Critics’ Choice Awards 2019 Nominations: The Favourite Leads with 12

Just in from the Critics’ Choice nominations announcement, and it was a good day for The Favourite, which leads all films today with 12 nominations in the major categories. Its trio of leading ladies all scored nominations, it’s also up for Picture and Director, Original Screenplay, and a ton of technical nominations.

Black Panther was just behind it with 11 nods in the majors. It’s up for Picture, Supporting Actor for Michael B. Jordan, Adapted Screenplay, and also scored in the Ensemble category, in addition to its tech appraisals. Next up, a big surprise, First Man, which was on life support up til this morning, but punched back hard with 10 nominations in the majors, including Picture, Director, Actor, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay, and another 5 nominations in the tech categories.

A Star is Born also scored well here today with 9 nominations. Vice, Mary Poppins Returns, and Roma each scored 8 nominations.

Remember that Critics’ Choice also has categories like Best Action and Best Horror films, but for the sake of time and predictions, we are foregoing that. Here are the list of nominations for the major categories:

Best Picture
A Star is Born
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
First Man
Green Book
If Beale Street Could Talk
Mary Poppins Returns
Roma
The Favourite
Vice

Best Director
Damien Chazelle, First Man
Bradley Cooper, A Star is Born
Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
Peter Farrelly, Green Book
Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite
Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman
Adam McKay, Vice

Best Actor
Christian Bale, Vice
Bradley Cooper, A Star is Born
Willem Dafoe, At Eternity’s Gate
Ryan Gosling, First Man
Ethan Hawke, First Reformed
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
Viggo Mortensen, Green Book

Best Actress
Yalitza Aparicio, Roma
Emily Blunt, Mary Poppins Returns
Glenn Close, The Wife
Toni Collette, Hereditary
Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Lady Gaga, A Star is Born
Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali, Green Book
Timothee Chalamet, Beautiful Boy
Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman
Sam Elliott, A Star is Born
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Michael B. Jordan, Black Panther

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, Vice
Claire Foy, First Man
Nicole Kidman, Boy Erased
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone, The Favourite
Rachel Weisz, The Favourite

Best Ensemble
Black Panther
Crazy Rich Asians
The Favourite
Vice
Widows

Best Original Screenplay
A Quiet Place
Eighth Grade
First Reformed
Green Book
Roma
The Favourite
Vice

Best Adapted Screenplay
A Star is Born
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk

Best Animated Feature
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
The Grinch

Best Foreign Language
Burning
Capernaum
Cold War
Roma
Shoplifters

Best Cinematography
A Star is Born
Black Panther
First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk
Roma
The Favourite

Best Film Editing
A Star is Born
First Man
Roma
The Favourite
Vice
Widows

Best Production Design
Black Panther
Crazy Rich Asians
First Man
Mary Poppins Returns
Roma
The Favourite

Best Costume Design
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
Mary Poppins Returns
Mary Queen of Scots
The Favourite

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
Mary Queen of Scots
Suspiria
The Favourite
Vice

Best Original Score
Black Panther
First Man
Green Book
If Beale Street Could Talk
Isle of Dogs
Mary Poppins Returns

Best Original Song
“Shallow” from A Star is Born
“All the Stars” from Black Panther
“Girls in the Movies” from Dumplin
“The Place Where Lost Things Go” from Mary Poppins Returns
“Trip a Little Light Fantastic” from Mary Poppins Returns
“I’ll Fight” from RBG

Best Visual Effects
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
First Man
Mary Poppins Returns
Mission: Impossible-Fallout
Ready Player One

Obviously some of the biggest inclusions here are First Man’s love in the top categories, where it seemed all was lost. Now it has Critics’ Choice in its corner, which may help it going forward. Willem Dafoe continues his march to a possible Oscar nom with another nod here today. After Globes and Critics’ Choice, he may end up with Oscar, too. Toni Collette is another surprise here today with her Lead Actress nod for Hereditary. While she didn’t score at the Globes, she may still be in the hunt for the Oscar. Adam McKay and Peter Farrelly both scored a nomination in Best Director, proving they’re not just Globes favorites. One last surprise in the top categories was A Quiet Place, which missed out for Picture and acting prizes, but still scored a Best Original Screenplay nomination.

Of the exclusions, there’s less to say, but that’s mainly because so many of these categories have seven nominees, which will not happen at the Oscars, so it was easy to get everybody in today. Even with seven Best Director nominees, Ryan Coogler and Barry Jenkins were left out, and unfortunately for them, it may be the end of the line, unless they strike hard with nominations from the Directors Guild next month. Seven nominees in Best Actor, but John David Washington from BlacKkKlansman wasn’t one of them. His nod at the Globes may be a red herring for future nominations, but we’ll have to wait and see. One more is Michelle Yeoh, and Crazy Rich Asians as a whole. Not only did Michelle miss, but no nominations for Screenplay or Picture, either. It only received a nod for its Ensemble and Production Design.

The Critic’s Choice Awards 2019 is being held on January 14th, 2019.