Celebrating our Favorite Films of 2020
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 8 to continue the tradition with the Eighth 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!
MOVIE POSTER OF THE YEAR:
Winner — Da 5 Bloods
2 — Promising Young Woman
3 — Wonder Woman 1984
4 — Birds of Prey
GENRE BREAKOUT OF THE YEAR:
Winner —[Tie] The Vast of Night and Palm Springs
Runnerups — Lost Bullet and Samurai Marathon
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
Winner — Another Round
2 — [Tie] Bacurau and Collective
3 — La Llorona
BEST ANIMATED FILM:
Winner —[Tie] Wolf Walkers and Soul
2— [Tie] Onward and Over The Moon
BEST DOCUMENTARY:
Winner — Time
2— [Tie] Collective and Dick Johnson is Dead
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Winner — The Vast of Night
2 — Tenet
Runnerups— Emma, I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Nomadland, Mank, Minari
BEST SCREENPLAY:
Winner — The Invisible Man
2 — Promising Young Woman
3 — The Vast of Night
4 — Minari
MALE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Winner — Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah) and Paul Raci (The Sound of Metal)
2 — [Tie] Leslie Odom, Jr. (One Night In Miami) and Chadwick Boseman (Da 5 Bloods)
FEMALE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Winner — Youn Yuh-jung— Minari
2 — Amanda Seyfried — Mank
3 — Maria Bakalova— Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
MALE IN A LEADING ROLE:
Winner — Riz Ahmed (The Sound of Metal)
2 — Delroy Lindo (Da 5 Bloods)
3— [Tie]Anthony Hopkins (The Father), Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom), Mads Mikkelsen (Another Round), Steven Yeun (Minari)
FEMALE IN A LEADING ROLE:
Winner — Elisabeth Moss ( The Invisible Man)
2 — Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman)
BEST DIRECTION:
Winner — Leigh Whannell — The Invisible Man
2 — [Tie] Isaac Chung — Minari, Eliza Hittman — Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Chloe Zhao — Nomadland and Emerald Fennell — Promising Young Woman
BEST PICTURE:
Winner — Minari
Runnerups — Da 5 Bloods, Nomadland, The Sound of Metal