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| WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY) | Erik Anderson | Bryan Bonafede | Chris Pepper | Evan Kost | James Narvey | Kenneth Polishchuk | Júlia Albuquerque | Monika Nikolić | Richard Anthony | Robert Schirmer | TOTAL POINTS |
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| 1 | Manchester by the Sea | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 47 |
| 2 | La La Land | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 42 |
| 3 | Hell or High Water | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 31 |
| 4 | The Lobster | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | |
| 5 | Captain Fantastic | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Jackie | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | |||||||
| 7 | I, Daniel Blake | 5 | 1 | |||||||||
| OTHER CONTENDERS | ||||||||||||
| 20th Century Women | ||||||||||||
| Kubo and the Two Strings | ||||||||||||
| Toni Erdmann | ||||||||||||
| Zootopia |
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I’d pick Zootopia!
I’m an obvious person that tries to boost sci fi for more awards recognition, but if ex machina got a nom for this category, midnight special deserves a mention. It’s this year’s high quality sci-fi film. I know Arrival is on the way, but I haven’t seen it yet.