(All contenders listed alphabetically)
Ben Affleck THE WAY BACK ♦ †
Timothée Chalamet DUNE
Adam Driver ANNETTE
Jessie Eisenberg RESISTANCE
Ansel Elgort WEST SIDE STORY
Michael Fassbender NEXT GOAL WINS
Richard E. Grant EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE
James Gordon THE PROM
Tom Hanks GREYHOUND
Tom Hanks NEWS OF THE WORLD
Brian Tyree Henry RED, WHITE AND WATER
Anthony Hopkins THE FATHER
Max Harwood EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE
Tom Holland CHERRY
John Magaro FIRST COW
Bill Murray THE FRENCH DISPATCH
Bill Murray ON THE ROCKS
Gary Oldman MANK
Dev Patel THE GREEN KNIGHT
Dev Patel THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD †
Anthony Ramos IN THE HEIGHTS
Denzel Washington MACBETH
John David Washington TENET
Steven Yeun MINARI
♦ Recommended in category by AWARDS ACE Editor-in-Chief Erick Weber
† Photo courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures
(All contenders listed alphabetically)
AMMONITE
ANNETTE
BABYLON
BAD BLOOD
BIOS
DA 5 BLOODS
DOWNHILL
DUNE †
THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE
THE FATHER
FATHERHOOD
FIRST COW
THE FRENCH DISPATCH
THE GLORIAS
THE GREEN KNIGHT
HILLBILLY ELEGY
I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS
IRRESISTIBLE
MACBETH
MANK
MEMORIA
MINARI
NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS
NEWS OF THE WORLD
NEXT GOAL WINS
NIGHTMARE ALLEY
NOMADLAND
ON THE ROCKS
THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD
THE PROM
RED, WHITE AND WATER
RESPECT
TENET
THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
UNTITLED BOB DYLAN PROJECT
WEST SIDE STORY
♦ Recommended in category by AWARDS ACE Editor-in-Chief Erick Weber
† Photo courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures
(All contenders listed alphabetically)
Amy Adams HILLBILLY ELEGY
Amy Adams THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW
Ana de Armas BLONDE
Emily Blunt A QUIET PLACE 2
Emily Blunt NOT FADE AWAY
Jessie Buckley I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS
Glenn Close FOUR GOOD DAYS
Glenn Close SUNSET BOULEVARD
Toni Collette NIGHTMARE ALLEY
Marion Cotillard ANNETTE
Zoey Deutch BUFFALOED
Viola Davis MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
Dakota Fanning THE BELL JAR
Sally Hawkins ETERNAL BEAUTY
Jennifer Hudson RESPECT
Alison Janney BREAKING NEWS IN YUBA COUNTY
Rashina Jones ON THE ROCKS
Mila Kunis FOUR GOOD DAYS
Diana Lane LET HIM GO
Jennifer Lawrence BAD BLOOD
Jennifer Lawrence RED, WHITE AND WATER
Rooney Mara A HOUSE IN THE SKY
Melissa McCarthy THE STARLING
Frances McDormand THE FRENCH DISPATCH
Frances McDormand MACBETH
Elisabeth Moss THE INVISIBLE MAN
Elisabeth Moss SHIRLEY
Carey Mulligan PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN ♦ †
Michelle Pfeiffer FRENCH EXIT
Rosamund Pike RADIOACTIVE
Margot Robbie BARBIE
Emma Stone BABYLON
Meryl Streep LET THEM ALL TALK
Tilda Swinton MEMORIA
Kate Winslet AMMONITE
Rachel Zegler WEST SIDE STORY
♦ Recommended in category by AWARDS ACE Editor-in-Chief Erick Weber
† Photo courtesy Focus Features
(All contenders listed alphabetically)
Adrien Brody THE FRENCH DISPATCH
Tom Burke MANK
Chadwick Boseman MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
Timothee Chalamet THE FRENCH DISPATCH
Willem Dafoe THE LAST THING HE WANTED
Willem Dafoe NIGHTMARE ALLEY
Charles Dance MANK
Adam Driver THE LAST DUEL
Lucas Hedges FRENCH EXIT
Oscar Issac DUNE
Orion Lee FIRST COW ♦ †
Jonathan Majors DA 5 BLOODS
Gary Oldman DREAMLAND
Robert Pattinson TENET
