My Movie Awards for 2024
The movies I thought should have been nominated and won for the Academy Awards. I include two categories the Academy does not: Ensemble and Stunts. I also include TV movies. **Winner** designates Winner. Movies I still need to see: "Killers of the Flower Moon", "Napoleon", "20 Days in Mariupol", "Bobi Wine: The People's President", "The Eternal Memory", "Io Capitano", "Perfect Days", "Golda" and "Guardians of the Galaxy Part 3".
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- DirectorA.V. RockwellStarsTeyana TaylorAaron Kingsley AdetolaAven CourtneyAfter unapologetic and fiercely loyal Inez kidnaps her son Terry from the foster care system, mother and son set out to reclaim their sense of home, identity, and stability, in a rapidly changing New York City.Actress: Teyana Taylor
- DirectorAndrew HaighStarsAndrew ScottPaul MescalCarter John GroutA screenwriter drawn back to his childhood home enters into a fledgling relationship with his downstairs neighbor while discovering a mysterious new way to heal from losing his parents 30 years ago.Actor: Andrew Scott, Adapted Screenplay, Director, Ensemble, Movie
- DirectorCord JeffersonStarsJeffrey WrightSkyler WrightJohn AlesA novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of the hypocrisy and madness he claims to disdain.**Adapted Screenplay**, Director, Ensemble, Movie, Supporting Actor: Sterling K. Brown, Supporting Actress: Leslie Uggams
- DirectorJustine TrietStarsSandra HüllerSwann ArlaudMilo Machado-GranerA woman is suspected of murder after her husband's death; their half-blind son faces a moral dilemma as the main witness."Anatomy of a Fall": Actress: Sandra Huller, Supporting Actor: Milo Machado-Graner
- DirectorGreta GerwigStarsMargot RobbieRyan GoslingIssa RaeBarbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the outside world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among regular humans.Costume Design, Song: "I'm Just Ken"
- DirectorThiago CazadoStarsLéo CariusThiago CazadoWilliam FerreiraPaulo, a macho man in an unhappy marriage, discovers a hidden paradise of sexual freedom in the forest. When he starts falling for a young and sexually confident fellow cruiser, he realizes that his life will never be the same again."Behind the Trees": Cinematography
- DirectorMadeleine GavinStarsHyeonseo LeeSung-eun KimSo-yeon LeeThe story of several families as they attempt to escape oppression in North Korea, revealing a world most of us have never seen.Documentary
- DirectorYuzuru TachikawaStarsJunya AbeYutaka AoyamaMika DoiDai Miyamoto, a student from Sendai, receives a saxophone as a gift from his brother, Masayuki. He starts practicing immediately.Animated Film
- DirectorLarry CharlesStarsJosh SharpAaron JacksonNathan LaneA pair of business rivals discover that they're identical twins and decide to swap places in an attempt to trick their divorced parents to get back together.Song: "Lonely"
- DirectorRightor DoyleStarsZachary QuintoLukas GageJudith LightA deeply repressed man, the uninhibited young man that gives him a happy ending, and all the lives they ruin along the way.Movie, **Song: " Higher"**, **Supporting Actress: Judith Light**
- DirectorJulie CohenStarsSean Saifa WallAlicia Roth WeigelRiver GalloFocuses on three individuals who overcame shame, secrecy, and unauthorized surgery throughout their childhoods to enjoy successful adulthoods. Choosing to ignore medical advice to conceal their bodies and coming out as who they truly were.Documentary
- DirectorKaouther Ben HaniaStarsOlfa HamrouniEya ChikhaouiTayssir ChikhaouiBetween light and darkness stands Olfa, a Tunisian woman and the mother of four daughters. One day, her two older daughters disappear. Filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania invites professional actresses to fill in their absence."Four Daughters": **Documentary**, International Film
- DirectorTakashi YamazakiStarsMinami HamabeRyûnosuke KamikiSakura AndôPost-war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb."Godzilla Minus One": Costume Design, **Editing**, **International Film**, Movie, Production Design, Score, Sound, Stunts, **Visual Effects**
- DirectorDaniel GoldhaberStarsAriela BarerKristine FrosethLukas GageA crew of environmental activists plot a daring plan to disrupt an oil pipeline.Ensemble
- DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsDave BautistaJonathan GroffBen AldridgeWhile vacationing, a girl and her parents are taken hostage by armed strangers who demand that the family make a choice to avert the apocalypse.Adapted Screenplay
- DirectorGerard JohnstoneStarsAllison WilliamsViolet McGrawRonny ChiengWhen robotics engineer Gemma becomes the guardian of her orphaned niece, Cady, she thinks her new invention, a robotic AI, will be a good companion. However, M3GAN begins to behave in unexpected and shocking ways.Stunts
- DirectorBradley CooperStarsCarey MulliganBradley CooperMatt BomerThis love story chronicles the lifelong relationship of conductor-composer Leonard Bernstein and actress Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein.**Cinematography**, **Hair & Makeup Design**, **Score**, Sound
- DirectorChristopher McQuarrieStarsTom CruiseHayley AtwellVing RhamesEthan Hunt and his IMF team must track down a dangerous weapon before it falls into the wrong hands.Sound
- DirectorsNick BrunoTroy QuaneStarsChloë Grace MoretzRiz AhmedEugene Lee YangWhen a knight in a futuristic medieval world is framed for a crime he didn't commit, the only one who can help him prove his innocence is Nimona -- a mischievous teen who happens to be a shapeshifting creature he's sworn to destroy.**Animated Film**
- DirectorFerzan ÖzpetekStarsLuisa RanieriGreta ScaranoLoredana CannataTwo 25-year-old men who meet by chance, fall madly in love, and are then separated due to an unexpected event. For the next thirty years they pursue the hope of finding each other again.Actor: Damiano Gavino, Director, International Film, Movie, Original Screenplay
- DirectorsJimmy ChinElizabeth Chai VasarhelyiStarsAnnette BeningJodie FosterAnne Marie KempfThe remarkable true story of athlete Diana Nyad who, at the age of 60 and with the help of her best friend and coach, commits to achieving her life-long dream: a 110-mile open ocean swim from Cuba to Florida.Actress: Annette Bening, Supporting Actress: Jodie Foster
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsCillian MurphyEmily BluntMatt DamonA dramatization of the life story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist who had a large hand in the development of the atomic bombs that brought an end to World War II.**Actor: Cillian Murphy**, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Costume Design, **Director**, Editing, **Ensemble**, Hair & Makeup Design, **Movie**, Production Design, Score, **Sound**, Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr., Visual Effects
- DirectorCeline SongStarsGreta LeeTeo YooJohn MagaroNora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny.Actor: Teo Yoo, Actress: Greta Lee, International Film, Movie, **Original Screenplay**
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsEmma StoneMark RuffaloWillem DafoeAn account of the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter.**Actress: Emma Stone**, Adapted Screenplay, Costume Design, Director, Editing, Ensemble, Hair & Makeup Design, Movie, **Production Design**, Score, Supporting Actor: Mark Ruffalo, **Supporting Actor: Willem Dafoe**, Supporting Actress: Kathryn Hunter, Visual Effects
- DirectorJessica YuStarsAwkwafinaSandra OhWill FerrellA game-show-obsessed woman and her estranged sister work together to help cover their mother's gambling debts.Supporting Actress: Holland Taylor
