THB #93: The Batman (no spoilers)
| March 6, 2022
| Rank | Last Chart | Best Picture | Adams | Bahr | Ellwood | Howell | Johnson | Karger | Morales | Patterson | Poland | Pond | Rogers | Sneider | Stone | Votes | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 |
Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 129 | ||||
| 2 | 1 |
The Irishman |
2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 112 | ||||
| 3 | 3 |
Parasite |
4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 107 | ||||
| 4 | 4 |
Marriage Story |
3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 89 | ||||
| 5 | 5 |
1917 |
5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 84 | ||||
| 6 | 8 |
Little Women |
6 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 64 | ||||
| 7 | 7 |
Joker |
7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 63 | ||||
| 8 | 6 |
Jojo Rabbit |
6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 47 | |||||
| 9 | 9 |
Ford v Ferrari |
10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 36 | |||||
| 10 |
Knives Out |
9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 17 | ||||||||
| t-10 |
Bombshell |
11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 16 | ||||||||||
| t-10 |
The Two Popes |
10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 15 | |||||||||||
|
The Farewell |
8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||
|
Uncut Gems |
10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||
|
Rocketman |
12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| One Vote Wonders | |||||||||||||||||||
|
Dolemite Is My Name |
8 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Last Chart | Underdogs 2019 | Adams | Bahr | Ellwood | Howell | Johnson | Karger | Morales | Patterson | Poland | Pond | Rogers | Sneider | Stone | Votes | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
The Farewell |
* | * | * | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
|
Adam Sandler Uncut Gems |
* | * | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
|
Christian Bale Ford v Ferrari |
* | * | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
|
Tracy Letts Ford v Ferrari |
* | * | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
|
Hustlers |
* | * | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
|
Greta Gerwig Director, Little Women |
* | * | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
|
Zhao Shuzhen The Farewell |
* | * | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
|
Taylor Russell Waves |
* | * | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| One Vote Wonders | |||||||||||||||||||
|
Kevin Garnett Uncut Gems |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Uncut Gems |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Jonathan Pryce The Two Popes |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Julie Hagerty |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Bill Camp Dark Waters |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Avengers: Endgame |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Hidden Life |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Almodóvar Director, Pain & Glory |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|
John Lithgow Bombshell |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Terminator: Dark Fate FX |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Paul Walter Hauser RIchard Jewell |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Todd Phillips Joker |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Jessie Buckley Wild Rose |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Ad Astra |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|
A Beautiful Day |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Pain & Glory |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Uncut Gems Film Editing |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Honeyboy |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Harriet |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|
The Safdies Uncut Gems |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|
I Lost My Body Score |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Rocketman Production Design |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Willem Dafoe The Lighthouse |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Song Kang-ho Parasite |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Julia Butters Once Upon A Time ... |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Nahéma Ricci Antigone |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|
The Peanut Butter Falcon |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Daniel Craig Knives Out |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Florence Pugh Midsommar |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Camila Morrone Mickey and the Bear |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Sienna Miller American Woman |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Portrait of a Lady on Fire |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Annette Bening The Report |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Taika Waititi Jojo Rabbit |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Just Mercy |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Timothée Chalamet Little Women |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
The Gurus, At Your Service
Thelma Adams: Author, Critic, Oscar Expert @thelmadams
Robyn Bahr: Freelance (Hollywood Reporter, Vanity Fair, Guardian) @RobynBahr
Gregory Ellwood: The Playlist @TheGregoryE
Peter Howell: Toronto Star @peterhowellfilm
Mark Johnson: Awards Circuit
Dave Karger: TCM, IMDb
Wilson Morales: BlackFilm.com
Michael Patterson: Michael’s Telluride Film Blog; Twitter; Facebook
David Poland @DavidPoland
Steve Pond: The Wrap
NathanielR: The Film Experience
Sasha Stone: Awards Daily @AwardsDaily
Jeff Sneider: Collider @TheInSneider
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—is there a possibility that the animated short film “Le Mans 1955” will be nominated.
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