2020 ballot for Noel Murray
Best Picture
- First Cow 25
- Dick Johnson Is Dead 15
- The Whistlers 15
- Kajillionaire 10
- Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets 8
- Sound of Metal 7
- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 5
- The Nest 5
- Nomadland 5
- Soul 5
Best Director
- Kirsten Johnson, Dick Johnson Is Dead 15
- Kelly Reichardt, First Cow 15
- Corneliu Porumboiu, The Whistlers 15
- Bill Ross IV & Turner Ross, Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets 10
- Miranda July, Kajillionaire 10
- Sean Durkin, The Nest 10
- Chloé Zhao, Nomadland 10
- Spike Lee, Da 5 Bloods 5
- George C. Wolfe, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 5
- Andrew Patterson, The Vast of Night 5
Best Actress
- Carrie Coon, The Nest 20
- Elizabeth Debicki, The Burnt Orange Heresy 15
- Aubrey Plaza, Black Bear 15
- Viola Davis, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 10
- Rachel McAdams, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga 10
- Frances McDormand, Nomadland 10
- Jessie Buckley, I'm Thinking of Ending Things 5
- Betty Gilpin, The Hunt 5
- Andrea Riseborough, Possessor 5
- Tessa Thompson, Sylvie's Love 5
Best Actor
- Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal 30
- Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 20
- Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods 15
- Ben Affleck, The Way Back 5
- John David Washington, Tenet 5
- Jake Horowitz, The Vast of Night 5
- Mads Mikkelsen, Another Round 5
- Andy Samberg, Palm Springs 5
- Ingvar Sigurðsson, A White, White Day 5
- Steven Yeun, Minari 5
Best Supporting Actor
- Daveed Diggs, Hamilton 30
- Colman Domingo, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 15
- Pete Davidson, Big Time Adolescence 10
- Robert Pattinson, Tenet 10
- Donald Sutherland, The Burnt Orange Heresy 10
- Christopher Abbott, Possessor 5
- Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7 5
- Kenneth Branagh, Tenet 5
- Clark Duke, Arkansas 5
- Leslie Odom, Jr., One Night in Miami... 5
Best Supporting Actress
- Gina Rodriguez, Kajillionaire 25
- Allison Janney, Bad Education 15
- Liana Liberato, To the Stars 15
- Odessa Young, Shirley 15
- Elizabeth Debicki, Tenet 5
- Oona Laurence, Big Time Adolescence 5
- Catrinel Marlon, The Whistlers 5
- Talia Ryder, Never Rarely Sometimes Always 5
- Amanda Seyfried, Mank 5
- Yuh-jung Youn, Minari 5
Best Screenplay
- Scott B. Smith, The Burnt Orange Heresy 30
- Andy Siara, Palm Springs 15
- Charlie Kaufman, I'm Thinking of Ending Things 10
- James Montague & Craig W. Sanger, The Vast of Night 10
- Corneliu Porumboiu, The Whistlers 10
- Mike Makowsky, Bad Education 5
- Jon Raymond & Kelly Reichardt, First Cow 5
- Radha Blank, The Forty-Year-Old Version 5
- Lee Isaac Chung, Minari 5
- Kemp Powers, One Night in Miami... 5
Best Scene
- Gymnasium / Fay's new tape recorder, The Vast of Night 20
- "Silly Games", Lovers Rock 20
- Fake wake, Dick Johnson Is Dead 15
- Escape from the house, The Invisible Man 10
- Meeting with HR, The Assistant 10
- Mads dances, Another Round 5
- Never rarely sometimes always, Never Rarely Sometimes Always 5
- Ruben gets his implant switched on, Sound of Metal 5
- Soliloquy, Da 5 Bloods 5
- The weave, Bad Hair 5
Top Ten List
- 1. First Cow
- 2. Dick Johnson Is Dead
- 3. The Whistlers
- 4. Kajillionaire
- 5. Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
- 6. Sound of Metal
- 7. Nomadland
- 8. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
- 9. Soul
- 10. The Nest