The Official 2010 Knight Award Nominations!

As per tradition here are my 2010 Knight Award Nominations posted the day before the Oscar nominations. I didn't get to see everything that I would have liked before completing my list but that happens just about every year. It was an odd year at the movies and while there was plenty to like there was also plenty to despise. That being said, some of the greatest filmmakers working today delivered top quality work that expanded their own repertoire and, at times, the landscape of cinema itself. I will be very interested to see how Oscar fares this year and I'm sure that many of my nominees will be left off of their list. Such is life. The worth of film is in the eye of the beholder. As most of you know I do six nominations per category because I like even numbers and it's hard enough getting it down to that number let alone five nominations. I also have a limited role category that accounts for performances that fall below the screen time of most supporting categories, essentially they are great cameo roles. Unfortunately this year I had to discontinue my mixed media, or animated performance catergory, as I simply did not see enough of those types of films to fill it this year. Hopefully it will make a return next season. I hope you enjoy the nominations. The winners will be annouced either the day before or the day of the Oscar Ceremony. Feel free to comment in order to bitch and moan or to compliment. I like either one. Happy film year everyone and may the next one be better. Read on after the jump.

And the nominees are:

Awards "Worthy" Films that I missed:

• 127 Hours
• Another Year
• Blue Valentine
• Fair Game
• Made in Dagenham
• The Way Back
• Winter's Bone

Top 20 Films of the Year (in alphabetical order)

• Animal Kingdom
• Black Sean
• Conviction
• Get Low
• How to Train Your Dragon
• I Am Love
• I Love You Phillip Morris
• Inception
• Kick Ass
• The Kids Are All Right
• The King's Speech
• Let Me In
• Never Let Me Go
• Shutter Island
• The Social Network
• A Solitary Man
• Rabbit Hole
• The Town
• Toy Story 3
• True Grit

Top 10 Worst Films of the Year (in no particular order)

• Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
• Sex and The City 2
• Nightmare on Elm Street
• Extroardinary Measures
• The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
• Clash of The Titans
• Resident Evil: Afterlife
• The Wolfman
• Repo Men
• Iron Man 2

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Michael Douglas

Special Filmmaking Achievement

• Christopher Nolan and the Cast and Crew of Inception

Breakthrough Filmmaker

• David Michod-Animal Kingdom

Breakthrough Male Actor of the Year

• Tom Hardy-Inception

Breakthrough Female Actor of the Year

• Hailee Steinfeld-True Grit

Most Overrated Film of the Year

• The Fighter

Most Underrated Film of the Year

• Never Let Me Go

Most Disappointing Film of the Year

• Robin Hood

Worst Actor of the Year

• Brendan Frasier-Extroardinary Measures

Worst Actress of the Year (*jamie says ever)

• Kristen Stewart-The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Best Director

• Darren Aronofsky-Black Swan
• Joel & Ethan Coen-True Grit
• David Fincher-The Social Network
• John Cameron Mitchell-Rabbit Hole
• Christopher Nolan-Inception
• Martin Scersese-Shutter Island

Best Actor

• Jeff Bridges-True Grit
• Jim Carrey- I Love You Phillip  Morris
• Leonardo DiCaprio-Shutter Island
• Aaron Eckhart-Rabbit Hole
• Jesse Eisenberg-The Social Network
• Colin Firth- The King's Speech

Best Actress

• Annette Benning-The Kids Are All Right
• Nicole Kidman- Rabbit Hole
• Julianne Moore- The Kids Are All Right
• Carrey Mulligan-Never Let Me Go
• Natalie Portman-Black Swan
• Tilda Swinton- I Am Love

Best Supporting Actor

• Matt Damon- True Grit
• Andrew Garfield-The Social Network
• Ben Kingsley-Shutter Island
• Ewan McGregor- I Love You Phillip Morris
• Ben Medelsohn- Animal Kingdom
• Jeremy Renner- The Town

Best Supporting Actress

• Marion Cotillard- Inception
• Barbara Hershey- Black Swan
• Keira Knightley- Never Let Me Go
• Jacki Weaver- Animal Kingdom
• Dianne Wiest- Rabbit Hole
• Michelle Williams-Shutter Island

Best Actor in a Limited Role

• Jackie Earle Haley-Shutter Island
• Richard Jenkins- Let Me In
• Ralph Fiennes- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 1
• Guy Pearce- The King's Speech
• Barry Pepper- True Grit
• Peter Postlewaite- The Town

Best Actress in a Limited Role

• Patricia Clarkson-Shutter Island
• Melissa Leo- Conviction
• Blake Lively- The Town
• Rooney Mara- The Social Network
• Sandra Oh- Rabbit Hole
• Winona Ryder- Black Swan

Best Ensemble Cast

• Animal Kingdom
• Inception
• The Kids Are All Right
• The Social Network
• Shutter Island
• True Grit

Best Original Screenplay

• David Michod-Animal Kingdom
• Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, John McLaughlin- Black Swan
• Luca Guadagnino, Barbara Alberti, Ivan Cotroneo, Walter Fasano- I Am Love
• Christopher Nolan-Inception
• Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg- The Kids Are All Right
• David Seidler- The King's Speech

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Alex Garland-Never Let Me Go
• David Lindsey-Abaire- Rabbit Hole
• Laeta Kalogridis- Shutter Island
• Aaron Sorkin- The Social Network
• Michael Arndt- Toy Story 3
• Joel & Ethan Coen- True Grit

Best Cinematography

• Matthew Libatique- Black Swan
• Yorick Le Saux- I Am Love
• Wally Pfister- Inception
• Robert Richardson- Shutter Island
• Jeff Cronenweth- The Social Network
• Robert Deakins- True Grit

Best Editing

• Andrew Weisblum- Black Swan
• Lee Smith- Inception
• Kirk Baxter & Angus Wall- The Social Network
• Thelma Schoonmaker-Shutter Island
• Dylan Tichenor- The Town
• Ellen Chenoweth- True Grit

Best Production Design

• Francesca Balestra Di Mottola- I Am Love
• Guy Hendrix Dyas- Inception
• Eve Stewart- The King's Speech
• Dante Ferretti- Shutter Island
• Bob Pauley- Toy Story 3
• Jess Gonchor- True Grit

Best Costume Design

• Antonella Cannarozzi- I Am Love
• Amy Westcott- Black Swan
• Jeffrey Kurland- Inception
• Jenny Beavan- The King's Speech
• Sandy Powell- Shutter Island
• Mary Zophres- True Grit

Best Make-Up Design

• Judy Chin- Black Swan
• Paola Cristofaroni- I Am Love
• Fae Hammond- Kick Ass
• Andy Clement- Let Me In
• Patricia Regan- Shutter Island
• Thomas Nellen- True Grit

Best Visual Effects

• Black Swan
• Inception
• The Social Network

Best Sound Design

• Brian Emrich, Craig Henighan- Black Swan
• Ed Novick, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo- Inception
• Will Files- Let Me In
• Petur Hliddal- Shutter Island
• Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick, Mark Weingarten- The Social Network
• Tom Myers- Toy Story 3

Best Sound Editing

• Craig Henighan, Wayne Lemmer- Black Swan
• James Mather- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 1
• Richard King- Inception
• Eugene Gearty, Phillip Stockton- Shutter Island
• Aaron Glascock, Albert Gasser- The Town
• Tom Myers, Michael Silvers- Toy Story 3

Best Musical Score

• Clint Mansell- Black Swan
• John Adams- I Am Love
• Hans Zimmer- Inception
• Michael Giacchino- Let Me In
• Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross- The Social Network
• Carter Burwell- True Grit