Who’s won what? Who’s on top? Who’s falling behind? This is the 2018-2019 Awards Tracker Leaderboard – The Critics, detailing the wins for dozens of critics’ awards in all categories throughout the season.
PICTURE/FEATURE/FILM ROMA (15) – NYFCC, WAFCA, PFCC, CFCA, TFCA, NYFCO, LAFCA, SFFCC, LVFCS, KCFCC (tie), SFCS, OFCC, OFCS, NCFCA, BFCA The Favourite (6) – AFCS, KCFCC (tie), PCC, FFCC, GALECA, IFCA Green Book (4) – NBR, NTFCA, PFCS, NFCS If Beale Street Could Talk (3) – BSFC, CFCA (Columbus), AFCA A Star Is Born (3) – StLFCA, DFWFCA, GFCA Black Panther (2) – BFCC, BFA The Hate U Give (2) – LAOFCS, IFJA The Rider (2) – Gotham, NSFC Eighth Grade – DFCS Leave No Trace – SDFCS Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – UFCA You Were Never Really Here – BOFCA
DIRECTOR Alfonso Cuarón (ROMA) (25) – NYFCC, AFCS, WAFCA, CFCA (Chicago), TFCA, LVFCS, KCFCC, UFCA, PCC, DFWFCA, SFCS, IFJA, NTFCA, PFCS, NFCS, FFCC, OFCC, OFCS, NCFCA, CFCA (Columbus), NSFC, GALECA, GFCA, BFCA, IFCA Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman) (3) – LAOFCS (tie), SFFCC, StLFCA Lynne Ramsay (You Were Never Really Here) (3) – LAOFCS (tie), BOFCA, BSFC Ryan Coogler (Black Panther) (2) – BFCC, BFA Barry Jenkins (If Beale Street Could Talk) (2) – PFCC, AFCA Debra Granik (Leave No Trace) (2) – LAFCA, SDFCS Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born) – NBR Adam McKay (Vice) – DFCS
DEBUT/FIRST FILM/FIRST-TIME DIRECTOR Bo Burnham (Eighth Grade) (11) – Gotham, NBR, NYFCC, DFCS, LAOFCS, NYFCO, BSFC, FFCC, OFCC, CFCA (Columbus), AFCA Ari Aster (Hereditary) (2) – CFCA (Chicago), OFCS Boots Riley (Sorry to Bother You) (2) – PFCC, BFA Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born) (2) – AFCS, LVFCS
ACTOR Ethan Hawke (First Reformed) (25) – Gotham, NYFCC, LAFCA, DFCS, AFCS, CFCA, TFCA, NYFCO, SFFCC, SDFCS, LVFCS, BOFCA, KCFCC (tie), StLFCA, UFCA, PCC, SFCS, IFJA, OFCC, OFCS, NCFCA, NSFC, AFCA, GALECA, GFCA Christian Bale (Vice) (5) – PFCC, KCFCC (tie), DFWFCA, NFCS, BFCA Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody) (3) – LAOFCS, NTFCA, IFCA Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born) (2) – WAFCA, BFCC Viggo Mortensen (Green Book) (2) – NBR, PFCS Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther) – BFA Ben Foster (Leave No Trace) – CFCA (Columbus) Joaquin Phoenix (You Were Never Really Here) – FFCC John C. Reilly (Stan & Ollie) – BSFC
ACTRESS Toni Collette (Hereditary) (11) – Gotham, DCFS, LAOFCS, CFCA (Chicago), BOFCA, StLFCA, SFCS, NTFCA, NFCS (tie), OFCS, GFCA Olivia Colman (The Favourite) (11) – AFCS, TFCA, LAFCA, KCFCC, DFWFCA, NCFCA, CFCA (Columbus), NSFC, AFCA, GALECA, IFCA Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born) (5) – NBR, WAFCA, LVFCS, PFCS, BFCA (tie) Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?) (5) – NYFCO, SFFCC, BSFC, PCC, FFCC Glenn Close (The Wife) (2) – SDFCS, BFCA (tie) Viola Davis (Widows) (2) – PFCC, BFCC Yalitza Aparicio (ROMA) – OFCC Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade) – UFCA Regina Hall (Support the Girls) – NYFCC Nicole Kidman (Destroyer) – NFCS (tie) KiKi Layne (If Beale Street Could Talk) – BFA Amandla Stenberg (The Hate U GIve) – IFJA
SUPPORTING ACTOR Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?) (14) – NYFCC, PFCC, CFCA (Chicago), SDFCS (tie), BOFCA, BSFC, KCFCC, StLFCA, PCC, SFCS, NFCS, CFCA (Columbus), AFCA, GALECA Mahershala Ali (Green Book) (8) – WAFCA, LAOFCS (tie), DFWFCA, NTFCA, PFCS, BFCC, BFCA, IFCA Sam Elliott (A Star Is Born) (5) – NBR, AFCS, LVFCS, IFJA, GFCA Michael B. Jordan (Black Panther) (5) – SFFCC, OFCC, OFCS, NCFCA, BFA Steven Yeun (Burning) (4) – LAFCA, TFCA, FFCC, NSFC Russell Hornsby (The Hate U Give) (2) – LAOFCS (tie), UFCA (tie) Timothée Chalamet (Beautiful Boy) – SDFCS (tie) Hugh Grant (Paddington 2) – UFCA (tie) Josh Hamilton (Eighth Grade) – DFCS
SUPPORTING ACTRESS Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk) (29) – NBR, NYFCC, DFCS, WAFCA, LAOFCS, PFCC, CFCA (Chicago), TFCA, LAFCA, SFFCC, LVFCS, BOFCA, BSFC, StLFCA, PCC, DFWFCA, SFCS, IFJA, BFCC, OFCC, OFCS, NCFCA, CFCA (Columbus), NSFC, AFCA, GALECA, BFCA, IFCA, BFA Emma Stone (The Favourite) (4) – AFCS, NTFCA, PFCS, GFCA Amy Adams – KCFCC Olivia Colman (The Favourite) – UFCA Claire Foy (First Man) – FFCC Nicole Kidman (Boy Erased) – SDFCS Rachel Weisz (The Favourite) – NFCS
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade) (12) – Gotham, AFCS, WAFCA, CFCA, NYFCO, LVFCS, SFCS, NTFCA, PFCS, FFCC, GFCA, BFCA Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie (Leave No Trace) (2) – NBR, SDFCS Winston Duke (Black Panther) – BFA KiKi Layne (If Beale Street Could Talk) – PFCC Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born) – AFCS Ed Oxenbould (Wildlife) – LVFCS Amandla Stenberg – The Hate U Give – LAOFCS Letitia Wright (Black Panther) – BFA
ENSEMBLE The Favourite (10) – Gotham, AFCS, WAFCA, LAOFCS, NYFCO, SEFCA, FFCC, CFCA (Columbus), GFCA, BFCA Widows (3) – LVFCS, SFCS, AFCA Black Panther (2) – BFCC, BFA Vice (2) – DFCS, PFCS The Ballad of Buster Scruggs – IFJA Crazy Rich Asians – NBR Game Night – SDFCS Shoplifters – BSFC Support the Girls – BOFCA
SCREENPLAY The Favourite (6) – AFCS, NYFCO, PCC, DFWFCA, SFCS, GALECA First Reformed (3) – Gotham, NYFCC, BOFCA Can You Ever Forgive Me? (3) – BSFC, LAFCA, PCC The Death of Stalin – NSFC Green Book – DFCS (tie) Vice – DFCS (tie) The Hate U Give – PFCC Sorry to Bother You – BFA
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY If Beale Street Could Talk (7) – NBR, CFCA, BFCC, OFCS, NCFCA, AFCA, BFCA BlacKkKlansman (6) – SFFCC, KCFCC, StLFCA, OFCC, CFCA (Columbus), GFCA Can You Ever Forgive Me? (3) – WAFCA, PFCS, FFCC The Hate U Give (2) – LAOFCS, IFJA Black Panther – NFCS The Death of Stalin – SDFCS Leave No Trace – LVFCS Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – UFCA
