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