South Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s dark comedy, Parasite, dominated the 2019 Atlanta Film Critics Circle Awards winning the awards for Best International Film, Best Director for Bong Joon-ho as well as a Best Screenplay award for co-writers Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won. Parasite also made the critics Top 10 Films list.
Also making the Top 10 List is Apollo 11 which won for Best Documentary; and Marriage Story which scored acting wins for Adam Driver for Best Lead Actor and Best Supporting Actress for Laura Dern.
2019 Atlanta Film Critics Circle Awards
Top 10 Films
1. PARASITE
2. THE IRISHMAN
3. MARRIAGE STORY
4. ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD
5. 1917
6. LITTLE WOMEN
7. UNCUT GEMS
8. KNIVES OUT
9. PAIN AND GLORY
10. APOLLO 11
Best Lead Actor
ADAM DRIVER – MARRIAGE STORY
Best Lead Actress
RENEE ZELLWEGER – JUDY
Best Supporting Actor
BRAD PITT – ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD
Best Supporting Actress
LAURA DERN – MARRIAGE STORY
Best Ensemble Cast
THE IRISHMAN
Best Director
BONG JOON-HO – PARASITE
Best Screenplay
BONG JOON-HO and HAN JIN-WON – PARASITE
Best Documentary
APOLLO 11
Best Foreign Language Film ;
PARASITE
Best Animated Film
TOY STORY 4
Best Cinematography
ROGER DEAKINS – 1917
Best Original Score
THOMAS NEWMAN – 1917
AFCC Special Award for BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER
KELVIN HARRISON JR.
AFCC Special Award for BEST FIRST FILM
OLIVIA WILDE for BOOKSMART