# Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2019

The 32nd Chicago Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 14, 2019. The awards honor the best in film for 2019. The nominations were announced on December 12, 2019. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood received the most nominations (9), followed by The Irishman (8).

## Winners and nominees

The winners and nominees for the 32nd Chicago Film Critics Association Awards are as follows:

### Awards

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Parasite – Bong Joon-ho and Kwak Sin-ae The Irishman – Robert De Niro, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Jane Rosenthal, and Martin Scorsese Little Women – Amy Pascal Marriage Story – Noah Baumbach and David Heyman Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh, and Quentin Tarantino | Bong Joon-ho – Parasite Noah Baumbach – Marriage Story Greta Gerwig – Little Women Martin Scorsese – The Irishman Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Adam Driver – Marriage Story as Charlie Barber Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory as Salvador Mallo Robert De Niro – The Irishman as Frank Sheeran Joaquin Phoenix – Joker as Arthur Fleck / Joker Adam Sandler – Uncut Gems as Howard Ratner | Lupita Nyong'o – Us as Adelaide Wilson / Red Awkwafina – The Farewell as Billi Wang Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story as Nicole Barber Elisabeth Moss – Her Smell as Becky Something Renée Zellweger – Judy as Judy Garland |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Cliff Booth Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood as Fred Rogers Shia LaBeouf – Honey Boy as James Lort Al Pacino – The Irishman as Jimmy Hoffa Joe Pesci – The Irishman as Russell Bufalino | Florence Pugh – Little Women as Amy March Laura Dern – Marriage Story as Nora Fanshaw Jennifer Lopez – Hustlers as Ramona Vega Zhao Shu-zhen – The Farewell as Nai Nai Cho Yeo-jeong – Parasite as Choi Yeon-gyo |
| Best Original Screenplay | Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Parasite – Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won The Farewell – Lulu Wang Knives Out – Rian Johnson Marriage Story – Noah Baumbach Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Quentin Tarantino | Little Women – Greta Gerwig (based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott) A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood – Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster (inspired by the article "Can You Say ... Hero?" by Tom Junod) Hustlers – Lorene Scafaria (based on the article "The Hustlers at Scores: The Ex-Strippers Who Stole From (Mostly) Rich Men and Gave to, Well, Themselves" by Jessica Pressler) The Irishman – Steven Zaillian (based on the book I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran and Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa by Charles Brandt) Jojo Rabbit – Taika Waititi (based on the novel Caging Skies by Christine Leunens) |
| Best Animated Film | Best Foreign Language Film |
| Toy Story 4 – Josh Cooley, Mark Nielsen, and Jonas Rivera Frozen II – Peter Del Vecho How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World – Bonnie Arnold, Dean DeBlois, and Brad Lewis I Lost My Body – Jérémy Clapin and Marc du Pontavice Missing Link – Chris Butler, Travis Knight, and Arianne Sutner | Parasite (South Korea) in Korean – Directed by Bong Joon-ho The Farewell (United States) in Mandarin and English – Directed by Lulu Wang Pain and Glory (Spain) in Spanish – Directed by Pedro Almodóvar Portrait of a Lady on Fire (France) in French – Directed by Céline Sciamma Transit (Germany) in German and French – Directed by Christian Petzold |
| Best Documentary Film | Best Original Score |
| Apollo 11 – Evan Krauss, Todd Douglas Miller, and Thomas Petersen American Factory – Steven Bognar, Jeff Reichert, and Julia Reichert For Sama – Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts Hail Satan? – Gabriel Sedgwick Honeyland – Atanas Georgiev, Tamara Kotevska, and Ljubomir Stefanov | Little Women – Alexandre Desplat 1917 – Thomas Newman Marriage Story – Randy Newman Uncut Gems – Daniel Lopatin Us – Michael Abels |
| Best Art Direction | Best Costume Design |
| Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Production Design: Barbara Ling; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh 1917 – Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales Knives Out – Production Design: David Crank; Set Decoration: David Schlesinger Little Women – Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Claire Kaufman Parasite – Production Design: Lee Ha-jun; Set Decoration: Cho Won-woo | Little Women – Jacqueline Durran Dolemite Is My Name – Ruth E. Carter Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Arianne Phillips Portrait of a Lady on Fire – Dorothée Guiraud Rocketman – Julian Day |
| Best Editing | Best Cinematography |
| The Irishman – Thelma Schoonmaker 1917 – Lee Smith Little Women – Nick Houy Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Fred Raskin Uncut Gems – Ronald Bronstein and Benny Safdie | 1917 – Roger Deakins The Lighthouse – Jarin Blaschke Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Robert Richardson Parasite – Hong Kyung-pyo Portrait of a Lady on Fire – Claire Mathon |
| Best Use of Visual Effects | Milos Stehlik Breakthrough Filmmaker Award |
| Ad Astra 1917 Avengers: Endgame The Irishman Midsommar | Lulu Wang – The Farewell Mati Diop – Atlantics Alma Har'el – Honey Boy Joe Talbot – The Last Black Man in San Francisco Olivia Wilde – Booksmart |
| Most Promising Performer | |
| Aisling Franciosi – The Nightingale Julia Butters – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Roman Griffin Davis – Jojo Rabbit Julia Fox – Uncut Gems Taylor Russell – Waves | |

## Awards breakdown

| Nominations | Film |
| 9 | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood |
| 8 | The Irishman |
| 8 | Little Women |
| 7 | Marriage Story |
| 7 | Parasite |
| 5 | The Farewell |
| 5 | 1917 |
| 4 | Uncut Gems |
| 3 | Portrait of a Lady on Fire |
| 2 | A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood |
| 2 | Honey Boy |
| 2 | Hustlers |
| 2 | Jojo Rabbit |
| 2 | Knives Out |
| 2 | Pain and Glory |
| 2 | Us |
| Wins | Film |
| 4 | Little Women |
| 4 | Parasite |
| 2 | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood |