# 3rd Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards

The 3rd Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards, presented by the Hollywood Critics Association, took place on January 9, 2020, virtually. The ceremony was hosted by HCA Founder Scott Menzel. This was the first award show the association had after renaming to HCA after originally going by the Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society.
The nominations were announced on November 25, 2019.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.
Best Picture
1917
Booksmart
The Farewell
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Marriage Story
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Parasite
Waves :
| Best Female Director Olivia Wilde – Booksmart Alma Har'el – Honey Boy Greta Gerwig – Little Women Lorene Scafaria – Hustlers Lulu Wang – The Farewell | Best Male Director Noah Baumbach – Marriage Story Bong Joon-ho – Parasite Martin Scorsese – The Irishman Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Taika Waititi – Jojo Rabbit |
| Best Actor Joaquin Phoenix – Joker as Arthur Fleck / Joker Adam Driver – Marriage Story as Charlie Barber Eddie Murphy – Dolemite Is My Name as Rudy Ray Moore Leonardo DiCaprio – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Rick Dalton Taron Egerton – Rocketman as Elton John | Best Actress Lupita Nyong'o – Us as Adelaide Wilson / Red Awkwafina – The Farewell as Billi Wang Charlize Theron – Bombshell as Megyn Kelly Renee Zellweger – Judy as Judy Garland Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story as Nicole Barber |
| Best Supporting Actor Joe Pesci – The Irishman as Russell Bufalino Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Cliff Booth Shia LaBeouf – Honey Boy as James Lort Sterling K. Brown – Waves Ronald Williams Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood as Fred Rogers | Best Supporting Actress Jennifer Lopez – Hustlers as Ramona Vega Laura Dern – Marriage Story as Nora Fanshaw Margot Robbie – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Sharon Tate Taylor Russell – Waves as Emily Williams Zhao Shu-zhen – The Farewell as Nai Nai |
| Best Cast Ensemble Knives Out Avengers: Endgame The Irishman Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Waves | Best Animated or VSX Performance Rosa Salazar – Alita: Battle Angel as Alita Josh Brolin – Avengers: Endgame as Thanos Robert De Niro – The Irishman as Frank Sheeran Ryan Reynolds – Detective Pikachu as Pikachu Tom Hanks – Toy Story 4 as Woody |
| Best Performance by an Actor 23 and Under Noah Jupe – Honey Boy as young Otis Lort Roman Griffin Davis – Jojo Rabbit as Jojo Betzler | Best Performance by an Actress 23 and Under Kaitlyn Dever – Booksmart as Amy Antsler Julia Butters – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Trudi Frazer Thomasin McKenzie – Jojo Rabbit as Elsa Korr |
| Best Original Screenplay Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won – Parasite Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Susanna Fogel, and Katie Silberman – Booksmart Noah Baumbach – Marriage Story Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Rian Johnson – Knives Out | Best Adapted Screenplay Taika Waititi – Jojo Rabbit Anthony McCarten – The Two Popes Lorene Scafaria – Hustlers Scott Silver and Todd Phillips – Joker Steven Zaillian – The Irishman |
| Best Action Film 1917 Avengers: Endgame Captain Marvel Hobbs & Shaw John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum | Best Animated Film Toy Story 4 Abominable Frozen II How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Missing Link |
| Best Comedy or Musical Booksmart (TIE) Rocketman (TIE) Blinded by the Light Dolemite Is My Name Long Shot | Best Documentary Apollo 11 American Factory Hail Satan? The Kingmaker Love, Antosha |
| Best Horror Us Crawl Doctor Sleep Midsommar Ready or Not | Best Indie Film The Farewell (TIE) Waves (TIE) Booksmart Honey Boy Luce |
| Best International Film Parasite Monos Pain and Glory Portrait of a Lady on Fire The Farewell | Best First Feature Alma Har'el – Honey Boy Melina Matsoukas – Queen & Slim Olivia Wilde – Booksmart Paul Downs Colaizzo – Brittany Runs a Marathon Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz – The Peanut Butter Falcon |
| Best Blockbuster Film Avengers: Endgame Captain Marvel Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Shazam Spider-Man: Far From Home | Best Score Hildur Guðnadóttir – Joker Alexandre Desplat – Little Women Michael Abels – Us Thomas Newman – 1917 Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Waves |
| Best Original Song "Glasgow (No Place Like Home)", sung by Jessie Buckley – Wild Rose "Catchy Song", sung by Dillion Francis, T-Pain, and That Girl Lay Lay – The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again", sung by Elton John and Taron Egerton – Rocketman "Into the Unknown", sung by Idina Menzel and Aurora – Frozen II "Speechless", sung by Naomi Scott – Aladdin | Best Cinematography Roger Deakins – 1917 Drew Daniels – Waves Jarin Blaschke – The Lighthouse Lawrence Sher – Joker Robert Richardson – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood |
| Best Film Editing Lee Smith – 1917 Fred Raskin – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Jinmo Yang – Parasite Michael McCusker – Ford v Ferrari Thelma Schoonmaker – The Irishman | Best Stunts John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum 1917 Avengers: Endgame Captain Marvel Hobbs and Shaw |
| Best Costume Design Julian Day – Rocketman Arianne Phillips – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Jacqueline Durran – Little Women Mark Bridges – Joker Ruth E. Carter – Dolemite Is My Name | Best Hair & Makeup Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan, and Vivian Baker – Bombshell Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou, Tapio Salmi, and Barrie Gower – Rocketman Jeremy Woodhead – Judy Nicki Ledermann and Kay Georgiou – Joker Nicki Ledermann, Sean Flannigan, and Carla White – The Irishman |
| Best Visual Effects Dan DeLeeuw, Matt Aitken, Russell Earl, and Dan Sudick – Avengers: Endgame Allen Maris, Jedediah Smith, Guillaume Rocheron, and Scott R. Fisher – Ad Astra Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler, and Dominic Tuohy – 1917 Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, and Nick Epstein – Alita: Battle Angel Pablo Helman, Leandro Estebecorena, Stephane Grabli, and Nelson Sepulveda – The Irishman | Next Generation of Hollywood Award Brooklynn Prince Geraldine Viswanathan Jack Dylan Grazer Kaitlyn Dever Kelvin Harrison Jr. Lana Condor Mckenna Grace Millicent Simmonds Noah Jupe Shahadi Wright Joseph Thomasin McKenzie Zoey Deutch |

### Non-Competition/Honorary awards

* Breakthrough Performance by an Actor – Kelvin Harrison Jr. for Waves
* Breakthrough Performance by an Actress – Jessie Buckley for Wild Rose
* Inspire Award – Deon Taylor
* Actor of the Decade – Adam Driver
* Actress of the Decade – Kristen Stewart
* Filmmaker of the Decade – Denis Villeneuve
* Producer of the Decade – Daniela Taplin Lundberg
* Newcomer Award – Zack Gottsagen
* Game Changer Award – Paul Walter Hauser
* Star on the Rise Award – Taylor Russell
* Trailblazer Award – Olivia Wilde
* Acting Achievement Award – Anton Yelchin
* Artisan Achievement Award – Ruth E. Carter
* Filmmaking Achievement Award – Bong Joon-ho

## Films with multiple wins

| Wins | Film |
| 4 | 1917 |
| 3 | Booksmart |
| 2 | Avengers: Endgame |
| 2 | Honey Boy |
| 2 | Joker |
| 2 | Parasite |
| 2 | Rocketman |
| 2 | Us |

## Films with multiple nominations

| Nominations | Film |
| 12 | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood |
| 9 | The Irishman |
| 7 | 1917 |
| 7 | Booksmart |
| 7 | Joker |
| 7 | Waves |
| 6 | Avengers: Endgame |
| 6 | The Farewell |
| 6 | Marriage Story |
| 5 | Honey Boy |
| 5 | Jojo Rabbit |
| 5 | Parasite |
| 5 | Rocketman |
| 3 | Captain Marvel |
| 3 | Dolemite Is My Name |
| 3 | Hustlers |
| 3 | Little Women |
| 3 | Us |
| 2 | Alita: Battle Angel |
| 2 | Bombshell |
| 2 | Frozen II |
| 2 | Hobbs & Shaw |
| 2 | John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum |
| 2 | Judy |
| 2 | Knives Out |
| 2 | Toy Story 4 |