Celebrating our Favorite Films of 2019
On our first anniversary, Cinapse’s one-year celebration of cinema coincided with another little-known ceremony called “The Oscars.” We’re here on year lucky number 7 to continue the tradition with the Seventh Annual Cinapse Awards!
A major part of our purpose here at Cinapse has always been to celebrate and advocate for films, so doing our very own awards has always felt apt. We hope you enjoy reading and please feel free to debate and discuss our choices with us in the comments section or on Twitter or Facebook! What did we miss? Where are we dead wrong? Where do you agree with us wholeheartedly? We’d love to hear from you!
GENRE BREAKOUT OF THE YEAR:
Winner — Fast Color
2 — The Lighthouse
3 — [Tie] Swallow and Midsommar
5 — [Tie] Dragged Across Concrete and Knives Out
MOVIE POSTER OF THE YEAR:
Winner — Us
2 — [Tie] Parasite and Dark Phoenix (Chinese)
4 — Nightingale
5 — Midsommar
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Winner — Parasite
2 — Portrait of a Lady on Fire
3 — One Cut of the Dead
4 — Tigers Are Not Afraid
5 — Monos
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Winner — I Lost My Body
2 — Frozen 2
3 — Toy Story 4
4 — Klaus
5 — Missing Link
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Winner — Apollo 11
2 — Horror Noire
3 — Amazing Grace
4 — Hail Satan?
5 — Knock Down
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Winner — The Lighthouse
Director of Photography: Jarin Blaschke
2 — [Tie] 1917 and Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood
4 — Hidden Life
5 — Portrait of a Lady on Fire
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Winner — Parasite, written by Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won
2 — Knives Out
3 — Portrait of a Lady on Fire
4 — Midsommar
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Winner — Little Women, adapted by Greta Gerwig
2 — The Irishman
3 — Jojo Rabbit
4 — Dark Waters
5 — Hustlers
FEMALE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Winner — Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
2 — Laura Dern, Marriage Story
3 — Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit
4 — Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Dolemite Is My Name
5 — Zhao Shuzhen, The Farewell
MALE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Winner — Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood
2 — Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse
3 — Wesley Snipes, Dolemite Is My Name
4 — Song Kang Ho, Parasite
5 — Bill Camp, Dark Waters
FEMALE IN A LEADING ROLE
Winner — Lupita Nyong’o, Us
2 — Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
3 — Elisabeth Moss, Her Smell
4 — Awkwafina, The Farewell
5 — Zhao Tao, Ash is Purest White
MALE IN A LEADING ROLE
Winner — Adam Driver, Marriage Story
2 — Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems
3 — Eddie Murphy, Dolemite is My Name
4 — Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
5 — Leonard DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood
BEST DIRECTION
Winner — Bong Joon Ho, Parasite
2 — Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood
3 — Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
4 — [Tie] Craig Brewer, Dolemite is My Name and Celine Sciamma, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
5 — Greta Gerwig, Little Women
BEST PICTURE
Winner — Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood
2 — Parasite
3 — Portrait of a Lady on Fire
4 — The Irishman
5 — Knives Out
6 — Uncut Gems
7 — Midsommar
8 — [Tie] Us and Little Women
10 — [Tie] The Farewell and The Hidden