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Critics Awards 2020-2021 (Updating)

Oscar Shortlists for 9 Categories Released

Critics Awards 2020-2021 (Updating)

This will be a continually updating list of the critics’ awards that have happened so far. While many of the films and performers that do well here do not end up getting nominated for Oscars, these awards are influential for Academy voters when choosing who they want to back in the end.

The awards that have been announced so far: BSFC, NYFCC, BOFCA, IFJA, LAFCA, CFCA, FFCC, GWNYFCA, NCFCA, OFCC, AFWJ, COFCA, NSFC, MCFCA, SDFCS, HFCS -1, StLFCA, PFCC, SFBAFCC, HFCS -2, DFCS, NMXFC, KCFCC, NTFCA, NYFCO, AFCC, LFCC, TFCA, WAFCA, DFWFCA, UTFC, SFCS, NFCS, VFCC, PFCS, DFCS

The key for the acronyms is at the bottom of this link

W – Winner – 2 points

RU – Runner-up – 1 point

BEST PICTURE

Nomadland (W: 23, RU: 2) 48 points

Promising Young Woman (W: 5, RU: 3) 13 points

Minari (W: 4, RU: 2) 10 points

First Cow (W: 2, RU: 5) 9 points

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (W: 2, RU: 0) 4 points

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (W: 1, RU: 1) 3 points

Mank (W: 1, RU: 0) 2 points

Small Axe (W: 1, RU: 0) 2 points (not eligible for Oscars)

Sound of Metal (W: 0, RU: 1) 1 point

Da 5 Bloods (W: 0, RU: 1) 1 point

Soul (W: 0, RU: 1) 1 point

BEST DIRECTOR

Chloe Zhao – Nomadland (W: 32, RU: 0) 64 points

Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman (W: 1, RU: 4) 6 points

Kelly Reichardt – First Cow (W: 0, RU: 4) 4 points

Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7 (W: 0, RU: 3) 3 points

Regina King – One Night in Miami (W: 1, RU: 1) 3 points

Steve McQueen – Lovers Rock/Small Axe (W: 1, RU: 1) 3 points (not eligible for Oscars

Spike Lee – Da 5 Bloods (W: 1, RU: 0) 2 points

Lee Isaac Chung (W: 0, RU: 2) 2 points

Leigh Whannell – The Invisible Man (W: 0, RU: 1) 1 point

BEST ACTOR

Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (W: 12, RU: 8) 32 points

Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal (W: 13, RU: 3) 29 points

Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods (W: 8, RU: 1) 17 points

Anthony Hopkins – The Father (W: 3, RU: 1) 7 points

Steven Yeun (W: 1, RU: 2) 4 points

Mads Mikkelsen – Another Round (W: 1, RU: 1) 3 points

John Magaro – First Cow (W: 0, RU: 1) 1 point

BEST ACTRESS

Frances McDormand – Nomadland (W: 19, RU: 6) 44 points

Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman (W: 14, RU: 3) 31 points

Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (W: 1, RU: 4) 6 points

Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always (W: 2, RU: 1) 5 points

Vanessa Kirby (W: 1, RU: 0) 2 points

Jessie Buckley – I’m thinking of ending things (W: 0, RU: 1) 1 point

Julia Garner – The Assistant (W: 0, RU: 1) 1 point

Aubrey Plaza – Black Bear (W: 0, RU: 1) 1 point

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Paul Raci – Sound of Metal (W: 13, RU: 3) 29 points

Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah (W: 9, RU: 1) 19 points

Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami (W: 7, RU: 3) 17 points

Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 (W: 4, RU: 2) 10 points

Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods (W: 2, RU: 2) 6 points

Glynn Turman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (W: 1, RU: 1) 3 points

Brian Dennehy – Driveways (W: 0, RU: 2) 2 points

Shaun Parkes – Mangrove (W: 1, RU: 0) 2 points (not eligible for Oscars)

Mark Rylance – The Trial of the Chicago 7 (W: 0, RU: 1) 1 point

Frank Langella – The Trial of the Chicago 7 (W: 0, RU: 1) 1 point

Peter Macdissi – Uncle Frank (W: 0, RU: 1) 1 point

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Youn Yuh-jung – Minari (W: 18, RU: 6) 42 points

Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (W: 12, RU: 3) 27 points

Amanda Seyfried – Mank (W: 3, RU: 5) 11 points

Ellen Burstyn (W: 2, RU: 0) 4 points

Olivia Cooke – Sound of Metal (W: 1, RU: 0) 2 points

Olivia Colman – The Father (W: 0, RU: 2) 2 points

Glenn Close (W: 1, RU: 0) 2 points

*For these screenplay categories some groups present their award as just ‘Best Screenplay’ and some split their award into ‘Original’ and ‘Adapted’.

