These are the 2024 Endy Awards, wherein I pretend to give out maneki-neko statues to the best movies, performances, etc of this year in film. Awards for many other years can be found in the Rankings & Awards Index. Eligibility is determined by imdb date and by whether or not I’ve seen the movie in question. Films are presented in alphabetical order, and the winners are bolded. As always, the winners and nominees are subject to change as I watch more movies. And the Endy goes to. . .

Best Picture:

1. Baby Assassins: Everyday!
2. Broken Rage
3. Eephus
4. Furiosa
5. Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter One
6. Henry Fonda for President
7. Pavements
8. The Shadow Strays
9. She Taught Me Serendipity
10. Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

Best Director:

1. George Miller, Furiosa
2. Kevin Costner, Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter One
3. Sakamoto Yugo, Baby Assassins: Everyday!
4. Alex Ross Perry, Pavements
5. Soi Cheang, Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

Best Actor:

1. Eddie Peng, Black Dog
2. Kitano Takeshi, Broken Rage
3. Hagiwara Riku, She Taught Me Serendipity
4. Kwon Haehyo, By the Stream
5. Yoshioko Mutsuo, Chime
6. Suda Masaki, Cloud
7. Timothee Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
8. Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
9. Ryan Gosling, The Fall Guy
10. Justice Smith, I Saw the TV Glow
11. Nicholas Hoult, Juror #2
12. Adam Driver, Megalopolis
13. Josh Hartnett, Trap

Best Actress:

1. Mikey Madison, Anora
2. Akari Takaishi, Baby Assassins: Everyday!
3. Izawa Saori, Baby Assassins: Everyday!
4. Natsuko, The Gesuidouz
5. Zhao Tao, Caught by the Tides
6. Yuumi Kawai, Desert of Namibia
7. Sylvia Chang, Daughter’s Daughter
8. Margaret Qualley, Drive-Away Dolls
9. Anya Taylor-Joy, Furiosa
10. Tanaka Makoto, See You Tomorrow
11. Brigette Lundy-Paine, I Saw the TV Glow
12. Aurora Ribero, The Shadow Strays
13. Isabelle Huppert, A Traveler’s Needs

Supporting Actor:

1. Paul Rudd, Friendship
2. Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
3. Mike Faist, Challengers
4. Philip Ng, Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
5. Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
6. Sergio Castellitto, Conclave
7. Stanley Tucci, Conclave
8. Chris Hemsworth, Furiosa
9. Joe Keery, Pavements
10. Louis Koo, Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
11. Mimoto Masanori, Ghost Killer
12. Emoto Tokio, Baby Assassins: Everyday!
13. Sosuke Ikematsu, Baby Assassins: Nice Days

Supporting Actress:

1. Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
2. Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
3. Charlee Fraser, Furiosa
4. Jena Malone, Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter One
5. Toni Collette, Juror #2
6. Aubrey Plaza, Megalopolis
7. Yang Mi, Nothing Can’t Be Undone By a Hotpot
8. Yuen Qiu, Second Life
9. Hana Malasan, The Shadow Strays
10. Lee Hyeyoung, A Traveler’s Needs
11. Ita Aoi, She Taught Me Serendipity
12. Yang Xing, The Bodyguard
13. Sienna Miller, Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter One

Original Screenplay:

1. Eephus
2. Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter One
3. She Taught Me Serendipity
4. Pavements
5. A Traveler’s Needs

Adapted Screenplay:

1. Baby Assassins: Everyday!
2. Furiosa
3. The Killer
4. Look Back
5. Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

English Language Film:

1. Eephus (Carson Lund)
2. Furiosa (George Miller)
3. Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter One (Kevin Costner)
4. Juror #2 (Clint Eastwood)
5. Pavements (Alex Ross Perry)

Non-English Language Film:

1. Baby Assassins: Everyday! (Sakamoto Yugo)
2. Broken Rage (Kitano Takeshi)
3. Henry Fonda for President (Alexander Horwath)
4. She Taught Me Serendipity (Ohku Akiko)
5. Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (Soi Cheang)

Non-Fiction Feature Film:

1. Dahomey (Mati Diop)
2. God Hates a Coward (Jon Bois)
3. Henry Fonda for President (Alexander Horwath)
4. Pavements (Alex Ross Perry)
5. The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel (Jenny Nicholson)

