2020 Movie Odyssey Awards
Because the 2020 Movie Odyssey Award for Best Original Song final was extended, the 2020 Movie Odyssey Awards themselves are late once more - and all because of me this time out (oops). As you may know, this is the annual awards ceremony to recognize a year of films that I saw for the first time in their entirety in the calendar year. All films featured - with the exception of those in the Worst Picture category - are worth seeing.
The full list of every single film I saw as part of the 2020 Movie Odyssey can be seen in this link.
Best Pictures (I name ten winners, none of which are distinguished above the other nine)
The African Queen (1951)
The Haunting (1963)
The Irishman (2019)
A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
Mädchen in Uniform (1931, Germany)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Ordet (1955, Denmark)
Parasite (2019, South Korea)
The Shop on Main Street (1965, Czechoslovakia)
The Trial (1962)
Seven of these films received 10/10 ratings. The others received 9.5/10 ratings. This Best Picture lineup were the ten best films I saw in all of 2020. The African Queenis a rollicking adventure film with Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn that took me by surprise (I was long put off from the film because of its reputation). It displays some of the most charming moments that only Golden Age Hollywood can offer. Golden Age Hollywood horror may not be scary to viewers; but what it lacks in elicited screams, it makes up in goosebumps.The Hauntingis one of the great haunted house movies of all time with its thick atmosphere, fantastic production design, and spectral ambiguity. Watch it in the dark, if you dare.
Two gangster epics with a mournful disposition are also here in Martin Scorsese’sThe Irishmanand Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in America. The former sees Robert De Niro seeking absolution despite personally not being fully regretful; the latter sees a regretful Robert De Niro seeking not absolution, but peace.
Made in Weimar Germany in the years just before the Nazi takeover is a classic of queer cinema,Mädchen in Uniform. Beyond its LGBTQ themes, it is a tale of young women finding friendship amongst each other. On the other side of Europe after its Nazi takeover is The Shop on Main Street- which switches gears between drama to lighthearted comedy to tragedy so nimbly. Another film exemplifying mastery in tonal shifts was the headline-grabberParasite- an explosive, justly historic movie.
Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s A Letter to Three Wivesis a suburban feminist ensemble piece, reflecting on the martial anxieties of women questioning their spousal bliss. The ending there, though not quite storybook, is poignant. Questions of faith, too, are asked in Carl Theodor Dreyer’s Ordet- not in others, but in God. The film, one of the greatest films ever made about religious faith, ends impossibly, provocatively.
Best Comedy
The Battle of the Century (1927 short)
Best in Show (2000)
Elmer, the Great (1933)
It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)
Klaus (2019)
One Hour with You (1932)
The Princess and the Pirate (1944)
Road to Utopia (1945)
Soul (2020)
Three Little Girls in Blue (1946)
Now I typically give this category to the film that elicits the most belly laughs from me. None of these comedies did that for me this year. So I went with Ernst Lubitsch’s One Hour with You- starring Lubitsch regular Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald. It is what some folks might call a sophisticated comedy. But if you read between the lines, this pre-Code romantic comedy was probably one of the raunchiest things I saw all year.
For example:
POLICE OFFICER: Come on, come on. Where do you think you are? What are you doing? What’s going on here?ANDRE BERTIER: The French Revolution! [resumes kissing Colette]POLICE OFFICER: Hey, you can’t make love in public.ANDRE BERTIER: I can make love anywhere!POLICE OFFICER: No, you can’t!COLETTE BERTIER: Oh, but officer, he can!ANDRE BERTIER (joyously): Darling!
Otherwise, runners-up included It Happened on Fifth Avenueand Best in Show.
Best Musical
Blue Hawaii (1961)
Flower Drum Song (1961)
Hamilton (2020)
The Magic Flute(1975, Sweden)
My Dream Is Yours (1949)
New Orleans (1947)
New York, New York (1977)
One Hour with You
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947)
Three Little Girls in Blue (1946)
You know, if Hamiltonwas an original musical and not a filmed version of the original Broadway run, it would certainly threaten in this category. Instead, it rounds things out. Martin Scorsese’s New York, New York- as a deconstruction of the mid-century MGM musical - wins out not only its strong soundtrack, but glossy aesthetic that one would not associate with Scorsese. Runners-up are Flower Drum Song(the last movie with at least a majority Asian-American cast until The Joy Luck Clubthirty years later and Crazy Rich Asiansafter that) and Bergman’s adaptation of Mozart’s operaThe Magic Flute.
