Celebrating the cinematic achievements of 2018.
Official 2018 Selections
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Best Film - Drama
IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
Barry Jenkins
Annapurna Pictures
Cast: KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Colman Domingo, Teyonah Parris, Michael Beach, Dave Franco, Diego Luna, Pedro Pascal, Ed Skrein, Brian Tyree Henry, Regina King
Screenplay: Barry Jenkins; Based on If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin
Producers: Megan Ellison, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adele Romanski, Sara Murphy, Barry Jenkins
Cinematography: James Laxton
Other Nominees
Cold War
First Reformed
Roma
A Star Is Born
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Best Film - Comedy or Musical
THE FAVOURITE
Yorgos Lanthimos
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Cast: Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult, Joe Alwyn
Screenplay: Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara
Producers: Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Yorgos Lanthimos
Cinematography: Robbie Ryan
Other Nominees
Eighth Grade
Mary Poppins Returns
Paddington 2
Sorry to Bother You
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ACTING AWARDS
Best Actor - Drama
Ethan Hawke
FIRST REFORMED
Other Nominees
Christian Bale - Vice
Bradley Cooper - A Star is Born
Willem Dafoe - At Eternity’s Gate
Rami Malek - Bohemian Rhapsody
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Best Actor - Comedy/Musical
Lakeith Stanfield
SORRY TO BOTHER YOU
Other Nominees
Jason Bateman - Game Night
Robert Redford - The Old Man & the Gun
Ryan Reynolds - Deadpool 2
Nick Robinson - Love, Simon
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Best Actress - Drama
Toni Collette
HEREDITARY
Other Nominees
Yalitza Aparicio - Roma
Glenn Close - The Wife
Lady Gaga - A Star is Born
KiKi Layne - If Beale Street Cold Talk
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Best Actress - Comedy/Musical
Olivia Colman
THE FAVOURITE
Other Nominees
Emily Blunt - Mary Poppins Returns
Regina Hall - Support The Girls
Rachel McAdams - Game Night
Melissa McCarthy - Can You Ever Forgive Me?
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Best Supporting Actor
Michael B. Jordan
BLACK PANTHER
Other Nominees
Adam Driver - Blackkklansman
Hugh Grant - Paddington 2
Richard E Grant - Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Anton Yelchin - Thoroughbreds
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Best Supporting Actress
Regina King
IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
Olivia Cooke - Thoroughbreds
Elizabeth Debicki - Widows
Emma Stone - The Favourite
Rachel Weisz - The Favourite
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Best Ensemble
Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Colin Farrell, Brian Tyree Henry, Daniel Kaluuya, Jacki Weaver, Carrie Coon, Robert Duvall, Liam Neeson, Lukas Haas
WIDOWS
Other Nominees
Annihilation
Black Panther
The Favourite
Game Night
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Best Voice Acting/Motion Capture Performance
Josh Brolin
AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR
Other Nominees
Bryan Cranston - Isle of Dogs
Shameik Moore - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Sarah Silverman - Ralph Breaks the Internet
Ben Whishaw - Paddington 2
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Breakthrough Performance
Yalitza Aparicio
ROMA
Other Nominees
Elsie Fisher - Eighth Grade
Milly Shapiro - Hereditary
Millicent Simmonds - A Quiet Place
Letitia Wright - Black Panther
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SKILL & TECHNICAL AWARDS
Best Director
Bradley Cooper
A STAR IS BORN
Alfonso Curaon - Roma
Barry Jenkins - If Beale Street Could Talk
Yorgos Lanthimos - The Favourite
Spike Lee - BlacKKKlansman
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Best Screenplay - Original
Bo Burnham
EIGHTH GRADE
Other Nominees
First Reformed
Hereditary
Sorry to Bother You
Thoroughbreds
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Best Screenplay - Adapted
Spike Lee
BLACKKKLANSMAN
Annihilation
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
If Beale Street Could Talk
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
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Best Art Direction/Visual Design
Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Jay Hart
BLACK PANTHER
Other Nominees
Annihilation
Avengers: Infinity War
The Favourite
Mary Poppins Returns
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Best Cinematography
Łukasz Żal
COLD WAR
Other Nominees
Burning
If Beale Street Could Talk
Roma
Suspiria
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Best Costumes