Animated Feature Film:

1. The Colors Within (Yamada Naoko)
2. Look Back (Oshiyama Kiyotaka)
3. Vengeance Most Fowl (Merlin Crossingham & Nick Park)

Unseen Film:

1. Amar Singh Chamkila (Imtiaz Ali)
2. Ghost Killer (Sonomura Kensuke)
3. Grand Tour (Miguel Gomes)
4. Malaikottai Vaaliban (Lijo Jose Pellissery)
5. The Shrouds (David Cronenberg)

Film Editing:

1. Caught by the Tides
2. Furiosa
3. Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter One
4. Pavements
5. The Shadow Strays

Cinematography:

1. She Taught Me Serendipity
2. Escape from the 21st Century
3. Furiosa
4. Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter One
5. The Shadow Strays

Art Direction:

1. 11 Rebels
2. Here
3. Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter One
4. Megalopolis
5. Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

Costume Design:

1. Dead Talents Society
2. Furiosa
3. 11 Rebels
4. Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter One
5. Megalopolis

Make-Up and Hair:

1. Dead Talents Society
2. Furiosa
3. 11 Rebels
4. The Shadow Strays
5. Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

Original Score:

1. Challengers
2. The Colors Within
3. I Saw the TV Glow
4. The Gesuidouz

Adapted Score:

1. Black Dog
2. A Complete Unknown
3. The Fall Guy
4. Pavements

Choreography:

1. Baby Assassins: Nice Days
2. The Bodyguard
3. Second Life
4. The Shadow Strays
5. Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

Sound:

1. Caught by the Tides
2. Pavements
3. Chime
4. Eephus
5. I Saw the TV Glow

Sound Editing:

1. Furiosa
2. Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter One
3. One More Shot
4. The Shadow Strays
5. Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

Visual Effects:

1. Dead Talents Society
2. Escape from the 21st Century
3. Furiosa
4. Megalopolis
5. Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

These are the 2023 Endy Awards, wherein I pretend to give out maneki-neko statues to the best movies, performances, etc of this year in film. Awards for many other years can be found in the Rankings & Awards Index. Eligibility is determined by imdb date and by whether or not I’ve seen the movie in question. Films are presented in alphabetical order, and the winners are in bold. As always, the winners and nominees are subject to change as I watch more movies. And the Endy goes to. . .

Best Picture:

1. 100 Yards
2. Afire
3. Baby Assassins: 2 Babies
4. Evil Does Not Exist
5. Godzilla Minus One
6. Hidden Blade
7. Jigarthanda DoubleX
8. Oppenheimer
9. Rocky aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
10. The Taste of Things

Best Director:

1. Xu Haofeng & Xu Junfeng, 100 Yards
2. Hamaguchi Ryusuke, Evil Does Not Exist
3. Karthik Subbaraj, Jigarthanda DoubleX
4. Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
5. Karan Johar, Rocky aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani

Best Actor:

1. Omika Hitoshi, Evil Does Not Exist
2. Dayo Wong, A Guilty Conscience
3. Tony Leung, Hidden Blade
4. Shah Rukh Khan, Jawan
5. Raghava Lawrence, Jigarthanda DoubleX
6. Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers of the Flower Moon
7. Vijay, Leo
8. Gordon Lam, Mad Fate
9. Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
10. Ranveer Singh, Rocky aur Rani

Best Actress:

1. Paula Beer, Afire
2. Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall
3. Margot Robbie, Barbie
4. Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
5. Julianne Moore, May December
6. Natalie Portman, May December
7. Ogawa An, Plastic
8. Emma Stone, Poor Things
9. Alia Bhatt, Rocky aur Rani
10. Juliette Binoche, The Taste of Things

Supporting Actor:

1. Michael Cera, Barbie
2. Glenn Howerton, Blackberry
3. Marshawn Lynch, Bottoms
4. Michael Wong, A Guilty Conscience
5. Donnie Yen, John Wick Chapter 4
6. Robert DeNiro, Killers of the Flower Moon
7. Charles Melton, May December
8. Jason Clarke, Oppenheimer
9. David Krumholtz, Oppenheimer
10. Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things

Supporting Actress:

1. Bea Hayden Kuo, 100 Yards
2. Rachel McAdams, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
3. Anne Hathaway, Eileen
4. Penelope Cruz, Ferrari
5. Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
6. Hayley Atwell, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
7. Vanessa Kirby, Napoleon
8. Jaya Bachchan, Rocky aur Rani
9. Hamabe Minami, Shin Kamen Rider
10. Bonnie Chagneau-Ravoire, The Taste of Things

Original Screenplay:

1. All Ears, Liu Jiayin
2. Hidden Blade, Cheng Er
3. Jigarthanda DoubleX, Karthik Subbaraj
4. River, Ueda Makoto
5. Rocky aur Rani, Ishita Moitra, Shashank Khaitan & Sumit Roy

Adapted Screenplay:

1. Baby Assassins: 2 Babies, Sakamoto Yugo
2. Barbie, Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach
3. Killers of the Flower Moon, Eric Roth & Martin Scorsese
4. Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan
5. The Taste of Things, Trần Anh Hùng

English Language Film:

1. Asteroid City (Wes Anderson)
2. Barbie (Greta Gerwig)
3. Ferrari (Michael Mann)
4. Killers of the Flower Moon (Martin Scorsese)
5. Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan)

Non-English Language Film:

1. 100 Yards (Xu Haofeng & Xu Junfeng)
2. Baby Assassins: 2 Babies (Sakamoto Yugo)
3. Evil Does Not Exist (Hamaguchi Ryusuke)
4. Godzilla Minus One (Yamazaki Takashi)
5. Rocky aur Rani (Karan Johar)

Non-Fiction Feature Film:

1. Elegies (Ann Hui)
2. The Final Game of Death (James Flower)
3. The History of the Minnesota Vikings (Jon Bois)
4. Menus plaisirs-Les Troisgros (Frederick Wiseman)
5. Onlookers (Kimi Takesue)

Animated Feature Film:

1. Across the Spider-verse (Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson)
2. Art College 1994 (Liu Jian)
3. The Boy and the Heron (Miyazaki Hayao)
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever (Luke Cormican)
5. Sound! Euphonium: Ensemble Contest (Ishihara Tatsuya)

Unseen Film:

1. Close Your Eyes (Victor Erice)
2. Music (Angela Schanelec)
3. Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam (Lijo Jose Pellissery)
4. The Shadowless Tower (Zhang Lü)
5. Viduthalai Part 1 (Vetrimaaran)

Film Editing:

1. The Final Game of Death
2. Fist of the Condor
3. Hidden Blade
4. Killers of the Flower Moon
5. Oppenheimer

Cinematography:

1. Godzilla Minus One
2. Hidden Blade
3. In Water
4. Jigarthanda DoubleX
5. Rocky aur Rani

Art Direction:

1. Asteroid City
2. Barbie
3. Godzilla Minus One
4. Poor Things
5. The Taste of Things

Costume Design:

1. Barbie
2. Hidden Blade
3. Ponniyin Selvan Part 2
4. Poor Things
5. Rocky aur Rani

Make-Up and Hair:

1. Barbie
2. Jawan
3. Ponniyin Selvan Part 2
4. Poor Things
5. Rocky aur Rani

Original Score:

1. The Boy and the Heron
2. Evil Does Not Exist
3. Godzilla Minus One
4. Killers of the Flower Moon
5. Oppenheimer

Adapted Score:

1. Asteroid City
2. The Final Game of Death
3. Godzilla Minus One
4. The Killer
5. Plastic

Choreography:

1. 100 Yards
3. Baby Assassins: 2 Babies
2. Fist of the Condor
2. Jawan
4. Leo

Sound:

1. Evil Does Not Exist
2. Full River Red
3. Killers of the Flower Moon
4. Oppenheimer
5. The Taste of Things

Sound Editing:

1. Godzilla Minus One
2. Jawan
3. John Wick Chapter 4
4. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
5. Pathaan

Visual Effects:

1. Godzilla Minus One
2. Poor Things
3. Raid on the Lethal Zone
4. Shin Kamen Rider
5. The Wandering Earth II

These are the 2022 Endy Awards, wherein I pretend to give out maneki-neko statues to the best movies, performances, etc of this year in film. Awards for many other years can be found in the Rankings & Awards Index. Eligibility is determined by imdb date and by whether or not I’ve seen the movie in question. Films are presented in alphabetical order, and the winners are bolded. As always, the winners and nominees are subject to change as I watch more movies. And the Endy goes to. . .

Best Picture:

1. Apollo 10 1/2
2. Captain Ahab: The Story of Dave Stieb
3. Decision to Leave
4. Detective vs. Sleuths
5. The Fabelmans
6. The Novelist’s Film
7. Ponniyin Selvan: Part 1
8. Shin Ultraman
9. Three Thousand Years of Longing
10. Walk Up

Best Director:

1. James Cameron, Avatar: The Way of Water
2. Park Chan-wook, Decision to Leave
3. Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
4. Hong Sangsoo, The Novelist’s Film
5. Mani Ratnam, Ponniyin Selvan: Part 1

Best Actor:

1. Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
2. Jon Hamm, Confess, Fletch
3. Lau Ching-wan, Detective vs. Sleuths
4. Austin Butler, Elvis
5. Gabriel LaBelle, The Fabelmans
6. Karthi, Ponniyin Selvan: Part 1
7. Ram Charan, RRR
8. NT Rama Rao Jr, RRR
9. Idris Elba, Three Thousand Years of Longing
10. Kamal Haasan, Vikram
11. Kwon Hae-hyo, Walk Up
12. Adam Driver, White Noise

Best Actress:

1. Tang Wei, Decision to Leave
2. Aubrey Plaza, Emily the Criminal
3. Tilda Swinton, The Eternal Daughter
4. Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once
5. Bae Doona, Next Sohee
6. Keke Palmer, Nope
7. Lee Hye-young, The Novelist’s Film
8. Amber Midthunder, Prey
9. Park So-dam, Special Delivery
10. Cate Blanchett, Tár
11. Tilda Swinton, Three Thousand Years of Longing
12. Viola Davis, The Woman King

Supporting Actor:

1. Anthony Hopkins, Armageddon Time
2. Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin
3. Willem Dafoe, Dead for a Dollar
4. Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
5. Paul Dano, The Fabelmans
6. Judd Hirsch, The Fabelmans
7. Michael Wincott, Nope
8. Vikram, Ponniyin Selvan: Part 1
9. Ray Stevenson, RRR
10. Vijay Sethupathi, Vikram

Supporting Actress:

1. Sigourney Weaver, Avatar: The Way of Water
2. Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
3. Kristen Stewart, Crimes of the Future
4. Chloe East, The Fabelmans
5. Jessica Henwick, Glass Onion
6. Janice Man, New Kung Fu Cult Master
7. Kim Min-hee, The Novelist’s Film
8. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Ponniyin Selvan: Part 1
9. Trisha, Ponniyin Selvan: Part 1
10. Lashana Lynch, The Woman King

Original Screenplay:

1. Apollo 10 1/2, Richard Linklater
2. Captain Ahab: The Story of Dave Stieb, Jon Bois & Alex Rubenstein
3. Detective vs. Sleuths, Wai Ka-fai, Ray Chan, & Mak Tin-shu
4. The Fabelmans, Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner
5. Walk Up, Hong Sangsoo

Adapted Screenplay:

1. Confess, Fletch, Zev Borow & Greg Mottola
2. Ponniyin Selvan: Part 1, Mani Ratnam & Elango Kumaravel
3. Shin Ultraman, Hideaki Anno
4. Three Thousand Years of Longing, George Miller & Augusta Gore
5. White Noise, Noah Baumbach

English Language Film:

1. Apollo 10 1/2 (Richard Linklater)
2. Avatar: The Way of Water (James Cameron)
3. Captain Ahab: The Story of Dave Stieb (Jon Bois)
4. The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg)
5. Three Thousand Years of Longing (George Miller)

Non-English Language Film:

1. Detective vs. Sleuths (Wai Ka-fai)
2. The Novelist’s Film (Hong Sangsoo)
3. Ponniyin Selvan: Part 1 (Mani Ratnam)
4. Shin Ultraman (Higuchi Shinji)
5. Walk Up (Hong Sangsoo)

Non-Fiction Feature Film:

1. Blue Island (Chan Tze-woon)
2. Captain Ahab: The Story of Dave Stieb (Jon Bois)
3. Fire of Love (Sara Dosa)
4. The King of Wuxia (Lin Jing-jie)
5. Turn Every Page (Lizzie Gottlieb)