Best Animated Feature
I Lost My Body (2019, France)
Klaus (2019)
The Last Unicorn (1982)
Mad Monster Party? (1967)
Marona’s Fantastic Tale (2019, France)
Melody Time (1948)
Saludos Amigos (1942)
Soul
Weathering with You (2019, Japan)
Wolfwalkers (2020)
Perhaps the least known animated feature of these nominees takes the prize. Anca Damian’s Marona’s Fantastic Taleis gorgeously animated, attempting to tell its story through the point of view of its small canine protagonist. The film appears as a dog might understand the confusing mess that is humanity. Close behind is Cartoon Saloon’sWolfwalkersand Pixar’s Soul.
Best Documentary
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963)
Diego Maradona (2019, United Kingdom)
Elvis: That’s the Way It Is (1970)
The Eyes of Orson Welles (2018)
The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018)
I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
I Am Somebody (1970 short)
The River (1938 short)
The T.A.M.I. Show (1964)
Tokyo Olympiad (1965, Japan)
This was the best year for documentaries in a year’s Movie Odyssey for a long, long while. As a part of the tradition of Olympic films, Kon Ichikawa’s Tokyo Olympiadis a chronicle of the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The film resembled nothing like the Olympic documentaries before it - choosing not to concentrate on just gold medalists and reportage, but a story of Japan’s reintroduction to the Western world and the pains of the many also-rans in any Olympics. I also considered Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment(a JFK/RFK real-time documentary on the racial integration of the University of Alabama system),Elvis: That’s the Way It Is, The River(a New Deal-funded documentary short about the importance of the Mississippi River - narrated in free verse!), and The T.A.M.I. Showas potential winners, but nothing could eclipse Ichikawa’s monumental effort.
Best Non-English Language Film
The Cave of the Yellow Dog (2005), Mongolia
Emitaï (1971), Senegal
Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959), India
Olivia (1951), France
Ordet, Denmark
Parasite, South Korea
Persona, Sweden
The Shop on Main Street, Czechoslovakia
Sleepwalking Land (2008), Mozambique
Tokyo Olympiad, Japan
My god, this is always a stacked category. So why do I even bother? Because non-English language films - though they shouldn’t be ghettoized and considered a specialty - are nevertheless ghettoized and considered a specialty in America. This sort of category also gives some attention to a few films that don’t make much of an impression in other categories (namely the wondrous Sleepwalking Landand stunning The Cave of the Yellow Dog). But it is Ordetthe reigns supreme here, edging out The Shop on Main Street, Parasite, and Kaagaz Ke Phoolfor this prize.
Best Silent Film
The Battle of the Century
Body and Soul (1925)
Bumping into Broadway (1919 short)
The Dragon Painter (1919)
I Do (1921 short)
Next Aisle Over (1919 short)
Ramona (1928)
The Scar of Shame (1927)
Shoes (1916)
Young Mr. Jazz (1919 short)
Lois Weber was as instrumental to shaping early American cinema as D.W. Griffith or Cecil B. DeMille. And in Shoes, she brings her sense of social righteousness and cinematic innovation to the fore. It is one of her best feature films, and its release came at the height of America’s Progressive Era - a time of greater awareness of industrialization and unregulated capitalism’s ill effects. Distant runners-up are new National Film Registry inductee The Battle of the Century(a Laurel and Hardy film with one of the best pie fights you will see) and Body and Soul(Paul Robeson’s theatrical debut).
