By Matt Neglia
The Oscars are behind us. The 2018 NBP Film Community Awards are behind us. And now, after promising last week we would reveal the winners, the 2018 NBP Film Community Awards, as voted on by the staff of Next Best Picture are finally here (first heard on Episode 132 of the podcast). And thus, we say goodbye to the 2018 film year. Thank you all for what has been a wild awards season. Bring on the rest of 2019!
​Click below to see our winners for the best in 2018.
​BEST PICTURE
BlacKkKlansman
Black Panther
Eighth Grade
The Favourite (WINNER)
First Reformed
If Beale Street Could Talk
Leave No Trace
Roma (RUNNER UP)
A Star Is Born
Widows
ENSEMBLE
BlacKkKlansman
Black Panther
The Favourite (WINNER)
If Beale Street Could Talk
Widows (RUNNER UP)
ACTOR
Christian Bale – Vice
Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born (WINNER)
Ryan Gosling – First Man
Ethan Hawke – First Reformed (RUNNER UP)
John David Washington – BlacKkKlansman
ACTRESS
Yalitzia Aparicio – Roma
Toni Collette – Hereditary (RUNNER UP)
Olivia Colman – The Favourite (WINNER)
Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born
Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mahershala Ali – Green Book
Adam Driver – BlacKkKlansman (RUNNER UP)
Sam Elliott – A Star Is Born
Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me? (WINNER)
Michael B. Jordan – Black Panther
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams – Vice
Elizabeth Debicki – Widows
Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk (WINNER)
Emma Stone – The Favourite (RUNNER UP)
Rachel Weisz – The Favourite
YOUTH PERFORMANCE
Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade (WINNER)
Thomasin McKenzie – Leave No Trace
Milly Shapiro – Hereditary
Millicient Simmonds – A Quiet Place
Amandla Stenberg – The Hate U Give (RUNNER UP)
VOICEOVER
Bryan Cranston – Isle of Dogs (RUNNER UP)
Holly Hunter – Incredibles 2
Shameik Moore – Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
Sarah Silverman – Ralph Breaks The Internet
Ben Whishaw – Paddington 2 (WINNER)
BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE
Yalitzia Aparicio – Roma (TIE)
Cynthia Erivo – Bad Times At The El Royale
Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade (TIE)
Kiki Layne – If Beale Street Could Talk
Thomasin McKenzie – Leave No Trace
DIRECTOR
Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
Alfonso Cuaron – Roma (WINNER)
Barry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk
Yorgos Lanthimos – The Favourite
Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman (RUNNER UP)
DEBUT DIRECTOR
Ari Aster – Hereditary
Bo Burnham – Eighth Grade (WINNER)
Aneesh Chaganty – Searching
Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born (RUNNER UP)
Carlos Lopez Estrada – Blindspotting
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Eighth Grade (RUNNER UP)
The Favourite (WINNER)
First Reformed
Private Life
Roma
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BlacKkKlansman (RUNNER UP)
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
If Beale Street Could Talk (WINNER)
A Star Is Born
Widows
ANIMATED FILM
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs (RUNNER UP)
Mirai
Ralph Breaks The Internet
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse (WINNER)
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Burning
Capernaum
Cold War (RUNNER UP)
Roma (WINNER)
Shoplifters
DOCUMENTARY
Free Solo (RUNNER UP)
Minding The Gap
RBG
Three Identical Strangers
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (WINNER)
CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Favourite (TIE)
First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk (TIE(
Roma
A Star Is Born
COSTUME DESIGN
Black Panther (WINNER)
Crazy Rich Asians
The Favourite (RUNNER UP)
Mary Poppins Returns
Mary Queen of Scots
EDITING
BlacKkKlansman (RUNNER UP)
The Favourite
First Man (WINNER)
A Star Is Born
Widows
MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
Black Panther
The Favourite
Mary Queen of Scots
Suspiria (RUNNER UP)
Vice (WINNER)
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Black Panther (WINNER)
The Favourite (RUNNER UP)
First Man
Mary Poppins Returns
Roma
SCORE
BlacKkKlansman
Black Panther
First Man (TIE)
If Beale Street Could Talk (TIE)
Mary Poppins Returns
SONG
The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs – When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings
Black Panther – All The Stars
Mary Poppins Returns – The Place Where Lost Things Go (RUNNER UP)
Mary Poppins Returns – Trip A Little Light Fantastic
A Star Is Born – Shallow (WINNER)
SOUND EDITING
Black Panther
First Man (WINNER)
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
A Quiet Place
Roma (RUNNER UP)
SOUND MIXING
Black Panther
First Man (RUNNER UP)
A Quiet Place
Roma
A Star Is Born (WINNER)
VISUAL EFFECTS
Annihilation (RUNNER UP)
Avengers: Infinity War (WINNER)
First Man
Mary Poppins Returns
Ready Player One
ACTION FILM
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther (TIE)
Mission: Impossible – Fallout (TIE)
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
Widows
COMEDY FILM
Blockers
Crazy Rich Asians
Eighth Grade (RUNNER UP)
The Favourite (WINNER)
Game Night
SCI-FI/HORROR FILM
Annihilation (RUNNER UP)
Halloween
Hereditary (WINNER)
A Quiet Place
Suspiria
OVERLOOKED FILM
American Animals
Blindspotting (WINNER)
The Hate U Give (RUNNER UP)
Leave No Trace
Searching
The Favourite – 6 Wins, 3 Runner Ups
If Beale Street Could Talk – 4 Wins
Roma – 3 Wins, 3 Runner Ups
Eighth Grade – 3 Wins, 2 Runner Ups
Black Panther – 3 Wins, 1 Runner Up
First Man – 3 Wins, 1 Runner Up
A Star Is Born – 3 Wins, 1 Runner Up
Hereditary – 1 Win, 1 Runner Up
Avengers: Infinity War – 1 Win
Blindspotting – 1 Win
Can You Ever Forgive Me? – 1 Win
Mission: Impossible – Fallout – 1 Win
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse: 1 Win
Vice – 1 Win
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? – 1 Win
BlacKkKlansman – 4 Runner Ups
Annihilation – 2 Runner Ups
The Hate U Give – 2 Runner Ups
Isle Of Dogs – 2 Runner Ups
Cold War – 1 Runner Up
First Reformed – 1 Runner Up
Free Solo – 1 Runner Up
Mary Poppins Returns – 1 Runner Up
Suspiria – 1 Runner Up
Widows – 1 Runner Up
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