2021 DiscussingFilm Critics Awards

Best Picture

C'mon C'mon
Dune
The Green Knight
Mass
Petite Maman
The Power of the Dog
Spencer
Tick, Tick… Boom!
Titane
West Side Story


Best Director

Denis Villeneuve, Dune
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Pablo Larraín, Spencer
Julia Ducournau, Titane
Steven Spielberg, West Side Story


Best Actor

Joaquin Phoenix, C'mon, C'mon
Will Smith, King Richard
Nicolas Cage, Pig
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick… Boom!


Best Actress

Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Agathe Rousselle, Titane
Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World


Best Supporting Actor

Troy Kotsur, CODA
Jason Isaacs, Mass
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Robin de Jesús, Tick, Tick… Boom!
Vincent Lindon, Titane


Best Supporting Actress

Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
Ann Dowd, Mass
Ruth Negga, Passing
Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story


Best Film Ensemble

The French Dispatch
The Harder They Fall
Mass
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story


Best Original Screenplay

Mike Mills, C'mon C'mon
Zach Baylin, King Richard
Fran Kranz, Mass
Steven Knight, Spencer
Julia Ducournau, Titane


Best Adapted Screenplay

Sian Heder, CODA
Jon Spaihts & Denis Villeneuve & Eric Roth, Dune
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
Rebecca Hall, Passing
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog


Best Animated Feature

Belle
Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. the Machines


Best International Feature

Drive My Car
Flee
Petite Maman
Titane
The Worst Person in the World


Best Independent Feature

CODA
C'mon C'mon
The Green Knight
Mass
Shiva Baby


Best Debut Feature

The Lost Daughter
Mass
Passing
Shiva Baby
Tick, Tick… Boom!


Best Debut Performance

Jude Hill, Belfast
Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
Rachel Sennott, Shiva Baby
Agathe Rousselle, Titane
Rachel Zegler, West Side Story


Best Cinematography

Greig Fraser, Dune
Andrew Doz Palermo, The Green Knight
Ari Wegner, The Power of the Dog
Claire Mathon, Spencer
Bruno Delbonnel, The Tragedy of Macbeth


Best Film Editing

Joe Walker, Dune
Hank Corwin, Don't Look Up
Peter Sciberras, The Power of the Dog
Sebastian Sepulveda, Spencer
Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum, Tick, Tick… Boom!


Best Production Design

Patrice Vermette, Dune
Adam Stockhausen, The French Dispatch
Tamara Deverell, Nightmare Alley
Guy Hendrix Dyas, Spencer
Adam Stockhausen, West Side Story


Best Costume Design

Jenny Beavan, Cruella
Jacqueline West and Bob Morgan, Dune
Milena Canonero, The French Dispatch
Odile Dicks-Mireaux, Last Night in Soho
Jacqueline Durran, Spencer


Best Original Score

Hans Zimmer, Dune
Alexandre Desplat, The French Dispatch
Daniel Hart, The Green Knight
Jonny Greenwood, The Power of the Dog
Jonny Greenwood, Spencer


Best Use of Music

"Everlasting Love" from Belfast
"Downtown" from Last Night in Soho
"Happy House" from Last Night in Soho
"You're My World" from Last Night in Soho
"All I Need Is A Miracle" from Spencer


Best Original Song

"So May We Start" from Annette
"Just Look Up" from Don't Look Up
"Guns Go Bang" from The Harder They Fall
"Be Alive" from King Richard
"No Time to Die" from No Time to Die


Best Sound

A Quiet Place Part II
Dune
The Harder They Fall
No Time to Die
The Power of the Dog


Best Visual Effects

Dune
Eternals
Godzilla vs. Kong
Shang-Chi and the Legend of The Ten Rings
The Suicide Squad