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, 2024
To view my Top 30 films of 2025, visit the Final Cinema.
Note: I'm not going to separate foreign language films from english films on my ballot. It's b.s. 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 2025, visit the Final Cinema.
Note: I'm not going to separate foreign language films from english films on my ballot. It's b.s. 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.
CAUGHT BY THE TIDES
CACTUS PEARS
SINNERS
REFLET DANS UN DIAMANT MORT
BRING HER BACK
ARCO
MARTY SUPREME
MISERICORDIA
THE SHROUDS
NO OTHER CHOICE
SPLITSVILLE
CLOUD
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER
A LITTLE PRAYER
THE LEGEND OF OCHI
EEPHUS
TORNADO
actual oscar nominees best picture:
BUGONIA
actual oscar nominees international feature:
THE SECRET AGENT
BUGONIA
F1
FRANKENSTEIN
HAMNET
MARTY SUPREME
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
THE SECRET AGENT
SENTIMENTAL VALUE
SINNERS
TRAIN DREAMS
THE SECRET AGENT
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
SENTIMENTAL VALUE
SIRĀT
THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB
2025
*Bi Gan for RESURRECTION
Ryan Coogler for SINNERS
Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani for
REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND
Jia Zhangke for CAUGHT BY THE TIDES
Rohan Kanawade for CACTUS PEARS
Josh Safdie for MARTY SUPREME
actual oscar nominees directing:
Chloé Zhao for HAMNET
Chloé Zhao for HAMNET
Josh Safdie for MARTY SUPREME
Paul Thomas Anderson for ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Joachim Trier for SENTIMENTAL VALUE
Ryan Coogler for SINNERS
2025
*Kathleen Chalfant in FAMILIAR TOUCH
Zhao Tao in CAUGHT BY THE TIDES
Rose Byrne in IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU
Imogen Poots in CHRONOLOGY OF WATER
Anamaria Vartolomei in BEING MARIA
Renate Reinsve in SENTIMENTAL VALUE
actual oscar nominees lead actress:
Jessie Buckley in HAMNET
Rose Byrne in IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU
Kate Hudson in SONG SUNG BLUE
Renate Reinsve in SENTIMENTAL VALUE
Emma Stone in BUGONIA
2025
Leonardo DiCaprio in ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Timothée Chalamet in MARTY SUPREME
David Strathairn in A LITTLE PRAYER
Benicio Del Toro in THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME
actual oscar nominees lead actor:
Timothée Chalamet in MARTY SUPREME
Leonardo DiCaprio in ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Ethan Hawke in BLUE MOON
Michael B. Jordan in SINNERS
Wagner Moura in THE SECRET AGENT
2025
*Amy Madigan in WEAPONS
Sally Hawkins in BRING HER BACK
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas in SENTIMENTAL VALUE
Diane Kruger in THE SHROUDS
Jane Levy in A LITTLE PRAYER
actual oscar nominees supporting actress:
Elle Fanning in SENTIMENTAL VALUE
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas in SENTIMENTAL VALUE
Amy Madigan in WEAPONS
Wunmi Mosaku in SINNERS
Teyana Taylor in ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
2025
*Ben Foster in CHRISTY
Tonatiuh in KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
Stellan Skarsgård in SENTIMENTAL VALUE
William H. Macy in TRAIN DREAMS
Matt Dillon in BEING MARIA
Delroy Lindo in SINNERS
actual oscar nominees supporting actor:
Benicio Del Toro in ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Jacob Elordi in FRANKENSTEIN
Delroy Lindo in SINNERS
Sean Penn in ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Stellan Skarsgård in SENTIMENTAL VALUE
2025
*SINNERS - Ryan Coogler
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT - Jafar Panahi
SORRY, BABY - Eva Victor
WEAPONS - Zach Cregger
A LITTLE PRAYER - Angus MacLachlan
FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER - Jim Jarmusch
THE SHROUDS - David Cronenberg
SENTIMENTAL VALUE - Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt
actual oscar nominees original screenplay:
