Forum Oscar Poll Results: June 2016 – Billy Lynn Makes a Move, Meryl Streep Sings a Familiar Tune

Erik Anderson June 2, 2016

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The Forum Oscar Poll Results for June 2016 are in and we’re starting to see some changes over the first few months. Although Silence is still holding onto the #1 spot in Best Picture (as is Martin Scorsese in Best Director), Ang Lee and his Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk is within spitting distance of the pole position in both categories. A strong teaser trailer definitely helped boost the film. Once Silence starts revealing, well, anything, I’m sure that will also result in a higher (or possibly lower) confidence in the film. Fences lands in the top 5 for the first time and stars Denzel Washington and Viola Davis both top the Best Actor and Actress list. Washington also shows up in Best Director for the first time.

After its slightly muted response at Cannes, Loving and its director Jeff Nichols, tumble a bit but its stars (Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga) remain strong contenders. Lion moves up one in Best Picture and Supporting Actress contender Nicole Kidman goes from #9 to #4 this month. Elsewhere in Supporting Actress, Moonlight‘s Naomie Harris moves up and a second Kristen Stewart performance (Café Society) hits the top 10.

One of the biggest moves of the month is 19-time Oscar nominee and 3-time winner Meryl Streep in Best Actress. Her performance in Florence Foster Jenkins moves her up five spots from #8 to #3. Great reviews and a late summer release date could spell success for Streep once again and it’s never, ever good to count her out until the last minute. Best Actor and Supporting Actor both see three new entries this month; in Best Actor there’s newcomer Joe Alywn (Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk), and a pair of nominees last year – Bryan Cranston (Wakefield) and Michael Fassbender (The Light Between Oceans). in Supporting Actor we have Warren Beatty in the newly titles Rules Don’t Apply (which he also directs), Mahershala Ali in Moonlight and Hugh Grant in Florence Foster Jenkins.

Here are the Forum Oscar Poll Results for June 2016 with handy dandy color codes for films (green is up, red is down), directors and performances that have gone up or down since last month.

BEST PICTURE
01. Silence (89%; 68 votes)
02. Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (84%; 64 votes)
03. The Birth of a Nation (82%; 62 votes)
04. Loving (79%; 60 votes)
05. Fences (63%; 48 votes)
06. Manchester by the Sea (53%; 40 votes)
07. La La Land (49%; 37 votes)
08. Café Society (33%; 25 votes) – NEW
09. Lion (30%; 23 votes)
09. Story of Your Life (30%; 23 votes)

BEST DIRECTOR
01. Martin Scorsese — Silence (88%; 68 votes)
02. Ang Lee — Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (86%; 66 votes)
03. Nate Parker — The Birth of a Nation (65%; 50 votes)
04. Jeff Nichols — Loving (61%; 47 votes)
05. Kenneth Lonergan — Manchester by the Sea (38%; 29 votes)

06. Damien Chazelle — La La Land (23%; 18 votes)
07. Denis Villenueve — Story of Your Life (19%; 15 votes)
08. Denzel Washington — Fences (18%; 14 votes) – NEW
09. Clint Eastwood — Sully (17%; 13 votes)
10. Woody Allen — Café Society (13%; 10 votes)

BEST ACTOR
01. Denzel Washington — Fences (74 votes)
02. Joel Edgerton — Loving (70 votes)
03. Nate Parker — The Birth of a Nation (68 votes)
04. Casey Affleck — Manchester by the Sea (66 votes)
05. Andrew Garfield — Silence (65 votes)

06. Woody Harrelson — Wilson (26 votes)
07. Michael Keaton — The Founder (21 votes)
08. Colin Firth — Deep Water (19 votes)
09. Tom Hanks — Sully (16 votes)
10. Joe Alwyn — Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (8 votes) – NEW
10. Bryan Cranston — Wakefield (8 votes) – NEW
10. Michael Fassbender — The Light Between Oceans (8 votes) – NEW
10. Ryan Gosling — La La Land (8 votes)

BEST ACTRESS
01. Viola Davis — Fences (140 votes)
02. Ruth Negga — Loving (130 votes)
03. Meryl Streep — Florence Foster Jenkins (69 votes)
04. Emma Stone — La La Land (67 votes)
05. Amy Adams — Story of Your Life (61 votes)

06. Emily Blunt — The Girl on the Train (44 votes)
07. Jessica Chastain — The Zookeeper’s Wife (35 votes)
08. Michelle Pfeiffer — Beat-up Little Seagull (32 votes)
09. Jennifer Lawrence — Passengers (26 votes)
10. Annette Bening — 20th Century Women (18 votes)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
01. Liam Neeson — Silence (71 votes)
02. Steve Martin — Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (44 votes)
03. Armie Hammer — The Birth of a Nation (40 votes)
04. Steve Carell — Café Society (29 votes)
05. Adam Driver — Silence (21 votes)

06. Warren Beatty — Rules Don’t Apply (13 votes) – NEW
06. Michael Shannon — Loving (13 votes)
08. Mahershala Ali — Moonlight (12 votes) – NEW
08. Aaron Eckhart — Sully (12 votes)
10. Hugh Grant — Florence Foster Jenkins (11 votes) – NEW

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
01. Michelle Williams — Manchester by the Sea (84 votes)
02. Laura Dern — Wilson (47 votes)
03. Naomie Harris — Moonlight (46 votes)
04. Nicole Kidman — Lion (38 votes)
05. Annette Bening — 20th Century Women (35 votes)
05. Rachel Weisz — The Light Between Oceans (35 votes)

07. Kristen Stewart — Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (32 votes)
08. Aja Naomi King — The Birth of a Nation (24 votes)
09. Kristen Stewart — Café Society (20 votes) – NEW
10. Rachel Weisz — Deep Water (17 votes)

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Erik Anderson

Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.

He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.