The end of the year doesn’t just mean putting out your best/favorite movies of year. It can be a time to reflect the individuals like directors, actors, actress, supporting roles, villains and everything in between. So, that said, I’m here to do just that. We all have our favorites, and these are mine. This is of course my opinion. I tried to shorten the list as much as I could, but like every year, it was a bit too hard so I left the lists as such.
Also, villains are probably considered Supporting Actors/Actress in other lists, but again, to not only make the lists shorter, I want the villains to have their own category, because everyone loves a good villain, right?
Finally, everything and everyone will be in alphabetical order. This is also part one of two different lists. Enjoy.
Directors
Chris McKay – The LEGO Batman Movie
Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk
Denis Villeneuve – Blade Runner 2049
Edgar Wright – Baby Driver
Guillermo del Toro – The Shape of Water
J.A. Bayona – A Monster Calls
James Mangold – Logan
Jordan Peele – Get Out
Patty Jenkins – Wonder Woman
Matt Reeves – War for the Planet of the Apes
Taika Waititi – Thor: Ragnarok
Honorable Mentions
Andy Muschietti – It
David F. Sandberg – Annabelle: Creation
Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird
James Franco – The Disaster Artist
Kathryn Bigelow – Detroit
M. Night Shyamalan – Split
Martin McDonagh – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Steven Soderbergh – Logan Lucky
Just Missed the List
Ben Wheatley – Free Fire
Craig Gillespie – I, Tonya
Darren Aronofsky – Mother!
James Gunn – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina – Coco
Nacho Vigalondo – Colossal
Michael Showalter – The Big Sick
Ridley Scott – All the Money in the World
Actors
Andy Serkis as Caesar – War for the Planet of the Apes
Chris Hemsworth as Thor – Thor: Ragnarok
Chris Pine as Steve Trevor – Wonder Woman
Daniel Kaluuya as Chris Washington – Get Out
Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill – Darkest Hour
Hugh Jackman as Logan – Logan
Lewis MacDougall as Conor – A Monster Calls
Michael Fassbender as David and Walter – Alien: Covenant
Michael Keaton as Ray Kroc – The Founder
Sam Rockwell as Dixon – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man – Spider-Man: Homecoming
Honorable Mentions
James Franco as Tommy – The Disaster Artist
Richard Jenkins as Giles – The Shape of Water
RJ Cyler as Billy/Blue Ranger – Power Rangers
Ryan Gosling as K – Blade Runner 2049
Ryan Reynolds as Michael & Samuel L. Jackson as Darius – The Hitman’s Bodyguard
Sebastian Stan as Jeff Gillooly – I, Tonya
Sharlto Copley as Vernon – Free Fire
Steve Carell as Bobby Riggs – Battle of the Sexes
Will Arnett as Batman/Bruce Wayne – The LEGO Batman Movie
Will Poulter as Krauss – Detroit
Just Missed the List
Ansel Elgort as Baby – Baby Driver
Armie Hammer as Ord – Free Fire
Chadwick Boseman as Thurgood Marshall & Josh Gad as Sam Friedman – Marshall
Chris Evans as Frank Adler – Gifted
Dave Franco as Greg – The Disaster Artist
Jackie Chan as Quan Ngoc Minh – The Foreigner
James McAvoy as David Percival – Atomic Blonde
Jeremy Renner as Cory Lambert – Wind River
Jason Sudeikis as Oscar – Colossal
Javier Bardem as Him – Mother!
Joel Edgerton as Paul – It Comes At Night
Kumail Nanjiani as Kumail – The Big Sick
Mark Rylance as Mr. Dawson – Dunkirk
Actress
Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke – Split
Aubrey Plaza as Ingrid Thorburn – Ingrid Goes West
Dafne Keen as Laura – Logan
Frances McDormand as Mildred – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Gal Gadot as Diana – Wonder Woman
Jessica Chastain as Molly Bloom – Molly’s Game
Margot Robbie as Tonya Harding – I, Tonya
Mckenna Grace as Mary Adler – Gifted
Noomi Rapace as The Settman Siblings – What Happened to Monday
Sally Hawkins as Elisa Esposito – The Shape of Water
Saoirse Ronan as Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson – Lady Bird
Honorable Mentions
Anne Hathaway as Gloria – Colossal
Emma Stone as Billie Jean King – Battle of the Sexes
Rebecca Hall as Elizabeth Marston – Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
Sophia Lillis as Beverly – It
Talitha Bateman as Janice & Lulu Wilson as Linda – Annabelle: Creation
Just Missed the List
Charlize Theron as Lorraine Broughton – Atomic Blonde
Jennifer Lawrence as Mother – Mother!
