Ballots and Best-of Lists

Best Films of 2019: Daniel’s SFBAFCC Awards Ballot

Ron Swanson Awards Best Films of 2019

By Daniel Barnes

This is the complete ballot that I submitted for the 2019 San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle awards.  We will announce the winners on Monday, Dec. 15.  Check out my full rankings of the best films of 2019 HERE.

BEST FILMS OF 2019

  1. Uncut Gems
  2. Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
  3. Peterloo
  4. Midsommar
  5. In Fabric

BEST DIRECTOR

  1. Josh and Benny Safdie, Uncut Gems
  2. Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
  3. Mike Leigh, Peterloo
  4. Ari Aster, Midsommar
  5. Martin Scorsese, The Irishman

BEST ACTRESS

  1. Elisabeth Moss, Her Smell
  2. Julianne Moore, Gloria Bell
  3. Mary Kay Place, Diane
  4. Florence Pugh, Midsommar
  5. Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story

BEST ACTOR

  1. Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems
  2. Matthew McConaughey, The Beach Bum
  3. Adam Driver, Marriage Story
  4. Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
  5. Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

  1. Julianne Nicholson, Monos
  2. Julie Hagerty, Marriage Story
  3. Anna Kendrick, The Day Shall Come
  4. Margot Robbie, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
  5. Laura Dern, Marriage Story

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

  1. Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
  2. Joe Pesci, The Irishman
  3. Al Pacino, The Irishman
  4. Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse
  5. Sterling K. Brown, Waves

BEST SCREENPLAY, Original

  1. Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
  2. Uncut Gems
  3. Marriage Story
  4. Midsommar
  5. Pain and Glory

BEST SCREENPLAY, Adapted

  1. The Irishman
  2. I Lost My Body
  3. Little Women
  4. Toy Story 4
  5. Gloria Bell

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

  1. Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
  2. Uncut Gems
  3. Midsommar
  4. The Lighthouse
  5. A Hidden Life

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

  1. Marriage Story
  2. Monos
  3. Gloria Bell
  4. Weathering with You
  5. A Hidden Life

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

  1. Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
  2. Midsommar
  3. The Lighthouse
  4. Parasite
  5. In Fabric

BEST EDITING

  1. Uncut Gems
  2. Midsommar
  3. Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
  4. Waves
  5. Parasite

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

  1. I Lost My Body
  2. Toy Story 4
  3. Weathering with You
  4. Klaus
  5. Funan

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE

  1. Pain and Glory
  2. Parasite
  3. I Lost My Body
  4. Holiday
  5. Monos

BEST DOCUMENTARY

  1. Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
  2. Diego Maradona
  3. American Factory
  4. Apollo 11
  5. Maiden

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