Golden Tessa Awards - Winners and nominees

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1. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)

Passed | 114 min | Biography, Drama, History

98 Metascore

In 1431, Jeanne d'Arc is placed on trial on charges of heresy. The ecclesiastical jurists attempt to force Jeanne to recant her claims of holy visions.

Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer | Stars: Maria Falconetti, Eugene Silvain, André Berley, Maurice Schutz

Votes: 60,702 | Gross: $0.02M

Best Film In A Foreign Language (1928)

Nominees: Arsenal The Fall Of The House Of Usher October: Ten Days That Shook The World The Passion Of Joan Of Arc Spies

Winner: The Passion Of Joan Of Arc

2. Un chien andalou (1929)

Not Rated | 16 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror

Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí present 16 minutes of bizarre, surreal imagery.

Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Pierre Batcheff, Simone Mareuil, Luis Buñuel, Pancho Cossío

Votes: 53,819

Best Original Screenplay (1929)

Nominees: King Vidor, Marian Ainslee, Ramsom Rideout, Richard Schayer and Wanda Tuchock for Hallelujah H. H. Caldwell, John Hunter Booth, Katherine Hilliker, Sonya Levien and Tristram Tupper for Lucky Star Erich Von Stroheim and Marian Ainslee for Queen Kelly Edmund Goulding for The Trespasser Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali for Un Chien Andalou

Winner: Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali for Un Chien Andalou

3. A Free Soul (1931)

Passed | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with him.

Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, Lionel Barrymore, Clark Gable

Votes: 2,936

Best Actress (1931)

Nominees: Sylvia Sidney for City Streets Norma Shearer for A Free Soul Dorothea Wieck for Madchen In Uniform Hertha Thiele for Madchen In Uniform Helen Hayes for The Sin Of Madelon Claudet

Winner: Norma Shearer for A Free Soul

4. Trouble in Paradise (1932)

Passed | 83 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

A gentleman thief and a lady pickpocket join forces to con a beautiful perfume company owner. Romantic entanglements and jealousies confuse the scheme.

Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, Herbert Marshall, Charles Ruggles

Votes: 16,202 | Gross: $1.04M

Best Adapted Screenplay (1932)

Nominees: Leon Gordon and Willis Goldbeck for Freaks William A. Drake for Grand Hotel Brown Holmes and Howard J. Green for I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang Ben Hecht, John Lee Mahin, Seton I. Miller and W.R. Burnett for Scarface Grover Jones and Samson Raphaelson for Trouble In Paradise

5. The Informer (1935)

Approved | 91 min | Crime, Drama

65 Metascore

In 1922, an Irish rebel informs on his friend, then feels doom closing in.

Director: John Ford | Stars: Victor McLaglen, Heather Angel, Preston Foster, Margot Grahame

Votes: 7,181 | Gross: $2.07M

Best Actor (1935)

Nominees: Robert Donat for The 39 Steps Boris Karloff for Bride Of Frankenstein Victor McLaglen for The Informer Charles Laughton for Mutiny On The Bounty Fred Astaire for Top Hat

Winner: Victor McLaglen for The Informer

6. The Grand Illusion (1937)

Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, War

During WWI, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German P.O.W. camp. Several escape attempts follow until they are eventually sent to a seemingly inescapable fortress.

Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim

Votes: 38,870 | Gross: $0.17M

Best Film (1937)

Nominees: The Awful Truth Camille Captain Courageous A Day At The Races Lost Horizon Make Way For Tomorrow Pepe Le Moko Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs Stage Door A Star Is Born

Winner: Grand Illusion

7. Night Must Fall (1937)

Passed | 116 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

When a rich but cantankerous dowager on an isolated estate hires an engaging handyman, her niece/companion becomes suspicious of his motives.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell, May Whitty, Alan Marshal

Votes: 2,956

Best Supporting Actress (1937)

Nominees: Claire Trevor for Dead End Alice Brady for In Old Chicago Dame May Whitty for Night Must Fall Andrea Leeds for Stage Door Anne Shirley for Stella Dallas

Winner: Dame May Whitty for Night Must Fall

8. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

PG | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

97 Metascore

When Prince John and the Norman Lords begin oppressing the Saxon masses in King Richard's absence in 1190s England, a Saxon lord fights back as the outlaw leader of a resistance movement.

