Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) announce their Nominations

The awards body formerly known as the Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society (LAOFCS) tonight announced their nominees for the work in film for 2019. The critics group are now named the Hollywood Critics Association (HCA). As far as we know nothing else has changed. The awards winners will be revealed on 9th January 2020. For now, here are the nominations:

Best Picture

1917
Booksmart
The Farewell
The Irishman
Joker
Jojo Rabbit
Parasite
Marriage Story
Once Upon A Time in Hollywood
Waves

Best Actor

Adam Driver (Marriage Story)
Eddie Murphy (Dolemite is My Name)
Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)
Leonardo DiCaprio (Once Upon A Time in Hollywood)
Taron Egerton (Rocketman)

Best Actress

Awkwafina (The Farewell)
Charlize Theron (Bombshell)
Lupita Nyong’o (Us)
Renée Zellweger (Judy)
Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story)

Best Supporting Actor

Brad Pitt (Once Upon A Time in Hollywood)
Joe Pesci (The Irishman)
Shia LaBeouf (Honey Boy)
Sterling K. Brown (Waves)
Tom Hanks (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood)

Best Supporting Actress

Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers)
Laura Dern (Marriage Story)
Margot Robbie (Once Upon A Time In Hollywood)
Taylor Russell (Waves)
Zhao Shuzhen (The Farewell)

Best Male Director

Bong Joon Ho (Parasite)
Martin Scorsese (The Irishman)
Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story)
Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon A Time In Hollywood)
Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit)

Best Original Screenplay

Bong Joon-ho & Han Jin-won (Parasite)
Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Susanna Fogel, & Katie Silberman (Booksmart)
Lulu Wang (The Farewell)
Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story)
Rian Johnson (Knives Out)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit)
Steven Zaillian (The Irishman)
Anthony McCarten (The Two Popes)
Scott Silver and Todd Phillips (Joker)
Lorene Scafaria (Hustlers)

Best Female Director

Alma Har’el (Honey Boy)
Greta Gerwig (Little Women)
Lorene Scafaria (Hustlers)
Lulu Wang (The Farewell)
Olivia Wilde (Booksmart)

Best Performance by an Actor or Actress 23 and Under

Kaitlyn Dever (Booksmart)
Julia Butters (Once Upon A Time In Hollywood)
Noah Jupe (Honey Boy)
Roman Griffin Davis (Jojo Rabbit)
Thomasin McKenzie (Jojo Rabbit)

Breakthrough Performance

Jessie Buckley (Wild Rose)
Kelvin Harrison Jr (Waves)
Paul Walter Hauser (Richard Jewell)
Taylor Russell (Waves)
Zack Gottsagen (The Peanut Butter Falcon)

Best Cast

Avengers: Endgame
The Irishman
Knives Out
Once Upon A Time in Hollywood
Waves

Best First Feature

Brittany Runs A Marathon
Booksmart
Honey Boy
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Queen & Slim

Best Independent Film

Booksmart
The Farewell
Honey Boy
Luce
Waves

Best Action/War Film

1917
Avengers: Endgame
Captain Marvel
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum

Best Animated Film

Abominable
Frozen II
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Missing Link
Toy Story 4

Best Blockbuster

Avengers: Endgame
Captain Marvel
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Shazam!
Spider-Man: Far From Home

Best Comedy/Musical

Booksmart
Blinded by The Light
Dolemite is My Name
Long Shot
Rocketman

Best Documentary

American Factory
Apollo 11
Hail Satan?
The Kingmaker
Love, Antosha

Best Foreign Language Film

The Farewell
Monos
Pain & Glory
Parasite
Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Best Horror

Crawl
Doctor Sleep
Midsommar
Ready or Not
Us

Best Animated or VFX Performance

Josh Brolin (Avengers: Endgame)
Robert De Niro (The Irishman)
Rosa Salazar (Alita: Battle Angel)
Ryan Reynolds (Pokemon Detective Pikachu)
Tom Hanks (Toy Story 4)

Best Cinematography

Drew Daniel (Waves)
Jarin Blaschke (The Lighthouse)
Lawrence Sher (Joker)
Robert Richardson (Once Upon A Time In Hollywood)
Roger Deakins (1917)

Best Costume Design

Arianne Phillips (Once Upon A Time In Hollywood)
Julian Day (Rocketman)
Jacqueline Durran (Little Women)
Ruth E Carter (Dolemite is My Name)
Mark Bridges (Joker)

Best Editing

Fred Raskin (Once Upon A Time In Hollywood)
Lee Smith (1917)
Michael McCusker (Ford V. Ferrari)
Thelma Schoonmaker (The Irishman)
Yang Jin-mo (Parasite)

Best Hair and Makeup

Judy
Bombshell
Joker
The Irishman
Rocketman

Best Original Song

“Catchy Song” (The Lego Movie: The Second Part)
“Glasgow” (Wild Rose)
“(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” (Rocketman)
“Into The Unknown” (Frozen 2)
“Speechless” (Aladdin)

Best Score

Alexandre Desplat, Little Women
Hildur Guðnadóttir, Joker
Michael Abels, Us
Thomas Newman, 1917
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Waves

Best Stunt Work

1917
Avengers: Endgame
Captain Marvel
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum

Best Visual Effects

Ad Astra
Avengers: Endgame
Alita: Battle Angel
1917
The Irishman