JASON'S BEST: If I Voted For The Oscars 2024 (Return to Jason's Best Main Page)


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Here's the detailed list of my Oscar choices for 2024, if I were allowed to vote -- my choice for the winner is in bold -- in addition, I have also included a few additional categories worth mentioning...


Anora, The Best Film of 2024

BEST PICTURE
Anora
A Complete Unknown
A Real Pain
The Substance
Sing Sing

BEST ACTOR
Ralph Fiennes in Conclave
Timothee Chalamet in A Complete Unknown
Adrien Brody in The Brutalist
Colman Domingo in Sing Sing
Daniel Craig in Queer

BEST ACTRESS
Mikey Madison in Anora
Pamela Anderson in The Last Showgirl
Cynthia Erivo in Wicked
Demi Moore in The Substance
Fernanda Torres in I'm Still Here

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Yura Borisov in Anora
Edward Norton in A Complete Unknown
Kieran Culkin in A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin in Sing Sing
Denzel Washington in Gladiator II

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Monica Barbaro in A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande in Wicked
Felicity Jones in The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini in Conclave
Zoe Saldana in Emilia Perez

BEST DIRECTOR
James Mangold for A Complete Unknown
Sean Baker for Anora
Edward Berger for Conclave
Jon M. Chu for Wicked
Coralie Fargeat for The Substance

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anora
A Real Pain
The Brutalist
September 5
The Substance

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
Wicked

BEST MUSIC - ORIGINAL SCORE
Daniel Blumberg for The Brutalist
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross for Challengers
John Powell & Stephen Schwartz for Wicked
Volker Bertelmann for Conclave
Hans Zimmer for Blitz
Gints Zilbalodis & Rihards Zalupe for Flow

BEST MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG
"Beautiful That Way" from The Last Showgirl -- Performed by Miley Cyrus
"El Mal" from Emilia Perez -- Performed by Zoe Saldana & Karla Sofia Gascon
"Kiss the Sky" from The Wild Robot -- Performed by Maren Morris
"Like a Bird" from Sing Sing -- Performed by Adrian Quesada & Abraham Alexander
"Mi Camino" from Emilia Perez -- Performed by Selena Gomez
"The Journey" from The Six Triple Eight -- Performed by H.E.R.
"Harper and Will Go West" from Harper and Will -- Performed by Kristen Wiig
"Ain't No Love in Oklahoma" from Twisters -- Performed by Luke Combs

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Nosferatu
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
The Brutalist
Wicked

BEST FILM EDITING
Anora
Conclave
The Substance
Emilia Perez
Wicked

BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN
Conclave
Nosferatu
Saturday Night
The Substance
Wicked

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Conclave
Gladiator II
Maria
Nosferatu
Wicked

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Nosferatu
Emilia Perez
The Substance
Wicked

BEST SOUND
A Complete Unknown
Nosferatu
September 5
Dune: Part Two
Wicked

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Alien: Romulus
Better Man
Dune: Part Two
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Wicked

BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
A Complete Unknown
Anora
Emilia Perez
Sing Sing
Wicked

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Flow
Inside Out 2
The Wild Robot

BEST SCENE OR SEQUENCE IN A 2024 MOTION PICTURE
Performance of "El Mal" in Emilia Perez
The final match point sequence that ends Challengers
Riding the sandworm in Dune: Part Two
The "Defying Gravity" ending in Wicked
The chilling "what kind of American are you?" scene in Civil War
The realistic panic attack as Anxiety loses control in Inside Out 2
The ending of Anora

BEST FILM QUOTE OF THE YEAR
"Don't let the now destroy the forever." from Megalopolis
"Your Little Cinematic Universe is About to Change Forever. I'm the Messiah. I Am Marvel Jesus." from Deadpool & Wolverine
"I don't know how to stop Anxiety. Maybe we can't. Maybe this is what happens when you grow up. You feel less joy." from Inside Out 2
"What has been used on one side, is lost on the other side. There's no going back." from The Substance
"They kept saying, 'Time heals all wounds' But that's a lie. Time is the wound." from Lisa Frankenstein
"He who can destroy a thing has the real control of it." from Dune: Part Two
"Once you start asking yourself those questions, you can't stop. So we don't ask. We record, so other people ask. Want to be a journalist? That's the job." from Civil War