The State of Oscar. 012020. The Sadness of the Long Distance (Oscar) Runner.
| January 20, 2020
| Rank | Last Chart | Best Director | Adams | Bahr | Ellwood | Howell | Johnson | Karger | Morales | Patterson | Poland | Pond | Rogers | Sneider | Stone | Votes | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Martin Scorsese The Irishman |
1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 75 | ||||
| 2 |
Quentin Tarantino Once Upon A Time ... |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 71 | ||||
| 3 |
Bong Joon-ho Parasite |
4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 62 | ||||
| 4 |
Noah Baumbach Marriage Story |
2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 35 | ||||||
| 5 |
Sam Mendes 1917 |
4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 31 | ||||||||
|
Taika Waititi Jojo Rabbit |
6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 21 | |||||||||
|
Greta Gerwig Little Women |
3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 | ||||||||||
|
Todd Phillips Joker |
6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||
|
Fernando Meirelles The Two Popes |
7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
|
Pedro Almodóvar Pain & Glory |
7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
|
Marielle Heller A Beautiful Day... |
7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| One Vote Wonders | |||||||||||||||||||
|
The Safdies Uncut Gems |
6 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
|
James Mangold Ford v Ferrari |
7 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Last Chart | Original Screenplay | Adams | Bahr | Ellwood | Howell | Johnson | Karger | Morales | Patterson | Poland | Pond | Rogers | Sneider | Stone | Votes | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Marriage Story |
1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 75 | ||||
| 2 |
Once Upon A Time ... |
2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 74 | ||||
| 3 |
Parasite |
5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 55 | |||||
| 4 |
The Farewell |
4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 41 | ||||
| 5 |
Dolemite is My Name |
7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 17 | ||||||||||
|
Ford v Ferrari |
7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 13 | |||||||||||
|
Pain & Glory |
5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 12 | |||||||||||
|
1917 |
5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |||||||||||||
|
Bombshell |
4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
|
Knives Out |
6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
|
Booksmart |
6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
|
Waves |
6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| One Vote Wonders | |||||||||||||||||||
|
Uncut Gems |
3 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Us |
5 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Queen & Slim |
5 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Last Chart | Adapted Screenplay | Adams | Bahr | Ellwood | Howell | Johnson | Karger | Morales | Patterson | Poland | Pond | Rogers | Sneider | Stone | Votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Irishman |
2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 77 | ||
| 2 |
Jojo Rabbit |
3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 67 | ||
| 3 |
Little Women |
1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 57 | ||
| 4 |
The Two Popes |
4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 49 | ||||
| 5 |
Joker |
6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 23 | ||||
|
A Beautiful Day... |
4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | |||||||
|
Hustlers |
5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 12 | ||||||||
|
Toy Story 4 |
5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | ||||||||||||
|
Just Mercy |
6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | ||||||||||
|
Richard Jewell |
6 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
The Gurus, At Your Service
Thelma Adams: Author, Critic, Oscar Expert
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Gregory Ellwood: The Playlist
Peter Howell: Toronto Star
Mark Johnson: Awards Circuit
Dave Karger: TCM, IMDb
Tomris Laffly: Freelance (RogerEbert.com, Time Out New York, Film Journal International)
Wilson Morales: BlackFilm.com
Michael Patterson: Michael’s Telluride Film Blog; Twitter; Facebook
David Poland
Steve Pond: The Wrap
NathanielR: The Film Experience
Sasha Stone: Awards Daily
Jeff Sneider: Collider
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I assume this is so strange a year, in the news, that documentary subjects must be easy to find.