Columbus film critics have weighed in the best of the year and like so many other groups, they have selected Parasite as the best film of the year. Parasite is the only film to earn double-digit awards for Best Picture this year.

Award Tallies

(4) Parasite
(3) Little Women
(2) Knives Out, Us

The Awards

Best Film

1. Parasite
2. Knives Out
3. 1917
4. Little Women
5. Marriage Story
6. The Farewell
7. Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
8. The Irishman
9. Uncut Gems
10. Jojo Rabbit

Best Animated Film

Toy Story 4 (RU: I Lost My Body)

Best Director

Bong Joon-ho – Parasite (RU: Sam Mendes – 1917)

Best Actor

Adam Driver – Marriage Story (RU: Adam Sandler – Uncut Gems)

Best Actress

Lupita Nyong’o – Us (RU: Florence Pugh – Midsommar)

Best Supporting Actor

Willem Dafoe – The Lighthouse (RU: Joe Pesci – The Irishman

Best Supporting Actress

Florence Pugh – Little WOmen (RU: Scarlett Johansson – Jojo Rabbit)

Best Original Screenplay

Parasite (RU: Knives Out)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Little Women (RU: Jojo Rabbit)

Best Score

Us (RU: 1917)

Best Film Editing

Knives Out (RU: 1917)

Best Cinematography

1917 (RU: The Lighthouse)

Best Foreign Language Film

Parasite (RU: Portrait of a Lady on Fire)

Best Documentary

Apollo 11 (RU: American Factory)

Best Ensemble

Knives Out (RU: Parasite)

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

Adam Driver – The Dead Don’t Die, Marriage Story, The Report, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (RU: Florence Pugh – Fighting with My Family, Little Women, Midsommar)

Breakthrough Film Artist

Florence Pugh – Fighting with My Family, Little Women, Midsommar (for acting) (RU: Joe Talbot – The Last Black Man in San Francisco (for directing, producing, and screenwriting)

Best Overlooked Film

The Last Black Man in San Francisco (RU: Ready or Not)

Central Ohio Film Critics Association Data

Year Founded: 2002
First Awards: 2002 (18)