Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2019

The 18th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 8, 2019.

Winners and nominees


Best Film
 * Parasite
 * 1917
 * The Irishman
 * Marriage Story
 * Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Director
 * Bong Joon-ho – Parasite
 * Greta Gerwig – Little Women
 * Sam Mendes – 1917
 * Martin Scorsese – The Irishman
 * Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Actor
 * Adam Driver – Marriage Story
 * Robert De Niro – The Irishman
 * Leonardo DiCaprio – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
 * Joaquin Phoenix – Joker
 * Adam Sandler – Uncut Gems

Best Actress
 * Lupita Nyong'o – Us
 * Awkwafina – The Farewell
 * Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story
 * Saoirse Ronan – Little Women
 * Renée Zellweger – Judy

Best Supporting Actor
 * Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
 * Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
 * Jonathan Majors – The Last Black Man in San Francisco
 * Al Pacino – The Irishman
 * Joe Pesci – The Irishman

Best Supporting Actress
 * Jennifer Lopez – Hustlers
 * Laura Dern – Marriage Story
 * Scarlett Johansson – Jojo Rabbit
 * Florence Pugh – Little Women
 * Zhao Shu-zhen – The Farewell

Best Original Screenplay
 * Noah Baumbach – Marriage Story
 * Rian Johnson – Knives Out
 * Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won – Parasite
 * Jordan Peele – Us
 * Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Adapted Screenplay
 * Greta Gerwig – Little Women (based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott)
 * Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (inspired by the article "Can You Say ... Hero?" by Tom Junod)
 * Todd Phillips and Scott Silver – Joker (based on characters created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson)
 * Taika Waititi – Jojo Rabbit (based on the book Caging Skies by Christine Leunens)
 * Steven Zaillian – The Irishman (based on the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt)

Best Animated Feature
 * Toy Story 4
 * Frozen II
 * How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
 * Klaus
 * Missing Link

Best Documentary Film
 * Apollo 11
 * American Factory
 * For Sama
 * Honeyland
 * One Child Nation

Best Foreign Language Film
 * Parasite • South Korea
 * Atlantics • Senegal
 * Monos • Colombia
 * Pain and Glory • Spain
 * Portrait of a Lady on Fire • France

Best Cinematography
 * Roger Deakins – 1917
 * Jarin Blaschke – The Lighthouse
 * Drew Daniels – Waves
 * Rodrigo Prieto – The Irishman
 * Robert Richardson – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Editing
 * Andrew Buckland and Michael McCusker – Ford v Ferrari
 * Yang Jin-mo – Parasite
 * Fred Raskin– Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
 * Thelma Schoonmaker – The Irishman
 * Lee Smith – 1917

Best Original Score
 * Michael Abels – Us
 * Alexandre Desplat – Little Women
 * Hildur Guðnadóttir – Joker
 * Randy Newman – Marriage Story
 * Thomas Newman – 1917

Best Production Design
 * Barbara Ling (production design) and Nancy Haigh (set decoration) – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
 * Dennis Gassner (production design) and Lee Sandales (set decoration) – 1917
 * Jess Gonchor (production design) and Claire Kaufman (set decoration) – Little Women
 * Lee Ha-jun (production design) and Cho Won-woo (set decoration) – Parasite
 * Ra Vincent (production design) and Nora Sopková (set decoration) – Jojo Rabbit

Best Acting Ensemble
 * Knives Out
 * The Irishman
 * Little Women
 * Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
 * Parasite

Best Youth Performance
 * Roman Griffin Davis – Jojo Rabbit
 * Julia Butters – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
 * Shahadi Wright Joseph – Us
 * Noah Jupe – Honey Boy
 * Thomasin McKenzie – Jojo Rabbit

Best Voice Performance
 * Tony Hale – Toy Story 4
 * Kristen Bell – Frozen II
 * Billy Eichner – The Lion King
 * Tom Hanks – Toy Story 4
 * Annie Potts – Toy Story 4

Best Motion Capture Performance
 * Josh Brolin – Avengers: Endgame
 * Rosa Salazar – Alita: Battle Angel

The Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington, D.C.
 * The Report
 * Long Shot

Multiple nominations and wins
The following films received multiple nominations:

The following films received multiple awards: