Saturday, May 5, 2018

Vote for the winners of the 2017 Cosmos!


Now that the nominees for the 2017 Cosmique Movie Awards have been announced, it's time to vote for the winners!

Our schedule got thrown off due to family matters, so the revised deadline to vote for who wins has been rescheduled. Voting is now open through Saturday, June 9, 2018 by midnight PDT.  

The online ballot has been broken into five sections. Feel free to skip any category where you don't have a preference.

Happy voting!

2017 Cosmo Nominations Announced

Wonder Woman breaks Cosmo records with 27 nominations

Wonder Woman achieved a record 27 nominations for the 2017 Cosmique Movie Awards, including Best Film, Best Director, and Best Drama.

The film breaks the previous record of 26 nominations set by The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in 2003.

Other top nominees include The Shape of Water with 12 nominations, and Call Me By Your Name and Get Out with 11 each. Each is also nominated for Best Film of 2017 along with Dunkirk and a surprise nomination for The Killing of a Sacred Deer, the film’s only nomination.


Wonder Woman’s other nominations include a Best Director nomination for Patty Jenkins, a Best Actress nomination for Gal Gadot, supporting nods for Chris Pine and Lucy Davis, and a nomination in a new, one-off special category this year: Favorite Female Empowerment Film of 2017. Jenkins’ nomination was propelled by Wonder Woman’s other nominations: the Cosmos use an algorithm that combines performance at other directing awards as well as Cosmo nominations weighted by category to determine Best Director nominees. While Jenkins had been shut out of the Oscars and other major film awards, the film’s record Cosmo nods easily landed her a Best Director nomination.

Other Best Director nods went to Guillermo Del Toro for The Shape of Water, Greta Gerwig for Lady Bird, Luca Guadagnino for Call Me By Your Name, Christopher Nolan for Dunkirk, and Jordan Peele for Get Out.

Cosmo voters went with less serious picks for the Best Film of All Time Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame, with first-time nominations for Alien, Double Indemnity, Pink Flamingoes, and West Side Story. In addition, Ghostbusters (1984) and Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? each received their second nominations for the award.

With the Cosmo’s somewhat relaxed views on gender conformity, John Waters’ muse Divine received unexpected nominations for both the Best Actress and Best Comedic Actress Halls of Fame awards, and Cosmo insiders revealed that she very nearly made history by also being nominated in the corresponding actor categories.

Other Actress Hall of Fame nominees include Kathy Bates, Jane Fonda, Judy Garland, Jessica Lange, and Barbara Stanwyck, with Sandra Bullock, Tiny Fey, Diane Keaton, Mae West, and Kristen Wiig receiving Comedic Actress nominations.

Best Actor Hall of Fame nominees include Humphrey Bogart, Daniel Day-Lewis, Henry Fonda, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, and Orson Welles, with Comedic Actor nominations going to Jack Black, Jim Carrey, John Cleese, W.C. Fields, Buster Keaton, and Groucho Marx. Daniel Day-Lewis also received a Best Actor of 2017 nomination for Phantom Thread.

A total of 78 different films and 92 individuals received one or more Cosmo nods this year.

Check out the list of 2017 nominees.

Vote for the winners:

Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame Nominees for 2017

Best Films of All Time


  • Alien 
  • Double Indemnity 
  • Ghostbusters (1984)
  • Pink Flamingos
  • West Side Story
  • Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?


Best Actresses of All Time


  • Kathy Bates
  • Divine
  • Jane Fonda 
  • Judy Garland
  • Jessica Lange
  • Barbara Stanwyck


Best Actors of All Time


  • Humphrey Bogart
  • Daniel Day-Lewis
  • Henry Fonda
  • Anthony Hopkins 
  • Laurence Olivier
  • Orson Welles


Best Comedic Actresses of All Time


  • Sandra Bullock
  • Divine
  • Tina Fey
  • Diane Keaton
  • Mae West
  • Kristen Wiig


Best Comedic Actors of All Time


  • Jack Black
  • Jim Carrey
  • John Cleese
  • W.C. Fields
  • Buster Keaton
  • Groucho Marx


