Final: The Reel and Roll Awards 2018 (FULL LIST)

Best Picture

1. First Man ★★★★★
2. Roma ★★★★★
3. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs ★★★★★
4. Leave No Trace ★★★★★
5. Can You Ever Forgive Me? ★★★★★
6. Burning ★★★★★
7. The Guilty ★★★★★
8. Mission Impossible - Fallout ★★★★★
9. The Favourite ★★★★ 1/2
10. Boy Erased ★★★★ 1/2
11. If Beale Street Could Talk ★★★★ 1/2
12. A Star is Born  ★★★★ 1/2
13. Isle of Dogs ★★★★ 1/2
14. Blindspotting ★★★★ 1/2
15. Avengers: Infinity War ★★★★ 1/2
16. Creed II ★★★★
17. Deadpool 2 ★★★★
18. Mandy ★★★★ 
19. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse ★★★★ 
20. Sorry to Bother You ★★★★
21. Stan & Ollie ★★★★
22. Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again ★★★★
23. The Old Man and the Gun ★★★★
24. Shoplifters ★★★★
25. Won't You Be My Neighbour ★★★★
26. Widows ★★★★
27. Crazy Rich Asians ★★★★
28. Support the Girls ★★★★ 
29. Dogman ★★★★
30. Black Panther ★★★★
31. Journeyman ★★★ 1/2
32. Cold War ★★★ 1/2
33. First Reformed ★★★ 1/2
34. A Quiet Place ★★★ 1/2
35. Thoroughbreds ★★★ 1/2
36. The Sisters Brothers ★★★ 1/2
37. The Rider ★★★ 1/2
38. Bad Times at the El Royale ★★★ 1/2
39. At Eternity's Gate ★★★ 1/2
40. BlacKkKlansman ★★★ 1/2
41. Tully ★★★ 1/2
42. Game Night ★★★ 1/2
43. Hereditary ★★★ 1/2
44. The Hate U Give ★★★ 
45. Disobedience ★★★ 
46. A Private War ★★★ 
47. McQueen ★★★ 
48. Blockers ★★★
49. Bumblebee ★★★ 
50. Love, Simon ★★★ 
51. Mary Poppins Returns ★★★
52. Mary Queen of Scots ★★★ 
53. Outlaw King ★★★
54. Christopher Robin ★★★ 
55. Halloween ★★★ 
56. Wildlife ★★★ 
57. Searching  ★★★ 
58. RBG ★★★
59. Suspiria ★★ 1/2
60. Bird Box ★★ 1/2
61. Ant-Man and the Wasp ★★ 1/2
62. The Other Side of the Wind ★★ 1/2 
63. Colette ★★ 1/2 
64. The Little Stranger ★★ 1/2
65. Incredibles 2 ★★ 1/2 
66. Green Book ★★ 1/2
67. Cargo ★★ 1/2 
68. Ocean's 8 ★★ 1/2  
69. Aquaman ★★ 1/2
70. Solo: A Star Wars Story ★★ 1/2 
71. Destroyer ★★ 1/2 
72. Bohemian Rhapsody ★★ 
73. Sicario: Day of the Soldado ★★ 
74. The Wife ★★ 
75. Ready Player One ★★
76. Annihilation ★★  
77. American Animals ★ 1/2 
78. Red Sparrow ★ 1/2
79. The Cloverfield Paradox ★ 1/2 
80. Beautiful Boy ★ 1/2
81. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald ★ 1/2 
82. Vice ★ 1/2
83. Mute ★
84. Pacific Rim Uprising ★ 
85. The Predator ★
86. The 15:17 to Paris ★ 
87. Life Itself ★ 

Best Director 

1. Alfonso Cuarón, Roma 
2. Damien Chazelle, First Man
3. Joel and Ethan Coen, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs  
4. Lee Chang-dong, Burning 
5. Marielle Heller, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
6. Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite 
7. Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk 
8. Christopher McQuarrie, Mission: Impossible - Fallout 
9. Debra Granik, Leave No Trace 
10. Gustav Möller, The Guilty
11. Paweł Pawlikowski, Cold War
12. Joel Edgerton, Boy Erased
13. Wes Anderson, Isle of Dogs 
14. Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
15. Steve McQueen, Widows 
16. Carlos López Estrada, Blindspotting
17. Panos Cosmatos, Mandy
18. Bradley Cooper, A Star is Born 
19. David Lowery, The Old Man and the Gun 
20. Drew Goddard, Bad Times at the El Royale
21. Hirokazu Kore-eda, Shoplifters 
22. Steven Caple Jr., Creed II
23. Matteo Garrone, Dogman
24. Paddy Considine, Journeyman
25. John Krasinski, A Quiet Place
26. Boots Riley, Sorry to Bother You 
27. The Russo Brothers, Avengers: Infinity War
28. Chloe Zhao, The Rider 
29. Morgan Neville, Won't You Be My Neighbour 
30. Ryan Coogler, Black Panther
31. Julian Schnabel, At Eternity's Gate
32. Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman 
33. Ari Aster, Hereditary 
34. David Leitch, Deadpool 2
35. Orson Welles, The Other Side of the Wind 
36. David Gordon Green, Halloween
37. Jon S. Baird, Stan & Ollie
38. Jacques Audiard, The Sisters Brothers
39. John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, Game Night
40. Andrew Bujalski, Support the Girls 
41. Ol Parker, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again 
42. Cory Finley, Thoroughbreds   
43. George Tillman Jr., The Hate U Give
44. David Mackenzie, Outlaw King
45. Paul Schrader, First Reformed 
46. Matthew Heineman, A Private War 
47. Travis Knight, Bumblebee
48. Jason Reitman, Tully
49. Josie Rourke, Mary Queen of Scots 
50. Paul Dano, Wildlife
51. Jon M. Chu, Crazy Rich Asians 
52. Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui, McQueen 
53. Lenny Abrahamson, The Little Stranger 
54. Aneesh Chaganty, Searching 
55. Sebastián Lelio, Disobedience  
56. Betsy West, Julie Cohen, RBG
57. Peyton Reed, Ant-Man and the Wasp
58. Rob Marshall, Mary Poppins Returns 
59. Luca Guadagnino, Suspiria 
60. James Wan, Aquaman
61. Greg Berlanti, Love, Simon
62. Brad Bird, Incredibles 2 
63. Marc Foster, Christopher Robin
64. Wash Westmoreland, Colette 
65. Susanne Bier, Bird Box 
66. Yolanda Ramke, Cargo 
67. Kay Cannon, Blockers
68. Karyn Kusama, Destroyer 
69. Ron Howard, Solo: A Star Wars Story 
70. Stefano Sollima, Sicario: Day of the Soldado
71. Gary Ross, Ocean's 8
72. Peter Farrelly, Green Book 
73. Steven Speilberg, Ready Player One 
74. Bart Layton, American Animals 
75. Bjorn Runge, The Wife
76. Bryan Singer, Bohemian Rhapsody
77. Alex Garland, Annihilation 
78. Steven S. DeKnight, Pacific Rim Uprising
79. Julius Onah, The Cloverfield Paradox 
80. Francis Lawrence, Red Sparrow
81. Shane Black, The Predator 
82. David Yates, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald 
83. Duncan Jones, Mute 
84. Felix Van Groeningen, Beautiful Boy 
85. Clint Eastwood, The 15:17 to Paris
86. Dan Fogleman, Life Itself
87. Adam McKay, Vice  

