After allowing the movies I watched in 2019 to marinate for a while I am finally ready to announce the nominees for the 1st Annual Bib’s Corner Movie Awards.

It was tough making cuts from my shortlists but I’ve gotten every category down to just the essential nominees.

Here are the finalists!

1st Annual Bib’s Corner Movie Award Nominees

Best Genre Movie (Comedy, Horror, Action, Comic book)

Avengers: Endgame
Doctor Sleep
Good Boys
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
Shazam

Best Movie Based on a True Story

Brian Banks
Dolemite is My Name
Hustlers
The Last Black Man in San Francisco

Best Fictional Movie

Jojo Rabbit
Knives Out
Luce
Parasite
Uncut Gems

Best Storytelling

Benny and Josh Safdie Writers and Directors, Ronald Bronstein Writer (Uncut Gems)
Bong Joon Ho Writer and Director, Jin Won Han Writer (Parasite)
Lorene Scafaria Writer and Director, Jessica Pressler Writer (Hustlers)
Rian Johnson Writer and Director (Knives Out)
Taika Waititi Writer and Director, Christine Leunens Writer (Jojo Rabbit)

Best Female Lead

Aisling Franciosi (The Nightingale)
Beanie Feldstein (Booksmart)
Florence Pugh (Midsommar)
Naomie Harris (Black and Blue)
Tessa Thompson (Little Woods)

Best Male Lead

Adam Sandler (Uncut Gems)
Aldis Hodge (Brian Banks)
Eddie Murphy (Dolemite is My Name)
Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)
Kelvin Harrison, Jr. (Luce)

Best Supporting Female

Da’Vine Joy Randolph (Dolemite is My Name)
Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers)
Lupita Nyong’o (Us)
Octavia Spencer (Luce)
Rebecca Ferguson (Doctor Sleep)

Best Supporting Male

Bill Hader (It: Chapter 2)
Jonathan Majors (The Last Black Man in San Francisco)
Kang-ho Song (Parasite)
Keith L. Williams (Good Boys)
Kevin Hart (Jumanji: The Next Level)

Best Young Lead (18 or Under)

Jackson Robert Scott (The Prodigy)
Jacob Tremblay (Good Boys)
Khalil Everage (Beats)
Marsai Martin (Little)
Roman Griffin Davis (Jojo Rabbit)

Best Young Supporting Actor (18 or Under)

Archie Yates (Jojo Rabbit)
Jack Dylan Grazer (Shazam)
Jacob Tremblay (Doctor Sleep)
Keith L. Williams (Good Boys)
Shahadi Wright Joseph (Us)

Best Music (initially referred to this category as best soundtrack)

Beats
Black and Blue
Motherless Brooklyn
Queen and Slim
Yesterday

That’s the full list.

Now, when it comes to choosing the winners I’ve reached out to a few “friends of the site” to help me make my final selections. I’ll let you know who they are before the winners are announced at the end of the month.

Thanks as always for checking in. Let me know how you feel about my nominees and who is missing.

-Bibs