Ruth Carter
BLACK PANTHER
Other Nominees
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Favourite
Mary Poppins Returns
Suspiria
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Best Editing
Tom Cross
FIRST MAN
Other Nominees
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
A Star Is Born
Widows
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Best Make-Up & Hair
Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe and Patricia Dehaney
VICE
Other Nominees
The Favourite
Mary Poppins Returns
Mary Queen of Scots
Suspiria
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Best Music - Score
Nicholas Britell
IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
Other Nominees
Black Panther
First Man
Isle of Dogs
Suspiria
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Best Music - Song
"Shallow"
A STAR IS BORN
Music and Lyric by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt
Other Nominees
“Ashes” - Deadpool 2
“Go!” - Teen Titans Go! To The Movies
“Home” - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
“The Place Where Lost Things Go” - Mary Poppins Returns
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Best Music - Song Score or Soundtrack
A STAR IS BORN
Other Nominees
Cold War
Mary Poppins Returns
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Teen Titans Go! To The Movies
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Best Sound Design
A QUIET PLACE
Other Nominees
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
A Star is Born
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Best Stunts
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT
Other Nominees
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
Halloween
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Best Visual Effects
AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR
Other Nominees
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Black Panther
First Man
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
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FILM CATEGORIES
Best Action/Adventure Film
BLACK PANTHER
Ryan Coogler
Other Nominees
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Deadpool 2
Mission Impossible: Fallout
Widows
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Best Animated Feature Film
SPIDER-MAN INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE
Bob Persichetti
Peter Ramsey
Rodney Rothman
Other Nominees
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mary and the Witch’s Flower
Ralph Breaks the Internet
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Best Blockbuster Film
AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR
Anthony Russo
Joe Russo
Other Nominees
Aquaman
Black Panther
Deadpool 2
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
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Best Documentary
WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?
Morgan Neville
Other Nominees
Did You Wonder Who Fired The Gun
Free Solo
Minding the Gap
RBG
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Best Foreign Language Film
COLD WAR
Paweł Pawlikowski
Poland
Other Nominees
Burning - South Korea
Happy As Lazarro - Italy
Roma - Mexico
Shoplifters - Japan
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Best Horror or Thriller Film
HEREDITARY
Ari Aster
Other Nominees
Halloween
Mandy
A Quiet Place
Suspiria
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Best Independent or Limited Release Film
ROMA
Alfonso Cuaron
Other Nominees
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
First Reformed
Support the Girls
Thoroughbreds
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Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Film
ANNIHILATION
Alex Garland
Other Nominees
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Avengers: Infinity War
Ready Player One
Sorry to Bother You
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The following films did not win any Essential Film Awards but are noteworthy for their cinematic contributions in 2018:
ANT-MAN AND THE WASP
AT ETERNITY'S GATE
THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS
BLACK MIRROR: BANDERSNATCH
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
BUMBLEBEE
BURNING
CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?
CHRISTOPHER ROBIN
CREED II
DEADPOOL 2
DID YOU WONDER WHO FIRED THE GUN?
FREE SOLO
GAME NIGHT
HALLOWEEN
INCREDIBLES 2
ISLE OF DOGS
LOVE, SIMON
MARY AND THE WITCH'S FLOWER
MARY POPPINS RETURNS
A NIGHT AT THE GARDEN
PADDINGTON 2
RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET
RBG
SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY
SUPPORT THE GIRLS
TEEN TITANS GO! TO THE MOVIES
THOROUGHBREDS
THE WIFE
YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE