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY First Reformed (7) – NBR, CFCA, SFFCC, IFJA, OFCC, OFCS, BFCA Eighth Grade (4) – SDFCS, UFCA, CFCA (Columbus), GFCA The Favourite (4) – WAFCA, KCFCC, NFCS, NCFCA Sorry to Bother You (3) – BFCC, FFCC, AFCA Vice (2) – LAOFCS, StLFCA Green Book – PFCS A Quiet Place – LVFCS
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (26) – AFCS, WAFCA, LAOFCS, PFCC, NYFCO, SFFCC, LVFCS, BOFCA, BSFC, KCFCC, StLFCA, UFCA, PCC, DFWFCA, IFJA, NTFCA, PFCS, NFCS, OFCC, OFCS, NCFCA, AFCA, GALECA, GFCA, BFCA, IFCA Minding the Gap (3) – NYFCC, CFCA (Chicago), NSFC Shirkers (3) – LAFCA, FFCC, CFCA (Columbus) Quincy (2) – BFCC, BFA Three Identical Strangers (2) – DFCS, SDFCS Free Solo – SFCS Hale County This Morning, This Evening – Gotham RBG – NBR
ANIMATED FEATURE Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (20) – NYFCC, DFCS, CFCA (Chicago), LAFCA, SFFCC, KCFCC, StLFCA, UFCA, PCC, DFWFCA, SFCS, IFJA, BFCC, OFCC, OFCS, NCFCA, CFCA (Columbus), AFCA, GFCA, BFCA Isle of Dogs (7) – AFCS, SDFCS, LVFCS, BSFC, NTFCA, PFCS, NFCS Incredibles 2 (4) – NBR, WAFCA, PFCC, IFCA Mirai – FFCC
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM ROMA (27) – AFCS, WAFCA, LAOFCS, PFCC, CFCA (Chicago), SFFCC, LVFCS, BOFCA, KCFCC, StLFCA, UFCA, PCC, DFWFCA, SFCS, IFJA, NTFCA, PFCS, NFCS, BFCC, OFCC, OFCS, NCFCA, NSFC, AFCA, GALECA, GFCA, BFCA Shoplifters (4) – SDFCS, BSFC, FFCC, CFCA (Columbus) Cold War (3) – NBR, NYFCC, NYFCO Burning – TFCA Lionheart – BFA
Gotham Awards (IFP) National Board of Review (NBR) New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) Detroit Film Critics Society (DFCS) Atlanta Film Critics Circle (AFCS) Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society (LAOFCS) Philadelphia Film Critics Circle (PFCC) Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA) San Francisco Film Critics Circle (SFFCC) San Diego Film Critics Society (SDFCS) Las Vegas Film Critics Society (LVFCS) Boston Online Film Critics Association (BOFCA) Boston Society of Film Critics (BSFC) Kansas City Film Critics Circle (KSFCC) St. Louis Film Critics Association (StLFCA) Utah Film Critics Association (UFCA) Phoenix Critics Circle (PCC) Dallas-Ft. Worth Film Critics Association (DFWFCA) Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS) Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA) North Texas Film Critics Association (NTFCA) Phoenix Film Critics Society (PFCS) Nevada Film Critics Society (NFCS) Black Film Critics Circle (BFCC) Florida Film Critics Circle (FFCC) Oklahoma Film Critics Society (OFCC) Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) North Carolina Film Critics Association (NCFCA) Columbus Film Critics Association (CFCA) National Society of Film Critics (NSFC) Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA) Georgia Film Critics Association (GFCA) Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) Iowa Film Critics Association (IFCA) Black Reel Awards (BFA)
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