It is that time of year again...

18th WOKJ Motion Picture Awards

Below are the rules and procedures to read before voting:

Voting Process:

Send me your five nominees for each of the categories below. Rank your nominees from #1 to #5. An inverse point system will be used to determine the final nominations. Unranked ballots will not be counted.

Please do not vote for any movies that you have not seen.

Eligibility Period: March 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021

The Categories:

Best Picture (submit ten nominees here)
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Acting Ensemble
Best Stunt Ensemble
Best Original Screenplay
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Animated Feature
Best Documentary
Best Foreign Language Film
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Original Score
Best Original Song
Best Makeup
Best Visual Effects
Best Art Direction
Best Costume Design
Breakthrough of the Year (before or behind the camera)
Best Sound
Scariest Horror Film of the Year
Funniest Comedy of the Year

DEADLINE: Monday, February 28th Sunday, March 6th, midnight CST

Send your ranked ballot to me before the deadline!

You are allowed to change your ballot until the deadline. If you do so, please send me the entire corrected ballot and not just the corrected category.

Click here for the For Your Consideration thread

Click here for the Categories Clarification thread

looking forward to it!

I don't see a favorite this year. Not even a dominant top 3 like last year with Promising Young Woman, Soul and Tenet.

Feels like 2019, where the obvious best picture Mission Impossible Fallout lost only because it was a particularly strong year for that type of movie. This year the two big superhero/villain movies, the best by far, will probably cancel each other out.

Spider Man and Dune should be 2 nominees. OTher than that, no idea

Nightmare Alley and French Dispatch will be on HBO next month. The King's Man will be on hulu. Still waiting on Licorice Pizza info.

Spencer is on Hulu.


Where is Licorice Pizza though?? It's the only movie I still want to watch before voting!

Belfast is going to be PVOD until Mar 1, wouldn't shock me if LP was unavailable to rent until March.

That's unfortunate. The only theater its playing at 'round here is kind of a pain to get to. They do have a Hot Chicken Takeover out there though....


My ballot is otherwise done though. I'll probably watch Antlers at some point, but I don't see that affecting anything other than the horror category, which is already stacked (go Fear Street 1666!). I'd also like to watch another doc so I can give The Rescue more than one point. Are there any animal ones that I missed?

March 1st for Licorice Pizza. Sorry PTA!

Sent my ballot in!

My top numbers:

Suicide Squad - 17 nominations
Dune - 14
Spider-Man - 7
Spencer - 7
Encanto - 7 (4 from best song)
Fear Street 1666 - 7
Barb and Star - 7

Pretty sure everything else had less than seven.

I do not see a favorite this year.Even a dominant top 3 like last year with Promising Young woman, Soul and talent.

Feels like 2021 where the abvious best picture Mission Impossible fallout lost only because it was a particularly strong year for that type of movie.

This year the two big superhero movies, the best by far will probably cancel each other out.

Will try to do my ballot soon. Isn't Barb and Star not eligible this year?

Viva La Revolution.

I'm planning on watching Mass today. Wanting to see that before doing a ballot. Might do The Last Duel too.

I will at least watch free guy and maybe spencer or licorice pizza before monday. But probably just free guy

I only watched Mass yesterday. Think I'll try and get Red Rocket watched before the deadline instead of The Last Duel. But if I can fit in both I will.

I have only received two ballots so far.

Would extending the deadline a week or so help everyone catch up on the remaining films they want to see prior to submitting their nominations?

Yes please. I would love an extension. I'll have more time next week to watch some.

I think an entire week wouldn't be needed. I think people are going to keep on wanting to delay the deadline. But if an extension, I would say a few days and then you can reveal noms next Friday?

I'll edit my ballot to remove Barb and Star, but I doth protest! I can also confirm that it only received votes on one ballot last year because nobody had seen it yet.

Also, I only received eleven nomination ballots total last year, and most of those happened in the three days before the deadline. So only having two so far is kinda normal? But if you want to extend it another week then I'll happily watch Licorice Pizza before resending.

I'm pretty sure I nominated Barb & Star last year.

I have extended the deadline to Sunday, March 6th, midnight CST.

This will give everyone two weekends to catch up on any remaining films they wish to see. The deadline will not be extended again. The nominations will be revealed on either the Monday or Tuesday following the deadline, depending on how quickly I can compile them.

You are permitted to alter your ballot at any time prior to the deadline.

Ty!!! Will try to do it this weekend though

Red Rocket was a waste of my time as far as trying to watch movies I'd probably want to nominate for stuff. Maybe I'll nominate Simon Rex but that would be it.

But I just watched The Novice which I actually didn't really expect I'd nominate for anything and it ended up being great. Isabelle Fuhrman gives one of the best performances of the year. Definitely recommended. It's basically Whiplash with rowing. Hoping more check it out before they send in their ballots.

Thanks for the extension, will get to watch Drive My Car and West Side Story on HBO prior to the deadline,