2018 National Society of Film Critics Awards

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53rd NSFC Awards

January 5, 2019

Best Film:
The Rider

The 53rd National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 5 January 2019, honored the best in film for 2018. [1] [2] [3]

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Winners

Winners are listed in boldface along with the runner-up positions and counts from the final round:

Alfonso Cuaron, Best Director winner Alfonso Cuaron (2013) cropped.jpg
Alfonso Cuarón, Best Director winner
Ethan Hawke, Best Actor winner Ethan Hawke 2018.jpg
Ethan Hawke, Best Actor winner
Olivia Colman, Best Actress winner Olivia Colman at Moet BIFA 2014 (cropped).jpg
Olivia Colman, Best Actress winner
Steven Yeun, Best Supporting Actor winner Steven Yeun 2016.jpg
Steven Yeun, Best Supporting Actor winner
Regina King, Best Supporting Actress winner Regina King by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Regina King, Best Supporting Actress winner
Armando Iannucci, Best Screenplay co-winner Armando Iannucci at Cheltenham Literary Festival 2010 (tighter crop).jpg
Armando Iannucci, Best Screenplay co-winner

Best Picture

  1. The Rider (44)
  2. Roma (41)
  3. Burning (27)

Best Director

  1. Alfonso Cuarón – Roma (60)
  2. Lee Chang-dong – Burning (22)
  3. Chloé Zhao – The Rider (22)

Best Actor

  1. Ethan Hawke – First Reformed (58)
  2. Willem Dafoe – At Eternity's Gate (30)
  3. Ben Foster – Leave No Trace (25)
  4. John C. Reilly – The Sisters Brothers and Stan & Ollie (25)

Best Actress

  1. Olivia Colman – The Favourite (36)
  2. Regina Hall – Support the Girls (33)
  3. Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me? (27)

Best Supporting Actor

  1. Steven Yeun – Burning (40)
  2. Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me? (35)
  3. Brian Tyree Henry – If Beale Street Could Talk , Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse , and Widows (32)

Best Supporting Actress

  1. Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk (47)
  2. Elizabeth Debicki – Widows (37)
  3. Emma Stone – The Favourite (24)

Best Screenplay

  1. Armando Iannucci, David Schneider, and Ian Martin – The Death of Stalin (47)
  2. Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty – Can You Ever Forgive Me? (27)
  3. Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara – The Favourite (24)

Best Cinematography

  1. Alfonso Cuarón – Roma (70)
  2. James Laxton – If Beale Street Could Talk (26)
  3. Łukasz Żal – Cold War (24)

Best Foreign Language Film

  1. Roma – Alfonso Cuarón (44)
  2. Cold War – Paweł Pawlikowski (34)
  3. Burning – Lee Chang-dong (30)
  4. Shoplifters – Hirokazu Kore-eda (30)

Best Non-Fiction Film

  1. Minding the Gap – Bing Liu (35)
  2. Shirkers – Sandi Tan (31)
  3. Amazing Grace– Sydney Pollack (24)

Film Heritage Award

Special Citation

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References

  1. 1 2 ""The Rider" is voted Best Picture of 2018". National Society of Film Critics. January 5, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  2. ↑ Ramos, Dino-Ray (January 5, 2019). "National Society Of Film Critics Names Chloe Zhao's 'The Rider' As Best Picture". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  3. ↑ Kilkenny, Katie (January 5, 2019). "'The Rider' Named Best Picture by the National Society of Film Critics". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved January 6, 2019.
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