Precursor: 15th Detroit Critics Nominations (2021)

It’s rather surprising that CODA has managed to hang on for so long to keep showing up in year-end awards. That suggests it might not have faded like some assumed. Meanwhile, most of the titles on this list are late releases or films that haven’t shown in theaters yet. Could be an interesting showdown.

Nominations Tallies

(5) CODA
(4) Don’t Look Up, King Richard, tick, tick…BOOM!
(3) Cyrano, Licorice Pizza, The Power of the Dog, West Side Story

The Nominations

Best Picture

Belfast
CODA
Cyrano
Don’t Look Up
King Richard

Best Animated Feature

Belle
Cryptozoo
Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Best Director

Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Adam McKay – Don’t Look Up
David Lowery – The Green Knight
Sean Baker – Red Rocket
Lin-Manuel Miranda – tick, tick…BOOM!

Best Actor

Nicolas Cage – Pig
Peter Dinklage – Cyrano
Andrew Garfield – tick, tick…BOOM!
Oscar Isaac – The Card Counter
Will Smith – King Richard

Best Actress

Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza
Jennifer Hudson – Respect
Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos
Kristen Stewart – Spencer

Best Supporting Actor

Jon Bernthal – King Richard
Troy Kotsur – CODA
Jared Leto – House of Gucci
Ray Liotta – The Many Saints of Newark
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog

Best Supporting Actress

Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
Rita Moreno – West Side Story
Diana Rigg – Last Night in Soho

Best Original Screenplay

Don’t Look Up
The French Dispatch
The Harder They Fall
Licorice Pizza
Parallel Mothers

Best Adapted Screenplay

CODA
The Green Knight
In the Heights
The Power of the Dog
tick, tick…BOOM!

Best Documentary

Flee
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
The Sparks Brothers
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Summer of Soul (…or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Best Ensemble

CODA
Don’t Look Up
The French Dispatch
The Harder They Fall
House of Gucci

Breakthrough

Alana Haim (Actress) – Licorice Pizza
Emilia Jones (Actress) – CODA
Woody Norman (Actor) – C’mon, C’mon
Agathe Rouselle (Actress) – Titane
Emma Seligman (Writer/Director) – Shiva Baby