Personal Favorite Film
The African Queen
The Cave of the Yellow Dog
The Haunting
A Letter to Three Wives
Marona’s Fantastic Tale
McFarland, USA (2015)
Murder Most Foul (1964)
Stars in My Crown (1950)
Three Little Girls in Blue
The Trial
An understated but nevertheless eloquent screenplay, light humor, and careful attention to all three of its lead actresses roles define A Letter to Three Wives. It is one of the best exercises of empathy I saw all year, amid its tremulous and anxious narrative backdrop. We like to deride post-WWII American film as depicting an idyllic suburbia that never existed... but not here. Byambasuren Davaa’s The Cave of the Yellow Dogcaptured my heart, too. The film, from Mongolia, was one of the gentlest movies I’ve had the pleasure to see in the longest time. McFarland, USArevived memories in me of high school cross country days; Murder Most Foulwas a Ms. Marple whodunit that cements Margaret Rutherford as one of my favorite actresses; the homespun Stars in My Crownis Americana at its finest.
Best Director
Ingmar Bergman, Persona (1961, Sweden)
Carl Theodor Dreyer, Ordet
Guru Dutt, Kaagaz Ke Phool
John Huston, The African Queen
Kon Ichikawa, Tokyo Oympiad
Sergio Leone, Once Upon a Time in America
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, A Letter to Three Wives
Leontine Sagan, Mädchen in Uniform
Ousmane Sembène, Emitaï
Orson Welles, The Trial
Dreyer is in command of the film’s mise en scene from the beginning - culminating in breathtaking scene set-ups for conversations spoken in hushed tones. The style is never oppressive, never showy, and just right for a deeply introspective movie of tried and troubled faith.
Best Acting Ensemble
Edge of the City (1957)
Gosford Park (2001)
The Irishman
A Letter to Three Wives
Little Women(2019)
Marriage Story (2019)
Once Upon a Time in America
Ordet
Parasite
Stars in My Crown
Subtract any one actor from Parasiteand the film cannot work as well as it does. Perhaps Song Kang-ho has the best performance in the movie, but that isn’t possible without his fellow cast members putting out the incredible turns that they offer. Ordetis a close second.Behind by a country mile are Gosford Park, A Letter to Three WIves, and Little Women.
Best Actor
Humphrey Bogart, The African Queen
Maurice Chevalier, One Hour with You
Guru Dutt, Kaagaz Ke Phool
Jozef Kroner, The Shop on Main Street
Alan Ladd, This Gun for Hire (1942)
Joel McCrea, Stars in My Crown
Paul Robeson, Body and Soul
Howard Vernon, Le Silence de la mer (1949, France)
Jon Voight, Deliverance (1972)
Denzel Washington, Malcolm X (1992)
Arguably Denzel’s finest. He inhabits Malcolm X - the bravura, the attitude, the pastor-like (and occasionally incendiary) rhetorical devices, the early rage, the standoffishness. It is a magnificent performance. Just behind is Bogart and the irresistible Chevalier.
Best Actress
Bibi Andersson, Persona
Edwige Feuillère, Olivia
Helen Hayes, The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)
Katharine Hepburn, The African Queen
Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
Ida Kamińska, The Shop on Main Street
Liza Minnelli, New York, New York
Lucia Lynn Moses, The Scar of Shame
Madhabi Mukherjee, The Big City (1963, India)
Waheeda Rehman, Kaagaz Ke Phool
As Ms. Lautmannová,Kamińska - in the autumn of her career - gives us a portrait of devout religiosity, elderly naivete, and otherworldly trust. She and co-star Jozef Kroner play off the other’s performance, one benefitting from the other. It is a delicate, heartbreaking performance. Some ways away are our two Indian actresses, Madhabi Mukherjee and Waheeda Rehman, as well as Bibi Andersson in the dizzying Persona.
Best Supporting Actor
Stephen Boyd, The Man Who Never Was (1956)
Haren Chatterjee, The Big City
James Edwards, The Steel Helmet (1951)
Moses Gunn, Aaron Loves Angela (1975)
Victor McLaglen, The Princess and the Pirate (1944)
Victor Moore, It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Sidney Poitier, Edge of the City
Song Kang-ho, Parasite
Richard Widmark, Kiss of Death (1947)
James Woods, Once Upon a Time in America
For the sixth straight year, Best Supporting Actor - a category almost always filled to the brim with villains - goes to an actor playing a menacing villain. That smirk, that creepy laugh. Holy crap. Widmark knocks it out of the park as the psychopathic Tommy Udo in his debut role. The role, taken by some the wrong way, inspired Tommy Udo frats in American colleges and universities (their central premise: male chauvinism and anti-feminist beliefs). Who else did I consider for a win here? Victor Moore, Sidney Poitier, Song Kang-ho, and James Woods (before he became a twitter conspiracy theorist).
