Rich Picks
20152017

Awards & Top Films

2016

Rich Picks for Film Excellence

WonNominee

Top 10 Films of 2016

1
A
Manchester by the Sea6 Wins · 9 Nominations
2
A-
Hidden Figures1 Win · 7 Nominations
3
A-
B+
Moonlight3 Wins · 7 Nominations
4
A-
B+
Spa Night4 Nominations
5
B+
Silence5 Nominations
6
B
Zootopia1 Win · 1 Nomination
7
B
The Founder3 Nominations
8
B
Hail, Caesar!2 Nominations
9
B
B-
Arrival4 Nominations
10
B-
Florence Foster Jenkins2 Wins · 4 Nominations

Film

Animated Feature

Zootopia
Producers: Clark Spencer, Rich Moore, and Byron Howard
OscarGlobeBAFTA
Kubo and the Two Strings
Producers: Arianne Sutner and Travis Knight
OscarGlobeNBRBAFTA

Animated Short

Piper
Producers: Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer
Oscar

Live-Action Feature

Manchester by the Sea
Producers: Kevin J. Walsh, Lauren Beck, Kimberly Steward, Matt Damon, and Chris Moore
OscarNBRBAFTASpiritSAG
Hidden Figures
Producers: Theodore Melfi, Donna Gigliotti, Pharrell Williams, Jenno Topping, and Peter Chernin
OscarNBRSAG
Moonlight
Producers: Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, and Adele Romanski
OscarNBRBAFTASpiritSAG
Hacksaw Ridge
Producers: David Permut and Bill Mechanic
OscarNBR
Spa Night
Producers: Kim Ki-Jin, Kelly Thomas, Giulia Caruso, and David Ariniello

Directing & Editing

Directing

Kenneth Lonergan
Manchester by the Sea
OscarGlobeDGA
John Carney
Sing Street
Andrew Ahn
Spa Night
Barry Jenkins
Moonlight
OscarGlobeNBRSpiritDGA
Mel Gibson
Hacksaw Ridge
OscarGlobe

Editing

Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon
Moonlight
OscarSpirit
Joe Walker
Arrival
OscarBAFTA
Julian Ulrichs and Andrew Marcus
Sing Street
Gabriel Fleming and Colby Parker Jr.
Patriots Day
Peter Teschner
Hidden Figures

Acting

Actor in a Leading Role

Casey Affleck
as Lee Chandler in
Manchester by the Sea
OscarGlobeNBRBAFTASpirit
Mark Wahlberg
as Tommy Saunders in
Patriots Day
Dev Patel
as Saroo Brierley in
Lion
OscarBAFTA
Ryan Gosling
as Sebastian Wilder in
La La Land
OscarBAFTA
Benedict Cumberbatch
as Dr. Stephen Strange in
Doctor Strange

Actor in a Supporting Role

Mahershala Ali
as Juan in
Moonlight
OscarBAFTA
Lucas Hedges
as Patrick Chandler in
Manchester by the Sea
OscarSpirit
Jeremy Renner
as Ian Donnelly in
Arrival
Jharrel Jerome
as Kevin age 16 in
Moonlight
Issei Ogata
as Old Samurai, Inoue in
Silence

Actress in a Leading Role

Isabelle Huppert
as Michèle Leblanc in
Elle
Oscar
Viola Davis
as Rose Lee Maxson in
Fences
OscarBAFTA
Kate Beckinsale
as Lady Susan Vernon in
Love & Friendship

Actress in a Supporting Role

Michelle Williams
as Randi Chandler in
Manchester by the Sea
OscarBAFTA
Laura Dern
as Ethel Kroc in
The Founder
Octavia Spencer
as Dorothy Vaughan in
Hidden Figures
Oscar
Nicole Kidman
as Sue Brierley in
Lion
OscarBAFTA
Janelle Monáe
as Mary Jackson in
Hidden Figures

Writing

Screenplay (Adapted)

Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi
Hidden Figures
based on the book by Margot Lee Shetterly
OscarBAFTAWGA
Eric Heisserer
Arrival
based on the short story Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang
OscarBAFTAWGA
David Birke
Elle
based on the novel Oh... by Philippe Djian
Barry Jenkins
Moonlight
based on the play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue by McCraney
OscarGlobeSpirit
Martin Scorsese and Jay Cocks
Silence
based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Shūsaku Endō
NBR

Screenplay (Original)

Kenneth Lonergan
Manchester by the Sea
OscarGlobeNBRBAFTASpiritWGA
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Hail, Caesar!
Andrew Ahn
Spa Night
Robert Siegel
The Founder
John Carney
Sing Street

Visual

Art Direction

Gene Serdena and Guy Hendrix Dyas
Passengers
Production design: Guy Hendrix Dyas
Set decoration: Gene Serdena
OscarADG
Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo
Silence
Production design: Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo
Ruth de Jong
Manchester by the Sea
Production design: Ruth de Jong
ADG
Wynn Thomas and Missy Parker
Hidden Figures
Production design: Wynn Thomas and Missy Parker
ADG
Alan MacDonald
Florence Foster Jenkins
Production design: Alan MacDonald

Cinematography

James Laxton
Moonlight
OscarSpiritASC
Kim Ki-Jin
Spa Night
Seamus McGarvey
Nocturnal Animals
BAFTA
Mandy Walker
Hidden Figures
Danny Cohen
Florence Foster Jenkins

Costuming

Consolata Boyle
Florence Foster Jenkins
OscarBAFTACDG
Mary Zophres
Hail, Caesar!
CDG
Madeline Fontaine
Jackie
OscarBAFTACDG
Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh
Love & Friendship
Dante Ferretti
Silence

Effects

Steve Emerson, Brian McLean, Brad Schiff, and Oliver Jones
Kubo and the Two Strings
Oscar
Paul Corbould, Richard Bluff, Stephane Ceretti, and Vincent Cirelli
Doctor Strange
OscarBAFTA
Dan Lemmon, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones, and Robert Legato
The Jungle Book
OscarBAFTA

Make-Up & Hairstyling

J. Roy Helland and Daniel Phillips
Florence Foster Jenkins
BAFTA
Yolanda Toussieng and Donald Mowat
Nocturnal Animals
BAFTA
Noriko Watanabe
Silence

Sound & Music

Original Score

Lesley Barber
Manchester by the Sea
Carter Burwell
The Founder
Thomas Newman
Passengers
Benjamin Wallfisch, Pharrell Williams, and Hans Zimmer
Hidden Figures
Globe
Nicholas Britell
Moonlight
Globe

Original Song

"Sky Full of Stars"
La La Land
Lyrics: Justin Paul and Benj Pasek
Music: Justin Hurwitz
Globe

Sound Mixing

Steven A. Morrow and Andy Nelson
La La Land
Scoring mixer: Nicholai Baxter
Foley mixer: James Ashwill
Production mixer: Steven A. Morrow
Re-recording mixers: Ai-Ling Lee and Andy Nelson
ADR mixer: David Betancourt
BAFTA
Bernard Gariépy Strobl and Claude La Haye
Arrival
BAFTA
Jacob Ribicoff
Manchester by the Sea
Joe Morrow and Graham Walker
Closet Monster