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Critics Choice Awards 2018 nominations: complete list

Well, my first thoughts? Critics shouldn't play this safe - too many categories with 6 and 7 nominees. It's like "we will nominate all the strong contenders and let controversial choices to Oscars"... It's almost like seeing a Satellite Awards nominees shortlist, but Critics' Choice Awards still have much more credibility!
Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water is a clear front-runner here, scoring 14 nominations, with Dunkirk, Call Me By Your Name and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri also score nice here in the main categories. Highlights to Jessica Chastain who seems to be in a quest to be taken under serious consideration for what's said to be her phenomenal performance in Molly's Game. Mudbound also scores nice here (for a Netflix movie, but it missed Best Picture anyway) and both Lady Bird and The Florida Project got well-deserved Best Picture nominations - crucial for their Oscar dreams! And we got The Big Sick here, which I love and I've always predicted this comedy to get a Best Picture nod (I want it to happen so bad)!
Here's the nominees list:
BEST PICTURE
  • The Big Sick
  • Call Me by Your Name
  • Darkest Hour
  • Dunkirk
  • The Florida Project
  • Get Out
  • Lady Bird
  • The Post
  • The Shape of Water
  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

 BEST ACTOR
  • Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name
  • James Franco, The Disaster Artist
  • Jake Gyllenhaal, Stronger
  • Tom Hanks, The Post
  • Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
  • Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
  • Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour

 BEST ACTRESS
  • Jessica Chastain, Molly’s Game
  • Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
  • Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
  • Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
  • Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
  • Meryl Streep, The Post

 BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
  • Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
  • Armie Hammer, Call Me By Your Name
  • Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
  • Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
  • Patrick Stewart, Logan
  • Michael Stuhlbarg, Call Me by Your Name

 BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
  • Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
  • Hong Chau, Downsizing
  • Tiffany Haddish, Girls Trip
  • Holly Hunter, The Big Sick
  • Allison Janney, I, Tonya
  • Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
  • Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water

 BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
  • Mckenna Grace, Gifted
  • Dafne Keen, Logan
  • Brooklynn Prince, The Florida Project
  • Millicent Simmonds, Wonderstruck
  • Jacob Tremblay, Wonder

 BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
  • Dunkirk
  • Lady Bird
  • Mudbound
  • The Post
  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

 BEST DIRECTOR
  • Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
  • Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
  • Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
  • Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
  • Luca Guadagnino, Call Me By Your Name
  • Jordan Peele, Get Out
  • Steven Spielberg, The Post

 BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
  • Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor, The Shape of Water
  • Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
  • Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani, The Big Sick
  • Liz Hannah & Josh Singer, The Post
  • Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
  • Jordan Peele, Get Out

 BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
  • James Ivory, Call Me by Your Name
  • Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber, The Disaster Artist
  • Virgil Williams & Dee Rees, Mudbound
  • Aaron Sorkin, Molly’s Game
  • Jack Thorne, Steve Conrad & Stephen Chbosky, Wonder

 BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
  • Roger Deakins, Blade Runner 2049
  • Hoyte van Hoytema, Dunkirk
  • Dan Laustsen, The Shape of Water
  • Rachel Morrison, Mudbound
  • Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Call Me By Your Name

 BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
  • Paul Denham Austerberry, Shane Vieau & Jeff Melvin, The Shape of Water
  • Jim Clay & Rebecca Alleway, Murder on the Orient Express
  • Nathan Crowley & Gary Fettis, Dunkirk
  • Dennis Gassner & Alessandra Querzola, Blade Runner 2049
  • Sarah Greenwood & Katie Spencer, Beauty and the Beast
  • Mark Tildesley & Véronique Melery, Phantom Thread

 BEST EDITING
  • Michael Kahn & Sarah Broshar, The Post
  • Paul Machliss & Jonathan Amos, Baby Driver
  • Lee Smith, Dunkirk
  • Joe Walker, Blade Runner 2049
  • Sidney Wolinsky, The Shape of Water

 BEST COSTUME DESIGN
  • Renée April, Blade Runner 2049
  • Mark Bridges, Phantom Thread
  • Jacqueline Durran, Beauty and the Beast
  • Lindy Hemming, Wonder Woman
  • Luis Sequeira, The Shape of Water

 BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • Darkest Hour
  • I, Tonya
  • The Shape of Water
  • Wonder

 BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
  • Blade Runner 2049
  • Dunkirk
  • The Shape of Water
  • Thor: Ragnarok
  • War for the Planet of the Apes
  • Wonder Woman

 BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
  • The Breadwinner
  • Coco
  • Despicable Me 3
  • The LEGO Batman Movie
  • Loving Vincent

 BEST ACTION MOVIE
  • Baby Driver
  • Logan
  • Thor: Ragnarok
  • War for the Planet of the Apes
  • Wonder Woman

 BEST COMEDY
  • The Big Sick
  • The Disaster Artist
  • Girls Trip
  • I, Tonya
  • Lady Bird

 BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
  • Steve Carell, Battle of the Sexes
  • James Franco, The Disaster Artist
  • Chris Hemsworth, Thor: Ragnarok
  • Kumail Nanjiani, The Big Sick
  • Adam Sandler, The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

 BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
  • Tiffany Haddish, Girls Trip
  • Zoe Kazan, The Big Sick
  • Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
  • Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
  • Emma Stone, Battle of the Sexes

 BEST SCI-FI OR HORROR MOVIE
  • Blade Runner 2049
  • Get Out
  • It
  • The Shape of Water

 BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
  • BPM (Beats Per Minute)
  • A Fantastic Woman
  • First They Killed My Father
  • In the Fade
  • The Square
  • Thelma

 BEST SONG
  • "Evermore", Beauty and the Beast
  • "Mystery of Love", Call Me By Your Name
  • "Remember Me", Coco
  • "Stand Up for Something", Marshall
  • "This Is Me", The Greatest Showman

 BEST SCORE
  • Alexandre Desplat, The Shape of Water
  • Jonny Greenwood, Phantom Thread
  • Dario Marianelli, Darkest Hour
  • Benjamin Wallfisch and Hans Zimmer, Blade Runner 2049
  • John Williams, The Post
  • Hans Zimmer, Dunkirk

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