BLUE MOON
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
MARTY SUPREME
SENTIMENTAL VALUE
SINNERS
2025
*ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
- Paul Thomas Anderson
BUGONIA - Will Tracy
WAKE UP DEAD MAN - Rian Johnson
THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER - Kristen Stewart
LUCKIEST MAN IN AMERICA - Maggie Briggs, Samir Oliveros
NO OTHER CHOICE - Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi,
Don McKellar, Jahye Lee
actual oscar nominees adapted screenplay:
BUGONIA
FRANKENSTEIN
HAMNET
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
TRAIN DREAMS
2025
*HENRY FONDA FOR PRESIDENT
THE GULLSPÅNG MIRACLE
VIDEOHEAVEN
MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS I: LAST AIR IN MOSCOW
ENDLESS COOKIE
PAVEMENTS
BLKNWS: TERMS & CONDITIONS
SLY LIVES! (AKA THE BURDEN OF BLACK GENIUS)
2000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA
OMAR & CEDRIC: IF THIS EVER GETS WEIRD
actual oscar nominees documentary:
THE ALABAMA SOLUTION
COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT
CUTTING THROUGH ROCKS
MR, NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN
THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR
2025
ENDLESS COOKIE
MARCEL ET MONSIEUR PAGNOL
CHAINSAW MAN: THE MOVIE - REZE ARC
NIGHT OF THE ZOOPOCALYPSE
THE TWITS
AMÉLIE ET LA MÉTAPHYSIQUE DES TUBES
BOYS GO TO JUPITER
LIGHT OF THE WORLD
DAN DA DAN: EVIL EYE
actual oscar nominees animated feature:
ARCO
ELIO
K-POP DEMON HUNTERS
LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN
ZOOTOPIA 2
2025
*SINNERS
RESURRECTION - M83 >
MARTY SUPREME - Daniel Lopatin >
28 YEARS LATER - Young Fathers >
BUGONIA - Jerskin Fendrix >
ENDLESS COOKIE - Andrew Zukerman >
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER - Jonny Greenwood >
TRON: ARES - Nine Inch Nails >
DUST BUNNY - Isabella Summers >
HAMNET - Max Richter >
F1 - Hans Zimmer >
actual oscar nominees original score:
BUGONIA
FRANKENSTEIN
HAMNET
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
SINNERS
2025.
*THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY FLOYD
[FREAKY TALES]
MAGDALENA BAY: SECOND SLEEP
THE DEVIL IS BUSY
TYLER, THE CREATOR: SUGAR ON MY TONGUE
THE SINGERS
FUN SIZE by Casper Kelly [V/H/S/HALLOWEEN]
DEVON AGAIN: CHERRY COLA
THE GILMAN STRIKES BACK [FREAKY TALES]
PERFECTLY A STRANGENESS
actual oscar nominees live-action short subject:
BUTCHER'S STAIN
A FRIEND OF DOROTHY
JANE AUSTEN'S PERIOD DRAMA
THE SINGERS
TWO PEOPLE EXCHANGING SALIVA
actual oscar nominees documentary short subject:
ALL THE EMPTY ROOMS
ARMED ONLY WITH A CAMERA: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF BRENT RENAUD
CHILDREN NO MORE: "WERE AND ARE GONE"
THE DEVIL IS BUSY
PERFECTLY A STRANGENESS
2025
by Anu-Laura Tuttelberg
THE NIGHT BOOTS [LES BOTTES DE LA NUIT]
THE SWORD [PREDATOR: KILLER OF KILLERS]
FLAVOR OF CASSAVA LEAF OVER RICE
BUTTERFLY by Florence Miailhe and Ron Dyens
THE QUINTA'S GHOST
PLAYING GOD by Matteo Burani
TMNT: CHROME ALONE 2 - LOST IN NEW JERSEY
actual oscar nominees animated short subject:
BUTTERFLY
FOREVERGREEN
THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS
RETIREMENT PLAN
THE THREE SISTERS
categories below this point are
↓for you technical craft lovers↓
2025
*RESURRECTION
- Jingsong Dong, CNSC
28 YEARS LATER - Anthony Dod Mantle, DFF, BSC
TRAIN DREAMS - Adolpho Veloso, ASC
SINNERS - Autumn Durald Arkapaw, ASC
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER - Michael Bauman, ASC
REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND - Manuel Dacosse, SBC
ASH - Richard Bluck, ASC
WENT UP THE HILL - Tyson Perkins, ACS, NZCS
F1 - Claudio Miranda, ASC
THE LEGEND OF OCHI - Evan Prosofsky, ASC
actual oscar nominees cinematography:
FRANKENSTEIN
MARTY SUPREME
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
SINNERS
TRAIN DREAMS
2025
*REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND
- Bernard Beets
RESURRECTION - Bi Gan
