Precursor: 26th San Diego Critics Nominations (2021)

Belfast comes out on top in a rarity for the black-and-white drama, the only film to secure double-digit nominations.

Nominations Tallies

(12) Belfast
(9) Dune
(8) The Power of the Dog
(7) Mass, Nightmare Alley
(6) CODA
(5) In the Heights
(3) Don’t Look Up, Parallel Mothers

The Nominations

Best Picture

Belfast
CODA
Dune
Mass
The Power of the Dog

Best Animated Film

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

Best Director

Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Guillermo del Toro – Nightmare Alley
Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter
Denis Villeneuve – Dune

Best Actor

Nicolas Cage – Pig
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
Peter Dinklage – Cyrano
Andrew Garfield – tick, tick…BOOM!
Jude Hill – Belfast

Best Actress

Caitriona Balfe – Belfast
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
Penelope Cruz – Parallel Mothers
Emilia Jones – CODA
Kristen Stewart – Spencer

Best Supporting Actor

Ben Affleck – The Tender Bar
Ciaran Hinds – Belfast
Jason Isaacs – Mass
Troy Kotsur – CODA
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog

Best Supporting Actress

Cate Blanchett – Nightmare Alley
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Ann Dowd – Mass
Ruth Negga – Passing
Martha Plimpton – Mass

Best Original Screenplay

Belfast
Don’t Look Up
Mass
Parallel Mothers
Pig

Best Adapted Screenplay

CODA
Nightmare Alley
Passing
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Editing

Belfast
CODA
Dune
In the Heights
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Best Cinematography

Dune
In the Heights
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Production Design

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

Best Costumes

Cruella
Dune
The Harder They Fall
House of Gucci
Last Night in Soho

Best Sound Design

Belfast
Dune
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
A Quiet Place Part II

Best Visual Effects

Dune
The Green Knight
Nightmare Alley
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home

Best Foreign Language Film

Drive My Car
I’m Your Man
Lamb
Parallel Mothers
The Worst Person in the World

Best Documentary

Flee
My Name Is Pauli Murray
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Val
The Velvet Underground

Best Ensemble

Don’t Look Up
Dune
The Harder They Fall
In the Heights
Mass

Best Youth Performance

Mckenna Grace – Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Jude Hill – Belfast
Daniel Ranieri – The Tender Bar
Saniyya Sidney – King Richard
Demi Singleton – King Richard

Best Comedic Performance

Bradley Cooper – Licorice Pizza
Leonardo DiCaprio – Don’t Look Up
Jamie Dornan – Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
David Harbour – Black Widow
Simon Rex – Red Rocket