If I Choose the Oscar Nominations

The Oscar nominations and the winners are the result of mass subjectiveness. Where 100s of people vote and the movies that come up the most are rewarded. But what if one person decided? What if that one person was me? The Oscars would be very different but how different? Well I know foreign films and more films that strive to be unique would be rewarded. So read on to find out which films are the ones that line up with The Academy's and which ones don't.

Best Picture

I did do a top 10 list for 2016 but I have had to make changes based on a re-watching of one and watching one for the first time. Since The Academy has nine films for best picture I will nominate nine films too.

1. Jackie

2. La La Land

3. Manchester by the Sea

4. Toni Erdmann

5. Arrival

6. Elle

7. Nocturnal Animals

8. High-Rise

9. The Handmaiden

Best Director

1. Damien Chazelle (La La Land)

2. Maren Ade (Toni Erdmann)

3. Pablo Larrain (Jackie)

4. Paul Verhoeven (Elle)

5. Denis Villeneuve (Arrival)

Best Actor

1. Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)

2. Adam Driver (Paterson)

3. Ryan Gosling (La La Land)

4. Tom Hiddleston (High-Rise)

5. Viggo Mortensen (Captain Fantastic)

Best Actress

1. Natalie Portman (Jackie)

2. Isabelle Huppert (Elle)

3. Amy Adams (Arrival)

4. Sandra Hüller (Toni Erdmann)

5. Emma Stone (La La Land)

6. (=5) Kate Beckinsale (Love & Friendship)

Best Supporting Actor

1. Peter Sarsgaard (Jackie)

2. Laurent Lafitte (Elle)

3. Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea)

4. Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Nocturnal Animals)

5. Alden Ehrenreich (Hail, Caesar!)

Best Supporting Actress

1. Golshifteh Farahani (Paterson)

2. Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea)

3. Sienna Miller (High-Rise)

4. Emma Suárez (Julieta)

5. Elisabeth Moss (High-Rise)

Best Screenplay (10 best - I'm combining orginal and adapted screenplay categories)

1. Arrival

2. Jackie

3. Manchester by the Sea

4. Love & Friendship

5. Toni Erdmann

6. The Handmaiden

7. Paterson

8. Elle

9. La La Land

10. Nocturnal Animals

Foreign Film

You can check this out at my article I did for foreign films

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Best Original Score

1. Jackie

2. Arrival

3. Nocturnal Animals

4. The Childhood of a Leader

5. Elle

Best Original Song

1- 4 Another Day in the Sun - City of Stars - Audtion (For the Fools Who Dream) - Epilogue

5. Montage (Swiss Army Man)

Best Cinematography

1. La La Land

2. Arrival

3. Jackie

4. Elle

5. The Handmaiden

Best Editing

1. La La Land

2. Jackie

3. Arrival

4. Elle

5. Toni Erdmann

Best Costume and Production Design

1. La La Land

2. Jackie

3. The Handmaiden

4. High-Rise

5. Arrival

Best Sound

1. Rogue One

2. La La Land

3. Arrival

4. Swiss Army Man

5. Manchester by the Sea

I haven't seen enough docos or animated movies to do a top five.