The Fourth Annual KohOscars (Best of 2018)

The fourth annual KohOscars are here! With a brand-new voting committee instated, this year’s awards captured a wide array of films and genres. Coming home with most nominations for a single film this year is Avengers: Infinity War, picking up fifteen nominations. A Star is Born came second with thirteen nominations, followed by Black Panther and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse tying for third with twelve nominations. Disney was the studio with the most nominations with forty-one total nominations. This year is notable for being the first ceremony in which Best Young Actor was awarded, as well as the first ceremony officially to feature the award for Best Post-Credits Scene

Best Picture

Avengers: Infinity War
Bad Times at the El Royale
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
Creed II
The Favourite
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
A Quiet Place
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
A Star is Born

Best Director

Anthony and Joe Russo - Avengers: Infinity War
Drew Goddard - Bad Times at the El Royale
Spike Lee - BlacKkKlansman
Ryan Coogler - Black Panther
Yorgos Lanthimos - The Favourite
John Krasinski - A Quiet Place
Bradley Cooper - A Star is Born

Best Actor

Christian Bale - Vice
Jeff Bridges - Bad Times at the El Royale
John Cho - Searching
Bradley Cooper - A Star is Born
Ethan Hawke - First Reformed
Michael B. Jordan - Creed II
Rami Malek - Bohemian Rhapsody

Best Actress

Yalitza Aparicio - Roma
Emily Blunt - A Quiet Place
Toni Collette - Hereditary
Olivia Colman - The Favourite
Lady Gaga - A Star is Born
Elsie Fisher - Eighth Grade
Anna Kendrick - A Simple Favor

Best Supporting Actor

Mahershalla Ali - Green Book
Timothée Chalamet - Beautiful Boy
Adam Driver - BlacKkKlansman
Sam Elliot - A Star is Born
Daniel Kaluuya - Widows
Michael B. Jordan - Black Panther
Sylvester Stallone - Creed II

Best Supporting Actor

Lucy Boynton - Bohemian Rhapsody
Elizabeth Debicki - Widows
Regina King - If Beale Street Could Talk
Blake Lively - A Simple Favor
Zoe Saldana - Avengers: Infinity War
Emma Stone - The Favourite
Rachel Weisz - The Favourite

Best Original Screenplay

Bad Times at the El Royale - Drew Goddard
Eighth Grade - Bo Burnham
First Reformed - Paul Schrader
Green Book - Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie & Peter Farrelly
A Quiet Place - Bryan Woods, Scott Beck, & John Krasinski
Searching - Aneesh Chaganty & Sev Ohanian
Sorry to Bother You - Boots Riley

Best Adapted Screenplay

Avengers: Infinity War - Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely (based on the Marvel Comics characters)
Black Panther - Ryan Coogler & Joe Robert Cole (Based on the Marvel comics by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby)
BlacKkKlansman - Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, & Spike Lee (based on the book by Ron Stallworth)
Burning - Jungmi Oh & Chang-dong Lee (based on the short story "Barn Burning" by Haruki Murakami)
A Simple Favor - Jessica Sharzer (based on the novel by Darcey Bell)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - Phil Lord & Rodney Rothman (based on the Marvel comics by Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, & Brian Michael Bendis)
A Star is Born - Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, & Will Fetters (based on the 1954 screenplay by Moss Hart & John Gregory Dunne, the 1976 screenplay by Joan Didion & Frank Pierson, and a story by William A. Wellman & Robert Carson)

Best Young Actor

Rohan Chan - Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Julian Dennison - Deadpool 2
Elsie Fisher - Eighth Grade
Abby Ryder Fortson - Ant-Man and the Wasp
Thomasin McKenzie - Leave No Trace
Milly Shapiro - Hereditary
Millicent Simmonds - A Quiet Place

Best Cameo

Jeff Golblum - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Nicholas Hoult, James McAvoy, Evan Peters, Tye Sheridan, Alexandra Shipp, & Kodi Smit-McPhee - Deadpool 2
Stan Lee - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Stan Lee - Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
Ross Marquand - Avengers: Infinity War
Ray Park & Sam Witwer - Solo: A Star Wars Story
Brad Pitt - Deadpool 2

Best Animated Feature

Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mary and the Witch’s Flower
Mirai
The Night is Short, Walk on Girl
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Best Comic Book Movie

Ant-Man and the Wasp
Aquaman
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
Deadpool 2
Incredibles 2
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse

Best Sequel

Avengers: Infinity War
Creed II
Halloween
Incredibles 2
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Paddington 2
Ralph Breaks the Internet

Best Remake/Reboot

Bumblebee
Christopher Robin
The Predator
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
A Star is Born
Suspiria
Venom

Best Cinematography

Annihilation - Rob Hardy
Black Panther - Rachel Morrison
The Favourite - Robbie Ryan
First Man - Linus Sandgren
Hereditary - Pawel Pogorzelski
Roma - Alfonso Cuaron
A Star is Born - Matthew Libatique

Best Film Editing

American Animals - Luke Dunkley, Nick Fenton, Chris Gill, & Julian Hart
Avengers: Infinity War - Jeffrey Ford & Matthew Schmidt
Bohemian Rhapsody - John Ottman
Green Book - Patrick J. Don Vito
Roma - Alfonso Cuaron & Adam Gough
Searching - Nick Johnson & Will Merrick
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - Robert Fisher Jr.

Best Production Design

Avengers: Infinity War - Charles Wood
Bad Times at the El Royale - Martin Whist
Black Panther - Hannah Beachler
BlacKkKlansman - Curt Beech
Crazy Rich Asians - Nelson Coates
The Favourite - Fiona Crombie
Hereditary - Grace Yun

Best Original Score

Avengers: Infinity War - Alan Silvestri
Black Panther - Ludwig Goransson
Creed II - Ludwig Goransson
First Man - Justin Hurwitz
If Beale Street Could Talk - Nicholas Britell
A Quiet Place - Marco Beltrami
Solo: A Star Wars Story - John Powell

Best Original Song

“All the Stars” - Black Panther (music & lyrics by Kendrick Lamar, Sounwave, SZA, & Anthony Tiffith)
“Is That Alright?” - A Star is Born (music & lyrics by Lady Gaga, Paul Blair, Nick Monson, Lukas Nelson, Mark Nilan Jr., & Aaron Raitiere)
“Maybe It’s Time” - A Star is Born (music & lyrics by Jason Isbell)
“Shallow” - A Star is Born (music & lyrics by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, & Andrew Wyatt)
“Sunflower” - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (music & lyrics by Swae Lee, Louis Bell, Post Malone, Billy Walsh, Carter Lang, & Carl Rosen)
“Suspirium” - Suspiria (music & lyrics by Thom Yorke)
“When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings” - The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (music & lyrics by David Rawlings & Gillian Welch)