Precursor: 13th Indiana Critics Nominations (2021)

The Indiana Film Journalists have an unusual way of handing out awards, putting together a longlist in lieu of nominations. They’ll then present their winners in those various categories. This is the first group where Judas and the Black Messiah, which came out in early 2021, but was considered for last year’s Oscars, has shown up for consideration. Further, the list of most referenced titles is a rather unusual batch with Mass at the top of the list thanks to its several acting citations.

Nominations Tallies

(10) Mass
(9) Judas and the Black Messiah, Titane
(8) CODA, The Green Knight, The Harder They Fall
(7) C’mon C’mon, Drive My Car, The Last Duel, Licorice Pizza, The Power of the Dog, Riders of Justice, West Side Story
(6) Annette, Belfast, Dune, The Humans, In the Heights, The Mitchells vs. the Machines, Pig, The Tragedy of Macbeth
(5) The Card Counter, Disfluency, The Lost Daughter, Luca, Nightmare Alley, Ninjababy, Spencer
(4) Flee
(3) Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, Cyrano, The French Dispatch, House of Gucci, Passing, Petite Maman, Red Rocket, Ron’s Gone Wrong

The Nominations

Best Film Nominees

Annette
Belfast
The Card Counter
C’mon C’mon
CODA
Cyrano
Disfluency
Drive My Car
Dune
Flee
The Green Knight
Halloween Kills
The Harder They Fall
The Humans
In the Heights
Judas and the Black Messiah
The Last Duel
Licorice Pizza
Luca
Mass
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Nightmare Alley
Ninjababy
Petite Maman
Pig
The Power of the Dog
Red Rocket
Riders of Justice
Spencer
Titane
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story

Best Animated Film Nominees

Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon
Ron’s Gone Wrong

Best Director Nominees

Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
Sean Baker – Red Rocket
Anna Baumgarten – Disfluency
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Leos Carax – Annette
Jon M. Chu – In the Heights
Joel Coen – The Tragedy of Macbeth
Julia Ducournau – Titane
Yngvild Sle Flikke – Ninjababy
Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter
Rebecca Hall – Passing
Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car
Siân Heder – CODA
Anders Thomas Jensen – Riders of Justice
Stephen Karam – The Humans
Shaka King – Judas and the Black Messiah
Fran Kranz – Mass
Pablo Larraín – Spencer
David Lowery – The Green Knight
Mike Mills – C’mon C’mon
Jeymes Samuel – The Harder They Fall
Michael Sarnoski – Pig
Paul Schrader – The Card Counter
Céline Sciamma – Petite Maman
Ridley Scott – The Last Duel
Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
Denis Villeneuve – Dune
James Wan – Malignant
Joe Wright – Cyrano

Best Actor Nominees

Nicolas Cage – Pig
Bradley Cooper – Nightmare Alley
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
Peter Dinklage – Cyrano
Adam Driver – Annette
Andrew Garfield – tick – tick… BOOM!
Oscar Isaac – The Card Counter
Jonathan Majors – The Harder They Fall
Mads Mikkelsen – Riders of Justice
Hidetoshi Nishijima – Drive My Car
Bob Odenkirk – Nobody
Dev Patel – The Green Knight
Joaquin Phoenix – C’mon C’mon
Anthony Ramos – In the Heights
Simon Rex – Red Rocket
Will Smith – King Richard
LaKeith Stanfield – Judas and the Black Messiah
Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Actress Nominees

Libe Barer – Disfluency
Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
Jodie Comer – The Last Duel
Rebecca Ferguson – Dune
Lady Gaga – House of Gucci
Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza
Emilia Jones – CODA
Vicky Krieps – Bergman Island
Frances McDormand – The Tragedy of Macbeth
Noomi Rapace – Lamb
Agathe Rousselle – Titane
Millicent Simmonds – A Quiet Place Part II
Kristen Stewart – Spencer
Tessa Thompson – Passing
Kristine Kujath Thorp – Ninjababy

