Hey everyone, Jack Drees here! It is that time once again! It is time to announce this year’s nominations for the Jack Awards! The Jack Awards have been a Scene Before tradition going back to 2019. Back when it was called the Jackoff Awards. As I have explained before, I did not choose that name. It won an X poll, back when it was better known as Twitter, a much more sophisticated and engaging social media platform. The 2024 edition of the Jack Awards is the 6th edition of the ceremony. It will honor and recognize the movies of 2023. These movies come from far and wide. Most are from the United States, but there are a few outside the country as well. Just a reminder to everyone reading this post, the Jack Awards is, quite literally, Jack’s awards show. So, all the nominations and winners will be decided by yours truly, except for one. More on that at the end. This also means I have to have seen the movies listed here. Otherwise this would not be a legitimate show. This means movies like “May December,” “Nyad,” and “The Color Purple” are unfortunately disqualified. Another rule that must be noted is that every movie that is listed for a nomination has to be a theatrical release. No DVD exclusives. No straight to television fare. No streaming originals. Unless of course they played in theaters. The show will also have two Lifetime Achievement Award winners. Someone who is still with us will be taking home the Roger Deakins Award. Someone who unfortunately passed in 2023 will be remembered with the Stan Lee Award. Those winners will be revealed during the ceremony. With that said, this show is set to honor the best pieces of cinema offered to audiences in 2023, and it is time they have their moment in the sun. Here are the nominees for the 6th Annual Jack Awards!

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE 

• The Boy and the Heron – Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki 
• The First Slam Dunk – Takehiko Inoue, Toshiyuki Matsui 
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Avi Arad, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal, Christina Steinberg 
• Suzume – Makoto Shinkai, Kōichirō Itō, Genki Kawamura 
• The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes – Tomohisa Taguchi, Akenosuke Kanazawa, Makiko Mameda, Keijirô Taguchi 

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS 

• The Creator 
• Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 
• Godzilla Minus One 
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 
• Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 

BEST SOUND EDITING 

• Godzilla Minus One 
• John Wick: Chapter 4 
• Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One 
• Oppenheimer 
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 

BEST SOUND MIXING 

• Godzilla Minus One 
• Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One 
• Napoleon 
• Oppenheimer 
• Suzume 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR 

• Ryan Gosling – Barbie 
• Glenn Howerton – BlackBerry 
• Robert de Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon 
• Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer 
• Jacob Elordi – Priscilla 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS 

• Viola Davis – Air 
• Madeliene Yuna Voyles – The Creator 
• Minabi Hamabe – Godzilla Minus One 
• Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers 
• Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE 

• The Boy and the Heron – Joe Hisaishi 
• The First Slam Dunk – Satoshi Takebe 
• Godzilla Minus One – Naoki Satô 
• Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson 
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Daniel Pemberton 

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING 

• Barbie – Ivana Primorac 
• Ferrari – Marcelle Genovese, Marco Pompei, Brian Wade, Scott Wheeler 
• Maestro – Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou, Lori McCoy-Bell 
• Oppenheimer – Luisa Abel 
• Poor Things – Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier, Josh Weston 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN 

• Barbie – Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer 
• John Wick: Chapter 4 – Kevin Kavunaugh, Rand Abdel Nour, Mark Rosinski 
• Killers of the Flower Moon – Jack Fisk, Adam Willis 
• Oppenheimer – Ruth De Jong, Claire Kaufmann 
• Poor Things – James Price, Shona Heath, Zsuzsa Mihalek 

BEST COSTUME DESIGN 

• Barbie – Jacqueline Durran 
• Napoleon – Janty Yates, Dave Crossman 
• Oppenheimer – Ellen Mirojnick 
• Priscilla – Stacey Battat 
• Sisu – Anna Vilppunen 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 

• American Fiction – Cord Jefferson 
• BlackBerry – Matt Johnson, Matthew Miller 
• Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan 
• Poor Things – Tony McNamara 
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Dave Callaham 

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 

• Air – Alex Convrey 
• Bottoms – Emma Seligman, Rachel Sennott 
• The Holdovers – David Hemingson 
• Maestro – Bradley Cooper, Josh Singer 
• Past Lives – Celine Song 

BEST FILM EDITING 

• The Holdovers – Kevin Tent 
• Maestro – Michelle Tesoro 
• Oppenheimer – Jennifer Lame 
• Poor Things – Yorgos Mavropsaridis 
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Michael Andrews 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 

• Asteroid City – Barney Pilling 
• John Wick: Chapter 4 – Dan Laustsen 
• Killers of the Flower Moon – Rodrigo Prieto 
• Oppenheimer – Hoyte van Hoytema 
• Poor Things – Robbie Ryan 

BEST ORIGINAL SONG 

• I’m Just Ken – Barbie – Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt 
• Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People) – Killers of the Flower Moon – Scott George 
• Suzume – Suzume – Radwimps, Toaka 
• Peaches – The Super Mario Bros. Movie – Jack Black, Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Eric Osmond, John Spiker 
• This Wish – Wish – Julia Michaels, Benjamin Rice, JP Saxe, Ariana DeBose 

BEST DIRECTOR 

• Greta Gerwig – Barbie 
• Bradley Cooper – Maestro 
• Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer 
• Celine Song – Past Lives 
• Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things 

BEST ACTOR 

• Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction 
• Adam Driver – Ferrari 
• Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers 
• Bradley Cooper – Maestro 
• Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer 

BEST ACTRESS 

• Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon 
• Jennifer Lawrence – No Hard Feelings 
• Greta Lee – Past Lives 
• Emma Stone – Poor Things 
• Cailee Spaeny – Priscilla 

BEST PICTURE (VOTE HERE): 

• BlackBerry – Fraser Ash, Niv Fichman, Kevin Krikst, Matthew Miller 
• The First Slam Dunk – Toshiyuki Matsui 
• Godzilla Minus One – Minami Ichikawa, Shūji Abe, Kenji Yamada, Kazuaki Kishida, Gō Abe, Keiichirō Moriya 
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 – Kevin Feige 
• John Wick: Chapter 4 – Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee, Chad Stahelski 
• Oppenheimer – Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, Christopher Nolan 
• Past Lives – David Hinojosa, Christine Vachon, Pamela Koffler 
• Priscilla – Sofia Coppola, Youree Henley, Lorenzo Mieli 
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Avi Arad, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal, Christina Steinberg 
• Suzume – Kōichirō Itō, Genki Kawamura

And those are your 6th Annual Jack Awards nominees! Congratulations! Per usual, Best Picture is not up to me, it is up to YOU! The list of nominees is inspired by my own top movies of the year, but I have listed them all here for you to decide which one is the greatest of them all. For those who want to vote for Best Picture, CLICK THIS LINK RIGHT HERE. The survey will expire on Sunday, February 25th at midnight! It will take you to a poll where all these movies are listed. That is the only legitimate way these votes will count. Do not even try commenting on this post, it defeats the purpose of the poll and will not be counted towards the final tally. Either way, these are the nominees of the most legitimate, ambitious, groundbreaking awards show you could ever find on a movie blog. Why? Because I said so. Therefore, it’s true! Be sure to tune into the Jack Awards on Sunday, February 25th. For those keeping track, it is the same day as the Film Independent Spirit Awards. I am sure the nominees appearing at that show in California are gonna look at this show and think, you know what? Maybe I’ll make a guest appearance on the Jacks instead. That’ll be a hoot. If you are not following Scene Before, do so now with an email or WordPress account to get the 6th Jack Awards in your feed when it arrives! Also, be sure to like the official Facebook page!

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