Act One Film Awards

 

On an annual basis, the members of Act One choose to honor the films that we have enjoyed during the past year.  To that end, the Act One Film Awards are bestowed upon the films, directors, actors, characters, and scenes for which members have voted.  Listed below are the victors that have been named thus far in the group's history.


2022 ACT ONE FILM AWARDS

Best Picture

The Apartment

 

Best Director

Steven Spielberg (Jaws)

 

Best Actor

Sidney Poitier (A Patch of Blue)

 

Best Actress

Geena Davis (A League of Their Own / The Fly / Thelma & Louise / Beetlejuice / The Long Kiss Goodnight)

 

Best Supporting Actor

Tom Hanks (A League of Their Own)

 

Best Supporting Actress

Winona Ryder (Beetlejuice)

 

Best Music

Saturday Night Fever

 

Best Cinematography

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

 

Best Special Effects

The Fly

 

Best Hero

James Bond (On Her Majesty’s Secret Service)

 

Best Villain

The Shark (Jaws)

Best Line

"You’re gonna need a bigger boat.” (Jaws)


2021 ACT ONE FILM AWARDS

Best Picture

The Silence of the Lambs

 

Best Director

Stanley Kubrick (2001: A Space Odyssey)

 

Best Actor

Kurt Russell (Bone Tomahawk / Tombstone)

 

Best Actress

Jodie Foster (The Silence of the Lambs)

 

Best Supporting Actor

Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs)

 

Best Supporting Actress

Emma Thompson (Love Actually)

 

Best Music

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

 

Best Cinematography

The Night of the Hunter

 

Best Special Effects

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

 

Best Hero

Clarice Starling (The Silence of the Lambs)

 

Best Villain (Tie)

Buffalo Bill (The Silence of the Lambs)

Reverend Harry Powell (The Night of the Hunter)

Best Line

"I’ll have what she’s having.” (When Harry Met Sally…)

 

Best Short Film

Achilles

 

Best Serial

Buck Rogers


2020 ACT ONE FILM AWARDS

Best Picture

The Shawshank Redemption

 

Best Director

The Wachowskis (The Matrix)

 

Best Actor

Kurt Russell (The Thing)

 

Best Actress

Kathy Bates (Misery)

 

Best Supporting Actor (Tie)

Laurence Fishburne (Boyz n the Hood / The Matrix)

Robert Pattinson (The Devil All the Time)

 

Best Supporting Actress (Tie)

Kathy Najimy (Sister Act)

Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix)

 

Best Music

Sister Act

 

Best Cinematography

The Matrix

 

Best Special Effects

The Thing

 

Best Hero

Neo (The Matrix)

 

Best Villain

Annie Wilkes (Misery)

 

Best Fight Scene

Neo vs. Agent Smith (The Matrix)

 

Best Chase Scene

Agent Escape (The Matrix)

 

Best Kiss

A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow (A Mighty Wind)

 

Best Line

"Get busy living, or get busy dying.” (The Shawshank Redemption)

 

Best Short Film (Tie)

Dear Basketball

Harpya

 

Best Serial

Mandrake the Magician


2019 ACT ONE FILM AWARDS

Best Picture

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

 

Best Director

Bong Joon-ho (Snowpiercer)

 

Best Actor

Warwick Davis (Willow)

 

Best Actress

Linda Blair (The Exorcist)

 

Best Supporting Actor

Asta (After the Thin Man)

 

Best Supporting Actress

Tilda Swinton (Snowpiercer)

 

Best Music (Tie)

An American Tail

Goldfinger

 

Best Cinematography

Free Solo

 

Best Special Effects

The Dark Crystal

 

Best Hero

Nausicaä (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind)

 

Best Villain

The Skeksis (The Dark Crystal)

 

Best Fight Scene

Snowpiercer (Blackout Fight)

 

Best Chase Scene

A Room with a View (Naked Pond Chase)

 

