2019 IndieWire Critics Poll

The winners of the 2019 IndieWire Critics Poll were announced on December 16, 2019.^[1]

2019 IndieWire Critics Poll
Date	December 16, 2019
Highlights
Best Film	Parasite
Most awards	Parasite (4)
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Winners and nominees

Best Picture	Best Director
1st: Parasite 2nd: The Irishman 3rd: Marriage Story 4th: Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood 5th: Portrait of a Lady on Fire 6th: Pain and Glory 7th: Uncut Gems 8th: The Souvenir 9th: Joker 10th: Little Women	1st: Bong Joon-ho – Parasite 2nd: Martin Scorsese – The Irishman 3rd: Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood 4th: Céline Sciamma – Portrait of a Lady on Fire 5th: Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie – Uncut Gems 6th: Noah Baumbach – Marriage Story 7th: Pedro Almodóvar – Pain and Glory 8th: Greta Gerwig – Little Women 9th: Joanna Hogg – The Souvenir 10th: Todd Phillips – Joker
Best Actor	Best Actress
1st: Adam Driver – Marriage Story 2nd: Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory 3rd: Adam Sandler – Uncut Gems 4th: Joaquin Phoenix – Joker 5th: Robert De Niro – The Irishman 6th: Leonardo DiCaprio – Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood 7th: Eddie Murphy – Dolemite Is My Name 8th: Taron Egerton – Rocketman 9th: Song Kang-ho – Parasite 10th: Brad Pitt – Ad Astra	1st: Lupita Nyong'o – Us 2nd: Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story 3rd: Elisabeth Moss – Her Smell 4th: Renée Zellweger – Judy 4th: Awkwafina – The Farewell 6th: Florence Pugh – Midsommar 7th: Mary Kay Place – Diane 8th: Zhao Tao – Ash Is Purest White 9th: Saoirse Ronan – Little Women 10th: Adèle Haenel – Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
1st: Joe Pesci - The Irishman 2nd: Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood 3rd: Al Pacino – The Irishman 4th: Willem Dafoe – The Lighthouse 5th: Song Kang-ho – Parasite 6th: Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood 7th: Alan Alda – Marriage Story 8th: Tom Burke – The Souvenir 9th: Shia LaBeouf – Honey Boy 10th: Wesley Snipes – Dolemite Is My Name	1st: Laura Dern – Marriage Story 2nd: Jennifer Lopez – Hustlers 3rd: Florence Pugh – Little Women 4th: Zhao Schuzhen – The Farewell 5th: Margot Robbie – Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood 6th: Da'Vine Joy Randolph – Dolemite Is My Name 7th: Julia Fox – Uncut Gems 8th: Annette Bening – The Report 9th: Scarlett Johansson – Jojo Rabbit 10th: Park So-dam – Parasite
Best Screenplay	Best Cinematography
1st: Parasite – Bong Joon-ho, Han Jin-won 2nd: Marriage Story - Noah Baumbach 3rd: Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood - Quentin Tarantino 4th: The Irishman - Steven Zaillian 5th: Knives Out - Rian Johnson 6th: Little Woman - Greta Gerwig 7th: Pain and Glory - Pedro Almodóvar 8th: Uncut Gems - Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie, Ronald Bronstein 9th: The Farewell - Lulu Wang 10th: Portrait of a Lady on Fire - Céline Sciamma	1st: 1917 - Roger Deakins 2nd: Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood - Robert Richardson 3rd: Portrait of a Lady on Fire - Claire Mathon 4th: The Lighthouse - Jarin Blaschke 5th: Parasite - Hong Kyung-pyo 6th: The Irishman - Rodrigo Prieto 7th: A Hidden Life - Jörg Widmer 10th: Uncut Gems - Darius Khondji
Best Documentary	Best First Feature
1st: Apollo 11 2nd: American Factory 3rd: Honeyland 4th: For Sama 5th: One Child Nation 6th: Varda by Agnes 7th: Amazing Grace 8th: Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story 9th: Hail Satan? 10th: Diego Maradona	1st: Atlantics 2nd: Booksmart 3rd: The Last Black Man in San Francisco 4th: An Elephant Sitting Still 5th: Les Misérables 6th: I Lost My Body 7th: The Mustang 8th: The Chambermaid 9th: Burning Cane 10th: End of the Century
Best Foreign Film
1st: Parasite 2nd: Pain and Glory 3rd: Portrait of a Lady on Fire 4th: Atlantics 5th: Transit 6th: Monos 7th: Long Day's Journey into Night 8th: An Elephant Sitting Still 9th: Synonyms 10th: Les Misérables