Best Supporting Actress
Tsuru Aoki, The Dragon Painter
Ethel Barrymore, Pinky (1949)
Ruby Dee, Edge of the City
Laura Dern, Marriage Story
Nancy Kwan, Flower Drum Song
Maggie Smith, Gosford Park
Genevieve Tobin, One Hour with You
Emilia Unda, Mädchen in Uniform
Ethel Waters, Pinky
Dorothea Wieck, Mädchen in Uniform
Emilia Unda beats out fellow co-star Dorothea Wieck as the headmistress of the boarding school featured inMädchen in Uniform. As the strict, uptight disciplinarian, one can see hints behind the facade she displays in front of the girls at the school. Nevertheless, yet another antagonist takes home this award. Also contending are Nancy Kwan and Ethel Waters.
Best Adapted Screenplay
John Huston, James Agee, Peter Viertel, and John Collier, The African Queen
Ladislav Grosman, Ján Kadár, and Elmar Klos, The Shop on Main Street
Steven Zaillian, The Irishman
Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Vera Caspary, A Letter to Three Wives
Christa Winsloe and Friedrich Dammann, Mädchen in Uniform
Leonardo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi, Enrico Medioli, Franco Arcalli, Franco Ferrini, and Sergio Leone, Once Upon a Time in America
Samson Raphaelson, One Hour with You
Carl Theodor Dreyer, Ordet
Teresa Prata, Sleepwalking Land
Orson Welles, The Trial
And unlike the mistake the Academy made in just giving the Oscar to Mankiewicz back in the day, the award also goes to his co-screenwriter, Vera Caspary.
Best Original Screenplay
Juan Antonio Bardem, Death of a Cyclist (1955, Spain)
Ousmane Sembène, Emitaï
Julian Fellowes, Gosford Park
Jérémy Clapin and Guillaume Laurant, I Lost My Body
Everett Freeman, Vick Knight, and Ben Markson, It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won, Parasite
Ingmar Bergman, Persona
Melvin Frank and Norman Panama, Road to Utopia
David Starkman, The Scar of Shame
Delphine Girard, A Sister (2018 short, Belgium)
This isSembène’s first Movie Odyssey Award, and I think he was probably one of the most overdue. As one of the fathers of African cinema, Sembène’s movies are colored by politics, specifically anti-colonialism, racism, tribal relations, and the destruction of traditional Senegalese life. His biting work toEmitaïis an excoriating piece, and essential to anyone seriously wanting to learn more about movies. No real challengers, in my mind, but the next ones up would have been Bergman and Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won.
Best Cinematography
David Schoenauer, The Cave of the Yellow Dog
Michel Remaudeau, Emitaï
Davis Boulton, The Haunting
Rodrigo Prieto, The Irishman
V.K. Murthy, Kaagaz Ke Phool
Norbert Brodine, Kiss of Death
László Kovács, New York, New York
Tonino Delli Colli, Once Upon a Time in America
Kazuo Miyagawa, Shigeo Murata, Shigeichi Nagano, Kenji Nakamura, and Tadashi Tanaka, Tokyo Olympiad
Edmond Richard, The Trial
The Trialunfolds and is shot as if it was a nightmare, albeit a nightmare without any dreamlike elements. With Dutch angles and unconventional use of focus, it is a remarkable film to look at. Having the soon-to-be Orsay Museum as an interior certainly helps. The Cave of the Yellow Dog, The Haunting, Kaagaz Ke Phool, Once Upon a Time in America, and even Tokyo Olympiadwould have been worthy winners too.
Best Film Editing
Don Deacon, Born Free (1966)
De Nosworthy and Nicholas T. Proferes, Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
Tom Priestly, Deliverance
Ernest Waller, The Haunting
Barry Alexander Brown, Malcolm X
Nino Baragli, Once Upon a Time in America
Yang Jin-mo, Parasite
Ulla Ryghe, Persona
Tatsuji Nakashizu, Tokyo Olympiad
Yvonne Martin and Frederic Muller, The Trial
Best Adaptation or Musical Score
S.D. Burman, Kaagaz Ke Phool
José Feliciano and Janna Merlyn Feliciano, Aaron Loves Angela
Nat W. Finston, Woody Herman, Louis Alter, and Edgar De Lange, New Orleans
W. Franke Harling, Oscar Straus, Rudolph G. Kopp, and John Leipold, One Hour with You
Maury Laws and Jules Bass, Mad Monster Party?
Joseph J. Lilley, Don Robertson, Hal Blair, George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, Sid Tepper, and Roy C. Bennett, Blue Hawaii
Alfred Newman, Flower Drum Song
Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith, and Charles Wolcott, Saludos Amigos
David Raksin, George Gershwin, and Ira Gershwin, The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Harry Warren, Ralph Blane, and Howard Jackson, My Dream Is Yours
Oh geez what a line-up. But this category favors original musicals above all. And though some might hesitate to call it a musical, Kaagaz Ke Phool’s soundtrack - in its melding of dramatics and music - is as cinematic as they come. As opposed to the let’s-just-put-a-song-here-to-kill-free time attitude of some of these musicals, Kaagaz Ke Phooluses its songs purposefully. In other words, with feeling. Alfred Newman’s adaptation of Flower Drum Songwas probably up next.
Best Original Score
John Barry, Born Free
Elmer Bernstein, The Comancheros (1961)
Akira Ifukube, Destroy All Monsters (1968, Japan)
Zdeněk Liška, The Shop on Main Street
Toshiro Mayuzumi, Tokyo Olympiad
Ennio Morricone, Once Upon a Time in America
Alfred Newman, The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
Leonard Rosenman, Edge of the City
Virgil Thomson, The River
John Williams, Empire of the Sun (1987)
This is not a sympathy prize for the recently-departed Italian composer. The key cue is the second one featured, "Deborah's Theme" and, when you listen to it, I think it tells you all you need to know about this movie. It's deeply expressive. And in the movie, it's allowed to be prominent. I've seen people say the late Morricone considered this his best score, but I can't find any official word of that anywhere. It is tremendous work, with Bernstein, Newman, and Thomson just behind.
Best Original Song
“Angela”, music and lyrics by José Feliciano and Janna Merlyn Feliciano, Aaron Loves Angela
“Can’t Help Falling in Love”, music and lyrics by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, and George David Weiss, Blue Hawaii (1961)
“Dekhi Zamaane Ki Yaari / Bichhde Sabhi Baari Baari”, music by S.D. Burman, lyrics by Kaifi Azmi, Kaagaz Ke Phool
“(Do You Know What It Means to Miss) New Orleans”, music by Louis Alter, lyrics by Edgar De Lange, New Orleans
“Farewell to Storyville", music by Louis Alter, lyrics by Edgar De Lange, New Orleans
“Happy Endings", music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, New York, New York
“Here They Come (From All Over the World)", music and lyrics by P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri, The T.A.M.I. Show
“Is There Still Anything That Love Can Do?", music and lyrics by Yôjirô Noda, Weathering with You
“Theme from New York, New York”, music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, New York, New York
“Waqt Ne Kiya Kya Haseen Sitam”, music and lyrics by S.D. Burman, Kaagaz Ke Phool
Thank you to all of those who participated in the 2020 Movie Odyssey Award for Best Original Song!
