The 2016 NBP Film Award Nominations

November 30, 2020

The 2016 NBP Film Community Awards are currently in their final week of voting (due December 5th). As some of you might have heard on yesterday’s podcast episode, we announced the internal staff voted 2016 NBP Film Award Nominations. Ballots have been sent to all members of the NBP Team to vote on for our winners, which we will announce on Episode 223 of the Next Best Picture Podcast. If you’re curious to see how your choices lined up with our’s check out the full list of nominations below!

BEST PICTURE
20th Century Women
Arrival
The Handmaiden
Hell Or High Water
Hidden Figures
Jackie
La La Land
Manchester By The Sea
Moonlight
Sing Street

BEST DIRECTOR
Damien Chazelle – La La Land
Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
Pablo Larrain – Jackie
Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester By The Sea
Denis Villeneuve – Arrival

BEST ENSEMBLE
20th Century Women
Fences
Hidden Figures
Manchester By The Sea
Moonlight

BEST ACTRESS
Amy Adams – Arrival
Annette Bening – 20th Century Women
Isabelle Huppert – Elle
Natalie Portman – Jackie
Emma Stone – La La Land

BEST ACTOR
Casey Affleck – Manchester By The Sea
Colin Farrell – The Lobster
Andrew Garfield – Silence
Ryan Gosling – La La Land
Denzel Washington – Fences

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Viola Davis – Fences
Greta Gerwig – 20th Century Women
Naomie Harris – Moonlight
Molly Shannon – Other People
Michelle Williams – Manchester By The Sea

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
Ben Foster – Hell Or High Water
John Goodman – 10 Cloverfield Lane
Lucas Hedges – Manchester By The Sea
Dev Patel – Lion

BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE
Lucas Hedges – Manchester By The Sea
Alex Hibbert – Moonlight
Sunny Pawar – Lion
Hailee Steinfeld – The Edge Of Seventeen
Anya Taylor-Joy – The Witch

BEST VOICE PERFORMANCE
Jason Bateman – Zootopia
Auli’i Cravalho – Moana
Ellen DeGeneres – Finding Dory
Idris Elba – The Jungle Book
Ginnifer Goodwin – Zootopia

BEST BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE
Alden Ehrenreich – Hail, Ceasar!
Lucas Hedges – Manchester By The Sea
Sasha Lane – American Honey
Trevante Rhodes – Moonlight
Anya Taylor-Joy – The Witch

BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR
Garth Davis – Lion
Robert Eggers – The Witch
Kelly Fremon Craig – The Edge Of Seventeen
Trey Edward Shults – Krisha
Dan Trachtenberg – 10 Cloverfield Lane

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Arrival
Fences
Hidden Figures
Lion
Moonlight

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
20th Century Women
Hell Or High Water
La La Land
The Lobster
Manchester By The Sea

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Arrival
Jackie
La La Land
Moonlight
Silence

BEST FILM EDITING
Arrival
The Handmaiden
Hell Or High Water
La La Land
Moonlight

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Arrival
Hail, Ceasar!
The Handmaiden
Kubo And The Two Strings
La La Land

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Dressmaker
Hail, Ceasar!
The Handmaiden
Jackie
La La Land

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
Hacksaw Ridge
The Handmaiden
Jackie
Silence
Suicide Squad

BEST SOUND EDITING
Arrival
Deepwater Horizon
Hacksaw Ridge
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Sully

BEST SOUND MIXING
Arrival
Deepwater Horizon
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Arrival
Doctor Strange
The Jungle Book
Kubo And The Two Strings
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Arrival
Jackie
La La Land
Lion
Moonlight

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
La La Land – “Another Day Of Sun”
La La Land – “Audition (The Fools Who Dream)”
La La Land – “City Of Stars”
Moana – “How Far I’ll Go”
Sing Street – “Drive It Like You Stole It”

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Kubo And The Two Strings
Finding Dory
Moana
The Red Turtle
Zootopia

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
Elle
The Handmaiden
A Man Called Ove
The Salesman
Toni Erdmann

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
13th
I Am Not Your Negro
Life, Animated
O.J.: Made in America
Weiner

BEST ACTION FILM
Captain America: Civil War
Deadpool
Doctor Strange
Hacksaw Ridge
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

BEST COMEDY FILM
The Edge Of Seventeen
Hail, Ceasar!
Love & Friendship
The Nice Guys
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

BEST HORROR/SCI-FI FILM
10 Cloverfield Lane
Arrival
Don’t Breathe
Midnight Special
The Witch

BEST OVERLOOKED FILM
American Honey
Hunt For The Wilderpeople
Krisha
Paterson
Sing Street

NOMINATION TALLY
La La Land – 14
Arrival – 12
Moonlight – 11
Manchester By The Sea – 9
Jackie – 7
The Handmaiden – 6
20th Century Women – 5
Lion – 5
Fences – 4
Hacksaw Ridge – 4
Hail, Ceasar! – 4
Hell Or High Water – 4
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – 4
The Witch – 4
10 Cloverfield Lane -3
The Edge Of Seventeen – 3
Hidden Figures – 3
Kubo And The Two Strings – 3
Moana – 3
Silence – 3
Sing Street – 3
Zootopia – 3
American Honey – 2
Deepwater Horizon – 2
Doctor Strange – 2
Elle – 2
Finding Dory – 2
The Jungle Book – 2
Krisha – 2
The Lobster – 2