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The Total Film 2010 Hotlist arrives

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By Dan Goodswen published 5 October 2010

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2010 Total Film Hotlist

At Total Film we know our readers are the real experts when it comes to film, and that's why we created the Hotlist - our first annual awards which gives you the chance to decide what's hot in the movies.

The 2010 Total Film Hotlist comprises 12 Categories:

Hottest Actor

Hottest Actress

Hottest Film

Hottest Director

Hottest Writer

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Hottest Look

Hottest Tune

Hottest Scene

Hottest Ticket

Hottest Property

And our special awards, the ' Firebrand ' - for a filmmaking maverick - and ' World On Fire ' award for foreign language film.

The nominations have been chosen by a select panel of Total Film editors, but there's a twist - you can also nominate any film/person you feel deserves to win!

Click here to vote in the 2010 Total Film Hotlist.

The voting is open now, and will close in November, so get involved - the winners will be announced in our special end of year issue of Total Film, out December 21.

A full list of the nominations as they stand are below;

Hottest Film - The best film you’ve seen this year

Bad Lieutenant
Cemetery Junction
Four Lions
Greenberg
Inception
Kick Ass
The Kids Are All Right
The Killer Inside Me
Scott Pilgrim Vs The World
Shutter Island
The Town
Toy Story 3

Hottest ticket - The movie you’re most looking forward to

The Adjustment Bureau
Black Swan
Brighton Rock
Cabin In The Woods
Captain America
Cowboys And Aliens
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
The Fighter
The Green Hornet
The Hangover 2
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
Never Let Me Go
Pirates 4
Somewhere
Sucker Punch
Tree of Life
Thor
True Grit
Water For Elephants
X-Men: First Class

Hottest Actor

Aaron Johnson
Andrew Garfield
Bradley Cooper
Casey Affleck
James Franco
Jeremy Renner
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Leonardo DiCaprio
Mark Ruffalo
Michael Cera
Robert Pattinson
Ryan Reynolds
Shia LaBeouf
Sam Worthington

Hottest Actress

Carey Mulligan
Ellen Page
Emily Blunt
Emma Stone
Felicity Jones
Gemma Arterton
Jessica Alba
Kristen Stewart
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Mila Kunis
Natalie Portman
Noomi Rapace
Olivia Wilde
Zoe Saldana
Jennifer Lawrence
Michelle Williams

Hottest Director

Christopher Nolan (Inception, Batman 3)
David Fincher (The Social Network)
Edgar Wright (Scott Pilgrim)
Gareth Edwards (Monsters)
Lee Unkrich (Toy Story 3)
Martin Scorsese (Shutter Island, Hugo Cabret)
Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class)
Matt Reeves (Let Me In)
Noah Baumbach (Greenberg)
Ricky Gervais/Stephen Merchant (Cemetery Junction)
Robert Rodriguez (Machete)
Ti West (House Of The Devil)

Hottest Writer

Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network)
Adam McKay & Chris Henchy (The Other Guys)
Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof & Robert Orci (Star Trek 2)
Christopher Nolan (Inception)
Debra Granik & Anne Rosselini (Winter's Bone)
Gareth Edwards (Monsters)
Huck Botko & Andrew Gerlund (The Last Exorcism)
Jane Goldman (Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class)
Ken Daurio, Sergio Pablos & Cinco Paul (Despicable Me)
Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg (The Kids Are All Right)
Michael Arndt (Toy Story 3)
Noah Baumbach (Greenberg)

Hottest Scene

Briefcase suit - Iron Man 2
Get your tats out - The Town
Iguanas - Bad Lieutenant
Meet not-so-cute - Scott Pilgrim
Monster dance - Monsters
‘OK you c*nts...’ - Kick Ass
Samurai swordfight - Predators
Spanish Buzz - Toy Story 3
Walkman dance - House of the Devil
Zero gravity rumble – Inception

Hottest Tune

Bad Reputation - Joan Jett (Kick-Ass)
Birthday Song - James Murphy (Greenberg)
Cherry Bomb - The Runaways (The Runaways)
The Clap - Infant Sorrow (Get Him To The Greek)
Dancing in The Moonlight - Toploader (Four Lions)
Inception Theme - Hans Zimmer (Inception)
MacGruber Theme Song - (MacGruber)
Shoot To Thrill - AC/DC (Iron Man 2)
Tron Legacy Score - Daft Punk (Tron Legacy)
We'll Meet Again - Johnny Cash (The Crazies)

Hottest Look

Juliette Lewis - Whip It
Kelly Brook - Piranha 3D
Olivia Wilde - Tron
Romain Duris - Heartbreakers
Shia LaBeouf - Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Tom Hardy - Inception

Firebrand - The fiery mavericks who blazed a trail this year

Chris Morris - Four Lions
Gaspar Noe - Enter the Void
Michael Winterbottom - The Killer Inside Me
Tom Six - The Human Centipede
Werner Herzog - Bad Lieutenant

World on Fire - Non-Hollywood movies that set the world alight

Enter The Void
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
I Am Love
Mother
A Prophet
Revanche
The Secret in Their Eyes
Thirst
Vincere
White Material

Hottest Property - The book/script/series etc. you most want to see on the big screen

Ant Man – (comic)
Ronin – (comic)
Wonder Woman (comic)
The Adventures Of Kavalier And Clay - Michael Chabon (book)
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy (book)
Life Of Pi by Yann Martel (book)
Bioshock (game)
Halo (game)
World of Warcraft (game)
Akira (re-boot)
Flash Gordon (re-boot)
The Goonies (reboot)
Arrested Development (TV)
The Inbetweeners (TV)
24 (TV)
Evil Dead IV (movie sequel)
Kick Ass 2 and 3 (movie sequel)
Zoolander 2 (movie sequel)
Enron (theatre)
A Little Night Music (theatre)
Wicked (theatre)

Click here to vote in the 2010 Total Film Hotlist.

Dan Goodswen
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