Michelle Williams as Gail Harris – All the Money in the World
Seo-hyun Ahn as Mija – Okja
Zoe Kazan as Emily – The Big Sick
Zoe Lister-Jones as Anna – Band Aid
Supporting Actor
Christopher Plummer as J. Paul Getty – All the Money in the World
Daniel Craig as Joe Bang – Logan Lucky
Dwayne Johnson as Hobbs & Jason Statham as Deckard – The Fate of the Furious
Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard – Blade Runner 2049
Jacob Batalon as Ned – Spider-Man: Homecoming
Liam Neeson as The Monster (voice) – A Monster Calls
Michael Rooker as Yondu – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Patrick Stewart as Charles – Logan
Samuel L. Jackson as Preston Packard – Kong: Skull Island
Honorable Mentions
Cillian Murphy as Shivering Soldier – Dunkirk
Doug Jones as Amphibian Man – The Shape of Water
Demian Bichir as Miguel Alvarez – Lowriders
Domhnall Gleeson as Monty ‘Schafer’ – American Made
LilRel Howery as Rod Williams – Get Out
Nick Offerman as Dick McDonald & John Carroll Lynch as Mac McDonald – The Founder
Paul Walter Hauser as Shawn Eckhardt – I, Tonya
Ralph Fiennes as Alfred Pennyworth – The LEGO Batman Movie
Shea Whigham as Cole & John C. Reilly as Hank Marlow – Kong: Skull Island
Taika Waititi as Korg & Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk & Jeff Goldblum as Grandmaster – Thor: Ragnarok
Just Missed the List
Bradley Whitford as Dean Armitage – Get Out
Christopher Meloni as Roger, Ike Barinholtz as Jeffrey & Bashir Saladuddin as Morgan Russell – Snatched
Jack Reynor as Harry – Free Fire
Jeremy Ray Taylor as Ben, Finn Wolfhard as Richie & Jack Dylan Grazer as Eddie – It
Jon Bernthal as Griff – Baby Driver
Michael Cera as Dick Grayson/Dick – The LEGO Batman Movie
Pedro Pascal as Whiskey – Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Ray Romano as Terry – The Big Sick
Steve Zahn as Bad Apes – War for the Planet of the Apes
Stephen Merchant as Caliban – Logan
Supporting Actress
Allison Janney as LaVona Golden – I, Tonya
Ana de Armas as Joi – Blade Runner 2049
Felicity Jones as Mum – A Monster Calls
Laurie Metcalf as Marion McPherson – Lady Bird
Pom Klementieff as Mantis – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Robin Wright as Antiope – Wonder Woman
Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie – Thor: Ragnarok
Tiffany Haddish as Dina – Girls Trip
Honorable Mentions
Amiah Miller as Nova – War for the Planet of the Apes
Bella Heathcote as Olive Byrne – Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
Holly Hunter as Beth – The Big Sick
Lucy Davis as Etta – Wonder Woman
Michelle Pfeiffer as Woman – Mother!
Riley Keough as Kim – It Comes At Night
Just Missed the List
Elle Fanning as Loretta Figgis – Live by Night
Glenn Close as Dr. Caroline Caldwell – The Girl with All the Gifts
Karen Gillan as Nebula – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Linda Cardellini as Joan Smith – The Founder
Salma Hayek as Sonia Kincaid – The Hitman’s Bodyguard
Sigourney Weaver as Grandma – A Monster Calls
Villain
Allison Williams as Rose Armitage – Get Out
Annabelle – Annabelle: Creation
Bill Skarsgard as Pennywise – It
Cate Blanchett as Hela – Thor: Ragnarok
James McAvoy as Dennis/Patricia/Hedwig/Kevin/Barry/Jade/Orwell/The Beast – Split
Jamie Foxx as Bats & Jon Hamm as Buddy – Baby Driver
Michael Keaton as Adrian Toomes/Vulture – Spider-Man: Homecoming
Honorable Mentions
Calvin – Life
Common as Cassian – John Wick: Chapter 2
Michael Shannon as Richard Strickland – The Shape of Water
Skull Crawlers – Kong: Skull Island
Sylvia Hoeks as Luv – Blade Runner 2049
Zach Galifinakis as The Joker – The LEGO Batman Movie
Just Missed the List
Charlize Theron as Cipher – The Fate of the Furious
Kurt Russell as Ego – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Tony Goldwyn as Barry Norris – The Belko Experiment
Woody Harrelson as The Colonel – War for the Planet of the Apes