Vote Now For The 6th Annual Flickcharters’ Choice Awards!
For the sixth year, members of the “Flickcharters” discussion group on Facebook have submitted ballots in a number of categories to create our own awards, The Flickcharters’ Choice Awards. In the past five years, Drive, Django Unchained, Gravity, Guardians of the Galaxy and last year’s winner Max Max: Fury Road have taken away our top honors. The Flickcharters’ Choice Awards combine the critically beloved films from throughout the year, mixed with films that are typically overlooked at end-of-the-year awards.
After collecting ballots throughout January, we finally present to you the nominees for the 6th Annual Flickcharters’ Choice Awards!
Best Foreign Language Film
The Handmaiden
Our Little Sister
Toni Erdmann
Train to Busan
The Wailing
Honorable Mentions
Embrace of the Serpent, Under the Shadow, The Innocents, Elle, A Man Called Ove
Best Documentary
13th
De Palma
O.J.: Made in America
Tickled
Weiner
Honorable Mentions
Cameraperson, Tower, Life, Animated, The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years, Thank You For Playing
Best Animated Film
Finding Dory
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
Sausage Party
Zootopia
Honorable Mentions
Kung Fu Panda 3, The Secret Life of Pets, Piper, Sing, The Boy and the Beast
Worst Film of 2016
Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice
Dirty Grandpa
Independence Day: Resurgence
Suicide Squad
Yoga Hosers
Honorable Mentions
Sausage Party, Gods of Egypt, The Angry Birds Movie, The Secret Life of Pets, Hardcore Henry
Most Anticipated Film of 2017
Baby Driver
Blade Runner: 2049
Dunkirk
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Honorable Mentions
Alien: Covenant, John Wick: Chapter 2, Paul Thomas Anderson/Daniel-Day Lewis Fashion Film, Spider-Man: Homecoming, War of the Planet of the Apes
Best Underranked Film
The Handmaiden
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
Swiss Army Man
Honorable Mentions
The Edge of Seventeen, Sing Street, Hello, My Name Is Doris, Our Little Sister, The Wailing
Most Underrated Film
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Our Little Sister
Sing Street
Swiss Army Man
Honorable Mentions
The Edge of Seventeen, Hail, Caesar!, Midnight Special, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, Silence
Most Overrated Film
Captain America: Civil War
Deadpool
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Honorable Mentions
Zootopia, Hail, Caesar!, Arrival, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Finding Dory
Most Surprising
10 Cloverfield Lane
Arrival
Deadpool
Doctor Strange
The Nice Guys
Swiss Army Man
Honorable Mentions
Sing Street, Deepwater Horizon, Tickled, The Witch, O.J.: Made in America, The Wailing
Most Disappointing Film
Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice
Hail, Caesar!
Keanu
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Suicide Squad
Honorable Mentions
La La Land, Jason Bourne, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Midnight Special, Arrival, Hacksaw Ridge
Best Looking Film
Arrival
Kubo and the Two Strings
La La Land
Moonlight
The Neon Demon
Honorable Mentions
The Handmaiden, Doctor Strange, The Witch, Nocturnal Animals, The Jungle Book
Best Writing
Shane Black & Anthony Bagarozzi, The Nice Guys
Efthymis Filippou & Yorgos Lanthimos, The Lobster
Eric Heisserer, Arrival
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
Taylor Sheridan, Hell or High Water
Honorable Mentions
Robert Eggers, The Witch
Barry Jenkins & Tarell Alvin McCraney, Moonlight
Joel & Ethan Coen, Hail, Caesar!