Best Actor 

1. Ryan Gosling, First Man
2. Lucas Hedges, Boy Erased 
3. Ethan Hawke, First Reformed
4. Jakob Cedergren, The Guilty
5. Ben Foster, Leave No Trace 
6. Yoo Ah-in, Burning 
7. Willem Dafoe, At Eternity's Gate 
8. John C. Reilly, The Sisters Brothers  
9. Bradley Cooper, A Star is Born 
10. LaKeith Stanfield, Sorry to Bother You
11. Steve Coogan, Stan & Ollie
12. John C. Reilly, Stan & Ollie
13. Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool 2 
14. Robert Redford, The Old Man and the Gun
15. Nicolas Cage, Mandy
16. Daveed Diggs, Blindspotting
17. Marcello Fonte, Dogman
18. Joaquin Phoenix, The Sisters Brothers
19. Paddy Considine, Journeyman
20. Michael B. Jordan, Creed II
21. Alex Wolff, Hereditary 
22. Stephan James, If Beale Street Could Talk 
23. Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
24. Bryan Cranston, Isle of Dogs
25. John David Washington, BlacKkKlansman 
26. John Cho, Searching 
27. Brady Jandreau, The Rider 
28. Tom Cruise, Mission: Impossible - Fallout
29. Nick Robinson, Love, Simon
30. Alden Ehrenreich, Solo: A Star Wars Story
31. John Huston, The Other Side of the Wind 
32. Shameik Moore, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
33. Barry Keoghan, American Animals 
34. John Krasinski, A Quiet Place
35. Chadwick Boseman, Black Panther  
36. Viggo Mortensen, Green Book 
37. Mahershala Ali, Green Book
38. Christian Bale, Vice 
39. Chris Pine, Outlaw King
40. Casey Affleck, The Old Man and the Gun  
41. Dominic West, Colette 
42. Josh Brolin, Sicario: Day of the Soldado
43. Tomasz Kot, Cold War 
44. Paul Rudd, Ant-Man and the Wasp 
45. John Cena, Blockers 
46. Jason Bateman, Game Night 
47. Martin Freeman, Cargo
48. Ewan McGregor, Christopher Robin 
49. Domhnall Gleeson, The Little Stranger 
50. Henry Golding, Crazy Rich Asians 
51. Ed Oxenbould, Wildlife
52. Jonathan Pryce, The Wife
53. Alexander Skarsgård, Mute
54. Benicio del Toro, Sicario: Day of the Soldado 
55. Jason Mamoa, Aquaman 
56. Craig T. Nelson, Incredibles 2 
57. John Boyega, Pacific Rim Uprising
58. Eddie Redmayne, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
59. Evan Peters, American Animals 
60. Boyd Holbrook, The Predator 
61. Tye Sheridan, Ready Player One
62. Steve Carell, Beautiful Boy
63. Paul Rudd, Mute 

Best Actress

1. Thomasin McKenzie, Leave No Trace 
2. Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me? 
3. Rachel Weisz, The Favourite 
4. Olivia Colman, The Favourite
5. Emma Stone, The Favourite 
6. Toni Collette, Hereditary 
7. Charlize Theron, Tully 
8. Jodie Whittaker, Journeyman
9. Lady Gaga, A Star is Born 
10. Regina Hall, Support the Girls 
11. Carey Mulligan, Wildlife 
12. Olivia Cooke, Thoroughbreds
13. Anya Taylor-Joy, Thoroughbreds
14. Yalitza Aparicio, Roma 
15. Rosamund Pike, A Private War 
16. Kiki Layne, If Beale Street Could Talk 
17. Lily James, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
18. Saoirse Ronan, Mary Queen of Scots 
19. Rachel McAdams, Disobedience
20. Rachel Weisz, Disobedience 
21. Emily Blunt, Mary Poppins Returns
22. Keira Knightley, Colette 
23. Constance Wu, Crazy Rich Asians
24. Viola Davis, Widows 
25. Joanna Kulig, Cold War 
26. Nicole Kidman, Destroyer 
27. Emily Blunt, A Quiet Place
28. Hailee Steinfeld, Bumblebee 
29. Rachel McAdams, Game Night
30. Amandla Stenberg, The Hate U Give 
31. Ruth Wilson, The Little Stranger 
32. Sandra Bullock, Bird Box 
33. Glenn Close, The Wife
34. Holly Hunter, Incredibles 2 
35. Sandra Bullock, Ocean's 8
36. Dakota Johnson, Suspiria 
37. Amanda Seyfried, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again 
38. Evangeline Lilly, Ant-Man and the Wasp
39. Leslie Mann, Blockers
40. Cate Blanchett, Ocean's 8
41. Natalie Portman, Annihilation
42. Jennifer Lawrence, Red Sparrow