Best Supporting Actor Nominees

Ben Affleck – The Last Duel
Reed Birney – Mass
Bradley Cooper – Licorice Pizza
Robin de Jesús – tick – tick…BOOM!
Colman Domingo – Zola
Jamie Dornan – Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Mike Faist – West Side Story
Simon Helberg – Annette
Ciarán Hinds – Belfast
Jason Isaacs – Mass
Richard Jenkins – The Humans
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah
Nikolaj Lie Kaas – Riders of Justice
Troy Kotsur – CODA
Jared Leto – House of Gucci
Vincent Lindon – Titane
Woody Norman – C’mon C’mon
Masaki Okada – Drive My Car
Al Pacino – House of Gucci
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog
Jeffrey Wright – The French Dispatch

Best Supporting Actress Nominees

Chelsea Alden – Disfluency
Caitríona Balfe – Belfast
Cate Blanchett – Nightmare Alley
Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Ann Dowd – Mass
Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
Dominique Fishback – Judas and the Black Messiah
Gaby Hoffmann – C’mon C’mon
Regina King – The Harder They Fall
Marlee Matlin – CODA
Tôko Miura – Drive My Car
Ruth Negga – Passing
Rita Moreno – West Side Story
Martha Plimpton – Mass

Best Original Screenplay Nominees

Barb and Star Goe to Vista Del Mar
Bergman Island
C’mon C’mon
The Card Counter
The French Dispatch
The Harder They Fall
Judas and the Black Messiah
Licorice Pizza
Mass
Pig
Riders of Justice
Spencer
Titane

Best Adapted Screenplay Nominees

CODA
Drive My Car
Dune
The Green Knight
The Humans
In the Heights
The Last Duel
The Lost Daughter
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story

Best Musical Score Nominees

Annette
Candyman
The Card Counter
Dune
The Green Knight
Halloween Kills
The Harder They Fall
Judas and the Black Messiah
The Last Duel
Licorice Pizza
Luca
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
Spencer
Titane
The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Foreign Language Film Nominees

Drive My Car
Flee
A Hero
Lamb
Ninjababy
Petite Maman
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Riders of Justice
Titane
The Worst Person in the World

Best Documentary Nominees

Flee
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Mayor Pete
Procession
The Rescue
The Sparks Brothers
Storm Lake
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Val
The Velvet Underground

Original Vision Award Nominees

Annette
The Green Knight
Mass
Pig
Titane

Best Ensemble Acting Nominees

Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Belfast
CODA
Dune
The French Dispatch
The Green Knight
The Harder They Fall
The Humans
In the Heights
Judas and the Black Messiah
The Last Duel
The Lost Daughter
Mass
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
No Sudden Move
Riders of Justice
The Suicide Squad
The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Vocal / Motion Capture Performance Nominees

Stephanie Beatriz – Encanto
Olivia Colman – The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Olivia Colman – Ron’s Gone Wrong
Zach Galifianakis – Ron’s Gone Wrong
Jack Dylan Grazer – Luca
Tom Hardy – Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Ralph Ineson – The Green Knight
Abbi Jacobson – The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Caleb Landry Jones – Finch
Danny McBride – The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Herman Tømmeraas – Ninjababy
Jacob Tremblay – Luca
Steven Vlahos – Psycho Goreman

Breakout of the Year Nominees

Anna Baumgarten (writer / director) – Disfluency
Leslie Grace (actress) – In the Heights
Alana Haim (actress) – Licorice Pizza
Jude Hill (actor) – Belfast
Emilia Jones (actress) – CODA
Stephen Karam (writer / director) – The Humans
Shaka King (director / co-writer) – Judas and the Black Messiah
Fran Kranz (writer / director) – Mass
Woody Norman (actor) – C’mon C’mon
Michael Rianda (director / co-writer / actor) – The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Agathe Rousselle (actress) – Titane
Jeymes Samuel (director / co-writer / composer / songwriter) – The Harder They Fall
Michael Sarnoski (director / co-writer) – Pig
Rachel Zegler (actress) – West Side Story