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T H E   B I G G E S T   W I N N E R S
shadows awards Filmmakers (wins/shortlists):
  • Steven Spielberg 5/20
  • Jane Campion 4/9
  • Ang Lee 4/8
  • Warren Beatty 4/6
  • Joel Coen 3/20
  • Francis Coppola 3/9
  • Woody Allen 2/28
  • Christopher Nolan 2/12
  • Ethan Coen 2/11
  • David Lynch 2/10
  • Andrew Haigh 2/8
  • Spike Lee 2/8
  • Steve McQueen 2/7
  • Jacques Audiard 2/6
  • Bill Condon 2/6
  • Barry Jenkins 2/6
  • Charlie Kaufman 2/6
  • Baz Luhrmann 2/6
  • Asghar Farhadi 2/5
  • Jessie Buckley 2/4
  • Brian DePalma 2/4
  • Sidney Lumet 2/4
  • Shari Springer Berman 2/3
  • John Hughes 2/3
  • Park Chan-wook 2/3
  • Robert Pulcini 2/3
  • Celine Song 2/3
  • Michael Arndt 2/2
  • Martin Scorsese 1/19
Actors (wins/shortlists):
  • Toni Collette 4/8
  • Julianne Moore 2/10
  • Frances McDormand 2/8
  • Jessica Lange 2/7
  • Joan Allen 2/6
  • Kathleen Turner 2/6
  • Naomi Watts 2/6
  • Christian Bale 2/6
  • Tom Hanks 2/6
  • Patricia Clarkson 2/5
  • Robert DeNiro 2/4
  • Holly Hunter 2/4
  • Matt Dillon 2/3
  • Tahar Rahim 2/3
  • Meryl Streep 1/16
Films (wins/shortlists):
  • Reds 6/8
  • Howards End 4/6
  • Pulp Fiction 3/8
  • A Separation 3/8
  • GoodFellas 3/6
  • The Killing Fields 3/6
  • If Beale Street Could Talk 3/5
  • Moulin Rouge 3/5
  • The Hours 2/9
  • Places in the Heart 2/9
  • All of Us Strangers 2/7
  • Broadcast News 2/7
  • Hannah and Her Sisters 2/7
  • The Mauritanian 2/7
  • The Return of the King 2/7
  • Tucker 2/7
  • Brokeback Mountain 2/6
  • E.T. 2/6
  • Everything Everywhere All at Once 2/6
  • Hamlet 2/6
  • In the Name of the Father 2/6
  • Moonstruck 2/6
  • The Piano 2/6
  • The Untouchables 2/6
  • Fargo 2/5
  • Kinsey 2/5
  • The Last Seduction 2/5
  • Past Lives 2/5
  • The Power of the Dog 2/5
  • Saving Private Ryan 2/5
  • Selma 2/5
  • The Truman Show 2/5
  • The Wrestler 2/5
  • 45 Years 2/4
  • Little Miss Sunshine 2/4
  • Drugstore Cowboy 2/4
  • Moonlight 2/4
  • The Pillow Book 2/4
  • A Prophet 2/4
  • Raising Arizona 2/4
  • Regeneration 2/4
  • The Silence of the Lambs 2/4
  • Smoke 2/4
  • The Straight Story 2/4

T H E   W I N N I N G   F I L M S
best film winners are in bold • wins/shortlists
f=film d=director w=writer a=actor/actress s=supporting