Best Supporting Actor 

1. Steven Yeun, Burning
2. Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me? 
3. Tom Waits, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 
4. Russell Crowe, Boy Erased 
5. Brian Tyree Henry, If Beale Street Could Talk
6. Tim Blake Nelson, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 
7. Nicholas Hoult, The Favourite 
8. Linus Roache, Mandy 
9. Lily Franky, Shoplifters
10. Daniel Kaluuya, Widows 
11. Michael B. Jordan, Black Panther 
12. Bill Heck, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 
13. Jeff Bridges, Bad Times at the El Royale
14. Chris Hemsworth, Avengers: Infinity War
15. Lewis Pullman, Bad Times at the El Royale 
16. Alessandro Nivola, Disobedience
17. Rafael Casal, Blindspotting
18. Riz Ahmed, The Sisters Brothers
19. Russell Hornsby, The Hate U Give 
20. Anton Yelchin, Thoroughbreds 
21. Harry Melling, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 
22. Jonjo O'Neill, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 
23. Bryan Tyree Henry, Widows 
24. Sam Elliott, A Star is Born 
25. Josh Brolin, Avengers: Infinity War 
26. Jesse Plemons, Game Night
27. Dolph Lundgren, Creed II
28. Florian Munteanu, Creed II  
29. Josh Brolin, Deadpool 2
30. Topher Grace, BlacKkKlansman 
31. Grainger Hines, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 
32. Armie Hammer, Sorry to Bother You 
33. Sterling K. Brown, Black Panther
34. Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman 
35. Liev Schrieber, Isle of Dogs
36. Sylvester Stallone, Creed II 
37. Jim Cummings, Christopher Robin 
38. Richard Brake, Mandy 
39. Joe Alwyn, The Favourite 
40. Johan Olsen, The Guilty
41. Colman Domingo, If Beale Street Could Talk 
42. Jake Johnson, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
43. Peter Bogdonavich, The Other Side of the Wind 
44. Tom Waits, The Old Man & the Gun 
45. Philip Ettinger, First Reformed 
46. Edoardo Pesce, Dogman 
47. Matthias Schoenaerts, Red Sparrow
48. Kairi Jō, Shoplifters 
49. Ving Rhames, Mission: Impossible - Fallout 
50. Jake Gyllenhaal, The Sisters Brothers 
51. Tom Holland, Avengers: Infinity War
52. Mark Rylance, Ready Player One
53. Robert Downey Jr., Avengers: Infinity War 
54. Jake Gyllenhaal, Wildlife
55. Julian Dennison, Deadpool 2
56. Benedict Cumberbatch, Avengers: Infinity War 
57. Ike Barinholtz, Blockers
58. Andrew Dice Clay, A Star is Born 
59. Gabriel Byrne, Hereditary   
60. Jasper Pääkkönen, BlacKkKlansman 
61. Paul Bettany, Avengers: Infinity War 
62. Joel Edgerton, Boy Erased
63. Jermaine Fowler, Sorry to Bother You 
64. James Smith, The Favourite 
65. Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mary Poppins Returns
66. Harry Belafonte, BlacKkKlansman 
67. James Franco, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 
68. Colin Farrell, Widows 
69. Saul Rubinek, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 
70. Chelcie Ross, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 
71. Simon Pegg, Mission: Impossible- Fallout 
72. Anthony Welsh, Journeyman
73. Bill Camp, Wildlife
74. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Outlaw King
75. Sebastian Stan, Destroyer 
76. John Malkovich, Bird Box 
77. Willie Watson, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 
78. Dave Bautista, Avengers: Infinity War
79. Jon Hamm, Bad Times at the El Royale 
80. Cedric Kyles, First Reformed 
81. Ben Whishaw, Mary Poppins Returns
82. Trevante Rhodes, Bird Box 
83. Brendan Gleeson, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 
84. Brad Bird, Incredibles 2 
85. Michael Douglas, Ant-Man and the Wasp
86. Donald Glover, Solo: A Star Wars Story
87. Jason Clarke, First Man
88. Dick van Dyke, Mary Poppins Returns
89. Christian Slater, The Wife
90. Nicolas Cage, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
91. Edward Norton, Isle of Dogs
92. Jeff Goldblum, Isle of Dogs
93. Bob Balaban, Isle of Dogs
94. Bill Murray, Isle of Dogs 
95. Mads Mikkelsen, At Eternity's Gate
96. Brian Tyree Henry, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 
97. Steven Yeun, Sorry to Bother You 
98. Will Poulter, The Little Stranger 
99. Ron Livingstone, Tully
100. John Mulaney, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
101. Rupert Friend, At Eternity's Gate 
102. Andy Serkis, Black Panther 
103. Huckleberry Milner, Incredibles 2 
104. Danny Glover, The Old Man & The Gun
105. Cameron Sear, Boy Erased
106. Noah Jupe, A Quiet Place 
107. Henry Cavill, Mission: Impossible - Fallout 
108. Forest Whitaker, Black Panther
109. Ben Mendelsohn, Ready Player One
110. Michael Beach, If Beale Street Could Talk
111. Chris Hemsworth, Bad Times at the El Royale 
112. Mark Ruffalo, Avengers: Infinity War
113. Jimmy O. Yang, Crazy Rich Asians 
114. Flea, Boy Erased
115. Dave Chappelle, A Star is Born 
116. Billy Howle, Outlaw King
117. Sam Rockwell, Vice
118. John Cena, Bumblebee 
119. Sean Harris, Mission: Impossible - Fallout 
120. Omari Hardwick, Sorry to Bother You 
121. Jude Law, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald 
122. Lukas Haas, Widows 
123. Chris Evans, Avengers: Infinity War
124. Mathieu Amalric, At Eternity's Gate
125. Mahershala Ali, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
126. Russell Hornsby, Creed II 
127. Live Schreiber, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
128. Jack Lowden, Mary Queen of Scots 
129. Garret Dillahunt, Widows 
130. Bob Odenkirk, Incredibles 2 
131. Ben Hardy, Bohemian Rhapsody 
132. Gwylim Lee, Bohemian Rhapsody
133. Joe Mazzello, Bohemian Rhapsody 
134. Jamie Dornan, A Private War
135. Xavier Dolan, Boy Erased
136. Niels Arestrup, At Eternity's Gate
137. Wood Harris, Creed II   
138. Joe Alwyn, Boy Erased
139. Paul Walter Hauser, BlacKkKlansman 
140. Johnny Depp, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
141. Ryan Eggold, BlacKkKlansman 
142. Troye Sivan, Boy Erased
143. Oscar Isaac, At Eternity's Gate
144. Pierce Brosnan, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again 
145. Martin Freeman, Black Panther
146. Tom Hollander, Bohemian Rhapsody 
147. Alec Baldwin, Mission: Impossible - Fallout
148. Samuel L. Jackson, Incredibles 2 
149. Kevin J. O'Connor, Widows 
150. Sterling K. Brown, The Predator 
151. Michael Peña, Ant-Man and the Wasp
152. Winston Duke, Black Panther
153. Randall Park, Ant-Man and the Wasp
154. Chris Pratt, Avengers: Infinity War
155. Kyle Chandler, Game Night 
156. Jeffrey Donovan, Sicario: Day of the Soldado 
157. Nico Santos, Crazy Rich Asians 
158. Tom Hollander, Bird Box 
159. James McArdle, Mary Queen of Scots
160. Laurence Fishburne, Ant-Man and the Wasp
161. Jeremy Irvine, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
162. Walton Goggins, Ant-Man and the Wasp
163. Liam Neeson, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 
164. Mandy Patinkin, Life Itself 
165. Robert Duvall, Widows 
166. Trevante Rhodes, The Predator 
167. Burn Gorman, Pacific Rim Uprising 
168. Willem Dafoe, Aquaman 
169. Colin Firth, Mary Poppins Returns 
170. Thomas Jane, The Predator 
171. Dan Fogler, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald 
172. Stephen Dillane, Outlaw King 
173. Blake Jenner, American Animals
174. Timothée Chalamet, Beautiful Boy 
175. Keegan Michael-Key, The Predator 
176. Liam Neeson, Widows 
177. Augusto Aguilera, The Predator 
178. Jacob Tremblay, The Predator
179. Dave Franco, If Beale Street Could Talk 
180. Woody Harrelson, Solo: A Star Wars Story 
181. Daniel Bruhl, The Cloverfield Paradox 
182. Daniel Kaluuya, Black Panther 
183. Paul Bettany, Solo: A Star Wars Story 
184. Manuel Garcia Rulfo, Sicario: Day of the Soldado 
185. Joe Alwyn, Mary Queen of Scots 
186. Simon Pegg, Ready Player One 
187. David Oyelowo, The Cloverfield Paradox 
188. Antonio Banderas, Life Itself 
189. Jared Abrahamson, American Animals 
190. Guy Pearce, Mary Queen of Scots 
191. Alfie Allen, The Predator 
192. Rafi Gavron, A Star is Born 
193. Aiden Gillen, Bohemian Rhapsody 
194. Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Life Itself 
195. Ismael Cruz Córdova, Mary Queen of Scots 
196. Charlie Day, Pacific Rim Uprising 
197. Steve Carell, Vice
198. Billy Magnussen, Game Night
199. Jeremy Irons, Red Sparrow
200. Joel Edgerton, Red Sparrow
201. Patrick Wilson, Aquaman 
202. Justin Theroux, Mute 
203. Chris O'Dowd, The Cloverfield Paradox 
204. David Tennant, Mary Queen of Scots 
205. Allen Leech, Bohemian Rhapsody 
206. Max Irons, The Wife
207. Mike Myers, Bohemian Rhapsody
208. Alex Monner, Life Itself 
209. Jesse Plemons, Vice
210. Shea Wigham, Vice 
211. Oscar Isaac, Life Itself 
212. Scott Eastwood, Pacific Rim Uprising
213. Oscar Isaac, Annihilation 

