2021 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Wins

Best Picture: The Power of the Dog
2. Belfast
3. King Richard
4. West Side Story
5. Licorice Pizza
6. Dune
7. Nightmare Alley
8. The French Dispatch
9. The Lost Daughter
10. CODA

Best Director: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
2. Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
3. Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
4. Denis Villeneuve, Dune
5. Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza

Best Actor: Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
2. Will Smith, King Richard
3. Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick… Boom!
4. Peter Dinklage, Cyrano
5. Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Actress: Kristen Stewart, Spencer
2. Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
3. Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
4. Lady Gaga, House of Gucci
5. Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos

Best Supporting Actor: Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
2. Troy Kotsur, CODA
3. Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
4. Ben Affleck, The Tender Bar
5. Jesse Plemons, The Power of the Dog

Best Supporting Actress: Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
2. Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
3. Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
4. Caitríona Balfe, Belfast
5. Ruth Negga, Passing

Best Screenplay: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog (RUs: Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza & Kenneth Branagh, Belfast)

Best Animated Film: Encanto (RU: The Mitchells vs. the Machines)
Best Documentary: Summer of Soul (2. Flee, 3. The Rescue, 4. Procession, 5. Val)
Best Foreign Language Film: Drive My Car (2. A Hero, 3. The Worst Person in the World. 4. The Hand of God, 5. Flee)

Best Cinematography: Greig Fraser, Dune (RU: Ari Wegner, The Power of the Dog)
Best Musical Score: Hans Zimmer, Dune (RU: Jonny Greenwood, The Power of the Dog)

Russell Smith Award: Flee