The National Society Of Film Critics recently announced their annual awards winners.
*This society uses a weighted where members give 3 points to their first choice, 2 to their second choice and 1 to their third choice.*
Best Picture: “Lady Bird” (41)
Runners Up: “Get Out” (39) & “Phantom Thread” (28)
Best Actor: Daniel Kaluuya – “Get Out” (44)
Runners Up: Daniel Day-Lewis – “Phantom Thread” (34) & Timothée Chalamet – “Call Me By Your Name” (24)
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins – “The Shape Of Water” And “Maudie” (49)
Runners Up: Saoirse Ronan – “Lady Bird” (44), Cynthia Nixon – “A Quiet Passion” & Frances McDormand – “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (24)
Best Supporting Actress: Laurie Metcalf – “Lady Bird” (74)
Runners Up: Lesley Manville – “Phantom Thread” (36) & Allison Janney – “I, Tonya” (24)
Best Supporting Actor: Willem Dafoe – “The Florida Project” (62)
Runners Up: Michael Stuhlbarg – “Call Me By Your Name”, “The Shape Of Water” & “The Post” (25) & Sam Rockwell – “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (23)
Best Director: Greta Gerwig – “Lady Bird” (37)
Runners Up: Paul Thomas Anderson – “Phantom Thread” & Jordan Peele – “Get Out” (36)
Best Screenplay: Greta Gerwig – “Lady Bird” (50)
Runners Up: Jordan Peele – “Get Out” (49) & Paul Thomas Anderson – “Phantom Thread” (31)
Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins – “Blade Runner 2049” (40)
Runners Up: Hoyte Van Hoytema – “Dunkirk” (39) & Alexis Zabe – “The Florida Project” (36)
Best Foreign Language Film: “Graduation” (35)
Runners Up: “Faces Places” (30) & “BPM (Beats Per Minute)” (29)
Best Documentary: “Faces Places” (70)
Runners Up: “Ex Libris: The New York Public Library” (34) & “Dawson City: Frozen Time” (32)
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