The 2020 Hollywood Critics Association Awards Complete Winner List

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The members of the Hollywood Critics Association celebrated 2019 and the end of the decade at the 3rd Annual Hollywood Critics Association Awards Ceremony on Thursday, January 9, 2020.  Below is the full list of winners:

Best Picture - 1917

Best Actor - Joaquin Phoenix, Joker 

Best Actress - Lupita Nyong’o, Us 

Best Supporting Actor - Joe Pesci, The Irishman 

Best Supporting Actress - Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers


The Irishman Review – Four Stars, The Best Picture of The Year

Best Adapted Screenplay - Taika Waititi, Jojo Rabbit 

Best Original Screenplay - Han Jin-won and Bong Joon-ho, Parasite

Best Male Director - Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story 

Best Female Director - Olivia Wilde, Booksmart

Best Performance by an Actor 23 and Under - Noah Jupe, Honey Boy

Best Performance by an Actress 23 and Under - Kaitlyn Dever, Booksmart

Breakthrough Performance Actor - Kelvin Harrison Jr, Waves 

Breakthrough Performance Actress - Jessie Buckley, Wild Rose 


JoJo Rabbit Review – Perfect, Palpable, One of the Best Pictures of The Year

Best Cast Ensemble - Knives Out 

Best First Feature - Honey Boy 

Best Independent Film (Tie) - The Farewell and Waves 

Best Action/War Film - 1917

Best Animated Film - Toy Story 4 

Best Blockbuster - Avengers: Endgame

Best Comedy/Musical (Tie) - Rocketman and  Booksmart


Once Upon A Time in Hollywood - Four Stars, Mesmerizing, Magical

Best Documentary - Apollo 11 

Best Foreign Language Film - Parasite

Best Horror - Us

Best Animated or VFX Performance - Rosa Salazar, Alita: Battle Angel  

Best Cinematography - Roger Deakins, 1917 

Best Costume Design - Julian Day, Rocketman

Best Editing - Lee Smith, 1917

Best Hair and Makeup - Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan, and Vivian Baker, Bombshell

Best Original Song - Glasgow, Wild Rose 

Best Score - Hildur Guðnadóttir, Joker

Best Stunt Work - John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum 

Best Visual Effects - Dan Deleeuw, Matt Aitken, Russell Earl, and Dan Sudick, Avengers: Endgame 


Rocketman Review – Amazing, Shocking, Real and Raw

2020 Hollywood Critics Association Honorary Awards

Actor Achievement Award - Anton Yelchin

Filmmaker Achievement Award - Bong-Joon Ho 

Artisans Achievement Award - Ruth E. Carter

Game Changer Award - Paul Walter Hauser 

Star on the Rise - Taylor Russell 

Newcomer - Zack Gottesagen

Trailblazer - Olivia Wilde

End of a Decade Awards Recipients 

Actor of the Decade - Adam Driver

Actress of the Decade - Kristen Stewart

Director of the Decade - Denis Villeneuve 

Producer of the Decade - Daniela Taplin Lundberg

Next Generation of Hollywood - Kelvin Harrison Jr., Geraldine Viswanathan, Brooklynn Prince, Millicent Simmonds, Mckenna Grace, Jack Dylan Grazer, Thomasin McKenzie, Zoey Deutch, Noah Jupe, Kaitlyn Dever, Lana Condor, and Shahadi Wright Joseph

About HCA: 

Formerly known as the Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society (LAOFCS), the goal of the Hollywood Critics Association is to create a diverse community of passionate and professional critics with a passion for entertainment, including film and television.

HCA Board of Directors are as follows:

Scott Menzel, Founder and CEO

Ashley Menzel, COO

Nestor Bentancor, President 

Jazz Tangcay, Vice President 

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