Best Overall Nominees of 2017

Best Film of 2017


  • Call Me By Your Name
  • Dunkirk
  • Get Out
  • The Killing of a Sacred Deer
  • The Shape of Water
  • Wonder Woman


Best Director of 2017


  • Guillermo Del Toro - The Shape of Water
  • Greta Gerwig - Lady Bird
  • Luca Guadagnino - Call Me By Your Name
  • Patty Jenkins - Wonder Woman
  • Christopher Nolan - Dunkirk
  • Jordan Peele - Get Out


Best Script of 2017


  • The Big Sick
  • Call Me By Your Name
  • Get Out
  • Lady Bird
  • The Shape of Water
  • Wonder Woman


Best Cinematography, Art Direction or Set Design for a 2017 Film


  • Beauty and the Beast
  • Blade Runner 2049
  • Dunkirk
  • Loving Vincent
  • The Shape of Water
  • Wonder Woman


Best Costume Design or Make-Up for a 2017 Film


  • Beauty and the Beast
  • Darkest Hour
  • Murder on the Orient Express
  • Phantom Thread
  • The Shape of Water
  • Wonder Woman


Best Visual Effects for a 2017 Film


  • Blade Runner 2049
  • Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2
  • Loving Vincent
  • Spider-Man: Homecoming
  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi
  • Wonder Woman


Best Use of (Gratuitous?) Nudity in a 2017 Film


  • Beach Rats
  • Call Me By Your Name
  • Creep 2
  • Jungle
  • Tom of Finland
  • Wonder Woman


Favorite Cinematic Guilty Pleasure of 2017


  • Atomic Blonde
  • Kingsman: The Golden Circle
  • Kong: Skull Island
  • The Lego Batman Movie
  • Pitch Perfect 3
  • Rough Night

2017 Best Performances Nominations

Best Lead Actress of 2017


  • Gal Gadot - Wonder Woman
  • Sally Hawkins - The Shape of Water
  • Frances McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
  • Margot Robbie - I, Tonya
  • Saoirse Ronan - Lady Bird
  • Daniela Vega - A Fantastic Woman


Best Lead Actor of 2017


  • Timothée Chalamet - Call Me by Your Name
  • Daniel Day-Lewis - Phantom Thread
  • Ali Fazal - Victoria and Abdul
  • Daniel Kaluuya - Get Out
  • James McAvoy - Split
  • Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour


Best Supporting Actress of 2017


  • Mary J. Blige - Mudbound
  • Lucy Davis - Wonder Woman
  • Allison Janney - I, Tonya
  • Laurie Metcalf - Lady Bird
  • Octavia Spencer - The Shape of Water
  • Allison Williams - Get Out


Best Supporting Actor of 2017


  • Armie Hammer - Call Me By Your Name
  • Woody Harrelson - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
  • Richard Jenkins - The Shape of Water
  • Chris Pine - Wonder Woman
  • Christopher Plummer - All the Money in the World
  • Sam Rockwell - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri


Best Young Actress of 2017

  • Lilly Aspell - Wonder Woman
  • Mckenna Grace - Gifted
  • Dafne Keen - Logan
  • Sophia Lillis - It
  • Brooklyn Price - The Florida Project
  • Millicent Simmonds - Wonderstruck

Best Young Actor of 2017

  • Teo Briones - Wind River
  • Brogan Hall - Baby Driver
  • Michael Kendall Kaplan - Gifted
  • Jaeden Lieberher - It
  • Jacob Tremblay - Wonder
  • Finn Wolfhard - It

Best Ensemble of 2017

  • Call Me by Your Name
  • Dunkirk
  • Murder on the Orient Express
  • The Shape of Water
  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
  • Wonder Woman

Sexiest Ensemble of 2017

  • Beach Rats
  • Call Me By Your Name
  • Justice League
  • Kingsman: The Golden Circle
  • Tom of Finland
  • Wonder Woman

Favorite Male Hero of 2017

  • Taron Egerton - Kingsman: The Golden Circle
  • Mark Hamill - Star Wars: The Last Jedi
  • Tom Holland - Spider-Man: Homecoming
  • LilRel Howery - Get Out
  • Ezra Miller - Justice League
  • Chris Pine - Wonder Woman