12 Years a Slave 13a 1/6
2012 09s
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 07f 1/4
The 40 Year Old Virgin 05s
45 Years 15d 15a 2/4
8½ Women 99s
About a Boy 02s
The Accidental Tourist 88s 1/6
Adaptation 02w 1/4
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen 89d 1/2
The Adventures of Tintin 11s
After Yang 22a
Afterglow 97a 1/3
The Age of Innocence 93a 1/5
Agnes of God 85a 1/3
Alex Wheatle 20d
All About My Mother 99a 1/4
All of Me 84s 1/4
All of Us Strangers 23f 23s 2/7
All the Real Girls 03s
Almost Famous 00s 1/5
Amadeus 84d 1/6
American Beauty 99f 1/8
American Hustle 13f 1/6
American Psycho 00a 1/3
American Splendor 03dw 2/3
Anatomy of a Fall 23a 1/3
Anomalisa 15f 1/4
Apocalypse Now 79f
The Artist 11d 1/4
As I Lay Dying 13s
The Assistant 20a
August: Osage County 13s 1/4
Avalon 90w 2/7
The Aviator 04s 1/3
Awakenings 90a 1/4
Babylon 22s
Back to the Future 85s 1/5
The Banshees of Inisherin 22a 22 22 22 22
The Batman 22a
Barney's Version 10a
Maria Bakalova 20s
Beautiful Creatures 13s 1/2
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead 07d 1/4
Benediction 21w 1/4
Big 88a 1/4
The Big Chill 83w 1/8
Birdman 14s 1/3
Black Panther 18a 1/3
BlacKkKlansman 18f 1/3
Blue Sky 95a 1/2
Blue Velvet 86w 1/6
Boogie Nights 97w 1/5
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm 20s 1/2
Boyhood 14f 1/6
The Boys 98s 1/2
Brassed Off 96a 1/2
Breach 07a 1/2
The Breakfast Club 85fw 2/3
Bright Star 09d 1/4
Broadbent Jim 01s 1/2
Broadcast News 87wa 2/7
Brokeback Mountain 05aw 2/6
Bugsy 91s 1/5
Bull Durham 88w 1/6
Call Me by Your Name 17a 1/3
Calm With Horses 20s 1/2
Cape Fear 91as 2/3
Capote 05s
Captain America: The First Avenger 11a
Carmen 23s
Changing Lanes 02s
Chariots of Fire 81w 1/4
Charlie Bartlett 07s 1/2
Children of a Lesser God 86a 1/3
The Chumscrubber 07a 1/2
City of God 02f 1/2
City of Hope 91w 1/3
The Club 15a
Coffee & Cigarettes 04s
Cold War 18d 1/5
Collateral 04a 1/2
Collateral Beauty 16s 1/2
The Color Purple 85d 1/6
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind 02w 1/3
The Contender 00a
The Courier 21s 1/2
Crash 05s 1/6
Creed II 18a
Crimes of Passion 84a
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 00fd
Dances With Wolves 90f 1/5
Dangerous Liaisons 88a 1/7
Dead Man Walking 96f 1/5
Decision to Leave 22d 22 22
Detroit 17s 1/3
The Devil's Double 11a
Dirty Deeds 03a
Do the Right Thing 89f 1/4
Dogville 04f 1/4
Donnie Brasco 97s
Donnie Darko 01s
Drugstore Cowboy 89wa 2/4
Dunkirk 17d 1/2
Ed Wood 95s 1/2
Education 20d
Elegy 08s 1/2
Elle 16a
Ellie Parker 06a
Empire of the Sun 87a 1/4
Erin Brockovich 00s1/4
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 82fd 2/6
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 04d 1/6
Everything Everywhere All at Once 22f 22a 22 22 22 22
Ex Machina 15s 1/3
eXistenZ 99s
The Eyes of Tammy Faye 21a
Fahrenheit 451 18a
A Fantastic Woman 17f 1/4
Far From Heaven 02a 1/7
Fargo 96wa 2/5
The Favourite 18a 1/5
Filth 13d 1/5
Final Cut 99s 1/2
The Firm 93a 1/2
Ford v Ferrari 19s
Forrest Gump 94s 1/7
Fiddler on the Roof 71f
A Fish Called Wanda 88s 1/4
Fish Tank 09a 1/4
Foe 23s 1/2
Frances 82s 1/3
From Afar 15a
The Funeral 96s 1/2
Gandhi 82a 1/5
Garden State 04s 1/2
Gattaca 98w 1/3
The Ghost 10s
Glengarry Glen Ross 92s 1/5
Glory 89s 1/4
Gods and Monsters 99w 1/4
God's Creatures 23s 1/2
Good Night and Good Luck 05f 1/6
GoodFellas 90das 3/6
Green Zone 10s
Groundhog Day 93w 1/4
Hallam Foe 07a 1/2
Hamlet 97as 2/6
Hannah and Her Sisters 86ds 2/7
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 10s 1/2
Heat 95s 1/7
Heaven Can Wait 78f
Hedwig and the Angry Inch 01a 1/5
A History of Violence 05a 1/6
The Holdovers 23s
Holy Motors 12a 1/3
Homefront 13s
Honey Boy 19s 1/3
Hostiles 17a
Hotel Artemis 18s
The Hottest State 07a
The Hours 02as 2/9
Howards End 92fwas 4/6
The Hudsucker Proxy 94d 1/5
Hunger 08d 1/3
The Hunger Games 12a 1/2
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 15s 1/2
The Iceman 13s
I, Tonya 17s 1/2
If Beale Street Could Talk 18w 18s 18s 3/5
In a World... 13w 1/2
In Bruges 08s 1/3
In the Loop 09w
In the Name of the Father 93fa 2/6
Inception 10d 1/4
Inherent Vice 14s
The Interpreter 05s
Interstellar 14s 1/2
Iris 01s 1/3
Ivansxtc 02a 1/2
I've Loved You So Long 08a 1/2
Jackie 16f 1/4
Japanese Story 03a
Jarhead 05a 1/2
Jaws 75f
Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy 19s
JFK 91d 1/4
Jindabyne 07a
Joyland 23a 1/5
Judas and the Black Messiah 21s 1/5
Judy 19a 1/2
The Kids Are All Right 10f 1/7
The Killing Fields 84fas 3/6
The King's Speech 10a 1/4
Kinsey 04ws 2/5
Kiss of the Spider Woman 85a 1/6
La La Land 16d 1/5
Lady Bird 17a 1/4
Lady Macbeth 17a 1/2
Lady Vengeance 06d
Land and Freedom 95f 1/4
Last King of Scotland, The 06a 1/4
The Last Seduction 94wa 2/5
Leaving Las Vegas 95d 1/5
Les Miserables 12ss 2/3
Leviathan 14w 1/7
The Life Aquatic 04s
Life of Pi 12fd 2/3
Little Miss Sunshine 06sw 2/4
Little White Lie, A 23s
Little Women 19s 1/2
Living 22w 22 22
Local Hero 83f
Lone Star 96a 1/3
The Lost Daughter 21s 1/2
Lost in Translation 03a 1/5
Love & Mercy 15s 1/2
Lovers Rock 20d
Lucky You 07s
Made in Dagenham 10a
Magic in the Moonlight 14s
Magic Mike XXL 15s
Mainstream 21a
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote 19a 1/2
Management 09s
Manchester by the Sea 16s 1/2
Mangrove 20d 1/4
Maps to the Stars 14a 1/2
Margaret 11a 1/3
Marriage Story 19a 19s 2/3
Married Life 08s
The Mauritanian 20sw 2/7
The Menu 22s
Messenger, The 09s
Miami Blues 90s 1/2
Michael Clayton 07s 1/2
Milk 08w 1/6
Misery 90a 1/4
The Mission 86a 1/6
Monster's Ball 02s 1/5
Moonlight 16w 16s 2/4
Moonstruck 87ss 2/6
Mortal Thoughts 91s 1/2
Most Violent Year, A 14a 1/4
Moulin Rouge 01fds 3/5
Mulholland Drive 01a 1/4
My Left Foot 89s 1/4
My Week With Marilyn 11a
Mysterious Skin 05d 1/4
The Nanny Diaries 07a
Network 76f
No Country for Old Men 07w 1/6
Nomadland 20f 1/4
Notes on a Scandal 06s 1/2
The Other Boleyn Girl 08a
Our Children 13a 1/2
Our Kind of Traitor 16s
Pain and Glory 19d 1/4
The Painted Veil 06a 1/2
The Piano 93da 2/6
Parallel Mothers 21a 1/3
Parasite 19f 1/4
Past Lives 23d 23w 2/5
Pieces of April 03s
The Pillow Book 96da 2/4
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 06s
Pitch Perfect 2 15s
Places in the Heart 84ws 2/9
Platoon 86s 1/5
The Player 92d 1/5
Pleasantville 98a 1/2
Plenty 85s 1/3
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping 16a
Portrait of a Lady on Fire 19w 1/3
The Poseidon Adventure 72f
The Power of the Dog 21f 21d 2/5
Precious 09s 1/2
The Prince of Tides 91a 1/5
Private Property 08s
A Prophet 09fa 2/4
Proof 05a
Pulp Fiction 94fas 3/8
Raising Arizona 87as 2/4
Ray 04a
Red, White and Blue 20d 1/3
Reds 81fdaass 6/8
Regeneration 97fa 2/4
The Report 19a
The Return of the King 03fs 2/7
The Right Stuff 83d 1/9
Rise of the Planet of the Apes 11s
Rob Roy 95a 1/2
Rock Star 01s 1/2
Romancing the Stone 84a 1/5
Rumblefish 83s 1/3
Rust and Bone 12w 1/5
Rustin 23s 1/3
The Safety of Objects 03s
The Savages 07a 1/3
Saving Private Ryan 98da 2/5
Schindler's List 93s 1/5
Selma 14d 14a 2/5
Sense and Sensibility 96s 1/2
A Separation 11f 11w 11s 3/8
Seven 95a 1/5
Sex Lies and Videotape 89a 1/5
Shakespeare in Love 98f 1/3
The Shawshank Redemption 95a 1/2
Short Cuts 93s 1/7
The Silence of Lorna 08s
The Silence of the Lambs 91f a 2/4
Silver Linings Playbook 12a 1/4
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For 14s
The Sixth Sense 99s 1/2
Skeletons 10s
Small Time Crooks 00w
Smoke 95ws 2/4
Son of Saul 16a 1/2
Sophie's Choice 82a 1/5
Sordid Lives 01s 1/2
Spider-Man: No Way Home 21a 1/2
Spring Breakers 13s
Stand by Me 86f 1/5
Star Wars 77f
Star Wars: The Force Awakens 15s 1/4
Star Wars: The Last Jedi 17s 1/5
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 19a
Starter for Ten 06a
The Station Agent 03s 1/4
Stay 06a
Stepmom 98s 1/2
Steve Jobs 15w 1/5
Still Alice 14a
The Sting 73f
Stormbreaker 06s
The Straight Story 99da 2/4
The Stunt Man 80f
Summer Hours 08s
Sweet and Lowdown 00w 1/3
The Talented Mr Ripley 99s 1/3
Tender Mercies 83a 1/4
Thelma & Louise 91s 1/4
Things to Come 16a
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 17w 1/5
Tick Tick... Boom! 21a 1/2
Titanic 97d 1/5
Tomorrow Never Dies 97a 1/2
Tootsie 82s 1/7
Toy Story 3 10w 1/2
Traffic 00s 1/8
Trainspotting 96a 1/5
The Truman Show 98ws 2/5
Tucker The Man and His Dream 88fd 2/7
United 93 06f 1/2
The Untouchables 87fd 2/6
Velvet Goldmine 98s 1/2
Vera Drake 04a 1/5
The Verdict 82w 1/4
Vicky Cristina Barcelona 08s 1/3
Victor/Victoria 82s 1/6
Wag the Dog 97s 1/4
The Waterdance 92a 1/6
The Whale 22s 22 22
White Boy Rick 18s
Widows 18s 1/4
Wild Rose 19a 1/3
Wonder Boys 00s 1/3
The Wrestler 08fa 2/5
Y Tu Mama Tambien 02d 1/4
The Year of Living Dangerously 83s 1/3
Yentl 83a 1/5
You Can Count on Me 01w 1/5
Young Frankenstein 74f
Zodiac 07s
Zombieland 09s
Zone of Interest, The 23a 1/3


T H E   W I N N I N G   A C T O R S   &   F I L M M A K E R S
wins/shortlists • f=film d=director w=writer a=actor/actress s=supporting

Joan Allen 00a 98a 2/6
Woody Allen 00w 86d 2/28
Pedro Almodovar 19d 1/14
Robert Altman 92d 1/6
Paul Thomas Anderson 97d 1/4
Gregg Araki 05d 1/3
Anne Archer 93s 1/3
Jesse Armstrong 09w 1/2
Michael Arndt 10w 06w
Darren Aronofsky 08f 1/4
Sean Astin 03s
Jacques Audiard 12w 09f 2/6
Paul Auster 95w
Jon S Baird 13d 1/2
Maria Bakalova 20s
Christian Bale 00a 87a 2/6
Elizabeth Banks 15s 1/3
Steve Barancik 94w
Kathy Bates 90a 1/3
Sareh Bayat 11s
Warren Beatty 81fda 78f 4/6
Jamie Bell 07a 1/4
Lake Bell 13w 1/3
Maria Bello 05a
Barbara Benedek 83w
Robert Benton 84w 1/4
Tom Berenger 86s
Thomas Bidegain 12w 1/2
Dustin Lance Black 08w
Simon Blackwell 09w 1/2
Cate Blanchett 04s 1/13
Bong Joon Ho 19f 1/3
John Boyega 17s 1/3
Abigail Breslin 06s
Richard Briers 97s
Josh Brolin 14s 1/4
Peter Boyle 02s 1/2
Jim Broadbent 01s 1/3
James L Brooks 87w 1/5
Mel Brooks 74f
Jessie Buckley 21s 19a 2/4
Nicolas Cage 87s 1/2
Diego Calva 22s
James Cameron 97w 1/4
Jane Campion 21f 21d 09d 93d 4/9
Alfredo Castro 15a 1/2
Timothee Chalamet 17a 1/2
Hong Chau 22s
Damien Chazelle 16d 1/2
Lisa Cholodenko 10f 1/2
Julie Christie 97a 1/2
Patricia Clarkson 03s 2/5
George Clooney 05f 1/6
Glenn Close 88a 1/6
Ethan Coen 07w 96w 2/11
Joel Coen 07w 96w 94d 3/20
Toni Collette 03a 02s 99s 98s 4/8
Olivia Colman 18a 1/5
Dominic Cooper 11a
Francis Coppola 88fd 79f 3/9
Bill Condon 04w 99w 2/6
Kevin Costner 90f 1/6
Penelope Cruz 21a 1/3
Alfonso Cuaron 02d 1/8
Daniel Day Lewis 93a 1/7
Terence Davies 21w 1/5
Robert De Niro 90a 86a 2/4
Brian De Palma 87fd 2/4
Jonathan Demme 91f 1/2
Emilie Dequenne 13a
Laura Dern 19s 1/6
Matt Dillon 05s 89a 2/3
Robert Downey Jr 07s 1/4
Adam Driver 19a 1/4
Olympia Dukakis 87s 1/2
Robert Duvall 83a 1/3
Ava DuVernay 14d 1/2
Chiwetel Ejiofor 13a 1/4
Asghar Farhadi 11fw 2/6
Colin Farrell 22a 09
Richard Farnsworth 99a
Ralph Fiennes 93s 1/3
Mike Figgis 95d 1/3
Albert Finney 00s 1/3
Linda Fiorentino 94a