Tom Ford, Nocturnal Animals
Kelly Fremon Craig, The Edge of Seventeen
Best Directing
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Robert Eggers, The Witch
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Chan-wook Park, The Handmaiden
Denis Villeneuve, Arrival
Honorable Mentions
Dan Trachtenberg, 10 Cloverfield Lane
David Mackenzie, Hell or High Water
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
Tom Ford, Nocturnal Animals
Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge
Biggest Breakthrough
Robert Eggers (writer/director of The Witch)
Alden Ehrenreich (actor in Hail, Caesar! & Rules Don’t Apply)
Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert (aka DANIELS) (writers & directors of Swiss Army Man)
Anya Taylor-Joy (actress in The Witch & Morgan)
Dan Trachtenberg (director of 10 Cloverfield Lane)
Honorable Mentions:
Barry Jenkins (co-writer & director of Moonlight)
Lucas Hedges (actor in Manchester by the Sea)
Mahershala Ali (actor in Moonlight, Hidden Figures, Kicks and Free State of Jones)
Ferdia Walsh-Peelo (actor & musician in Sing Street)
Janelle Monae (actress in Moonlight & singer/actress in Hidden Figures)
Best Supporting Actress
Viola Davis, Fences
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Min-hee Kim, The Handmaiden
Jena Malone, The Neon Demon
Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea
Honorable Mentions
Kate Dickie, The Witch
Angourie Rice, The Nice Guys
Imogen Poots, Green Room
Molly Shannon, Other People
Agata Buzek, The Innocents
Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
John Goodman, 10 Cloverfield Lane
Daniel Radcliffe, Swiss Army Man
Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals
Honorable Mentions
Alden Ehrenreich, Hail, Caesar!
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nocturnal Animals
Ben Foster, Hell or High Water
Sam Neill, Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Liam Neeson, Silence
Best Actress
Amy Adams, Arrival
Hailee Steinfeld, The Edge of Seventeen
Emma Stone, La La Land
Anya Taylor-Joy, The Witch
Mary Elizabeth Winstead, 10 Cloverfield Lane
Honorable Mentions
Tae-ri Kim, The Handmaiden
Natalie Portman, Jackie
Sally Field, Hello, My Name Is Doris
Krisha Fairchild, Krisha
Blake Lively, The Shallows
Best Actor
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Colin Farrell, The Lobster
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nocturnal Animals
Denzel Washington, Fences
Honorable Mentions
Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool
Ryan Gosling, The Nice Guys
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Paul Dano, Swiss Army Man
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
Best Overall Cast
Captain America: Civil War
Hail, Caesar!
Hell or High Water
Moonlight
The Nice Guys
Honorable Mentions
Manchester by the Sea
Nocturnal Animals
The Witch
The Handmaiden
Sing Street
2016 Outstanding Achievement in Film
Amy Adams (for Arrival & Nocturnal Animals)
Andrew Garfield (for Hacksaw Ridge & Silence)
Ryan Gosling (for La La Land & The Nice Guys)
Barry Jenkins (for Moonlight)
Michael Shannon (for Midnight Special, Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Elvis & Nixon, Salt and Fire, Loving & Nocturnal Animals)
Honorable Mentions
Damien Chazelle
Janelle Monae
Ryan Reynolds
Robert Eggers
Tilda Swinton
Best Scene
Captain America: Civil War, Airport Fight
Hail, Caesar!, “Would That It Were So Simple”
La La Land, Epilogue
Manchester by the Sea, Lee (Casey Affleck) and Randi (Michelle Williams) meet up
Sing Street, “Drive It Like You Stole It”
Honorable Mentions
Nocturnal Animals, The Nighttime Highway Stop
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Darth Vader Attacks
The Witch, Ending
Hail, Caesar!, “No Dames”
10 Cloverfield Lane, Escape From the Bunker
Best Picture
Arrival
Hell or High Water
La La Land
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
Honorable Mentions
Sing Street
Silence
The Nice Guys
The Handmaiden
The Witch
Leading this year’s nominees is La La Land and Moonlight, both tied with seven nominations each, followed by Arrival and Manchester by the Sea with six nominations, and Hell or High Water, The Handmaiden and Swiss Army Man with four each.
So now it’s everyone’s turn to vote from these nominations. Voting will close on February 18, 2017, AT 11:59 P.M. EST.
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Everyone gets one ballot, so you’ve got a few weeks to watch any of the films you’ve missed and make an educated vote.
See you in two weeks with your winners for the 6th Annual Flickcharters’ Choice Awards!
thanks for giving Sing Street and Swiss Army Man a place to shine since The Oscars snubbed them both so hard.