Critics Choice Awards 2021: Full List of Nominations

See the full list of nominations for the 26th annual Critics Choice Awards. Winners will be announced during the ceremony on March 7, 2021. Hosted by Taye Diggs.
Best Picture
- Da 5 Bloods
- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- Mank
- Minari
- News of the World
- Nomadland
- One Night in Miami
- Promising Young Woman
- Sound of Metal
- The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Actor
- Ben Affleck – The Way Back
- Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
- Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- Tom Hanks – News of the World
- Anthony Hopkins – The Father
- Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods
- Gary Oldman – Mank
- Steven Yeun – Minari
Best Actress
- Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- Andra Ray – The United States vs. Billie Holiday
- Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
- Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman
- Frances McDormand – Nomadland
- Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
- Zendaya – Malcom & Marie
Best Supporting Actor
- Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods
- Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7
- Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah
- Bill Murray – On the Rocks
- Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami
- Paul Raci – Sound of Metal
Best Supporting Actress
- Maria Bakalova – Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm
- Ellen Burstyn – Pieces of a Woman
- Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy
- Olivia Colman – The Father
- Amanda Seyfried – Mank
- Yuh-Jung Youn – Minari
Best Young Actor/Actor
- Ryder Allen – Palmer
- Ibrahima Gueye – The Life Ahead
- Alan Kim – Minari
- Talia Ryder – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
- Caoilinn Springall – The Midnight Sky
- Helena Zengel – News of the World
Best Acting Ensemble
- Da 5 Bloods
- Judas and the Black Messiah
- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- Minari
- One Night in Miami
- Sound of Metal
Best Director
- Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
- Emeral Fennell – Promising Young Woman
- David Fincher – Mank
- Spike Lee – Da 5 Bloods
- Regina King – One Night in Miami
- Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7
- Chloe Zhao – Nomadland
Best Original Screenplay
- Minari
- Knives Out
- Mank
- Never Rarely Sometimes Always
- Sound of Metal
- The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Adapted Screenplay
- News of the World
- The Father
- One Night in Miami
- First Cow
- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- Nomadland
Best Cinematography
- First Cow
- Mank
- Minari
- Nomadland
- Da 5 Bloods
- Tenet
- News of the World
Best Production Design
- The Personal History of David Copperfield
- News of the World
- Tenet
- Mank
- Emma.
- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Best Editing
- Emma.
- Mulan
- The Personal History of David Copperfield
- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- Promising Young Woman
- Mank
Best Hair and Make-Up
- Emma.
- Hillbilly Elegy
- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- Mank
- Promising Young Woman
- The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Best Visual Effects
- Greyhound
- The Invisible Man
- Mank
- The Midnight Sky
- Mulan
- Tenet
- Wonder Woman 1984
Best Comedy
- Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm
- The Forty-Year-Old-Version
- The King of Staten Island
- On the Rocks
- Palm Springs
- The Prom
Best Foreign Language Film
- Another Round (Druk)
- Collective (Colectiv)
- La Llorona
- The Life Ahead
- Minari
- Two of Us (Deux)
Best Song
- “Everybody Cries” – The Outpost
- “Fight for You” – Judas and the Black Messiah
- “Husavik (My Home Town) – Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
- “Io Si (Seen) – The Life Ahead
- “Speak Now” – One Night in Miami
- “Tigress & Tweed” – The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Best Score
- The Midnight Sky
- Tenet
- News of the World
- Minari
- Mank
- Soul