Eddie Redmayne THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
Mark Rylance THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
Benicio del Toro THE FRENCH DISPATCH †
Stanley Tucci WORTH
Christopher Waltz THE FRENCH DISPATCH
Owen Wilson THE FRENCH DISPATCH
♦ Recommended in category by AWARDS ACE Editor-in-Chief Erick Weber
† Photo courtesy A24 Films
(All contenders listed alphabetically)
Wes Anderson THE FRENCH DISPATCH
Leos Carax ANNETTE
Niki Caro MULAN
Damien Chazelle BABYLON
Lee Isaac Chung MINARI
Joel Coen MACBETH
Sofia Coppola ON THE ROCKS
David Fincher MANK
Greta Gerwig BARBIE
Paul Greengrass NEWS OF THE WORLD
Eliza Hittman NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS
Ron Howard HILLBILLY ELEGY
Armando Iannucci THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD
Charlie Kaufman I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS
Francis Lee AMMONITE
Spike Lee DA 5 BLOODS
David Lowery THE GREEN KNIGHT
James Mangold UNTITLED BOB DYLAN PROJECT
Adam McKay BAD BLOOD
Lila Neugebauer RED, WHITE AND WATER
Christopher Nolan TENET †
Kelly Reichardt FIRST COW
Miguel Sapochnik BIOS
Michael Showalter THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE
Aaron Sorkin THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
Steven Spielberg WEST SIDE STORY
Julie Taymor THE GLORIAS
Liesl Tommy RESPECT
Guillermo del Toro NIGHTMARE ALLEY
Denis Villeneuve DUNE
Taika Waititi NEXT GOAL WINS
Apichatpong Weerasethakul MEMORIA
Paul Weitz FATHERHOOD
Florian Zeller THE FATHER
Chloé Zhao NOMADLAND
♦ Recommended in category by AWARDS ACE Editor-in-Chief Erick Weber
† Photo courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures
(All contenders listed alphabetically)
Glenn Close HILLBILLY ELEGY
Glenn Close FOUR GOOD DAYS
Olivia Colman THE FATHER
Jodie Comer THE LAST DUEL
Elizabeth Debicki TENET
Jennifer Jason Leigh THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW
Olga Merediz IN THE HEIGHTS
Julianne Moore THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW
Rita Moreno WEST SIDE STORY
Saoirse Ronan AMMONITE †
Lea Seydoux THE FRENCH DISPATCH
Octavia Spencer THE WITCHES
Tilda Swinton THE FRENCH DISPATCH
Zendaya DUNE
♦ Recommended in category by AWARDS ACE Editor-in-Chief Erick Weber
† Photo courtesy NEON
(All contenders listed alphabetically)
AMMONITE
BIOS
DA 5 BLOODS
FIRST COW ♦
THE FRENCH DISPATCH
THE GLORIAS
THE GREEN KNIGHT
MANK
MINARI †
MULAN
ON THE ROCKS
RED, WHITE AND WATER
TENET †
THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
UNTITLED BOB DYLAN PROJECT
♦ Recommended in category by AWARDS ACE Editor-in-Chief Erick Weber
† Photo courtesy A24 Films
(All contenders listed alphabetically)
DUNE
THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE
FATHERHOOD
HILLBILLY ELEGY
MULAN
NEWS OF THE WORLD
NEXT GOAL WINS
NIGHTMARE ALLEY
NOMADLAND
THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD
RESPECT
WEST SIDE STORY †
♦ Recommended in category by AWARDS ACE Editor-in-Chief Erick Weber
† Photo courtesy 20th Century Studios
(All contenders listed alphabetically)
CONNECTED
THE CROODS 2
MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU
ONWARD
OVER THE MOON
PINOCCHIO
RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON
SCOOB! †
SING 2
SOUL
SPACE JAM 2
THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: IT’S A WONDERFUL SPONGE
TROLLS WORLD TOUR
VIVO
WISH DRAGON
WOLFWALKERS
♦ Recommended in category by AWARDS ACE Editor-in-Chief Erick Weber
† Photo courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures
