The Nominations are in for The 18th Annual Golden Schmoes!

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

Thanks to your nominations we have now compiled the final list of nominees for The 18th Annual JoBlo Movie Awards (aka The Golden Schmoes)! Final voting runs from Monday, February 4th through Wednesday, February 20th, with winners to be announced on Friday, February 22nd, just ahead of the Oscars that Sunday.

This year AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR and BLACK PANTHER battled it out for the most nominations with a pretty even split amongst the more popular favorites among the JoBlo crowd, including A STAR IS BORN, BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE, ANNIHILATION, A QUIET PLACE and MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT. The acting categories were similarly in-line and I was happy to see some of the Oscar snubs make their way into our categories.

No records were broken in terms of MOST nominations (which still belongs to Christopher Nolan's INCEPTION with 19 nominations), but some were obviously favored more than others (see the most-nominated below). The selections were well in line with the popular opinion of most cinephiles (or, at least, the Schmoe community) and included a bigger selection of the more popular films we enjoyed this year, rather than an overwhelming dose of "Oscar bait" as is the case with most other awards shows. Overall, it's a pretty fair and accurate reading of the collective JoBlo moviegoer, balancing the fanboy goods with the more "refined" fare that tends to snag golden trophies.

MOST NOMINATIONS (2018)

Avengers: Infinity War (16)
Black Panther (14)
Mission: Impossible – Fallout (7)
A Star Is Born (7)
Annihilation (6)
Bohemian Rhapsody (6)
A Quiet Place (6)
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse (6)

Remember that each person can vote ONLY ONCE for the Golden Schmoes. We will also be running our 19TH ANNUAL OSCAR PREDICTION CONTEST this year, so stay tuned for that as well. See previous years' GOLDEN SCHMOES winners below, along with this year's crop of nominations per category. Thanks for participating!

PAST WINNERS:

2017 / 2016 / 2015 / 2014 / 2013 /2012 / 2011 / 2010 / 2009 / 2008 / 2007 / 2006 / 2005 / 2004 / 2003 / 2002 / 2001

Voting period: February 4th – 20th, 2019
Winners announcement: Friday, February 22nd, 2019

The Official 2018 nominees are:

FAVORITE MOVIE OF THE YEAR
Avengers: Infinity War
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
A Quiet Place
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
Black Panther

WORST MOVIE OF THE YEAR
Fifty Shades Freed
Gotti
The Happytime Murders
A Wrinkle In Time
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

BEST DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
John Krasinski – A Quiet Place
Anthony & Joe Russo – Avengers: Infinity War
Ryan Coogler – Black Panther
Spike Lee – Blackkklansman
Alfonso Cuaron – Roma

BEST SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR
Blackkklansman
A Quiet Place
Avengers: Infinity War
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
The Favourite

MOST OVERRATED MOVIE OF THE YEAR
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
A Star Is Born
Avengers: Infinity War
Roma

MOST UNDERRATED MOVIE OF THE YEAR
Annihilation
First Man
Upgrade
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Widows

TRIPPIEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR
Annihilation
Mandy
Spider-Man – Into The Spider-Verse
Hereditary
Sorry To Bother You

BEST COMEDY OF THE YEAR
Game Night
Deadpool 2
Blockers
Crazy Rich Asians
Ant-Man And The Wasp

BEST HORROR MOVIE OF THE YEAR
Hereditary
A Quiet Place
Halloween
Annihilation
Mandy

BEST ANIMATED MOVIE OF THE YEAR
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Ralph Breaks The Internet
Teen Titans Go! To The Movies

BEST SCI-FI MOVIE OF THE YEAR
Annihilation
Avengers: Infinity War
Ready Player One
Upgrade
Black Panther

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS OF THE YEAR
Avengers: Infinity War
Aquaman
Ready Player One
Annihilation
Black Panther

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE YEAR
The Predator
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Venom
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE YEAR
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
A Quiet Place
Upgrade
Bumblebee
Hereditary

BEST ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
John David Washington – Blackkklansman
Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody
Ethan Hawke – First Reformed
Christian Bale – Vice

BEST ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born
Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade
Toni Collette – Hereditary
Emily Blunt – Mary Poppins Returns
Olivia Colman – The Favourite

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Michael B. Jordan – Black Panther
Adam Driver – Blackkklansman
Mahershala Ali – Green Book
Josh Brolin – Avengers: Infinity War
Sam Elliot – A Star Is Born

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR

Rachel Weisz – The Favourite
Claire Foy – First Man
Emily Blunt – A Quiet Place
Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone – The Favourite

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
John David Washington – Blackkklansman
Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade
Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody
Letitia Wright – Black Panther
Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born

FAVORITE CELEBRITY OF THE YEAR
Josh Brolin
Emily Blunt
Michael B. Jordan
Ryan Reynolds
Tom Cruise

COOLEST CHARACTER OF THE YEAR
Thanos – Avengers: Infinity War
Killmonger – Black Panther
Ethan Hunt – Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Cable – Deadpool 2
Aquaman/Arthur Curry – Aquaman

BEST MUSIC IN A MOVIE
A Star Is Born
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
Avengers: Infinity War
First Man

FAVORITE MOVIE POSTER OF THE YEAR
Avengers: Infinity War
Blackkklansman
Black Panther
Spider-Man – Into The Spider-Verse
Deadpool 2

BEST TRAILER OF THE YEAR
Avengers: Infinity War
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Bohemian Rhapsody
Aquaman
A Quiet Place

BEST Blu-Ray/DVD OF THE YEAR
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
Deadpool 2
Ready Player One
Mission: Impossible – Fallout

BEST ACTION SEQUENCE OF THE YEAR
Wakanda Battle – Avengers: Infinity War
Bathroom Fight – Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Car Chase – Black Panther
Rooftop Chase – Aquaman
Helicopter Chase – Mission: Impossible – Fallout

MOST MEMORABLE SCENE OF THE YEAR
The Snap – Avengers: Infinity War
Moon Landing – First Man
"The Shining" Scene – Ready Player One
Bear Scene – Annihilation
Live Aid Performance – Bohemian Rhapsody

BEST T&A OF THE YEAR
Amber Heard – Aquaman
Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born
Emma Stone – The Favourite
Jennifer Lawrence – Red Sparrow
Elizabeth Debicki – Widows

BEST LINE OF THE YEAR

"Wakanda Forever!" – Black Panther
"Why is Gamora?" – Avengers: Infinity War
"It's Fucking Chucky!" – Ready Player One
"Mr. Stark, I don't feel so good." – Avengers: Infinity War
"Bury me in the ocean with my ancestors that jumped from the ships, because they knew death was better than bondage." – Black Panther

VOTING STARTS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4th!