Colin Firth 10a 1/2
Milos Foreman 84d 1/4
Bill Forsyth 83f
Jodie Foster 91a 1/5
Jamie Foxx 04a
James Franco 13s 1/3
Morgan Freeman 95a 1/2
Brenda Fricker 89s
Andrew Garfield 21a 1/3
Julia Garner 20a
Terry Gilliam 89d 1/7
Michel Gondry 04d 1/2
Beth Grant 01s
Peter Greenaway 96d 1/3
Paul Greengrass 06f 1/5
Jake Gyllenhaal 05a 1/4
Andrew Haigh 15d 2/8
Rory Haines 20w
Tom Hanks 98a 88a 2/6
Woody Harrelson 09s 1/2
Ed Harris 98s 1/4
Naomie Harris 16s
Michel Hazanavicius 11d 1/3
Anne Heche 97s
Lucas Hedges 16s 1/2
Brian Tyree Henry 18s 1/2
George Roy Hill 73f
John Hughes 85fw 2/3
Sandra Huller 23a
Linda Hunt 83s
Holly Hunter 93a 87a 2/4
Isabelle Huppert 16a 1/4
William Hurt 85a 1/6
Danny Huston 02a
Armando Iannucci 09w
Oscar Isaac 15s 1/3
Jason Isaacs 10s 1/2
Kazuo Ishiguro 22w
James Ivory 92f 1/6
Peter Jackson 03f 1/9
Allison Janney 17s 1/6
Katie Jarvis 09a
Barry Jenkins 18w 16w 2/6
Norman Jewison 71f 1/5
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala 92w 1/3
Duke Johnson 15f
Roland Joffe 84f 1/4
Michael B Jordan 18a
Ashley Judd 95s
Ali Junejo 23a
Noah Jupe 19s 1/4
Daniel Kaluuya 21s 1/4
Lawrence Kasdan 83w 1/10
Charlie Kaufman 15f 02w 2/6
Philip Kaufman 83d 1/3
Diane Keaton 81a 1/6
Catherine Keener 05s 1/4
Harvey Keitel 91s 1/2
Barry Keoghan 20s 1/3
Regina King 18s
Ben Kingsley 82a 1/2
Kevin Kline 88s 1/4
Daniel Kwan 22f 1/3
Martin Landau 95s 1/3
Jessica Lange 95a 82s 2/7
Pablo Larrain 16f 1/2
Denis Lavant 12a
Jude Law 99s 1/3
Jennifer Lawrence 12a 1/5
Ang Lee 12fd 00fd 4/8
Spike Lee 18f 89f 2/8
Sebastian Lelio 17f 1/3
Jennifer Jason Leigh 90s 1/3
Barry Levinson 90w 1/13
Juliette Lewis 91s
Richard Linklater 14f 1/3
Laura Linney 07a 1/6
Christopher Lloyd 85s 1/2
Ken Loach 95f 1/2
Kenneth Lonergan 01w 1/3
George Lucas 77f
Baz Luhrmann 01fd 2/6
Sidney Lumet 07d 76f 2/4
David Lynch 99d 86w 2/10
Andie MacDowell 89a
Gillies MacKinnon 97f
John Madden 98f
John Malkovich 84s 1/2
David Mamet 82w 1/6
Margo Martindale 13s 1/2
Marlee Matlin 86a
James McAvoy 06a 1/2
Steve McQueen 08d 20d 2/7