BEST SCREENPLAY

Promising Young Woman (W: 6, RU: 0) 12 points

Never Rarely Sometimes (W: 2, RU: 2) 6 points

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (W: 2, RU: 2) 6 points

I’m thinking of ending things (W: 2, RU: 0) 4 points

First Cow (W: 1, RU: 2) 4 points

Nomadland (W: 1, RU: 1) 3 points

Minari (W: 1, RU: 0) 2 points

Sound of Metal (W: 0, RU: 1) 1 point

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Promising Young Woman (W: 7, RU: 2) 16 points

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (W: 4, RU: 5) 13 points

Minari (W: 5, RU: 0) 10 points

Never Rarely Sometimes Always (W: 3, RU: 0) 6 points

Judas and the Black Messiah (W: 1, RU: 0) 2 points

Possessor (W: 1, RU: 0) 2 points

Mank (W: 0, RU: 1) 1 point

Sound of Metal (W: 0, RU: 1) 1 point

The Twentieth Century (W: 0, RU: 1) 1 point

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Nomadland (W: 11, RU: 1) 23 points

I’m thinking of ending things (W: 3, RU: 3) 9 points

First Cow (W: 3, RU: 0) 6 points

One Night in Miami (W: 2, RU: 2) 6 points

The Father (W: 2, RU: 1) 5 points

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (W: 0, RU: 2) 2 points

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Soul (W: 20, RU: 5) 45 points

Wolfwalkers (W: 12, RU: 7) 31 points

The Wolf House (W: 1, RU: 0) 2 points

Lupin III: The First (W: 1, RU: 0) 2 points

Over the Moon (W: 0, RU: 1) 1 point

Demon Slayer (W: 0, RU: 1) 1 point

The Willoughbys (W: 0, RU: 1) 1 point

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Mank (W: 13, RU: 0) 26 points

First Cow (W: 1, RU: 1) 3 points

Beanpole (W: 0, RU: 1 ) 1 point

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (W: 0, RU: 1) 1 point

I’m thinking of ending things (W: 0, RU: 1) 1 point

Emma. (W: 0, RU: 1) 1 point

Small Axe films (W: 0, RU: 1) 1 point (not eligible for Oscars)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (W: 4, RU: 0) 8 points

Emma (W: 2, RU: 0) 4 points

Birds of Prey (W: 0, RU: 1) 1 point

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Nomadland (W: 21, RU: 2) 44 points

Mank (W: 3, RU: 5) 11 points

Small Axe films (W: 2, RU: 3) 7 points (not eligible for Oscars)

Tenet (W: 3, RU: 0) 6 points

First Cow (W: 1, RU: 1) 3 points

The Vast of Night (W: 1, RU: 0) 2 points

News of the World (W: 1, RU: 0) 2 points

I’m thinking of ending things (W: 0, RU: 1) 1 point

BEST EDITING

Nomadland (W: 7, RU: 1) 15 points

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (W: 5, RU: 1) 11 points

I’m thinking of ending things (W: 2, RU: 1) 5 points

The Invisible Man (W: 2, RU: 0) 4 points

Sound of Metal (W: 1, RU: 2) 4 points

Tenet (W: 1, RU: 1) 3 points

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

Mank (W: 1, RU: 0) 2 points

BEST SOUND

Sound of Metal (W: 1, RU: 0) 2 points

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Tenet (W: 9, RU: 1) 19 points

The Invisible Man (W: 2, RU: 2) 6 points

Possessor (W: 1, RU: 0) 2 points

BEST SCORE

Soul (W: 20, RU: 0) 40 points

Mank (W: 2, RU: 3) 7 points

Tenet (W: 1, RU: 2) 4 points

Minari (W: 1, RU: 1) 3 points

News of the World (W: 0, RU: 1) 1 point

Small Axe films (W: 0, RU: 1) 1 point (not eligible for Oscars)

BEST SONG

One Night in Miami (W: 5, RU: 0) 10 points

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (W: 1, RU: 0) 2 points

Judas and the Black Messiah (W: 1, RU: 0) 2 points

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

Another Round (W: 14, RU: 2) 30 points

Minari (W: 7, RU: 1) 15 points (will not be submitted in this category at the Oscars)

Bacurau (W: 3, RU: 4) 10 points

The Life Ahead (W: 2, RU: 1) 5 points

Beanpole (W: 1, RU: 3) 5 points

Martin Eden (W: 1, RU: 2) 4 points

La Llorona (W: 1, RU: 1) 3 points

Los Fuertes (W: 1, RU: 0) 2 points

Collective (W: 1, RU: 0) 2 points

A Sun (W: 1, RU: 0) 2 points

Jumbo (W: 1, RU: 0) 2 points

Open Door (W: 1, RU: 0) 2 points

Song Without a Name (W: 0, RU: 1) 1 point

The Weeping Woman (W: 0, RU: 1) 1 point

The Platform (W: 0, RU: 1) 1 point

76 Days (W: 0, RU: 1) 1 point

*Many of these International Feature Films will not be eligible for the Oscars

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Time (W: 8, RU: 2) 18 points

Collective (W: 7, RU: 2) 16 points

Dick Johnson is Dead (W: 6, RU: 3) 15 points

Boys State (W: 5, RU: 1) 11 points

The Painter and the Thief (W: 2, RU: 1) 5 points

All In: The Fight for Democracy (W: 2, RU: 0) 4 points

The Dissident (W: 2, RU: 0) 4 points

The Social Dilemma (W: 1, RU: 1) 3 points

You Don’t Nomi (W: 1, RU: 0) 2 points

My Octopus Teacher (W: 1, RU: 0) 2 points

Beastie Boys Story (W: 1, RU: 0) 2 points

The Way I See It (W: 1, RU: 0) 2 points

Crip Camp (W: 0, RU: 2) 2 points

Athlete A (W: 0, RU: 1) 1 point

A Thousand Cuts (W: 0, RU: 1) 1 point

City Hall (W: 0, RU: 1) 1 point

American Utopia (W: 0, RU: 1) 1 point