2022 Golden Nugget Awards

The Oscars are right around the corner, so it is time for the first annual Golden Nugget Awards. The Bounce Board founders have a diverse set of tastes in cinema and have had the privilege to meet many fellow lifelong film fanatics in the online space from across the globe who have also participated in the nominating and voting processes for the 2022 Golden Nugget Awards by contributing their own unique voices as well. The following are all the winners and additional nominees for each category. 


The Bronze Nugget Categories

Technical Achievements and Most Underrated Picture

Best Cinematography - Dune

Additional Nominees:

  • The Green Knight

  • The Tragedy of Macbeth

  • West Side Story

Best Costume Design - Cruella

Additional Nominees:

  • Dune

  • Nightmare Alley

Best Film Editing - Dune

Additional Nominees:

  • Don’t Look Up

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  • West Side Story

Best Makeup and Hairstyling - The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Additional Nominees:

  • Cruella

  • Dune

  • The Green Knight

  • House of Gucci

Best Original Score - Dune (Hans Zimmer)

Additional Nominees:

  • Don’t Look Up (Nicholas Britell)

  • Eternals (Ramin Djawadi)

  • The Power of the Dog (Jonny Greenwood)

  • Spencer (Jonny Greenwood)

Best Production Design - Nightmare Alley

Additional Nominees:

  • Dune

  • The French Dispatch

  • The Tragedy of Macbeth

  • West Side Story

Best Screenplay (Adapted) - tick, tick…BOOM!

Additional Nominees:

  • CODA

  • Dune

  • West Side Story

Best Screenplay (Original) - Don’t Look Up

Additional Nominees:

  • Belfast

  • C’mon C’mon

  • King Richard

  • Licorice Pizza

Best Sound - Dune

Additional Nominees:

  • Belfast

  • No Time to Die

  • A Quiet Place Part II

  • West Side Story

Best Stunt Work - No Time to Die

Additional Nominees:

  • Dune

  • Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

  • Spider-Man: No Way Home

  • The Suicide Squad

Best Visual Effects - Dune

Additional Nominees:

  • Eternals

  • No Time to Die

  • Spider-Man: No Way Home

Most Underrated Picture - Cruella

Additional Nominees:

  • Don’t Look Up

  • Eternals


The Silver Nugget Categories

Animated Feature, Actor Categories, and Director

Best Animated Feature - The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Additional Nominees:

  • Encanto

  • Flee

  • Luca

  • Raya and the Last Dragon

Best Supporting Actor - Troy Kotsur (CODA)

Additional Nominee:

  • Woody Norman (C’mon C’mon)

Best Supporting Actress - Ariana DeBose (West Side Story)

Additional Nominees:

  • Caitríona Balfe - Belfast

  • Cate Blanchett (Don’t Look Up)

  • Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog)

  • Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard)

Best Actor - Andrew Garfield (tick, tick…BOOM!)

Additional Nominees:

  • Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog)

  • Leonardo DiCaprio (Don’t Look Up)

  • Will Smith (King Richard)

  • Denzel Washington (The Tragedy of Macbeth)

Best Actress - Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye)

Additional Nominees:

  • Jodie Comer (The Last Duel)

  • Renate Reinsve (The Worst Person in the World)

  • Kristen Stewart (Spencer)

  • Rachel Zegler (West Side Story)

Best Director - Denis Villeneuve (Dune)

Additional Nominees:

  • Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza)

  • Adam McKay (Don’t Look Up)

  • Steven Spielberg (West Side Story)


The Burnt Nugget Categories

Most Overrated Picture and Worst Picture

Most Overrated Picture - The Lost Daughter

Additional Nominees:

  • Nightmare Alley

  • The Power of the Dog

Worst Picture - Space Jam: A New Legacy

Additional Nominees:

  • The Lost Daughter

  • Old


The Golden Nugget Category

Best Picture

Best Picture - Dune

Additional Nominees:

  • CODA

  • The Last Duel

  • No Time to Die

  • Spider-Man: No Way Home

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  • West Side Story


Congratulations to all of the winners, and cheers to another great year for movies!

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