Martin McDonagh 17w 1/5
Frances McDormand 00s 96a 2/8
Ewan McGregor 96a 1/4
Larry McMurtry 05w
Fernando Meirelles 02f 1/4
Sam Mendes 99f 1/4
Paul Mescal 23s 1/2
John Cameron Mitchell 01a 1/7
Mo'Nique 09s
Julianne Moore 14a 02a 2/10
Cristian Mungiu 07f 1/4
Bill Murray 03a 1/7
Ronald Neame 72f
Oleg Negin 14w
Haing Ngor S 84a
Andrew Niccol 98w 1/2
Jack Nicholson 81s 1/6
Bill Nighy 06s 1/2
Christopher Nolan 10d 2/12
Nick Nolte 91a 1/2
Sohrab Noshirvani 20w
Diana Ossana 05w
David Oyelowo 14a 1/2
Anna Paquin 11a 1/2
Park Chan-wook 22d 06d 2/3
Pawel Pawlikowski 18d 1/3
Chris Penn 96s
Joe Pesci 90s 1/2
Rosamund Pike 10a 1/4
Robert Preston 82s
Jonathan Pryce 97a 1/4
Robert Pulcini 03dw 2/3
Florence Pugh 17a 1/4
Tahar Rahim 09a 2/3
Harold Ramis 93w 1/2
Charlotte Rampling 15a 1/4
Da'Vine Joy Randolph 23s 1/2
Vanessa Redgrave 92s 1/2
Eddie Redmayne 12s 1/2
Rob Reiner 86f 1/10
Jeremie Renier 08s
Tony Roche 09w
Tim Robbins 96f 1/6
Geza Rohrig 16a Cecilia Roth 99a
Mickey Rourke 08a 83s
Danny Rubin 93w
Richard Rush 80f
David O Russell 13f 1/7
Peter Sarsgaard 04s 1/4
John Sayles 91w 1/5
Celine Sciamma 19w 1/8
Martin Scorsese 90d 1/19
Kristin Scott Thomas 08a 1/3
Andy Serkis 11s 1/3
Daniel Scheinert 22f 1/3
Ron Shelton 88w 1/4
Jim Sheridan 93f 1/5
Gary Sinise 94s
Celine Song 23d 23w 2/3
Aaron Sorkin 15w 1/2
Kevin Spacey 92s 1/4
Steven Spielberg 98d 85d 82fd 75f 5/20
Shari Springer Berman 03dw 2/3
Maureen Stapleton 81s 1/4
Imelda Staunton 04a 1/2
Eric Stoltz 92a 1/3
Emma Stone 14s 1/3
Oliver Stone 91d 1/6
Meryl Streep 82a 1/16
Barbra Streisand 83a 1/7
Tilda Swinton 07s 1/11
Quentin Tarantino 94f 1/11
Emma Thompson 92a 1/5
Uma Thurman 94s 1/3
Meg Tilly 85a
Lily Tomlin 84s 1/4
MB Traven 20w
John Travolta 94a
Kathleen Turner 88s 84a 2/6
Tracey Ullman 85s
Gus Van Sant 89w 1/12
Lars Von Trier 04f 1/8
Denzel Washington 89s 1/2
Naomi Watts 06a 01a 2/6
Colin Welland 81w
Dianne Wiest 86s 1/5
Olivia Williams 10s 1/3
Kate Winslet 96s 1/9
Michelle Yeoh 22a
Don Yost 89w
Chloe Zhao 20f 1/4
Andrey Zvyagintsev 14w 1/4