Favorite Female Hero of 2017

  • Carrie Fisher - Star Wars: The Last Jedi
  • Gal Gadot - Justice League
  • Gal Gadot - Wonder Woman
  • Daisy Ridley - Star Wars: The Last Jedi
  • Rebel Wilson - Pitch Perfect 3
  • Robin Wright - Wonder Woman

Best Male Villain of 2017

  • Adam Driver - Star Wars: The Last Jedi
  • Jon Hamm - Baby Driver
  • Danny Huston - Wonder Woman
  • Michael Keaton - Spider-Man: Homecoming
  • Bill Skarsgård - It
  • David Thewlis - Wonder Woman

Best Female Villain of 2017

  • Elena Anaya - Wonder Woman
  • Elizabeth Banks - Power Rangers
  • Cate Blanchett - Thor: Ragnorak
  • Sylvia Hoeks - Blade Runner 2049
  • Catherine Keener - Get Out
  • Allison Williams - Get Out

Actor’s Character of 2017 You’d Most Like to be Intimate With

  • Idris Elba - Thor: Ragnorak
  • Armie Hammer - Call Me By Your Name
  • Chris Hemsworth - Thor: Ragnorak
  • Nicholas Hoult - Rebel in the Rye
  • Chris Pine - Wonder Woman
  • Chris Pratt - Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2

Actress’ Character of 2017 You’d Most Like to be Intimate With

  • Gal Gadot - Wonder Woman
  • Lily James - Baby Driver
  • Brie Larson - Kong: Skull Island
  • Daisy Ridley - Star Wars: The Last Jedi
  • Charlize Theron - Atomic Blonde
  • Emma Watson - Beauty and the Beast
Vote for the winners and check out the other 2017 nominees!

2017 Best by Genre Nominees

Best Action/Adventure Film of 2017


  • Atomic Blonde
  • Baby Driver
  • Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2
  • Jungle
  • Kingsman: The Golden Circle
  • Wonder Woman


Best Animated Film of 2017


  • Animal Crackers
  • The Boss Baby
  • The Breadwinner
  • Coco
  • Ferdinand
  • Loving Vincent


Best Comedic Film of 2017


  • Battle of the Sexes
  • Get Out
  • Girls Trip
  • The Greatest Showman
  • I, Tonya
  • Lady Bird


Best Documentary Film of 2017


  • Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
  • The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
  • Faces Places
  • Icarus
  • Last Men in Aleppo
  • Strong Island


Best Dramatic Film of 2017


  • Boys in the Trees
  • Call Me By Your Name
  • Dunkirk
  • The Shape of Water
  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
  • Wonder Woman


Best Fantasy Film of 2017


  • Beauty and the Beast
  • Boys in the Trees
  • King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
  • The Shape of Water
  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi
  • Wonder Woman


Best Historical Film of 2017


  • All the Money in the World
  • Battle of the Sexes
  • Dunkirk
  • The Post
  • Tom of Finland
  • Victoria and Abdul


Best Horror or Thriller Film of 2017


  • Alien: Covenant
  • Boys in the Trees
  • Get Out
  • It
  • Mother!
  • The Shape of Water


Best Musical Film of 2017


  • All Eyez on Me
  • Baby Driver
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • Coco
  • The Greatest Showman
  • Pitch Perfect 3


Best Mystery or Suspense Film of 2017


  • All the Money in the World
  • Blade Runner 2049
  • Boys in the Trees
  • Get Out
  • Murder on the Orient Express
  • Wind River


Best LGBTQ Film of 2017


  • Beach Rats
  • Boys in the Trees
  • BPM (Beats Per Minute)
  • Call Me by Your Name
  • A Fantastic Woman
  • Tom of Finland


Best Science Fiction Film of 2017


  • Alien: Covenant
  • Blade Runner 2049
  • Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2
  • How to Talk to Girls at Parties
  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi
  • War for the Planet of the Apes


Best Superhero Film of 2017


  • Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2
  • Justice League
  • Logan
  • Spider-Man: Homecoming
  • Thor: Ragnorak
  • Wonder Woman
Vote for the winners and check out the other 2017 nominees.

