Every year, the TFCA which I am a member of sit down and debate the best of the best in all the various film categories. It is an exhaustive voting and nomination process. The debates are always lively though they can get quite heated as well.
My main concern is that not every member has seen all the good films to vote. My favorite two films this year LES MISERABLES and 1917 was were not nominated for this very reason. Nothing one can do about that, so as they say, it is what it is.
The best film is PARASITE afar a lively debate between it and THE IRISHMAN.
Christmas sees a release of a dozen or so more films, many not on the prize winning list. BOMBSHELL, CATS, RICHARD JEWELL are late entries that again, missed the nominations.
Below is the complete list of 2019 nominees and winners. The Winners are indicted with an asterisk.
BEST PICTURE:
The Irishman
Marriage Story
Parasite ***
BEST ACTOR:
Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
Adam Driver, Marriage Story ***
Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems
BEST ACTRESS:
Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
Lupita Nyong’o, Us
Renee Zellweger, Judy
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse
Joe Pesci, The Irishman
Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood ***
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Laura Dern, Marriage Story ***
Julia Fox, Uncut Gems
Florence Pugh, Little Women
BEST DIRECTOR:
Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story
Bong Joon-ho, Parasite ***
Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
BEST SCREENPLAY:
The Irishman ***
Marriage Story
Parasite
BEST FIRST FEATURE:
Atlantics
Booksmart ***
Queen & Slim
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: (there was a tie for 3rd)
How to Train Your Dragon…
Frozen 2
Missing Link ***
Toy Story 4
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM:
Pain and Glory
Parasite ***
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
American Factory
Apollo 11 ***
The Cave