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