Animated Feature Film:

1. Apollo 10 1/2 (Richard Linklater)

Short Film:

1. How to Score Ten Runs in the First Inning and Lose (Jon Bois)
2. Section 1 (Jon Bois)
3. The Great Director (Xu Lei)

Unseen Film:

1. Benediction (Terence Davies)
2. Both Sides of the Blade (Claire Denis)
3. Pacification (Albert Serra)
4. Saint Omer (Alice Diop)
5. Stars at Noon (Claire Denis)

Film Editing:

1. Avatar: The Way of Water
2. Decision to Leave
3. Detective vs. Sleuths
4. RRR
5. Tár

Cinematography:

1. Avatar: The Way of Water
2. Decision to Leave
3. Nope
4. Ponniyin Selvan: Part 1
5. RRR

Art Direction:

1. Avatar: The Way of Water
2. The Munsters
3. Ponniyin Selvan: Part 1
4. Three Thousand Years of Longing
5. White Noise

Costume Design:

1. Elvis
2. The Munsters
3. Ponniyin Selvan: Part 1
4. Three Thousand Years of Longing
5. White Noise

Make-Up and Hair:

1. Elvis
2. The Munsters
3. Ponniyin Selvan: Part 1
4. RRR
5. White Noise

Original Score:

1. Crimes of the Future
2. Decision to Leave
3. Nope
4. Ponniyin Selvan: Part 1
5. RRR

Adapted Score:

1. Confess, Fletch
2. Decision to Leave
3. Don’t Worry Darling
4. Elvis
5. Tár

Choreography:

1. Accident Man: Hitman’s Holiday
2. The Killer
3. Lost Bullet 2
4. The Princess
5. Special Delivery

Sound:

1. Avatar: The Way of Water
2. Decision to Leave
3. The Fabelmans
4. Nope
5. Tár

Sound Editing:

1. Ambulance
2. Avatar: The Way of Water
3. The Battle at Lake Changjin II
4. Nope
5. Top Gun: Maverick

Visual Effects:

1. Avatar: The Way of Water
4. Nope
3. RRR
5. Shin Ultraman
5. Three Thousand Years of Longing

These are the 2021 Endy Awards, wherein I pretend to give out maneki-neko statues to the best movies, performances, etc of this year in film. Awards for many other years can be found in the Rankings & Awards Index. Eligibility is determined by imdb date and by whether or not I’ve seen the movie in question. Films are presented in alphabetical order, and the winners are in bold. As always, the awards and nominees are subject to change as I watch more movies. And the Endy goes to. . .

Best Picture:

1. Benedetta
2. Drive My Car
3. Get Back
4. In Front of Your Face
5. Karnan
6. Licorice Pizza
7. The Night
8. Shadow Kingdom
9. West Side Story
10. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

Best Director:

1. Paul Verhoeven, Benedetta
2. Hamaguchi Ryūsuke, Drive My Car
3. Hong Sangsoo, In Front of Your Face
4. Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
5. Hamaguchi Ryūsuke, Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

Best Actor:

1. Oscar Isaac, The Card Counter
2. Nishijima Hidetoshi, Drive My Car
3. Lakeith Stanfield, Judas and the Black Messiah
4. Dhanush, Karnan
5. Matt Damon, The Last Duel
6. Cooper Hoffman, Licorice Pizza
7. Gordon Lam, Limbo
8. Scott Adkins, One Shot
9. Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
10. Bob Dylan, Shadow Kingdom

Best Actress:

1. Izawa Saori, Baby Assassins
2. Takaishi Akari, Baby Assassins
3. Virginie Efira, Benedetta
4. Alyssa Chia, The Falls
5. Nina Bergman, Hell Hath No Fury
6. Lee Hyeyoung, In Front of Your Face
7. Rajisha Vijayan, Karnan
8. Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
9. Jeon Jong-seo, Nothing Serious
10. Anna Cobb, We’re All Going to the World’s Fair

Supporting Actor:

1. Jeffrey Wright, The French Dispatch
2. Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
3. Ben Affleck, The Last Duel
4. David Alvarez, West Side Story
5. Mike Faist, West Side Story
6. Shibukawa Kiyohiko, Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

