In the 6th Post post-Oscars, my true love sent to me: various acting accolades for 2018 movies.
RECAP
—2018 Favorites: Introduction
—In the 1st Post post-Oscars: 2018 Movies — Intro + Complete List
—In the 2nd Post post-Oscars: 2018 Genre Movies
—In the 3rd Post post-Oscars: 2018 Movie Beginnings and Endings
—In the 4th Post post-Oscars: 2018 Miscellaneous Movies
—In the 5th Post post-Oscars: 2018 Movie Music
What’s a post dedicated to 2018 acting achievements that doesn’t include my absolute favorite performances of the year? Well, I’m saving those for the Stevens — AKA: what I would’ve nominated and awarded in all of the Academy’s official categories if I was the sole voter.
As an aperitif, here are my favorite turns that fall outside the Oscars’ limited bounds.
And now, my favorite 2018:
USE OF AN ANIMAL
- The Pony, Damsel
- Dog, Widows
- Dog, Roma
- Alpha, Alpha
- Dog, The Meg
- Dogs, Private Life
- Dog, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
- Dog, Ben is Back
CAMEO
- Stan Lee, Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
- Nicolas Cage, Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
- Matt Damon, Unsane
- Cher, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
- Samuel L. Jackson, Life Itself
- Joan Cusack, Instant Family
- Alec Baldwin, BlacKkKlansman
CAMEOS
(As in, my favorite collection of cameos)
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- Vice
- Superfly
ONE-SCENE PERFORMANCE
(Let’s call him a One-Scene-Stealer)
Simon Farnaby as Barry the Security Guard, Paddington 2
QUEEN B
(As in: the Queen of Direct-to-VOD B-movies)
Melissa Bolona, Acts of Violence / The Hurricane Heist
ENSEMBLE
(The bigger the ensemble, the more points it gets)
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
- The Death of Stalin
- An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn
- Eighth Grade
- Under the Tree
- The Favourite
- Vice
- Vox Lux: A 21st Century Portrait
- Suspiria
- Life and Nothing More
- The Other Side of the Wind
- Unsane
- A Bread Factory, Parts One & Two
- Sorry to Bother You
- Shoplifters
- Widows
- Life Itself
- Black Panther
- Golden Exits
- Leave No Trace
- Hotel Artemis
- Never Look Away
HAMSTRUNG ENSEMBLE
(As in: Yay acting, nay material!)
- The Sisters Brothers
- Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot
- Juliet, Naked
- The Party
- The Girl in the Spider’s Web
- Trouble
- The Happytime Murders
- Boundaries
- Gringo
- Nostalgia
- Stan & Ollie
YOUNG ENSEMBLE
- Eighth Grade
- The Maze Runner: Death Cure
- The Hate U Give
- Love, Simon
- American Animals
DISCOVERY
(As in, these actors were largely not on my radar until this year)
- Olivia Colman, The Favourite
- Yalitza Aparicio, Roma
- Tim Kalkhof, The Cakemaker
- Kiki Layne, If Beale Street Could Talk
- Andrea Riseborough, Nancy / Mandy
- Natasha Rothwell, Love, Simon
- Will be a beloved comedienne in a few years, mark my words…
- Jong-seo Jeon, Burning
- Isabél Zuaa, Good Manners
- Regina Williams, Life and Nothing More
- Yordanos Shiferaw, Capernaum
- Laia Costa, Life Itself
- Awkwafina, Crazy Rich Asians / Ocean’s 8
- Soho Rezanejad, The Charmer
- Ardalan Esmaili, The Charmer
- Jim Cummings, Thunder Road
- Anthony Ramos, Monsters and Men / A Star Is Born
- Constance Wu, Crazy Rich Asians
- Jasmine Cephas Jones, Blindspotting / Monsters and Men / Dog Days
- Danielle Macdonald, Dumplin’ / Bird Box
- Jackie Long, Bodied
- Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Life Itself
- Henry B.J. Phiri, I Am Not a Witch
- Letitia Wright, Black Panther
- Sverrir Gudnason, Borg vs McEnroe
- Trevor Jackson, Superfly
- Izïa Higelin, Rodin
- Winston Duke, Black Panther
- Megalyn Echikunwoke, Night School
YOUNG PERFORMANCE
(22 and under)
- Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade
- Dominique Fishback, Night Comes On / The Hate U Give
- Mouna Hawa / Sana Jammelieh / Mahmud Shalaby, In Between
- Raffey Cassidy, Vox Lux: A 21st Century Portrait
- Kiersey Clemons, Hearts Beat Loud
- Helena Howard, Madeline’s Madeline
- Jessie Buckley, Beast
- Chanté Adams, Roxanne Roxanne / Monsters and Men
- Amandla Stenberg, The Hate U Give
- Kayli Carter, Private Life
- Evan Rosado/Josiah Gabriel/Isaiah Kristian, We the Animals
- Geraldine Viswanathan, Blockers
- Andrew Bleechington, Life and Nothing More
- Mackenzie Davis, Tully
- Maia Mitchell & Camila Morrone, Never Goin’ Back
- Zachary Sayle, A Bread Factory, Parts One & Two
- Olivia Cooke, Thoroughbreds / Life Itself / Ready Player One
- Addison Timlin, Submission
- Johnny Flynn, Beast
- Louise Chevillotte, Lover for a Day
- Thomasin McKenzie, Leave No Trace
- Isabela Moner, Instant Family / Sicario: Day of the Soldado
- Laia Artigas, Summer 93
- Kelvin Harrison Jr., Monsters and Men
- Kathryn Newton, Ben is Back
- Nick Robinson, Love, Simon
- Thomas Mann, The Land of Steady Habits
- Evan Peters, American Animals
- Alex Sharp, How to Talk to Girls at Parties
- Diana Irvine, The Boy Downstairs
- Lewis MacDougall, Boundaries
- Esther Garrel, Lover for a Day
- Ashton Sanders, The Equalizer 2
- Ekaterina Samsonov, You Were Never Really Here
- Maggie Mulubwa, I Am Not a Witch
- Joe Cole, A Prayer Before Dawn
- Alexandra Shipp, Love, Simon
- Beanie Feldstein, The Female Brain
- Matthew Shear, The Boy Downstairs
- Joey Morgan, Flower
- Jake Ryan, Eighth Grade
- Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alpha
- Sam Keeley, The Cured
- Miguel Lobo, Good Manners
- Quinn Shephard, Midnight Sun
- Tatum Marilyn Hall, Night Comes On
- Jessica Rothe, Forever My Girl
- Elijah Rodriguez, Sicario: Day of the Soldado
- Shenell Edmonds, Roxanne Roxanne
- Hayden Szeto, Truth or Dare
- Nico Santos, Crazy Rich Asians
- Storm Reid, A Wrinkle in Time
- Cailee Spaeny, Pacific Rim: Uprising
- Jahi Di’Allo Winston, Proud Mary
