Precursor: 21st Online Critics Nominations (2017)

The Online Film Critics Society made changes to its rules and categories this year making things a bit more unusual. There are some very odd choices on this list that don’t fit into the current Oscar narrative, so they may not be that indicative this year.

Award Tallies

(8) The Shape of Water
(6) Call Me by Your Name, Get Out, Lady Bird
(5) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
(4) Dunkirk
(3) I, Tonya, Mudbound, Phantom Thread

The Awards

Best Picture

Call Me by Your Name
Dunkirk
The Florida Project
Get Out
A Ghost Story
Lady Bird
mother!
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Animated Feature

The Breadwinner
Coco
In This Corner of the World
The Lego Batman Movie
Loving Vincent

Best Director

Paul Thomas Anderson – Phantom Thread
Guillermo del Toro – The Shape of Water
Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird
Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk
Jordan Peele – Get Out

Best Actor

Timothée Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name
James Franco – The Disaster Artist
Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out
Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour
Robert Pattinson – Good Time

Best Actress

Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Cynthia Nixon – A Quiet Passion
Margot Robbie – I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird

Best Supporting Actor

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
Tiffany Haddish – Girls Trip
Holly Hunter – The Big Sick
Allison Janney – I, Tonya
Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird

Best Original Screenplay

Get Out
Lady Bird
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Beguiled
Call Me by Your Name
The Disaster Artist
The Lost City of Z
Molly’s Game

Best Editing

Baby Driver
Dunkirk
Good Time
I, Tonya
The Shape of Water

Best Cinematography

Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Lost City of Z
Mudbound
The Shape of Water

Best Film Not in the English Language

BPM (Beats Per Minute)
First They Killed My Father
Nocturama
Raw
The Square
Thelma

Best Documentary

Dawson City: Frozen Time
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
Faces Places
Jane
The Work

Best Ensemble

Get Out
Lady Bird
Mudbound
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Breakout Star

Timothée Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name
Brooklynn Prince – The Florida Project
Tiffany Haddish – Girls Trip
Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out
Dafne Keen – Logan