2021 Music City Film Critics Association Noms

Best Picture

Belfast
C’mon C’mon
CODA
Dune
Licorice Pizza
The French Dispatch
The Harder They Fall
The Power of the Dog
Tick, Tick…BOOM!
West Side Story


Best Director

Denis Villeneuve, Dune
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Steven Spielberg, West Side Story


Best Actor

Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick…BOOM!
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth
Nicolas Cage, Pig
Simon Rex, Red Rocket
Will Smith, King Richard


Best Actress

Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Lady Gaga, House of Gucci
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter


Best Supporting Actor

Bradley Cooper, Licorice Pizza
Colman Domingo, Zola
Jason Isaacs, Mass
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Troy Kotsur, CODA


Best Supporting Actress

Ann Dowd, Mass
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Caitriona Balfe, Belfast
Kathryn Hunter, The Tragedy of Macbeth
Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog


Best Screenplay

Belfast
The French Dispatch
Licorice Pizza
Mass
The Power of the Dog


Best Animated Film

Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon


Best Documentary

Flee
Summer of Soul
The First Wave
The Rescue
Val


Best International Film

Drive My Car
Flee
The Hand of God
Titane
The Worst Person in the World


Best Young Actor

Cooper Hoffman, Licorice Pizza
Jude Hill, Belfast
Noah Jupe, A Quiet Place Part II
Reyn Doi, Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Woody Norman, C’mon C’mon


Best Young Actress

Emilia Jones, CODA
McKenna Grace, Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Millicent Simmonds, A Quiet Place Part II
Rachel Zegler, West Side Story
Saniyya Sidney, King Richard


Best Acting Ensemble

Belfast
CODA
Don't Look Up
Mass
The Harder They Fall


Best Cinematography

Belfast
Dune
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story


Best Editing

Belfast
Dune
Last Night in Soho
Licorice Pizza
The Power of the Dog


Best Production Design

Dune
Last Night in Soho
Nightmare Alley
The French Dispatch
The Tragedy of Macbeth


Best Score

Germaine Franco, Encanto
Hans Zimmer, Dune
Jonny Greenwood, The Power of the Dog
Jonny Greenwood, Spencer
Nicholas Britell, Don’t Look Up


Best Original Song

"Dos Oruguitas" – Encanto
"Guns Go Bang" – The Harder They Fall
"Just Look Up" – Don’t Look Up
"No Time to Die" – No Time to Die
"So May We Start" – Annette


Best Sound

A Quiet Place Part II
Dune
No Time to Die
Spider-Man: No Way Home
The Power of the Dog


Best Action Film

Dune
No Time to Die
Nobody
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home


Best Comedy Film

Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Don't Look Up
Free Guy
Licorice Pizza
Red Rocket


Best Horror Film

A Quiet Place Part II
Lamb
Last Night in Soho
Malignant
The Night House


Best Music Film

In the Heights
Respect
Summer of Soul
Tick, Tick...BOOM!
West Side Story