And the 2018 Oscar Nominees Should Be …
Posted January 7, 2018 2:53 p.m. EST
New York Times critics share their lists of Oscar-worthy films and performances.
— Best Picture
Manohla Dargis
“Dunkirk”
“Ex Libris: The New York Public Library”
“Faces Places”
“The Florida Project”
“Get Out”
A.O. Scott
“The Florida Project”
“Get Out”
“Lady Bird”
“Phantom Thread”
“War for the Planet of the Apes”
— Best Director
Manohla Dargis
Sean Baker: “The Florida Project”
Christopher Nolan: “Dunkirk”
Jordan Peele: “Get Out”
Agnès Varda and JR: “Faces Places”
Frederick Wiseman: “Ex Libris: The New York Public Library”
A.O. Scott
Paul Thomas Anderson: “Phantom Thread”
Greta Gerwig: “Lady Bird”
Jordan Peele: “Get Out”
Dee Rees: “Mudbound”
Sean Baker: “The Florida Project”
— Best Actor
Manohla Dargis
Richard Gere: “Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer”
Daniel Kaluuya: “Get Out”
Jean-Pierre Léaud: “The Death of Louis Xiv”
Daniel Day-Lewis: “Phantom Thread”
Robert Pattinson: “Good Time”
A.O. Scott
Daniel Kaluuya: “Get Out”
Andy Serkis: “War for the Planet of the Apes”
Daniel Day-Lewis: “Phantom Thread”
Timothée Chalamet: “Call Me by Your Name”
Adrian Titieni: “Graduation”
— Best Actress
Manohla Dargis
An Seo Hyun: “Okja”
Vicky Krieps: “Phantom Thread”
Danielle Macdonald: “Patti Cake$”
Cynthia Nixon: “A Quiet Passion”
Saoirse Ronan: “Lady Bird”
A.O. Scott
Saoirse Ronan: “Lady Bird”
Vicky Krieps: “Phantom Thread”
Cynthia Nixon: “A Quiet Passion”
Sally Hawkins: “The Shape of Water”
Daniela Vega: “A Fantastic Woman”
— Best Supporting Actor
Manohla Dargis
Willem Dafoe: “The Florida Project”
Paul Dano: “Okja”
Garrett Hedlund: “Mudbound”
Michael Stuhlbarg: “Call Me by Your Name”
Jean-Louis Trintignant: “Happy End”
A.O. Scott
Rob Morgan: “Mudbound”
Willem Dafoe: “The Florida Project”
Lil Rel Howery: “Get Out”
Richard Jenkins: “The Shape of Water”
Bob Odenkirk: “The Post”
— Best Supporting Actress
Manohla Dargis
Betty Gabriel: “Get Out”
Zoe Kazan: “The Big Sick”
Lesley Manville: “Phantom Thread”
Sienna Miller: “The Lost City of Z”
Tilda Swinton: “Okja”
A.O. Scott
Laurie Metcalf: “Lady Bird”
Mary J. Blige: “Mudbound”
Tiffany Haddish: “Girls Trip”
Lesley Manville: “Phantom Thread”
Nicole Kidman: “The Beguiled”
— Best Original Screenplay
Manohla Dargis
Jordan Peele: “Get Out”
Joseph Cedar: “Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer”
João Pedro Rodrigues: “The Ornithologist”
Paul Thomas Anderson: “Phantom Thread”
Terence Davies: “A Quiet Passion”
A.O. Scott
Greta Gerwig: “Lady Bird’
Jordan Peele: “Get Out”
Liz Hannah and Josh Singer: “The Post”
Noah Baumbach: “The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)”
Paul Thomas Anderson: “Phantom Thread”
— Best Adapted Screenplay
Manohla Dargis
James Ivory: “Call Me by Your Name”
James Baldwin and Raoul Peck: "I Am Not Your Negro”
James Gray: “The Lost City of Z”
Michael Almereyda: “Marjorie Prime”
Rian Johnson: “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”
A.O. Scott
Virgil Williams and Dee Rees: “Mudbound”
James Ivory: “Call Me by Your Name”
Scott Cooper: “Hostiles”
Sofia Coppola: “The Beguiled”
Mark Bomback and Matt Reeves: “War for the Planet of the Apes”