Supporting Actress:

1. Daphne Patakia, Benedetta
2. Charlotte Rampling, Benedetta
3. Park Yoorim, Drive My Car
4. Ana de Armas, No Time to Die
5. Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
6. Urabe Fusako, Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

Original Screenplay:

1. Sakamoto Yugo, Baby Assassins
2. Hong Sangsoo, In Front of Your Face
4. Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
3. Qiu Jiongjiong, A New Old Play
5. Hamaguchi Ryūsuke, Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

Adapted Screenplay:

1. Hosoda Mamoru, Belle
2. David Birke & Paul Verhoeven, Benedetta
3. Hamaguchi Ryūsuke & Oe Takamasa, Drive My Car
4. Lana Wachowski, David Mitchell & Aleksandar Hemon, The Matrix Resurrections
5. Tony Kushner, West Side Story

English Language Film:

1. The French Dispatch (Wes Anderson)
2. Licorice Pizza (Paul Thomas Anderson)
3. Shadow Kingdom (Alma Har’el)
4. West Side Story (Steven Spielberg)
5. Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched (Kier-La Janisse)

Non-English Language Film:

1. Benedetta (Paul Verhoeven)
2. Drive My Car (Hamaguchi Ryūsuke)
3. In Front of Your Face (Hong Sangsoo)
4. The Night (Tsai Ming-liang)
5. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (Hamaguchi Ryūsuke)

Non-Fiction Feature Film:

1. Get Back (Peter Jackson)
2. The History of the Atlanta Falcons (Jon Bois)
3. Shadow Kingdom (Alma Har’el)
4. The Velvet Underground (Todd Haynes)
5. Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched (Kier-La Janisse)

Animated Film:

1. Belle (Hosoda Mamoru)
2. Evangelion 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time (Anno Hideaki)
3. Inu-oh (Yuasa Masaaki)
4. Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas (Steve Cox)
5. Pompo: The Cinephile (Hirao Takayuki)

Short Film:

1. The Night (Tsai Ming-liang)
2. Sycorax (Lois Patiño & Matías Piñeiro)

Unseen Film:

1. Annette (Leos Carax)
2. Macbeth (Joel Coen)
3. Memoria (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
4. 77 Heartwarmings (Herman Yau)
5. What We See When We Look at the Sky (Alexandre Koberidze)

Film Editing:

1. Drive My Car
2. Karnan
3. Licorice Pizza
4. The Velvet Underground
5. West Side Story

Cinematography:

1. Cliff Walkers
2. The Green Knight
3. Licorice Pizza
4. One Shot
5. West Side Story

Art Direction:

1. Dune
2. Limbo
3. A New Old Play
4. West Side Story
5. A Writer’s Odyssey

Costume Design:

1. Cliff Walkers
2. The French Dispatch
3. Licorice Pizza
4. The Power of the Dog
5. West Side Story

Make-up and Hair:

1. The French Dispatch
2. Licorice Pizza
3. Malignant
4. Old
5. West Side Story

Original Score:

1. Dune
2. The French Dispatch
3. The Green Knight
4. Karnan
5. The Power of the Dog

Adapted Score:

1. Can’t Get You Out of My Head
2. The French Dispatch
3. Licorice Pizza
4. Shadow Kingdom
5. West Side Story

Choreography:

1. Baby Assassins
2. The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn’t Kill
3. Kate
4. One Shot
5. West Side Story

Sound:

1. Drive My Car
2. Dune
3. Get Back
4. Licorice Pizza
5. West Side Story

Sound Editing:

1. Get Back
2. The Matrix Resurrections
3. Spider-Man: No Way Home
4. The Velvet Underground
5. Venom: Let There Be Carnage

Visual Effects:

1. Cloudy Mountain
2. Dune
3. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
4. Venom: Let There Be Carnage
5. A Writer’s Odyssey

These are the 2020 Endy Awards, wherein I pretend to give out maneki-neko statues to the best movies, performances, etc of that year in film. Awards for many other years can be found in the Rankings & Awards Index. Eligibility is determined by imdb date and by whether or not I’ve seen the movie in question. Films are presented in alphabetical order, and the winners are in bold. As always the awards and nominees are subject to change as I watch more movies. And the Endy goes to. . .

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