Directors: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley | Stars: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains

Votes: 54,519 | Gross: $3.98M

Best Sound (1938)

Nominees: C.A. Riggs for The Adventures Of Robin Hood Boris Volsky, Valeri Popov and Vladimir Bogdankevich for Alexander Nevsky Everett Alton Brown for Angels With Dirty Faces Sydney Wiles for The Lady Vanishes Edward Bernds for You Can't Take It With You

Winner: C.A. Riggs for The Adventures Of Robin Hood

9. The Rules of the Game (1939)

Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Drama

99 Metascore

A bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II, as the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau.

Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parély

Votes: 31,341

Best Original Screenplay (1939)

Nominees: Lewis R. Foster and Sidney Buchman for Mr. Smith Goes To Washington Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett, Melchior Lengyel and Walter Reisch for Ninotchka Jules Furthman for Only Angels Have Wings Carl Koch and Jean Renoir for The Rules Of The Game Lamar Trotti for Young Mr. Lincoln

Winner: Carl Koch and Jean Renoir for The Rules Of The Game

10. Beauty and the Beast (1946)

Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

92 Metascore

A beautiful young woman takes her father's place as the prisoner of a mysterious beast, who wishes to marry her.

Directors: Jean Cocteau, René Clément | Stars: Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Parély, Nane Germon

Votes: 28,092 | Gross: $0.30M

Best Film In A Foreign Language (1946)

Nominees: Beauty And The Beast No Regrets For Our Youth Paisan Shoeshine Utamaro And His Five Women

Winner: Beauty And The Beast

11. Tokyo Story (1953)

Not Rated | 136 min | Drama

100 Metascore

An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention.

Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Chishû Ryû, Chieko Higashiyama, Sô Yamamura, Setsuko Hara

Votes: 68,664

Best Director (1953)

Nominees: Max Ophüls for The Earrings Of Madame De... Fred Zinnemann for From Here To Eternity Yasujiro Ozu for Tokyo Story Kenji Mizoguchi for Ugetsu Henri-Georges Clouzot for The Wages Of Fear

Winner: Yasujiro Ozu for Tokyo Story

12. On the Waterfront (1954)

Approved | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

91 Metascore

An ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses, including his older brother, as he starts to connect with the grieving sister of one of the syndicate's victims.

Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger

Votes: 165,007 | Gross: $9.60M

Best Actor (1954)

Nominees: Bing Crosby for The Country Girl Ray Milland for Dial M For Murder Marlon Brando for On The Waterfront James Stewart for Rear Window James Mason for A Star Is Born

Winner: Marlon Brando for On The Waterfront

13. The Night of the Hunter (1955)

Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

97 Metascore

A self-proclaimed preacher marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real dad hid the $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.

Director: Charles Laughton | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason

Votes: 97,410 | Gross: $0.65M

Best Editing (1955)

Nominees: Louis R. Loeffler for The Man With The Golden Arm Jack Murray for Mister Roberts Robert Golden for The Night Of The Hunter William Ziegler for Rebel Without A Cause George Tomasini for To Catch A Thief

Winner: Robert Golden for The Night Of The Hunter

14. Vertigo (1958)

PG | 128 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller

100 Metascore

A former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore

Votes: 427,163 | Gross: $3.20M

Best Supporting Actress (1958)

Nominees: Cara Williams for The Defiant Ones Wendy Hiller for Separate Tables Janet Leigh for Touch Of Evil Barbara Bel Geddes for Vertigo Kim Novak for Vertigo

Winner: Kim Novak for Vertigo

15. Rosemary's Baby (1968)

Approved | 137 min | Drama, Horror

96 Metascore

A young couple trying for a baby moves into an aging, ornate apartment building on Central Park West, where they find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors.

Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer

Votes: 235,329

Best Supporting Actress (1968)

Nominees: Lynn Carlin for Faces Sondra Locke for The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter Shani Wallis for Oliver! Kim Hunter for Planet Of The Apes Ruth Gordon for Rosemary's Baby

Winner: Ruth Gordon for Rosemary's Baby

16. Midnight Cowboy (1969)

R | 113 min | Drama

79 Metascore

A naive hustler travels from Texas to New York City to seek personal fortune, finding a new friend in the process.

Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles, John McGiver

Votes: 120,888 | Gross: $44.79M

Best Actor (1969)

Nominees: Paul Newman for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Robert Redford for Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid Dustin Hoffman for Midnight Cowboy Jon Voight for Midnight Cowboy William Holden for The Wild Bunch

Winner: Dustin Hoffman for Midnight Cowboy

17. The French Connection (1971)

R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama

94 Metascore

A pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal.

Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco

Votes: 135,763 | Gross: $15.63M

Best Editing (1971)

Nominees: Bill Butler for A Clockwork Orange Carl Pingitore for Dirty Harry Gerald B. Greenberg for The French Connection John Trumper for Get Carter Donn Cambern for The Last Picture Show

Winner: Gerald B. Greenberg for The French Connection

18. The Godfather (1972)

R | 175 min | Crime, Drama

100 Metascore

The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton

Votes: 2,013,772 | Gross: $134.97M

Best Cast (1972)

Nominees: Aguirre, The Wrath Of God Cabaret Cries And Whispers Deliverance The Godfather

Winner: The Godfather

19. Badlands (1973)

PG | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama

93 Metascore

An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town, and her older greaser boyfriend, embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota Badlands.

Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates, Ramon Bieri

Votes: 78,432

Best Film (1973)

Nominees: Amarcord American Graffiti Badlands Day For Night Don't Look Now The Exorcist The Long Goodbye Mean Streets The Spirit Of The Beehive The Sting

Winner: Badlands

20. The Sting (1973)

PG | 129 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

83 Metascore

Two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con.

Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning

Votes: 280,017 | Gross: $159.60M

Best Original Screenplay (1973)

Nominees: George Lucas, Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck for American Graffiti Terrence Malick for Badlands Mardik Martin and Martin Scorsese for Mean Streets Steve Shagan for Save The Tiger David S. Ward for The Sting

Winner: David S. Ward for The Sting

21. The Exorcist (1973)

R | 122 min | Horror

83 Metascore

When a young girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.

Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair, Lee J. Cobb

Votes: 455,242 | Gross: $232.91M

Best Editing (1973)

Nominees: American Graffiti The Day Of The Jackal The Exorcist Mean Streets The Sting

Winner: The Exorcist

22. Scenes from a Marriage (1974)

PG | 169 min | Drama

Scenes from a Marriage chronicles the many years of love and turmoil that bind Marianne (Liv Ullmann) and Johan (Erland Josephson) through matrimony, infidelity, divorce, and subsequent partners.

Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson, Bibi Andersson, Gunnel Lindblom

Votes: 8,686 | Gross: $0.68M

Best Foreign Language Film (1974)

Nominees: Alice In The Cities Ali: Fear Eats The Soul Celine And Julie Go Boating The Phantom Of Liberty Scenes From A Marriage

Winner: Scenes From A Marriage

23. The Sacrifice (1986)

PG | 149 min | Drama

At the dawn of World War III, a man searches for a way to restore peace to the world and finds he must give something in return.

Director: Andrei Tarkovsky | Stars: Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edwall, Guðrún Gísladóttir

Votes: 31,002 | Gross: $0.30M

Best Cinematography (1986)

Nominees: Frederick Elmes for Blue Velvet Chris Menges for The Mission Robert Richardson for Platoon Tony Pierce-Roberts for A Room With A View Sven Nykvist for The Sacrifice

Winner: Sven Nykvist for The Sacrifice

24. The Decalogue (1989–1990)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama

100 Metascore

Ten television drama films, each one based on one of the Ten Commandments.

Stars: Artur Barcis, Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Olaf Lubaszenko, Aleksander Bardini

Votes: 27,894 | Gross: $0.10M

Best Foreign Language Film (1989)

Nominees: A City Of Sadness The Decalogue Kiki's Delivery Service The Killer The Seventh Continent

Winner: The Decalogue

25. L.A. Confidential (1997)

R | 138 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

91 Metascore

As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.

Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger

Votes: 618,131 | Gross: $64.62M

Best Adapted Screenplay (1997)

Nominees: James V. Hart and Michael Goldenberg for Contact Paul Attanasio for Donnie Brasco Brian Hegeland and Curtis Hanson for L.A. Confidential Atom Egoyan for The Sweet Hereafter David Mamet and Hilary Henkin for Wag The Dog

Winner: Brian Hegeland and Curtis Hanson for L.A. Confidential

26. Titanic (1997)

PG-13 | 194 min | Drama, Romance

75 Metascore

A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.

Director: James Cameron | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates

Votes: 1,281,213 | Gross: $659.33M

Best Cinematography (1997)

Nominees: Janusz Kamiński for Amistad Robert Elswit for Boogie Nights Guillermo Navarro for Jackie Brown Dante Spinotti for L.A. Confidential Russell Carpenter for Titanic

Winner: Russell Carpenter for Titanic

27. American Beauty (1999)

R | 122 min | Drama

84 Metascore

A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.

Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley

Votes: 1,211,415 | Gross: $130.10M

Best Actor (1999)

Nominees: Kevin Spacey for American Beauty Edward Norton for Fight Club Denzel Washington for The Hurricane Russell Crowe for The Insider Richard Farnsworth for The Straight Story

Winner: Kevin Spacey for American Beauty

28. The Aviator (2004)

PG-13 | 170 min | Biography, Drama

77 Metascore

A biopic depicting the early years of legendary director and aviator Howard Hughes' career from the late 1920s to the mid 1940s.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly

Votes: 384,213 | Gross: $102.61M

Best Actor (2004)

Nominees: Leonardo DiCaprio for The Aviator Jim Carrey for Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind Don Cheadle for Hotel Rwanda Jamie Foxx for Ray Paul Giamatti for Sideways

Winner: Leonardo DiCaprio for The Aviator

29. Brokeback Mountain (2005)

R | 134 min | Drama, Romance

87 Metascore

Ennis and Jack are two shepherds who develop a sexual and emotional relationship. Their relationship becomes complicated when both of them get married to their respective girlfriends.

Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams, Randy Quaid

Votes: 382,435 | Gross: $83.04M

Best Film (2005)

Nominees: Brokeback Mountain Cache The Death Of Mr. Lazarescu Good Night, And Good Luck A History Of Violence Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Match Point The New World Pride And Prejudice The Squid And The Whale

Winner: Brokeback Mountain

30. Brokeback Mountain (2005)

R | 134 min | Drama, Romance

87 Metascore

Ennis and Jack are two shepherds who develop a sexual and emotional relationship. Their relationship becomes complicated when both of them get married to their respective girlfriends.

Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams, Randy Quaid

Votes: 382,435 | Gross: $83.04M

Best Director (2005)

Nominees: Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain Michael Haneke for Cache George Clooney for Good Night, And Good Luck David Cronenberg for A History Of Violence Terrence Malick for The New World

Winner: Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain

31. Capote (2005)

R | 114 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

88 Metascore

In 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on death row.

