Coffee House Informal Oscars Straw Poll 2024

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BEST PICTURE* This field is required.This award goes to the producers of the film and is the only category in which every member of the Oscars is eligible to submit a nomination and vote on the final ballot. The Best Picture category is usually the final award of the night and is widely considered as the most prestigious honor of the ceremony.
American Fiction
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things
The Holdovers
The Zone of Interest
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BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLEThe award is given to an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role in a film released that year. The award is traditionally presented by the previous year's Best Actor winner.
Annette Bening - Nyad
Lily Gladstone - Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller - Anatomy of a Fall
Carey Mulligan - Maestro
Emma Stone - Poor Things
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BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLEThe Academy Award for Best Actor is given to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role in a film released that year. The award is traditionally presented by the previous year's Best Actress winner.
Cillian Murphy for "Oppenheimer"
Paul Giamatti for "The Holdovers"
Bradley Cooper for "Maestro"
Jeffery Wright for "American Fiction"
Colman Domingo for "Rustin"
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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAYThis award was created in 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best Story. Beginning with the Oscars for 1957, the two categories were combined to honor only the screenplay.
Anatomy of a Fall Screenplay - Justine Triet and Arthur Harari
The Holdovers Written by David Hemingson
Maestro Written by Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer
May December Screenplay by Samy Burch; Story by Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik
Past Lives Written by Celine Song
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BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAYThe most frequently adapted media are novels, but other adapted narrative formats include stage plays, musicals, short stories, TV series, and even other films and film characters. All sequels are also considered adaptations by this standard (based on the story and characters set forth in the original film).
All Quiet on the Western Front — Screenplay by Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson & Ian Stokell
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery — Written by Rian Johnson
Living — Written by Kazuo Ishiguro
Top Gun: Maverick — Screenplay by Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie; Story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks
Women Talking — Screenplay by Sarah Polley
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BEST DIRECTORThe Academy Award for Best Director is given in honor of a film director who has exhibited outstanding directing while working in the film industry. The award is traditionally presented by the previous year's Best Director winner.
Anatomy of a Fall Justine Triet
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Oppenheimer Christopher Nolan
Poor Things Yorgos Lanthimos
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
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Most memorable/controversial speech/momentAn optional write-in choice for who you think will provide the most memorable speech or controversial moment of the evening. Let your imagination fly!
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