock
UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
- Schabas, Kate Struthers, Giesbrecht, Roger Martin
MEGALOPOLIS - Beth Mickle, Bradley Rubin, LK. Sessions
THE BRUTALIST - Judy Becker; Patricia Cuccia
DUNE 2 - Patrice Vermette; Shane Vieau
LA BÊTE - Katia Wyszkop, Florence Aillerie
I SAW THE TV GLOW - B.Tonner-Connolly, Paige Mitchell
NOSFERATU - Craig Lathrop; Beatrice Brentnerová
WICKED - Nathan Crowley; Lee Sandales
THE APPRENTICE - Aleks Marinkovich, Jaro Dick
actual oscar nominees:
THE BRUTALIST
THE BRUTALIST
CONCLAVE
DUNE 2
NOSFERATU
WICKED (won)
2024
LA BÊTE - Pauline Jacquard
AGGRO DR1FT - Lina Palacios
FURIOSA - Jenny Beavan
GLADIATOR II - Janty Yates, Dave Crossman
SATURDAY NIGHT - Danny Glicker
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN - Arianne Phillips
MEGALOPOLIS - Milena Canonero
NOSFERATU - Linda Muir
THE BIKERIDERS - Erin Benach
actual oscar nominees:
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
CONCLAVE
GLADIATOR II
NOSFERATU
WICKED (won)
2024
*SASQUATCH SUNSET
BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE
WICKED
LE RÈGNE ANIMAL
FURIOSA
OUT OF DARKNESS
TERRIFIER 3
THE SUBSTANCE
DUNE 2
NOSFERATU
A DIFFERENT MAN
ALL YOU NEED IS BLOOD
HELLBOY: THE CROOKED MAN
actual oscar nominees:
A DIFFERENT MAN
EMILIA PEREZ
NOSFERATU
THE SUBSTANCE (won)
WICKED
2024
*DUNE 2
THE WILD ROBOT
CIVIL WAR
CHIME
EMILIA PÉREZ
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
WICKED
A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE
ARCADIAN [SAND AND STONES]
SMILE 2
MADS
actual oscar nominees:
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
DUNE 2 (won)
EMILIA PEREZ
WICKED
THE WILD ROBOT
KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
ALIEN: ROMULUS
THE PRIMEVALS
BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE
STOPMOTION
THE SUBSTANCE
LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL
STING -tie- VERMINES [INFESTED]
MEGALOPOLIS
LE RÈGNE ANIMAL
TWISTERS
actual oscar nominees:
ALIEN: ROMULUS
BETTER MAN
DUNE 2 (won)
KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
WICKED
- THE BEAST
2) bloody monstro Liz rampage finale - THE SUBSTANCE
3) the big war rig ambush/rescue @ bullet farm - FURIOSA
4) beavers put Jean on trial - HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS
5) "Bobita"s face app starts to glitch in bathroom - DO NOT
EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD
6) hypnotic climactic tennis match - CHALLENGERS
7) first 12 mins. (orange) Fremen guerilla tactics - DUNE 2
8) the ANNETTE puppet recreates the Bowie "Modern
Love" scene from MAUVAIS SANG (1986) - C'EST PAS MOI
9) Takumi's sudden wrath - EVIL DOES NOT EXIST
10) crying baby / long hallway shot - THE COFFEE TABLE
11) Count Orlok's carriage arrives @ clearing - NOSFERATU
12) Browning's investigation suddenly goes south - LONGLEGS
13) Giedi Prime arena scene under B&w sun - DUNE 2
14) Yana looks over Dani's camcorder footage - ODDITY
15) feds raid the terrorist safe house; inferno - THE ORDER
16) title character has a fall @ empty dirt lot - THELMA
17) Mrs. Toth tears down Van Buren sr. - THE BRUTALIST
18) Escaping fully webbed floor & p.d. climax - VERMINES
19) bird-man's learning to fly progress - LE RÈGNE ANIMAL
20) log-splitter dismemberment - IN A VIOLENT NATURE
21) the dam/ levee walls bust & flood everyone
- KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
22) the tense & uniquely thrilling finale confrontation of
"less-lethal" Rambo vs. Shelby Springs' law - REBEL RIDGE
23) projectile vomit montage of baby "Emi" - ULTRAMAN RISING
-tie- 23) animals collectively attack invaders - WILD ROBOT
24) the ghosts of Café de Paris. Long oner take - BLITZ
25) VIDEODROME-inspired serenity in the bathroom
that follows Owen's panic attack - I SAW THE TV GLOW
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