Best Supporting Actress

1. Elizabeth Debicki, Widows 
2. Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk 
3. Jeon Jong-seo, Burning
4. Claire Foy, First Man 
5. Michelle Yeoh, Crazy Rich Asians 
6. Andrea Riseborough, Mandy
7. Cynthia Erivo, Bad Times at the El Royale 
8. Marina de Tavira, Roma 
9. Jessica Dinnage, The Guilty
10. Zazie Beetz, Deadpool
11. Nina Arianda, Stan & Ollie
12. Shirley Henderson, Stan & Ollie
13. Haley Lu Richardson, Support the Girls 
14. Zoe Saldana, Avengers: Infinity War 
15. Amanda Seyfried, First Reformed 
16. Sissy Spacek, The Old Man and the Gun 
17. Tessa Thompson, Creed II
18. Nicole Kidman, Boy Erased 
19. Sakura Ando, Shoplifters
20. Dale Dickey, Leave No Trace
21. Elizabeth Olsen, Avengers: Infinity War
22. Tessa Thompson, Sorry to Bother You 
23. Rebecca Ferguson, Mission: Impossible - Fallout
24. Mayu Matsuoka, Shoplifters
25. Zoe Kazan, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 
26. Florence Pugh, Outlaw King
27. Olivia Cooke, Ready Player One
28. Regina Hall, The Hate U Give
29. Mia Goth, Suspiria 
30. Millicent Simmonds, A Quiet Place  
31. Letitia Wright, Black Panther 
32. Dakota Johnson, Bad Times at the El Royale 
33. Tilda Swinton, Suspiria 
34. Margot Robbie, Mary Queen of Scots 
35. Cynthia Erivo, Widows 
36. Dolly Wells, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
37. Emilia Clarke, Solo: A Star Wars Story 
38. Tatiana Maslany, Destroyer 
39. Vivien Lyra Blair, Bird Box
40. Danai Gurira, Black Panther 
41. Milly Shapiro, Hereditary 
42. Awkwafina, Crazy Rich Asians 
43. Vanessa Kirby, Mission: Impossible - Fallout
44. Cher, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
45. Tyne Daly, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 
46. Anne Hathaway, Ocean's 8
47. Gemma Chan, Crazy Rich Asians 
48. Miyu Sasaki, Shoplifters
49. Geraldine Viswanathan, Blockers
50. Mackenzie Davis, Tully
51. Tan Kheng Hua, Crazy Rich Asians
52. Michelle Monaghan, Mission: Impossible - Fallout 
53. Hanna John-Kamen, Ant-Man and the Wasp
54. Emily Mortimer, Mary Poppins Returns
55. Phylicia Rashad, Creed II 
56. Sarah Vowell, Incredibles 2 
57. Kathryn Newton, Blockers
58. Gideon Adlon, Blockers
59. Abby Ryder Forston, Ant-Man and the Wasp
60. Kirin Kiki, Shoplifters
61. Emmanuelle Seigner, At Eternity's Gate 
62. Shayne McHayle, Support the Girls 
63. Michelle Rodriguez, Widows 
64. Debra Messing, Searching 
65. Scarlett Johansson, Isle of Dogs 
66. Sharon Horgan, Game Night  
67. Lena Waithe, Ready Player One 
68. Teyonah Parris, If Beale Street Could Talk 
69. Greta Gerwig, Isle of Dogs 
70. Isabelle Moner, Sicario: Day of the Soldado 
71. Michelle Pfeiffer, Ant-Man and the Wasp
72. Emily Rios, If Beale Street Could Talk 
73. Olivia Munn, The Predator 
74. Amber Heard, Aquaman 
75. Zoe Kravitz, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
76. Lupita Nyong'o, Black Panther 
77. Scarlett Johansson, Avengers: Infinity War 
78. Ann Dowd, American Animals 
79. Tuva Novotny, Annihilation 
80. Amy Adams, Vice 
81. Katherine Langford, Love, Simon 
82. Seyneb Saleh, Mute
83. Bronte Carmichael, Christopher Robin 
84. Laura Harrier, BlacKkKlansman 
85. Danielle Macdonald, Bird Box 
86. Sarah Paulson, Ocean's 8
87. Katherine Waterston, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
88. Hannah John -Kamen, Ready Player One  
89. Carrie Coon, Widows 
90. Rinko Kikuchi, Pacific Rim Uprising
91. Angela Bassett, Black Panther
92. Hayley Atwell, Christopher Robin 
93. Jennifer Garner, Love, Simon
94. Angela Bassett, Mission: Impossible - Fallout 
95. Gugu Mbatha-Raw, The Cloverfield Paradox 
96. Helena Bonham Carter, Ocean's 8
97. Rihanna, Ocean's 8
98. Awkwafina, Ocean's 8
99. Mindy Kaling, Ocean's 8
100. Linda Cardellini, Green Book 
101. Catherine Keener, Incredibles 2 
102. Charlotte Rampling, Red Sparrow
103. Jing Tian, Pacific Rim Uprising 
104. Elizabeth Debicki, The Cloverfield Paradox 
105. Rosa Salazar, Bird Box
106. Alison Sudol, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
107. Aunjanue Ellis, If Beale Street Could Talk
108. Meryl Streep, Mary Poppins Returns
109. Ebony Obsidian, If Beale Street Could Talk
110. Dominique Thorne, If Beale Street Could Talk
111. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Annihilation 
112. Tessa Thompson, Annihilation 
113. Olivia Cooke, Life Itself 
114. Lorenza Izzo, Life Itself 
115. Olivia Wilde, Life Itself
116. Gina Rodriguez, Annihilation
117. Jean Smart, Life Itself 
118. Annette Bening, Life Itself 