A L W A Y S   A   B R I D E S M A I D
favourite actors and filmmakers who have been on at least four shortlists, but haven't won yet

12 shortlists
Mike Leigh

10 shortlists
Kenneth Branagh

9 shortlists
Sarah Polley
Robin Williams

8 shortlists
Danny Boyle
Clint Eastwood
Michelle Pfeiffer

7 shortlists
John Boorman
Todd Haynes
Steve Martin
Susan Sarandon
Sissy Spacek
Robert Zemeckis

6 shortlists
Tim Burton
Sofia Coppola
Joan Cusack
Judy Davis
Blake Edwards
Michael Fassbender
Greta Gerwig
Anjelica Huston
Scarlett Johansson
Nicole Kidman
Terrence Malick
Tom McCarthy
Herbert Ross
Mark Ruffalo
Steven Soderbergh
Peter Weir
Sigourney Weaver
5 shortlists
Alejandro Amenabar
Javier Bardem
Brad Bird
Stockard Channing
Cher
Marion Cotillard
Cameron Crowe
Xavier Dolan
Mia Farrow
Gene Hackman
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Al Pacino
Alexander Payne
Sean Penn
Lynne Ramsay
4 shortlists
Amy Adams
Haifaa Al Mansour
Wes Anderson
Richard Attenborough
Annette Bening
Michael Caine
Daniel Craig
David Cronenberg
Jamie Lee Curtis
Matt Damon
Viola Davis
Judi Dench
Carrie Fisher
Jane Fonda
Jonathan Glazer
Hugh Grant
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Michael Haneke
Ian Hart
Barbara Hershey
Dustin Hoffman
Anthony Hopkins
Jim Jarmusch
Richard Jenkins
Yorgos Lanthimos
Michael Mann
Ian McKellen
Samantha Morton
Edward Norton
Sydney Pollack
Natalie Portman
Sam Rockwell
David O Russell
Julian Schnabel
Tom Stoppard
John Turturro
Denis Villeneuve
John Waters
Emily Watson
Michelle Williams
Debra Winger
Renee Zellweger


N E V E R   A   B R I D E
favourite films that were on at least four shortlists, but didn't win

8 shortlists
Witness
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Good Will Hunting
The Man Who Wasn't There

6 shortlists
Bullets Over Broadway
The Color of Money
Crimes of the Heart
Dead Again
The General
I'm Not There
Jungle Fever
The Princess Bride
Prizzi's Honor
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Radio Days
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Time Bandits
Toys
Working Girl
5 shortlists
Amour
Bad Education
Body Heat
Breaking the Waves
Crimes & Misdemeanors
The Crying Game
Downfall
The Fabulous Baker Boys
The Fellowship of the Ring
Full Metal Jacket
Gran Torino
The Grand Budapest Hotel
An Ideal Husband
In the Bedroom
Jerry Maguire
Little Voice
Miller's Crossing
Mommy
On Golden Pond
Pennies from Heaven
Pitch Perfect
The Revenant
Room
A Room With a View
Rosewater
Shadowlands
Shine
Terms of Endearment
The Two Towers
Unforgiven
The World According to Garp
4 shortlists
After Hours
Arthur
Barton Fink
Behind the Candelabra
Black Swan
Blade Runner
Da 5 Bloods
Das Boot
Broadway Danny Rose
Broken Flowers
The Butcher Boy
Captain Phillips
Cocoon
The Comfort of Strangers
Dolemite Is My Name
Drive
Driving Miss Daisy
Edward Scissorhands
Fatal Attraction
The Father
Field of Dreams
The Fighter
Finding Neverland
Five Corners
The Fly
The French Lieutenant's Woman
The Godfather Part III
The Good Girl
Hairspray
Heartburn
Henry V
High Fidelity
Hope and Glory
Husbands and Wives
The Inspection
Jackie Brown
Life Is Sweet
Manon of the Spring
Memento
A Midnight Clear
4 shortlists (cont'd)
Missing
Much Ado About Nothing
Naked
1917
Nocturnal Animals
Nuts
Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood
Open Your Eyes
Patti Cake$
The People vs Larry Flynt
The Perfect Candidate
Philadelphia
Poltergeist
Queen & Slim
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Ragtime
Rain Man
The Red Squirrel
The Remains of the Day
Romeo & Juliet
Ruthless People
The Salesman
Scarface
Scent of a Woman
The Scouting Book for Boys
Secrets & Lies
Sideways
The Spanish Prisoner
Star80
Tabu
The Thin Red Line
This Is Spinal Tap
The Twilight Samurai
Under Fire
The Usual Suspects
Venus
The Visitor
When Harry Met Sally
Women Talking
Zelig



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2000 | 99 | 98 | 97 | 96 | 95 | 94 | 93 | 92 | 91 | 1990 | 89 | 88 | 87 | 86 | 85 | 84 | 83 | 82 | 81 | 1970s
NB. Shadows on the Wall has been publishing best-of-year lists since 1985, and I wrote lists as a critic starting in 1981.
The 1971-1980 lists only include films (no actors, directors or writers), and were taken from my childhood journals.

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