Precursor: 20th Columbus Critics Nominations (2021)

The Power of the Dog dominated like no other film with double-digit nominations. Licorice, Belfast, and Dune were the next most prolific. Not much to see here.

Nominations Tallies

(12) The Power of the Dog
(8) Licorice Pizza
(7) Belfast, Dune
(5) West Side Story
(4) CODA, The French Dispatch, The Tragedy of Macbeth
(3) C’mon C’mon, Flee, King Richard, The Lost Daughter, Nightmare Alley, Passing, Pig, tick, tick…BOOM!, Zola

The Nominations

Best Film

Belfast
C’mon C’mon
Dune
Licorice Pizza
Pig
The Power of the Dog
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
tick, tick…BOOM!
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story

Best Animated Film

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

Best Director

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

Best Actor

Nicolas Cage – Pig
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield – tick, tick…BOOM!
Will Smith – King Richard
Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Actress

Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza
Taylour Page – Zola
Tessa Thompson – Passing

Best Supporting Actor

Colman Domingo – Zola
Ciaran Hinds – Belfast
Troy Kotsur – CODA
Jesse Plemons – The Power of the Dog
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog

Best Supporting Actress

Caitriona Balfe – Belfast
Jodie Comer – The Last Duel
Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
Marlee Matlin – CODA
Ruth Negga – Passing

Best Original Screenplay

Belfast
C’mon C’mon
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
Pig
Titane

Best Adapted Screenplay

CODA
Dune
The Lost Daughter
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story

Best Score

Dune
The French Dispatch
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
Spencer

Best Film Editing

Dune
The French Dispatch
Licorice Pizza
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story

Best Cinematography

Belfast
Dune
The Green Knight
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Foreign Language Film

Drive My Car
Flee
A Hero
Titane
The Worst Person in the World

Best Documentary

Attica
Flee
The Rescue
The Sparks Brothers
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
The Velvet Underground

Best Overlooked Film

Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
CODA
Cyrano
Nine Days
Riders of Justice
Together Together

Best Ensemble

The French Dispatch
The Harder They Fall
Licorice Pizza
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story

Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)

.Timothée Chalamet (Don’t Look Up, Dune, The French Dispatch)
.Bradley Cooper (Licorice Pizza, Nightmare Alley)
.Benedict Cumberbatch (The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, The Mauritanian, The Power of the Dog, Spider-Man: No Way Home)
.Adam Driver (Annette, House of Gucci, The Last Duel)
.Andrew Garfield (The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Spider-Man: No Way Home, tick, tick…BOOM!)

Breakthrough Film Artist

.Janicza Bravo – Zola (for directing and screenwriting)
.Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter (for producing, directing, and screenwriting)
.Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza (for acting)
.Rebecca Hall – Passing (for producing, directing, and screenwriting)
.Jude Hill – Belfast (for acting)
.Woody Norman – C’mon C’mon (for acting)