Another year, another awards season marred in missed opportunities and snubbed people. We’re back to offer another version of what the Oscars could be. The rules remain the same: you can’t be nominated for an Alt Oscar if you’re nominated for a proper Oscar.
Take a look at our picks – are there any others you would nominate?
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Actual nominees: Javier Bardem, Benedict Cumberbatch, Andrew Garfield, Will Smith, Denzel Washington.
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Candyman
Peter Dinklage, Cyrano
Jason Isaacs, Mass
Dev Patel, The Green Knight
Anthony Ramos, In the Heights
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Actual nominees: Jessica Chastain, Olivia Colman, Penélope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, Kristen Stewart.
Jodie Comer, The Last Duel
Virginie Efira, Benedetta
Taylour Paige, Zola
Martha Plimpton, Mass
Noomi Rapace, Lamb
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Actual nominees: Ciarán Hinds, Troy Kotsur, Jesse Plemons, J. K. Simmons, Kodi Smit-McPhee.
Reed Birney, Mass
Colman Domingo, Zola
Richard E. Grant, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
Richard Jenkins, Nightmare Alley
Vincent Lindon, Titane
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Actual nominees: Jessie Buckley, Ariana DeBose, Judi Dench, Kirsten Dunst, Aunjanue Ellis.
Cate Blanchett, Nightmare Alley
Ann Dowd, Mass
Olga Merediz, In the Heights
Alexandra Shipp, tick… tick… BOOM!
Suzanna Son, Red Rocket
BEST DIRECTOR
Actual nominees: Kenneth Branagh, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Paul Thomas Anderson, Jane Campion, Steven Spielberg.
Jon M. Chu, In the Heights
Nia DaCosta, Candyman
Julia Ducournau, Titane
Fran Kranz, Mass
David Lowery, The Green Knight
BEST MOTION PICTURE
Actual nominees: Belfast, CODA, Don’t Look Up, Drive My Car, Dune, King Richard, Licorice Pizza, Nightmare Alley, The Power of the Dog, West Side Story.
C’mon C’mon
Chelsea Barnard, Lila Yacoub, Andrea Longachre-White
Eternals
Kevin Feige
In the Heights
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Quiara Alegria Hudes, Scott Sanders, Anthony Bregman, Mara Jacobs
The Harder They Fall
Lawrence Bender, Jay-Z, James Lassiter, Jeymes Samuel
Mass
Fran Kranz, Dylan Matlock, Casey Wilder Mott, J.P. Ouelette
The Mitchells vs The Machines
Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Kurt Albrecht
No Time to Die
Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli
Daniel Craig in No Time to Die.
Passing
Nina Yang Bongiovi, Forest Whitaker, Margot Hand, Rebecca Hall
The Last Duel
Ridley Scott, Kevin J. Walsh, Jennifer Fox, Nicole Holofcener, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck
tick… tick… BOOM!
Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Julie Oh
BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Actual nominees: Belfast, Don’t Look Up, King Richard, Licorice Pizza, The Worst Person in the World.
C’mon C’mon
Written by Mike Mills
The Harder They Fall
Screenplay by Jeymes Samuel and Boaz Yakin
Story by Jeymes Samuel
Lamb
Written by Sjón and Valdimar Jóhannsson
Mass
Written by Fran Kranz
The Mitchells vs The Machines
Written by Mike Rianda and Jeff Rowe
BEST WRITING, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Actual nominees: CODA, Drive My Car, Dune, The Lost Daughter, The Power of the Dog.
The Green Knight
Screenplay by David Lowery
Based on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Anonymous
In the Heights
Screenplay by Quiara Alegria Hudes
Based on the Musical Stage Play
Book by Quiara Alegria Hudes
Music & Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda
No Time to Die
Screenplay by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and Cary Joji Fukunaga and Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Story by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and Cary Joji Fukunaga
Based on the Characters Created by Ian Fleming
West Side Story
Screenplay by Tony Kushner
Based on the Stage Musical
Book by Arthur Laurents
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Choreography by Jerome Robbins
Adapted from the 1961 Film by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins
Zola
Screenplay by Janicza Bravo and Jeremy O. Harris
based on the Article Zola Tells All: The Real Story Behind the Greatest Stripper Saga Ever Tweeted by David Kushner
Based on the Tweets by Aziah “Zola” King
