Detroit Film Critics Society is pleased to announce the Best of 2019 winners in twelve categories. The Detroit Film Critics Society was founded in Spring 2007 and consists of a group of 19 film critics with a Michigan connection who write or broadcast in the Detroit area as well as other major cities including Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Flint, Michigan; and Toledo, Ohio.
Each critic submitted their top 5 picks in the following categories: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Ensemble, Breakthrough in any category, Best Screenplay, Best Documentary, Best Animated Feature and Best Use of Music; making for a total of 12 categories. From these submissions, each entry was given a point value and the top 5 in each category were placed on the final ballot. From there, winners have been chosen based on the same point system. Below are the nominees with winners in bold font. Time to see what made the cut in 2019!
THE NOMINATIONS FOR 2019, WINNERS IN BOLD
(in alphabetical order)
BEST PICTURE
- The Irishman
- Jojo Rabbit
- Marriage Story
- Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
- Parasite
BEST DIRECTOR
- Noah Baumbach – Marriage Story
- Bong Joon Ho – Parasite
- Martin Scorsese – The Irishman
- Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
- Taika Waititi – Jojo Rabbit
BEST ACTOR
- Adam Driver – Marriage Story
- Robert de Niro – The Irishman
- Robert Pattinson – The Lighthouse
- Joaquin Phoenix – Joker
- Adam Sandler – Uncut Gems
BEST ACTRESS
- Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story
- Julianne Moore – Gloria Bell
- Lupita Nyong’o – Us
- Charlize Theron – Bombshell
- Renée Zellweger – Judy
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Willem Dafoe – The Lighthouse
- Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
- Joe Pesci – The Irishman
- Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
- Sam Rockwell – Richard Jewell
- Wesley Snipes – Dolemite Is My Name
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Kathy Bates – Richard Jewell
- Laura Dern – Marriage Story
- Scarlett Johansson – Jojo Rabbit
- Anna Paquin – The Irishman
- Florence Pugh – Little Women
BEST ENSEMBLE
- Dolemite Is My Name
- The Farewell
- The Irishman
- Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
- Parasite
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
- Ana de Armas – Actress (Knives Out)
- Jessie Buckley – Actress (Wild Rose, Judy)
- Kaitlyn Dever – Actress (Booksmart, Them That Follow)
- Aisling Franciosi – Actress (The Nightingale)
- Paul Walter Hauser – Actor (Richard Jewell, Late Night, Beats, 7 Days to Vegas)
- Florence Pugh – Actress (Fighting with My Family, Midsommar, Little Women)
- Lulu Wang – Writer/Director/Producer (The Farewell)
- Olivia Wilde – Director (Booksmart)
BEST SCREENPLAY
- Noah Baumbach – Marriage Story
- Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won – Parasite
- Robert Eggers and Max Eggers – The Lighthouse
- Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
- Steve Zaillian – The Irishman
BEST DOCUMENTARY
- Amazing Grace
- Apollo 11
- Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
- Knock Down the House
- Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
- Frozen II
- How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
- I Lost My Body
- Klaus
- Toy Story 4
BEST USE OF MUSIC
- 1917
- Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
- Rocketman
- Uncut Gems
- Wild Rose
The Detroit Film Critics Society members for the 2019-2020 season in alphabetical order are as follows: Nate Adams – The Clinton Local; Paul Arlon – The Downtown Monitor; Kirk Baird – The Toledo Blade; Jonathan Barkan – DreadCentral.com; George Elkind – Metro Times; Christopher Giroux – Moviereelist.com; Corey Hall – Metro Times; Michelle Kisner – SpoilerFreeMovieSleuth.com; Warren Pierce – WJR Radio; Greg Russell – WDIV Live in the D; Tom Santilli – Movie Show Plus; Debbie Schlussel – Larry the Cable Guy Show; Perry Seibert – The Lucy Ann Lance Show on 1290AM; John Serba – JohnSerbaAtLarge.com; Montilee Stormer – Moviereelist.com; Lee Thomas – WJBK Fox 2 Detroit; Mike Tyrkus – CinemaNerdz.com; Carl Wheeler – TheReelGodfather.com; Chris Williams, MichiganSportsandEntertainment.com.