Director: Bennett Miller | Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Clifton Collins Jr., Catherine Keener, Allie Mickelson

Votes: 140,818 | Gross: $28.75M

Best Actor (2005)

Nominees: Heath Ledger for Brokeback Mountain Jake Gyllenhaal for Brokeback Mountain Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote David Strathairn for Good Night, And Good Luck Viggo Mortensen for A History Of Violence

Winner: Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote

32. Transamerica (2005)

R | 103 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

66 Metascore

A transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she had a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.

Director: Duncan Tucker | Stars: Felicity Huffman, Kevin Zegers, Fionnula Flanagan, Andrea James

Votes: 42,348 | Gross: $9.02M

Best Actress (2005)

Nominees: Naomi Watts for King Kong Keira Knightley for Pride And Prejudice Felicty Huffman for Transamerica Joan Allen for The Upside Of Anger Reese Witherspoon for Walk The Line

Winner: Felicty Huffman for Transamerica

33. A History of Violence (2005)

R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama

82 Metascore

A mild-mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence, which sets off repercussions that will shake his family to its very core.

Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris, William Hurt

Votes: 252,932 | Gross: $31.49M

Best Supporting Actor (2005)

Nominees: Paul Giamatti for Cinderella Man Ed Harris for A History Of Violence William Hurt for A History Of Violence Mickey Rourke for Sin City Jeff Daniels for The Squid And The Whale

Winner: Ed Harris for A History Of Violence

34. Junebug (2005)

R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama

80 Metascore

A dealer in "outsider" art travels from Chicago to North Carolina to meet her new in-laws, challenging the equilibrium of this middle class Southern home.

Director: Phil Morrison | Stars: Embeth Davidtz, Alessandro Nivola, David Kuhn, Alicia Van Couvering

Votes: 23,434 | Gross: $2.68M

Best Supporting Actress (2005)

Nominees: Anne Hathaway for Brokeback Mountain Michelle Williams for Brokeback Mountain Rachel Weisz for The Constant Gardener Maria Bello for A History Of Violence Amy Adams for Junebug

Winner: Amy Adams for Junebug

35. A History of Violence (2005)

R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama

82 Metascore

A mild-mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence, which sets off repercussions that will shake his family to its very core.

Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris, William Hurt

Votes: 252,932 | Gross: $31.49M

Best Cast (2005)

Nominees: Capote Good Night, And Good Luck A History Of Violence Munich The Squid And The Whale

Winner: A History Of Violence

36. The Squid and the Whale (2005)

R | 81 min | Comedy, Drama

82 Metascore

Follows two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.

Director: Noah Baumbach | Stars: Owen Kline, Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg

Votes: 90,469 | Gross: $7.36M

Best Original Screenplay (2005)

Nominees: George Clooney and Grant Heslov for Good Night, And Good Luck Woody Allen for Match Point Nick Cave for The Proposition Noah Baumbach for The Squid And The Whale Guillermo Arriaga for The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada

Winner: Noah Baumbach for The Squid And The Whale

37. Brokeback Mountain (2005)

R | 134 min | Drama, Romance

87 Metascore

Ennis and Jack are two shepherds who develop a sexual and emotional relationship. Their relationship becomes complicated when both of them get married to their respective girlfriends.

Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams, Randy Quaid

Votes: 382,435 | Gross: $83.04M

Best Adapted Screenplay (2005)

Nominees: Diana Ossana and Larry McMurty for Brokeback Mountain Dan Futterman for Capote Jeffrey Caine for The Constant Gardener John Olson for A History Of Violence Shane Black for Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Winner: Diana Ossana and Larry McMurty for Brokeback Mountain

38. Caché (2005)

R | 117 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

87 Metascore

A married couple is terrorized by a series of surveillance videotapes left on their front porch.

Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Maurice Bénichou, Annie Girardot

Votes: 85,264 | Gross: $3.63M

Best Foreign Language Film (2005)

Nominees: A Bittersweet Life Cache The Death Of Mr. Lazarescu L'Enfant Lady Vengeance

Winner: Cache

39. Brokeback Mountain (2005)

R | 134 min | Drama, Romance

87 Metascore

Ennis and Jack are two shepherds who develop a sexual and emotional relationship. Their relationship becomes complicated when both of them get married to their respective girlfriends.

Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams, Randy Quaid

Votes: 382,435 | Gross: $83.04M

Best Score (2005)

Nominees: Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard for Batman Begins Gustavo Santaolalla for Brokeback Mountain John Williams for Memoirs Of A Geisha Dario Marianelli for Pride And Prejudice Graeme Revell, John Debney and Robert Rodriguez for Sin City

Winner: Gustavo Santaolalla for Brokeback Mountain

40. King Kong (2005)

PG-13 | 187 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

81 Metascore

A greedy film producer assembles a team of moviemakers and sets out for the infamous Skull Island, where they find more than just cannibalistic natives.

Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann

Votes: 447,087 | Gross: $218.08M

Best Sound (2005)

Nominees: Batman Begins King Kong Munich Sin City War Of The Worlds

Winner: King Kong

41. The Hurt Locker (2008)

R | 131 min | Drama, Thriller, War

95 Metascore

During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.

Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce

Votes: 473,984 | Gross: $17.02M

Best Cinematography (2009)

Nominees: Mauro Fiore for Avatar Barry Ackroyd for The Hurt Locker Robert Richardson for Inglourious Basterds Lance Acord for Where The Wild Things Are Christian Berger for The White Ribbon

Winner: Barry Ackroyd for The Hurt Locker

42. Les Misérables (2012)

PG-13 | 158 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

63 Metascore

In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker's daughter. The decision changes their lives forever.

Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried

Votes: 346,136 | Gross: $148.81M

Best Supporting Actress (2012)

Nominees: Anne Hathaway for The Master Sally Field in Lincoln Amy Adams in The Master Helen Hunt for The Sessions Judi Dench for Skyfall

Winner: Anne Hathaway for The Master

43. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

R | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

90 Metascore

In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in search for her homeland with the aid of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshiper and a drifter named Max.

Director: George Miller | Stars: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Zoë Kravitz

Votes: 1,087,190 | Gross: $154.06M

Best Director (2015)

Nominees: Todd Haynes for Carol George Miller for Mad Max: Fury Road Alejandro G. Inarritu for The Revenant Lenny Abrahamson for Room Tom McCarthy for Spotlight

Winner: George Miller for Mad Max: Fury Road

44. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

R | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

90 Metascore

In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in search for her homeland with the aid of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshiper and a drifter named Max.

Director: George Miller | Stars: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Zoë Kravitz

Votes: 1,087,190 | Gross: $154.06M

Best Editing (2015)

Nominees: Margaret Sixel for Mad Max: Fury Road Stephen Mirrione for The Revenant Nathan Nugent for Room Joe Walker for Sicario Tom McArdle for Spotlight

Winner: Margaret Sixel for Mad Max: Fury Road

45. The Shape of Water (2017)

R | 123 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

87 Metascore

At a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity.

Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon, Doug Jones

Votes: 447,832 | Gross: $63.86M

Best Score (2017)

Nominees: Benjamin Walfisch and Hans Zimmer for Blade Runner 2049 Hans Zimmer for Dunkirk Johnny Greenwood for Phantom Thread Alexandre Desplat for The Shape Of Water Carter Burwell for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Winner: Alexandre Desplat for The Shape Of Water

46. If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)

R | 119 min | Drama, Romance

87 Metascore

A young woman embraces her pregnancy while she and her family set out to prove her childhood friend and lover innocent of a crime he didn't commit.

Director: Barry Jenkins | Stars: KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Regina King, Teyonah Parris

Votes: 52,520 | Gross: $14.92M

Best Score (2018)

Nominees: Terence Blanchard for BlacKkKlansman Ludwig Göransson for Black Panther Justin Hurwitz for First Man Nicholas Britell for If Beale Street Could Talk Alexandre Britell for Isle Of Dogs

Winner: Nicholas Britell for If Beale Street Could Talk



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