Best Ensemble 

1. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 
2. The Favourite 
3. Widows
4. Shoplifters
5. Sorry to Bother You 

Best Adapted Screenplay

1. Can You Ever Forgive Me
2. Burning
3. First Man
4. Leave No Trace
5. Boy Erased 

Best Original Screenplay

1. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2. The Guilty 
3. The Favourite
4. Blindspotting
5. Stan & Ollie 

Best Editing 

1. First Man 
2. Mission Impossible - Fallout
3. Can You Ever Forgive Me
4. The Guilty 
5. Roma 

Best Cinematography

1. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2. Roma
3. First Man 
4. Mandy
5. If Beale Street Could Talk 

Best Costume Design

1. The Favourite
2. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
3. Bad Times at the El Royale
4. If Beale Street Could Talk
5. The Sisters Brothers 

Best Production Design

1. The Favourite
2. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
3. First Man
4. Bad Times at the El Royale 
5. At Eternity's Gate

Best Sound Editing

1. First Man
2. Roma 
3. The Guilty
4. Mission Impossible - Fallout
5. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 

Best Sound Mixing

1. First Man
2. Roma 
3. A Quiet Place
4. Burning
5. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs  

Best Visual Effects

1. First Man
2. Isle of Dogs
3. Mary Poppins Returns
4. Avengers: Infinity War
5. Solo: A Star Wars Story 

Best Makeup/Hairstyling

1. Mandy
2. Suspiria
3. The Favourite
4. Stan & Ollie
5. Hereditary 

Best Original Score

1. First Man
2. If Beale Street Could Talk
3. Mandy
4. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
5. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Best Soundtrack

1. A Star is Born
2. Cold War
3. Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
4. Bad Times at the El Royale
5. The Favourite 

Best Original Song

1. 'When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings' - The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 
2. 'I'll Never Love Again' - A Star is Born
3. 'Revelation' - Boy Erased
4. 'Shallow' - A Star is Born 
5. 'Pray for Me' - Black Panther 

Reel and Roll Awards - Best Director 2018

10. Debra Granik, Leave No Trace

Granik's knack for finding such a quiet sort of harmony within the silent and the low-key, without becoming saccharine, is rather astonishing. Her direction is never flashy, never shows its hand, never cheats with your emotions, yet the effect it has is just so effective. Her style grants a cinematic touch while never compromising the earthly roots of the story, and knows to wisely let the performances drive the story wonderfully. Great work.

9. Christopher McQuarrie, Mission: Impossible - Fallout 

McQuarrie's second go at the franchise tops his previous excellent effort in Rogue Nation. The vibrancy of the action sequences have never been more outstanding than in here, and I think the film contains more than half of the best action sequences of the year. McQuarrie simply delivers in a capacity that I think some could take for granted, in that he steamrolls through with an extraordinarily entertaining motion picture.

8. Paweł Pawlikowski, Cold War

Remind me folks that I really need to see Pawlikowski's Ida. Though I do not love the film, it is undoubtedly a masterfully directed film that thematically, structurally, and with such strong atmosphere weaves in and out of a rather unique take on romance, a sort of stark juxtaposition to say, A Star is Born. It's rather brilliant work that really imbues every frame with this atypical sense of intimacy and coldness blending into one, that is truly the sign of great direction.

7. Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk 

Astonishing work once again by Jenkins in a strong follow-up to Moonlight. It's not as great as Moonlight but that's a hard one to follow up on. In a contrast to Pawlikowski, I did have reservations with some of Jenkins' choices, some of the voiceover, some of the indulgences, and from an acting point I felt he did not put every actor on exactly the same wavelength. Having said that when he's on point it is one of the most masterfully directed films of the year, using that visual element, and music, to create a truly stunning and emotionally resonant feature.

6. Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite 

The one-of-a-kind storyteller delivers with his one-of-a-kind take on the period drama. Though I have slight reservations with a couple of his choices, there is really nothing to fault in an overarching sense, certainly not with any of the technical elements, most certainly not with any of the performances with which he conjures up a truly brilliant tone between deadpan and ridiculousness, amplified so well by his visual storytelling. He does many scenes you feel like you've seen before in ways you've never seen before, with the dance sequences throughout being some of the most inspired directing choices I've seen the past year.

5. Marielle Heller, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Heller's work is not typically 'grand' directing but rather just incredible, nuanced work that guides the film and its material along wonderfully. I cannot stress how important Heller's work is in guiding, providing the right sort of direction and guidance through the screenplay for the performances, and vice versa, and establishing such a tricky yet utterly successful tone between sincerity and scathing wit for her film. It's unfortunately the sort of directing that so often goes unnoticed critically and by awards organisations since rather than showing off, it shows off the various elements of the film in such an unassuming way that makes this one of the best of the year.

4. Lee Chang-dong, Burning

Lee as a director is really one-of-a-kind, and this film is a great representation of his talents. In that he 'springs' onto you with his very unique style that focuses so much on minimalism in terms of dialogue yet with so much focus on atmosphere, here to craft a particularly fascinating mystery. It's probably his most visually compelling film yet too, and he merges everything, alongside directing three fantastic performances, into a truly transformative experience.

3. Joel and Ethan Coen, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs   

Once again, the Coen Brothers knock it out of the ballpark. This time around with six different stories which they handle in terms of the varying tones, varying plots, varying themes, with such aplomb, and particularly amazing in how they manage to cohere them all into one finished product that feels like it all fits like a puzzle, despite each story having no direct link to the next.

