Detroit Film Critics Society awards: Parasite is Best Picture; Marriage Story wins four

The Irishman may have earned the most nominations, but Parasite won Best Picture from the Detroit Film Critics Society today and Marriage Story came away with the most wins – 4, including three of the four acting prizes. Martin Scorsese won Best Director, the only win for his film. Best Picture was Parasite’s sole win.

Florence Pugh won Breakthrough for her trifecta of Fighting with My Family, Midsommar and Little Women and Apollo 11 notched another Best Documentary prize.

Here is the full list of nominations with winners in bold.

BEST PICTURE
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Marriage Story
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Parasite – WINNER

BEST DIRECTOR
Noah Baumbach – Marriage Story
Bong Joon-ho – Parasite
Martin Scorsese – The Irishman – WINNER
Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Taika Waititi – Jojo Rabbit

BEST ACTRESS
Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story – WINNER
Julianne Moore – Gloria Bell
Lupita Nyong’o – Us
Charlize Theron – Bombshell
Renee Zellweger – Judy

BEST ACTOR
Robert De Niro – The Irishman
Adam Driver – Marriage Story – WINNER
Robert Pattinson – The Lighthouse
Joaquin Phoenix – Joker
Adam Sandler – Uncut Gems

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Willem Dafoe – The Lighthouse
Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Joe Pesci – The Irishman – WINNER
Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Sam Rockwell – Richard Jewell
Wesley Snipes – Dolemite Is My Name

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kathy Bates – Richard Jewell
Laura Dern – Marriage Story – WINNER
Scarlett Johansson – Jojo Rabbit
Anna Paquin – The Irishman
Florence Pugh – Little Women

BEST SCREENPLAY
The Irishman
The Lighthouse
Marriage Story – WINNER
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Parasite

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Frozen II
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
I Lost My Body
Klaus
Toy Story 4 – WINNER

BEST USE OF MUSIC
1917
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood – WINNER
Rocketman
Uncut Gems
Wild Rose

BEST ENSEMBLE
Dolemite Is My Name
The Farewell
The Irishman
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood – WINNER
Parasite

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Amazing Grace
Apollo 11 – WINNER
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
Knock Down the House
Rolling Thunder Review: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

BREAKTHROUGH
Ana de Armas – actress (Knives Out, The Informer, Yesterday)
Jessie Buckley – actress (Wild Rose, Judy)
Kaitlyn Dever – actress (Booksmart, Them That Follow)
Aisling Franciosi – actress (The Nightingale)
Paul Walter Hauser – actor (Richard Jewell)
Florence Pugh – actress (Fighting with My Family, Midsommar, Little Women) – WINNER
Lulu Wang – director (The Farewell)
Olivia Wilde – director (Booksmart)

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