2017 One-Off Award Nominees

Best Cameo of 2017


  • Orlando Bloom - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
  • Jeff Goldblum - Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2
  • David Hasselhoff - Baywatch
  • Elton John - Kingsman: The Golden Circle
  • Nick Robinson - Kong: Skull Island
  • Anne Wolfe - Wonder Woman


Favorite Female Empowerment Film of 2017


  • Battle of the Sexes
  • Girls Trip
  • Lady Bird
  • The Post
  • Wonder Woman
  • The Zookeper's Wife


Best Soundtrack or Score of a 2017 Film


  • Baby Driver
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • Coco
  • Dunkirk
  • Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2
  • Pitch Perfect 3


Vote for your favorites to win! Check out the rest of the 2017 nominees.

Sunday, March 4, 2018

2017 nominations are now open!


Nominations for the 2017 Cosmique Movie Awards are now officially open!

This is your chance to react with or against the Academy Awards. Unhappy that Wonder Woman was snubbed? Vote her in! This was a super competitive year at the Oscars and many favorites like Tom Hanks, Jessica Chastain, Holly Hunter, and Armie Hammer didn't get recognized. If you want, this is your chance to honor them.

Voting is done online and must be completed no later than Saturday, April 7, 2018 by midnight PDT. If you already submitted your ballot and now want to make changes, email us at ballots@cosmomovieawards.com before the April 7th deadline to let us know your change.

Here are some downloadable resources to help you as you vote:


The awards have been split into five ballots. Feel free to only nominate as many as you wish for each award (up to six). If you only have three favorites, you can leave the rest of the slots blank. Feel free to skip entire categories if you don't have anything.

2017 Cosmo Nomination Ballots

Lifetime Achievement Halls of Fame


Best Movie of All Time Hall of Fame • Best Actress Hall of Fame • Best Actor Hall of Fame • Best Comedic Actress Hall of Fame • Best Comedic Actor Hall of Fame

Best Overall of 2017


Best Film of 2017 • Best Director • Best Script of a 2017 Film • Best Cinematography, Set Design, or Art Direction for a 2017 Film • Best Costume Design or Make-Up for a 2017 Film • Best Visual Effects for a 2017 Film • Favorite Cinematic Guilty Pleasure of 2017 • Best Use of (Gratuitous?) Nudity in a 2017 Film

Best Performances of 2017


Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a 2017 Film • Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a 2017 Film • Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a 2017 Film • Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a 2017 Film • Best Performance by Young Actress in a 2017 Film • Best Performance by Young Actor in a 2017 Film • Best Ensemble Performances in a 2017 Film • Sexiest Ensemble Cast of a 2017 Film • Favorite Male Heroic Character in a 2017 Film • Favorite Female Heroic Character in a 2017 Film • Best Male Villain of a 2017 Film • Best Female Villain of a 2017 Film • Actor’s Character From a 2017 Film You Would Most Like to be Intimate With • Actress’ Character From a 2017 Film You Would Most Like to be Intimate With


Best by Genre for 2017


Best Action/Adventure Film of 2017 • Best Animated Film of 2017 • Best Comedic Film of 2017 • Best Documentary Film of 2017 • Best Dramatic Film of 2017 • Best Fantasy Film of 2017 • Best Historical Film of 2017 • Best Horror or Thriller Film of 2017 • Best LGBTQ Film of 2017 • Best Musical Film of 2017 • Best Mystery or Suspense Film of 2017 • Best Science Fiction Film of 2017 • Best Superhero Film of 2017

Special One-Off Categories


Best Cameo in a 2017 Film • Favorite Female Empowerment Film of 2017 • Best Soundtrack or Score of a 2017 Film

Saturday, March 3, 2018

2017 Cosmique Movie Awards schedule

We're excited to announce that nominations are almost open for the 2017 Cosmique Movie Awards!

For much of the Cosmos' history, we've followed the Academy Awards' schedule in order to allow Cosmo voters to use the Oscars as inspiration. When they announced their nominees, we opened our nomination process. When they announced their winners, we announced our nominees.

Some voters complained that the schedule was too rushed. They didn't have a sense of what to see until the Oscar nominations were announced, and they didn't have a chance to see enough before the Academy Awards ceremony (much less a week before when we had to close our nominations). And some were even further inspired by watching clips at the Oscar ceremony itself, when it was too late.

Last year we experimented by giving voters more of a lag time so that they could catch up on more end-of-year great films that weren't available on DVD or streaming services before the Academy Awards. Unfortunately, the calendar got away from us and it wasn't until almost Autumn before we were done.

So this year, our calendar will follow the Oscars' schedule but with more of a lag time. Our nominations will open on the day of the Academy Awards ceremony, and voters will have a month to complete their nomination ballots.

2017 Cosmo Calendar

  • Sunday, March 4, 2018 - Cosmo nominations open
  • Saturday, April 7, 2018 - Nomination ballots due by midnight PDT
  • Saturday, April 14, 2018 - Cosmo nominations announced. Final ballots open.
  • Friday, May 4, 2018 - Final ballots closed.
  • TBD - Winners announced

Ch-ch-changes!

Every year -- okay, some years -- we have some seasonal variations that reflect cinematic trends that might be more of a fad for that year. A few years ago, we added a one-off award for films set in San Francisco. Last year, we revived the Best Cameo Award that had been discontinued years ago.

This year, we're going to have three on-off awards. To make room for them, we've decided, perhaps controversially, to let the "Worst" awards lapse. In recent years, many voters have skipped over the Worst categories. With online trailers, Rotten Tomatoes ratings, and social media word-of-mouth, voters have more resources than ever to prescreen and only see the films they're likely to enjoy. So for now, at least, we're going to let those awards peter away.

In their place, here are three one-off awards for films released in 2017:

  • Best Cameo in a 2017 Film - A cameo performance is a brief appearance or voice part of a known person in a work of the performing arts, often unnamed or appearing as themselves. These roles are generally small, many of them non-speaking ones, and are commonly either appearances in a work in which they hold some special significance (such as actors from an original movie appearing in its remake), or renowned people making uncredited appearances, or are unexpected in that the celebrity is more renowned than the part would require. Short appearances by celebrities, film directors, politicians, athletes or musicians are common. A crew member of the show or movie playing a minor role can be referred to as a cameo as well, such as Alfred Hitchcock's frequently performed cameos.
  • Favorite Female Empowerment Film of 2017 - In the wake of the first major party’s female nominee’s Electoral College defeat against one of the most openly misogynistic candidates ever – despite garnering a higher popular vote than any white man ever – 2017 showed the emergence of a new women’s movement. It began with the recording-breaking women’s marches in January and reached a crescendo with the toppling of Hollywood, Wall Street, network, and Beltway titans as women spoke out about long-term, pervasive sexual harassment. And now in 2018, a record number of women have filed to run for public office. Perhaps coincidentally, since films can take so long to plan, produce, and release, a wave of female-empowering films also came out in 2017 – films depicting women in or acquiring power, with agency, or advancing the rights of women.  
  • Best Soundtrack or Score of a 2017 Film - While the Academy Awards are very strict about how they define a score – and an original score at that – we’re much more flexible and are really just interested in which films had the best music. This award is for the film with the best music or score, which can include lyrical songs and/or a purely instrumental score, and can be original music or music/songs repurposed from older music.

A note to voters

Remember, the Cosmique Movie Awards are a chance for you to make your opinion heard. Pissed that Wonder Woman got shut out of the Academy Awards? Honor her at the Cosmos. Oscar-bait films not your thing? We have awards catering to action/adventure, horror, sci-fi/fantasy, and other niche genres. Didn't see much in 2017? There's a lot available on streaming, but you can also focus on the Lifetime Achievements if you want to focus on old movies and classic film stars.

Need inspiration? Here are some downloadable to help you remember what you saw in 2017 and let you know what we think are "buzzworthy" for each award:


Nominations ballots will be posted on Sunday, March 4, 2018!