I'm actually still somewhat undecided between my top 2...and I want to write more about them when I have time. So for the time-being: 

2. Damien Chazelle, First Man

1. Alfonso Cuarón, Roma 

1. Alfonso Cuarón, Roma 
2. Damien Chazelle, First Man
3. Joel and Ethan Coen, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs  
4. Lee Chang-dong, Burning 
5. Marielle Heller, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
6. Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite 
7. Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk 
8. Christopher McQuarrie, Mission: Impossible - Fallout 
9. Debra Granik, Leave No Trace 
10. Gustav Möller, The Guilty
11. Paweł Pawlikowski, Cold War
12. Joel Edgerton, Boy Erased
13. Wes Anderson, Isle of Dogs 
14. Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
15. Steve McQueen, Widows 
16. Carlos López Estrada, Blindspotting
17. Panos Cosmatos, Mandy
18. Bradley Cooper, A Star is Born 
19. David Lowery, The Old Man and the Gun 
20. Drew Goddard, Bad Times at the El Royale
21. Hirokazu Kore-eda, Shoplifters 
22. Steven Caple Jr., Creed II
23. Matteo Garrone, Dogman
24. Paddy Considine, Journeyman
25. John Krasinski, A Quiet Place
26. Boots Riley, Sorry to Bother You 
27. The Russo Brothers, Avengers: Infinity War
28. Chloe Zhao, The Rider 
29. Morgan Neville, Won't You Be My Neighbour 
30. Ryan Coogler, Black Panther
31. Julian Schnabel, At Eternity's Gate
32. Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman 
33. David Leitch, Deadpool 2
34. Orson Welles, The Other Side of the Wind 
35. David Gordon Green, Halloween
36. Jon S. Baird, Stan & Ollie
37. Jacques Audiard, The Sisters Brothers
38. John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, Game Night
39. Andrew Bujalski, Support the Girls 
40. Ol Parker, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again 
41. Cory Finley, Thoroughbreds   
42. George Tillman Jr., The Hate U Give
43. David Mackenzie, Outlaw King
44. Paul Schrader, First Reformed 
45. Matthew Heineman, A Private War 
46. Travis Knight, Bumblebee
47. Jason Reitman, Tully
48. Josie Rourke, Mary Queen of Scots 
49. Ari Aster, Hereditary 
50. Paul Dano, Wildlife
51. Jon M. Chu, Crazy Rich Asians 
52. Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui, McQueen 
53. Lenny Abrahamson, The Little Stranger 
54. Aneesh Chaganty, Searching 
55. Sebastián Lelio, Disobedience  
56. Betsy West, Julie Cohen, RBG
57. Peyton Reed, Ant-Man and the Wasp
58. Rob Marshall, Mary Poppins Returns 
59. Luca Guadagnino, Suspiria 
60. James Wan, Aquaman
61. Greg Berlanti, Love, Simon
62. Brad Bird, Incredibles 2 
63. Marc Foster, Christopher Robin
64. Susanne Bier, Bird Box 
65. Yolanda Ramke, Cargo 
66. Kay Cannon, Blockers
67. Karyn Kusama, Destroyer 
68. Ron Howard, Solo: A Star Wars Story 
69. Stefano Sollima, Sicario: Day of the Soldado
70. Gary Ross, Ocean's 8
71. Peter Farrelly, Green Book 
72. Steven Speilberg, Ready Player One 
73. Bart Layton, American Animals 
74. Bjorn Runge, The Wife
75. Bryan Singer, Bohemian Rhapsody
76. Alex Garland, Annihilation 
77. Steven S. DeKnight, Pacific Rim Uprising
78. Julius Onah, The Cloverfield Paradox 
79. Francis Lawrence, Red Sparrow
80. Shane Black, The Predator 
81. David Yates, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald 
82. Duncan Jones, Mute 
83. Felix Van Groeningen, Beautiful Boy 
84. Clint Eastwood, The 15:17 to Paris
85. Dan Fogleman, Life Itself
86. Adam McKay, Vice  

Reel and Roll Awards: Best Actor/Actress 2018

Reel and Roll Awards: Best Actor 2018 - Top 10

10. Bradley Cooper, A Star is Born

A career-best performance from Cooper here, as you really feel him pour all his soul and passion into his performance as country singer Jackson Maine. The commitment to this passion project of his really pays off from the mannerisms and deep voice he uses to embody this particular man, and his absolutely captivating portrayal of the man's deteriorating state from his alcoholism. He goes further with some great chemistry with not just Lady Gaga, but also Sam Elliott, and creates a depressing journey to the character with just the right sparks in hope in between, and every 'big' scene he has to show the up and down trajectory is great, particularly his devastating final scenes.

9. Lakeith Stanfield, Sorry to Bother You

On rewatch, Stanfield's performance has really stuck with me as one of best 'anchoring' performances of the year. As no matter how utterly bizarre and weird the film gets in its use of allegory, he pulls you right back in whenever it gets too disorientating for its own good with his terrific straight man turn as Cassius Green. Known most often for his quirkier characters, he gives such a strong depiction of an everyman given the taste of the high life with his 'white voice', and creates a real emotional core to his journey to pull you in and out of sympathy for him, while also being just a really funny deadpan presence to boot.

8. John C. Reilly, The Sisters Brothers 

Really interesting performance as he's technically playing into his usual type but as a very different sort of character than he usually plays. As he has to balance his usual endearing schmuck charm and joviality with one half of a pair of infamous hitman brothers. Reilly makes this odd combination work incredibly well, and is particularly entertaining whenever he's embracing the 'fun' of the character, and makes for a surprisingly believable badass. What really makes the performance work is the poignancy he infuses into Eli's desire to retire from their current lifestyle, as he creates such a sense of strong empathy and a sense of regret. Excellent work from a great actor in what was quite the banner year for him, besides Holmes and Watson I suppose. 

7. Willem Dafoe, At Eternity's Gate

Forget that Dafoe is about 30 years too old to play Van Gogh at any point of his life. Like Basquiat and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Julian Schnabel has found a brilliant performance to anchor his portrayal of an artist, and in Dafoe finds an astonishing take on a real-life figure who's been portrayed onscreen before, but never in quite this way. Dafoe is tremendous in showing the passion that fills up the soul of Van Gogh through his depiction of the creative process of painting and his descriptions of it, while also finding a real tragedy in his frustrations at being unappreciated and dismissed by his contemporaries. He's also great in showing the mental torment and exhaustion of the character and how this distances him from others, and combines the two sides brilliantly in scenes like his 'confession' to cutting off his ear. An amazing performance I hope (against all odds) wins the Oscar.

6. Yoo Ah-in, Burning

To discuss this performance in-depth is to go into spoiler territory, because part of the brilliance of Yoo's performance here is how he gradually pieces together a very unsettling portrayal of a seemingly simple man with 'hidden' depths. Yoo puts such an interesting spin on the earnest 'hero' who watches his unrequited love fall into the hands of a twisted sociopath (so he sees it), and in turn goes down an increasingly dark road of his own. His work is within such a reserved frame of physical state and mind and all the more remarkable in the amount of emotion he quietly springs upon you in key moments, with some particularly outstanding in the third act as he goes about acting as the sleuth for the pseudo-mystery at the heart of the film, where it is not so much about the revelations themselves as it is about the repercussions on the characters.

5. Ben Foster, Leave No Trace

As traumatised war veteran Will, the perennially underrated Foster gives another powerful, pitch-perfect performance, once again playing a solider/former soldier which he's done many times before, but not quite in this way. Foster is incredible in portraying the traumatised, irrational state of the man who always seems ill at ease around people, yet so at one and comforted by nature, but also his daughter Tom (Thomasin McKenzie). Him and McKenzie find a powerful connection with one another that really is the film. On his own, Foster as mentioned gives such a realistic and vivid portrayal of PTSD, with a particular standout sequence being his silent, incredible moving reactions to a psychological test, and throughout the film even when his character does some questionable things, never loses sympathy for his plight, and adds so much complexity to this father who is torn by his love for his daughter and his inability to assimilate into society.

4. Jakob Cedergren, The Guilty

Cedergren gives a fantastic performance as Asger, a police officer demoted to desk duty at a call centre, and makes the one-setting, real-time thriller surrounding a desperate emergency call. His performance is in the same way as Tom Hardy in Locke, a one-man show that's truly one of a kind,  as he shows us so much about his character just through his various phone conversations with others, while creating such a vividly realise sense of tension and emotional potency through each of his exchanges with the situation at hand. He creates such a powerful characterisation of such a grounded character and makes the film work entirely with his devoted, powerful performance, and his final revelation of self to the caller in particular is just a throughly outstanding moment.

3. Ethan Hawke, First Reformed

Hawke gives a career-best turn as a Reverend Toller, stricken with the spiritual and environmental corruption of the modern world and how he, himself a man of God with demons of his own, must grapple with it. Hawke's performance delves into the depths of a deeply troubled soul who's rotting from within from the enormity of what he's experienced and is experiencing, carrying not only his own burdens but the burdens of other people's tragedies on his shoulders, and struggling to do his best to do good in a world that seems to want anything but. He grounds even the more abstract and overt ideas of the film with his moving performance, and goes further in granting such a haunting visceral quality to his struggle to either conform with the church, or conform with the new brand of morality slowly growing within him. Hawke very much delivers in the usual expected way, but with a little something extra that makes this a particularly great leading turn from the great actor.

Runner-up: Lucas Hedges, Boy Erased

One of the 'quietest' lead performances I've seen this year, in that I never feel like either he or director Joel Edgerton is trying to go for a big Oscar scene. Hedges is remarkable in showing the journey of Jared, both through his relationships with his family, and the people at the gay conversion camp, and finds such a unique form of power in each of these. In that even when he's not saying anything, or not even overtly reacting, he carries such a weight in each of his interactions to change according to how comfortable or uncomfortable he feels, the complexity of his attitudes towards his own sexuality, and his love but frustration for his family. I particularly love his reactions after the horrific experience with a college roommate where he shows such a mess of emotions, and his final few scenes where he shows a young man finding the resolve to break free, but also the scared young boy terrified at his mistreatment. 

WINNER: Ryan Gosling, First Man 

The response to Gosling's performance in First Man as Neil Armstrong has unfortunately been somewhat muted in terms of critical and audience response, and what seemed like a surefire Oscar nomination has unfortunately been left hanging around the periphery of awards season. Which is a shame, really, because frankly I think he's never been better, even amidst his outstanding recent hot streak of La La Land, The Nice Guys, Blade Runner 2049 and now, this. His portrayal of a seemingly cold, methodical and outwardly emotionless individual works incredibly well for the scenes where Armstrong is on the job, where he gives the character this drive, showing someone who almost deliberately mutes his emotions to maximise efficiency and success, yet finds also a strong devotion and camaraderie with his fellow astronauts to find an underlying warmth and sincere connection nevertheless - and the breaks in his stoicism when he reacts to the deaths of his comrades makes the impact hit a lot harder.

Gosling merges this brilliantly with his depiction of Armstrong's family life where he displays in certain scenes such an honest warmth with his wife and children, yet with a certain reserve that distances him, particularly great in the scene where he has to 'notify' his children about how he might not come back from the Apollo 11 mission, which he handles in such a 'professional' manner akin to a press conference yet suggesting the inner maelstrom within. The best part of his performance is, however, is recurring arc throughout the film that deals with the great tragedy of his life. It pays off brilliantly in the end, and I have to give so much credit to Gosling for bringing the emotion so beautifully in his final few scenes where he actually says close to nothing, yet his performance says so much at the same time, making it perhaps my favourite of 2018.

Reel and Roll Awards: Best Actress 2018 - Top 10

10. Olivia Cooke and Anya Taylor-Joy, Thoroughbreds

Both actresses give phenomenal performances as essentially two dissimilar yet in some way similar 'themes' in Cooke's unfeeling psychopath teenager and Taylor-Joy's full of feeling yet in her own gradual way psychotic teenager. They play so well off one another with Cooke's Amanda and her controlled distanced sociopathy bouncing off of the unravelling psyche of Taylor Joy's Lily. While the film hasn't quite stuck with me as much as I might've liked these are a pair of terrific lead performances that perfectly fit the tone of the film.

9. Carey Mulligan, Wildlife 

As a film on the whole I thought this was a decent, if nothing overly special, directorial debut by Paul Dano, a fine domestic drama but nothing worth particular notice outside of Carey Mulligan, who unfortunately yet again was shut out of the Oscar race for a very deserving performance. As 60s housewife Jeanette, Mulligan gives a tremendous portrayal of a character whose endearing qualities and faults are all cohered into one mess of an individual, who seemingly contradicts herself at every other turn yet whose motives are entirely sincere. Honestly I think the film could've entirely faltered with a lesser performance in the role, but she gives a fully realized, four-dimensional performance that is up there with her performances in An Education and Far From the Madding Crowd.