Best Kiss

A Room with a View (Lucy and George)

 

Best Line

"Do you expect me to talk?" / “No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!” (Goldfinger)

 

Best Short Film (Tie)

Meshes of the Afternoon

Dust

 

Best Serial

Captain America


2018 ACT ONE FILM AWARDS

Best Picture

Rear Window

 

Best Director

Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel)

 

Best Actor

James Stewart (Rear Window / It’s a Wonderful Life)

 

Best Actress (Tie)

Uma Thurman (Pulp Fiction)

Elizabeth Taylor (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)

 

Best Supporting Actor

Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction)

 

Best Supporting Actress (Tie)

Saoirse Ronan (The Grand Budapest Hotel)

Donna Reed (It’s a Wonderful Life)

 

Best Music (Tie)

Pulp Fiction

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

 

Best Cinematography

The Grand Budapest Hotel

 

Best Special Effects

Blade Runner

 

Best Hero (Tie)

Hooch (Turner & Hooch)

James Bond (From Russia with Love)

 

Best Villain

Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)

 

Best Fight Scene

Bloodsport (Frank vs. Chong Li)

 

Best Chase Scene

Wet Hot American Summer (Motorcycle Chase)

 

Best Kiss

Casablanca (Rick and Ilsa)

 

Best Line (Tie)

"Gretchen, stop trying to make ‘fetch’ happen." (Mean Girls)

“Those aren’t pillows!” (Planes, Trains and Automobiles)

 

Best Short Film

The Postcard

 

Best Serial

The Green Hornet


2017 ACT ONE FILM AWARDS

 

Best Picture

Pan's Labyrinth

 

Best Director

Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth)

 

Best Actor

William Powell (The Thin Man)

 

Best Actress (Tie)

Elisabeth Moss (The One I Love)

Jamie Lee Curtis (Halloween)

 

Best Supporting Actor

Tim Curry (Clue)

 

Best Supporting Actress

Carrie Fisher (The Blues Brothers)

 

Best Music

A Hard Day's Night (Music by The Beatles)

 

Best Cinematography

Metropolis

 

Best Special Effects

Pan's Labyrinth

 

Best Hero (Tie)

Axel Foley (Beverly Hills Cop)

Lee (Enter the Dragon)

James Bond (Dr. No)

 

Best Villain

Michael Myers (Halloween)

 

Best Fight Scene

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Battle with the Black Knight)

 

Best Chase Scene

The Blues Brothers (Race Through Chicago)

 

Best Kiss

Planet of the Apes (Taylor and Zira)

 

Best Line

"Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government." (Monty Python and the Holy Grail)

 

Best Short Film

7:35 in the Morning (7:35 de la Mañana)

 

Best Serial

Spy Smasher


2016 ACT ONE FILM AWARDS

 

Best Picture

Stand By Me

 

Best Director

Peter Bogdanovich (What's Up, Doc? / Paper Moon)

 

Best Actor

Ryan O'Neal (What's Up, Doc? / Barry Lyndon / Paper Moon)

 

Best Actress

Tatum O'Neal (Paper Moon)

 

Best Supporting Actor

Alan Rickman (Die Hard)

 

Best Supporting Actress

Madeline Kahn (What's Up, Doc? / Paper Moon)

 

Best Music

Flash Gordon (Music by Queen)

 

Best Cinematography

The Third Man

 

Best Special Effects

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

 

Best Hero (Tie)

Li Mu Bai (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)

John McClane (Die Hard)

 

Best Villain

Hans Gruber (Die Hard)

 

Best Fight Scene

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Yu Shu Lien vs. Jen Yu)

 

Best Chase Scene

What's Up, Doc? (San Francisco Chase)

 

Best Kiss

The Book Thief (Liesel Meminger and Rudy Steiner)

 

Best Line

"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass...and I'm all out of bubblegum." (They Live)

 

Best Short Film

The Red Balloon

 

Best Serial

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

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