28 YEARS LATER - Jon Harris
CHRONOLOGY OF WATER - Olivia Neergaard-Holm
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER - Andy Jurgensen
HENRY FONDA FOR PRESIDENT - Michael Palm
ICK - Chancler Haynes
F1 - Stephen Mirrione
MARTY SUPREME - Josh Safdie & Ronald Bronstein
GOOD BOY - Ben Leonberg / Curtis Roberts
actual oscar nominees film editing:
F1
MARTY SUPREME
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
SENTIMENTAL VALUE
SINNERS
2025
-Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau
WICKED: FOR GOOD - Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales
LEGEND OF OCHI - Jason Kisvarday, Kelsi Ephraim
REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND - Laurie Colson / Afyonlu
/ J.O. Barros Ribeiro / Dhyvert / Le Dauphin / Ritz
ASH - Ross McGarva, Gui Taccetti
THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME - Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock
DUST BUNNY - Jeremy Reed
MICKEY 17 - Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton, Emily Beswarick
NO! YOU’RE WRONG - David Brothers, Crispin Glover
THE FANTASTIC 4: FIRST STEPS - Kasra Farahani, Jille Azis
actual oscar nominees production design:
FRANKENSTEIN
HAMNET
MARTY SUPREME
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
SINNERS
2025
- Paul Tazewell
SINNERS - Ruth E. Carter
LEGEND OF OCHI - Elizabeth Warn
REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND - Jackye Fauconnier
THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME - Milena Canonero
HAMNET - Malgosia Turzanska
MARTY SUPREME - Miyako Bellizzi
FRANKENSTEIN - Kate Hawley
actual oscar nominees costume:
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
FRANKENSTEIN
HAMNET
MARTY SUPREME
SINNERS
2025
*FRANKENSTEIN
THE TOXIC AVENGER
THE SMASHING MACHINE
WICKED: FOR GOOD
KEEPER
SINNERS
STAR TREK: SECTION 31
actual oscar nominees makeup & hair:
FRANKENSTEIN
KOKUHO
SINNERS
THE SMASHING MACHINE
THE UGLY STEPSISTE
2025
*F1
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
GOOD BOY
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
THE WOLF MAN
SKETCH
WARFARE
FRANKENSTEIN
actual oscar nominees sound:
F1
FRANKENSTEIN
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
SINNERS
SIRĀT
AVATAR: FIRE & ASH
THE ELECTRIC STATE
DEATHSTALKER
SUPERMAN
SINNERS
TRON: ARES
JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH
ASH
F1
actual oscar nominees vfx:
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
F1
JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH
THE LOST BUS
SINNERS
↓muriel awards categories:
2025
- ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
2) 1999 New Year's Eve long one-shot - RESURRECTION
3) many of core vampires meet the sunlight - SINNERS
4) a merciful viking funeral w/ swirling embers. Spike
climbs the Bone Temple - 28 YEARS LATER
5) bloody katana showdown finale - TORNADO
6) the dance to Dionne Warwick - FAMILIAR TOUCH
7) first depiction of Rainbow time-travel - ARCO
8) fight centerpiece - SPLITSVILLE
9) reversing Gladys' attack - WEAPONS
10) hospital reunion at finale - MARTY SUPREME
11) "Bud" interrupts Bone Bison hunt. & plasma sword
splits rampaging beast - PREDATOR BADLANDS
12) getting preserved via honey sap swirly - KEEPER
13) Pearce's sudden crash - F1
14) risky & impulsive 2-on-2 basketball match
- THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME
15) intro nighttime hunting party - LEGEND OF OCHI
16) winner's ending wish & ambiguity - LONG WALK
17) Quartich vs Sully
& Spider within flux vortex IMAX 3D - AVATAR 3
18) Metamorpho flips the script on his elemental
powers @ pocket dimension prison - SUPERMAN
-tie- 18) Toxie crashes the concert of a terrible nu-metal
band "the Killer Nutz" - TOXIC AVENGER remake
19) swarm of "Eye-ders" corner the bathroom - SKETCH
20) the Medusa club shootout / fight sequence - HAVOC
cathartic & bonkers moment of Dadaism from ENDLESS COOKIE ↓
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