8. Lady Gaga, A Star is Born

Though there are the tiniest hints of inexperience in the role which Cooper does a good job of covering up for, this is for the most part a great star turn by Gaga, very much evoking those Cher-like comparisons in her use of her star wattage onscreen. Gaga has as aforementioned, scintillating chemistry with Cooper, and alongside this makes her the realisation of Ally's ambitions and dreams rather affecting and powerful, particularly in her performance of 'Shallow', and even though her ascension to fame is somewhat secondary to Jackson Maine's story, continues to deliver an effective portrayal of this arc, and whenever she's in 'focus' she delivers, whether it's a musical number or an argument with Maine, and her final scene is just downright amazing.

7. Charlize Theron, Tully 

Theron delivers another great performance, as has become the norm whenever she's given a lead role, as perennially stressed out mother Marlo. Though I don't like drawing to much attention to aspects like this generally, her physical commitment to the role in gaining weight and embracing the constantly tired nature of the character makes for a particularly lived-in performance, and she also makes for a particularly warm and endearing presence in scenes which necessitate that without compromising the more sombre aspects of the character. It's never a very showy performance, nor does it need to be, as Theron delivers so brilliantly as anything the screenplay needs her to be, and makes for a rather likeable, dynamic presence utterly grounded in realism.

6. Toni Collette, Hereditary 

I have a great many problems with the film itself, which is particularly bothersome since there are just as many elements I'd consider masterful. Chief among them is Collette's incredible performance as Annie Graham. She gives such a striking portrayal of mental illness and grief without making it feel exploitative, really helping to set the film's unique spin on the horror genre from the outset, and delivering both in the rawness of the emotions but also the decay that sets in from the two 'tragedies' that occur. The burden of what happens at it seeps and warps the family from within is brought to life incredibly by Collette's performance, as she brings both such impactful reactions to the horrors that begin to occur around her, and creates quite the terrifying effect with her own brand of horror that results from her own mental breakdown, which again she manages to make not exploitative. It's incredible how she manages to make all of this work, and that's not even to mention the depth she manages to convey in her relationships with her onscreen family, particularly Alex Wolff as her onscreen son, in which they share (alongside Gabriel Byrne) one of the best-acted scenes of 2018. Hate having to leave her out of my top 5.

5, 4, 3. Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, and Rachel Weisz, The Favourite 

These three ladies are exceptional to the extent that I had a very, very hard time separating them all in the rankings. Weisz might be my personal favourite out of the trio, as sort of the balancing act between the other two performances as she plays the biting, incisive wit of Sarah Churchill with such aplomb, driving her insults with such force that is both rather awe-inspiring but more importantly, absolutely hilarious, and I'd go into more detail but that would frankly ruin the fun if you haven't seen the film yet. Her interactions with Stone's Abigail as the 'rival' for the Queen's attentions are incredibly well done as she plays the scenes with such a range of emotions and attitudes depending on the circumstances that make for some of the best scenes of the year, while with Colman she grants such an honest warmth, but also a sense of manipulation and cunning. Stone, on the other hand, is as expected completely on point in the comic department, with her prat falling and slapstick energy in particular notable, and pulls off a great British accent to boot. She goes further than that in delivering entirely on a particularly tricky character arc, and amplifies that with some fantastic anti-chemistry with Weisz, and a different sort of connection with Colman, and I particularly love every scene where she subtly tries to curry favour with the Queen through seemingly innocuous remarks. Then we have Colman as the Queen who is as batshit entertaining as ever in her portrayal of Anne which reminded me quite a bit of Miranda Richardson in Blackadder only with an even more prominent streak of pathetic weakness, and delivering in such a compelling fashion that madness of the character, though never in an overly 'obvious' way. As fun as she is in the BIG moments of the character, though, I have a particular fondness for her smaller, quieter moments, and one of her scenes where she's discussing the meaning behind her pet rabbits is an absolutely devastating scene. Three pitch-perfect performances for the price of one great film.

Runner-Up: Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Last time McCarthy was nominated for an Oscar, it was for her broad comedic supporting turn in Bridesmaids, which was in itself definitely an inspired nomination, and over the next few years she would continue to essentially ply her trade in a series of comedy films of mixed results, some very good like Spy, some not so good. This performance is something of a revelation, not of her talents so to speak which have always been considerable and evident, but of how she could use them to play a character so against her usual grain, it's an achievement in itself. McCarthy's Lee Israel is a piece of work, a difficult, abrasive and altogether unpleasant figure whose only joy is in her cat and the misfortunes which befall others. She takes what could've been an altogether too cruel and unpleasant character into such a vividly realised bag of contradictions, where her insufferable nature elicits its own sort of sympathy the audience can cling to even when her actions continue to be pretty nasty and, soon enough, fraudulent. I've spoken previously about her chemistry with Richard E. Grant, well it's here in spades and she uses that to again create such humanity in the character, though still retaining that edge of the mean and miserable soul, yet also creating a certain tenderness within her that is hidden by the rough exterior. It's a performance that can be hilarious when it needs to be but also utterly miserable or heartbreaking, often within the same scene, as McCarthy delivers one of the most complex roles of 2018 with such aplomb.

WINNER: Thomasin McKenzie, Leave No Trace 

It was a tough choice between my top two, and I'm tempted to grant a tie, however McKenzie here gives an incredible breakout turn that is entirely worthy of the Jennifer Lawrence in Winter's Bone comparisons. McKenzie joins the ranks of Hailee Steinfeld in True Grit, Jacob Tremblay in Room, and Quvenzhané Wallis in Beasts of the Southern Wild as these great yet unassuming portraits of unique coming-of-age stories. I think these child actor performances in general are rather underrated to begin with, the category misplacements in their campaigns are often quite telling, as even Wallis' lead nomination was often criticised by many as being just a 'director's job', which is just a dumb criticism anyway. 

Anyway, McKenzie delivers an absolutely lived-in portrayal of young Tom and her most unique sort of upbringing. Where her onscreen father Foster is a maelstrom of emotions funnelled within a repressed exterior that is only compatible with nature, McKenzie gives a different sort of turn as a figure who was raised entirely and brought up in affinity with that very nature. The ease with which she interacts with nature and provides such a soothing comfort to her father is remarkable, as well as the burgeoning curiosity with the outside world. This makes the effect of her work when Tom is finally placed in the 'real world' and must adapt. McKenzie's performance is incredible in that she shows it is never an easy journey, both her discomfort at her new surroundings but also her fascination with them, and the clash between her love for her troubled father but also her frustrations at him holding them back from properly 'adapting'. This all coalesces into a powerful exploration of a young girl's journey into a woman, a heartfelt depiction of maturation, but also a heartrending portrayal of needing to let go.