Best Costume Design
Uncredited, The Duke Is Tops (1938)
Irene Sharaff, Flower Drum Song
Jenny Beavan, Gosford Park
Jacqueline Durran, Little Women
Henry Noremark and Karin Erskine, The Magic Flute
Ruth E. Carter, Malcolm X
Marcelles Desvignes and Mireille Leydet, Olivia
Gabriella Pescucci, Once Upon a Time in America
Travis Banton,One Hour with You
Bonnie Cashin,Three Little Girls in Blue
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Daniel C. Striepeke, John Chambers, Verne Langdon, Jack Barron, Mary Babcock, and Jan Van Uchelen,Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
Sallie Jaye and Jan Archibald, Gosford Park
Judy Chin and Fríða Aradóttir. Little Women
Uncredited,Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)
Uncredited, The Magic Flute
Marietta Carter-Narcisse and John James, Malcolm X
Michael Westmore, Christina Smith, Mary Keats, June Miggins, and Sydney Guilaroff, New York, New York
Carmen Brel, Simone Knapp, Jean Lalaurette, and Maguy Vernadet, Olivia
Ben Nye, The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Ben Nye, Three Little Girls in Blue
Best Production Design
Norman Reynolds and Harry Cordwell, Empire of the Sun
Alexander Golitzen, Joseph C. Wright, and Howard Bristol, Flower Drum Song
Stephen Altman and Anna Pinnock, Gosford Park
Elliot Scott and John Jarvis, The Haunting
Bob Shaw and Regina Graves, The Irishman
M.R. Achrekar, Kaagaz Ke Phool
Henny Noremark, Anna-Lena Hansen, and Emilio Moliner, The Magic Flute
Harry Kemm, Robert De Vestel, and Ruby R. Levitt, New York, New York
Dennis Gassner and Lee Sandales, 1917 (2019)
Carlo Simi, Once Upon a Time in America
The production design, or the haunted house, was a character. Nothing else in this category could compare.
Achievement in Visual Effects (all are winners because it would be unfair to compare the visuals of 1917 against When Worlds Collide)
Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
Destroy All Monsters
The Irishman
1917
Red Dawn (1984)
Plymouth Adventure (1952)
War of the Worlds (2005)
When Worlds Collide (1951)
Worst Picture
Age 13 (1955 short)
Fireman, Save My Child! (1932)
Frankie and Johnny (1966)
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Red Dawn
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
Fuck Fallen Kingdom.
Honorary Awards:
Colored Players Film Corporation, for its thematically courageous race films, tackling issues neglected by Hollywood
Harold Michelson, for his contributions as an illustrator and storyboard artist (posthumous)
Lillian Michelson, for her dedication as a film researcher and archivist
Tadahito Mochinaga, for achievements in stop-motion animation with Rankin/Bass
Floyd Norman, for his pioneering career in cinematic animation
FILMS WITH MULTIPLE NOMINATIONS (excluding Worst Picture... 57)
Ten: Once Upon a Time in AmericaNine: Kaagaz Ke PhoolSeven: New York, New York;One Hour with YouSix:The African Queen; Gosford Park; The Irishman; Parasite; The Shop on Main Street; The TrialFive: Flower Drum Song; The Haunting;A Letter to Three Wives; Mädchen in Uniform;Ordet; Persona; Three Little Girls in Blue; Tokyo OlympiadFour: Edge of the City; Emitaï; The Magic Flute; Malcolm X; New Orleans;OliviaThree: Aaron Loves Angela; Blue Hawaii;The Cave of the Yellow Dog; It Happened on Fifth Avenue; Marriage Story; The Scar of Shame; The Shocking Miss Pilgrim; Stars in My CrownTwo: The Battle of the Century; The Big City;Body and Soul; Born Free; Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment; Deliverance; Destroy All Monsters; The Dragon Painter; The Greatest Story Ever Told; I Lost My Body; Kiss of Death; Klaus; Mad Monster Party?; Marona’s Fantastic Tale; My Dream is Yours;1917; Pinky; The Princess and the Pirate; The River; Road to Utopia; Saludos Amigos; Sleepwalking Land; Soul; The T.A.M.I. Show; Weathering with You
WINNERS (excluding honorary awards and Worst Picture; 28) 3 wins: A Letter to Three Wives; Ordet2 wins: The Haunting; Mädchen in Uniform; Once Upon a Time in America; Parasite; The Shop on Main Street; The Trial1 win: The African Queen;Babe: Pig in the City; Blue Hawaii;Destroy All Monsters; Emitaï; Gosford Park; The Irishman; Kaagaz Ke Phool; Kiss of Death; Malcolm X; Marona’s Fantastic Tale; New York, New York; 1917; One Hour with You; Red Dawn; Persona; Plymouth Adventure; The Shocking Miss Pilgrim; Shoes; Tokyo Olympiad; War of the Worlds; When Worlds Collide
92 films were nominated in 26 categories.
