It’s time for LCJ’s First Half of 2020 Movie Awards. Films released in theaters, on VOD, on streaming platforms and on TV from January 1st, 2020 through June 26th, 2020 qualify equally. Please Note:
There are 22 competitive categories. The winners will be announced this Sunday, June 28th at 7pmET.
“40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic” will receive a Special Achievement Award for Documentary Short Filmmaking.
Excellent films “The Vast of Night” and “A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon” were nominated for the previous LCJ Movie Awards, as they were awards eligible as 2019 qualifying releases.
Best Picture
“Bad Education”
“Driveways”
“The High Note”
“Hope Gap”
“Marona’s Fantastic Tale”
“My Darling Vivian”
“Resistance”
“Robert the Bruce”
“Stargirl”
“Taylor Swift: Miss Americana”
Best Director
Andrew Ahn – “Driveways”
Cory Finley – “Bad Education”
Nisha Ganatra – “The High Note”
Julia Hart – “Stargirl”
Jonathan Jakubowicz – “Resistance”
Matt Riddlehoover – “My Darling Vivian”
Lana Wilson – “Taylor Swift: Miss Americana”
Best Actor
Ben Affleck – “The Way Back”
Kevin Bacon – “You Should Have Left”
Jesse Eisenberg – “Resistance”
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – “7500”
Hugh Jackman – “Bad Education”
Angus Macfayden – “Robert the Bruce”
Bill Nighy – “Hope Gap”
Best Actress
Annette Bening – “Hope Gap”
Hong Chau – “Driveways”
Dakota Johnson – “The High Note”
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – “Downhill”
Britt Robertson – “I Still Believe”
Kristin Scott Thomas – “Military Wives”
Kristen Stewart – “Underwater”
Best Supporting Actor
Brian Dennehy – “Driveways”
Kelvin Harrison, Jr. – “The High Note”
Martin Lawrence – “Bad Boys For Life”
Delroy Lindo – “Da 5 Bloods”
Gary Sinise – “I Still Believe”
Donald Sutherland – “The Burnt Orange Heresy”
Courtney B. Vance – “Uncorked”
Best Supporting Actress
Elizabeth Debicki – “The Burnt Orange Heresy”
Sharon Horgan – “Military Wives”
Allison Janney – “Bad Education”
Niecy Nash – “Uncorked”
Clemence Poesy – “Resistance”
Andrea Riseborough – “Burden”
Tracee Ellis Ross – “The High Note”
Best Young Actor/Actress
Chloe Coleman – “My Spy”
Avery Tissu Essex – “You Should Have Left”
Devin France – “Wendy”
Amber Havard – “Bull”
Lucas Jaye – “Driveways”
Yashua Mack – “Wendy”
Grace VanderWaal – “Stargirl”
Breakthrough Performance
K.J. Apa – “I Still Believe”
Mamadou Athie – “Uncorked”
Seth Carr – “The Main Event”
Winslow Fegley – “Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made”
Ashton Sanders – “All Day and a Night”
Graham Verchere – “Stargirl”
Geraldine Viswanathan – “Bad Education”
Best Acting Ensemble
“Bad Education”
“The High Note”
“I Still Believe”
“Military Wives”
“Resistance”
“Robert the Bruce”
“Stargirl”
Best Animated Feature
“Jungle Beat: The Movie”
“Marona’s Fantastic Tale”
“Onward”
“SCOOB!”
“StarDog & TurboCat”
“Trolls World Tour”
“The Willoughbys”
Best Voice Performance in a Motion Picture
Lizzie Brochere – “Marona’s Fantastic Tale”
Nick Frost – “StarDog & TurboCat”
Natalie Portman – “Dolphin Reef”
Chris Pratt – “Onward”
Sam Rockwell – “Trolls World Tour”
Ben Schwartz – “Sonic the Hedgehog”
Mark Wahlberg – “SCOOB!”
Best Documentary Feature
“And We Go Green”
“Bluebird”
“Dolphin Reef”
“Elephant”
“My Darling Vivian”
“The Painter and the Thief”
“Taylor Swift: Miss Americana”
Best Comedy
“Bad Boys For Life”
“The Gentlemen”
“The Main Event”
“Military Wives”
“My Spy”
Best Actor in a Comedy
Dave Bautista – “My Spy”
Sam Claflin – “Love. Wedding. Repeat”
Colin Farrell – “The Gentlemen”
Martin Lawrence – “Bad Boys For Life”
Katt Williams – “2 Minutes of Fame”
Best Actress in a Comedy
Tichina Arnold – “The Main Event”
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – “Downhill”
Olivia Munn – “Love. Wedding. Repeat”
Kristen Schaal – “My Spy”
Kristin Scott Thomas – “Military Wives”
Best Drama
“Bad Education”
“Driveways”
“The High Note”
“Hope Gap”
“Resistance”
“Stargirl”
Best Action Film/Suspense Thriller
“7500”
“Color Out of Space”
“Extraction”
“Robert the Bruce”
“Underwater”
“You Should Have Left”
Best Original Screenplay
Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen – “Driveways”
Flora Greeson – “The High Note”
William Nicholson – “Hope Gap”
Anghel Damian – “Marona’s Fantastic Tale”
Jonathan Jakubowicz – “Resistance”
Prentice Penny – “Uncorked”
Best Adapted Screenplay
Mike Makowsky – “Bad Education”
Jon Erwin and Jon Gunn – “I Still Believe”
Matt Lieberman, Adam Sztykiel, Jack C. Donaldson and Derek Elliott – “SCOOB!”
Kristin Hahn, Julia Hart and Jordan Horowitz – “Stargirl”
Benh Zeitlin and Eliza Zeitlin – “Wendy”
David Koepp – “You Should Have Left”
Best Cinematography
“Bad Education”
“Downhill”
“The High Note”
“Quezon’s Game”
“Robert the Bruce”
“Wendy”
“You Should Have Left”
Best Film Editing
“7500”
“Bad Education”
“My Darling Vivian”
“Resistance”
“Robert the Bruce”
“Stargirl”
Best Original Song
“Carried Me With You” – “Onward”
“Home Thoughts From Abroad” – “Military Wives”
“Like I Do” – “The High Note”
“Love Myself” – “The High Note”
“Only The Young” – “Taylor Swift: Miss Americana”
“Today and Tomorrow” – “Stargirl”
NOMINATIONS BY FILM
11
“The High Note”
10
“Bad Education”
9
“Stargirl”
8
“Resistance”
7
“Driveways”
6
“Military Wives”
“Robert the Bruce”
5
“Hope Gap”
“I Still Believe”
“You Should Have Left”
4
“Marona’s Fantastic Tale”
“My Darling Vivian”
“My Spy”
“Taylor Swift: Miss Americana”
“Uncorked”
“Wendy”
3
“7500”
“Bad Boys For Life”
“Downhill”
“The Main Event”
“Onward”
“SCOOB!”
2
“The Burnt Orange Heresy”
“Dolphin Reef”
“Love. Wedding. Repeat”
“The Gentlemen”
“StarDog & TurboCat”
“Trolls World Tour”
“Underwater”
1
“2 Minutes of Fame”
“All Day and a Night”
“And We Go Green”
“Bluebird”
“Bull”
“Burden”
“Color Out of Space”
“Da 5 Bloods”
“Elephant”
“Extraction”
“Jungle Beat: The Movie”
“The Painter and the Thief”
“Quezon’s Game”
“Sonic the Hedgehog”
“Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made”
“The Way Back”
“The Willoughbys”