The 26th CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS – THE NOMINATIONS

As a voting member of the Critics’ Choice Association, it’s always an exciting time when we get to announce our nominations. David Fincher’s Mank leads the pack with 12 nominations. Minari quickly followed behind with an impressive 10 nominations. I was thrilled to see Delroy Lindo land a Best Actor nomination for Da 5 Bloods, and Paul Raci make the list for Best Supporting Actor for Sound of Metal. Both Lindo and Raci have been absent from the Golden Globes and SAG nominations. Here are the nominees…

BEST PICTURE
Da 5 Bloods
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Minari
News of the World
Nomadland
One Night in Miami
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST ACTOR
Ben Affleck – The Way Back
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Tom Hanks – News of the World
Anthony Hopkins – The Father
Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods
Gary Oldman – Mank
Steven Yeun – Minari

BEST ACTRESS
Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Andra Day – The United States vs Billie Holiday
Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand – Nomadland 
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
Zendaya – Malcolm & Marie

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods
Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah 
Bill Murray – On the Rocks
Leslie Odom, Jr. – One Night in Miami
Paul Raci – Sound of Metal 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm  
Ellen Burstyn – Pieces of a Woman
Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy 
Olivia Colman – The Father
Amanda Seyfried – Mank 
Yuh-Jung Youn – Minari

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Ryder Allen – Palmer 
Ibrahima Gueye – The Life Ahead
Alan Kim – Minari 
Talia Ryder – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Caoilinn Springall – The Midnight Sky
Helena Zengel – News of the World

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Da 5 Bloods
Judas and the Black Messiah
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Minari
One Night in Miami
The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST DIRECTOR
Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
David Fincher – Mank 
Spike Lee – Da 5 Bloods 
Regina King – One Night in Miami 
Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland 

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Lee Isaac Chung – Minari 
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
Jack Fincher – Mank
Eliza Hittman – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Darius Marder & Abraham Marder – Sound of Metal
Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Paul Greengrass & Luke Davies – News of the World 
Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller – The Father 
Kemp Powers – One Night in Miami 
Jon Raymond & Kelly Reichardt – First Cow
Ruben Santiago-Hudson – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Christopher Blauvelt – First Cow
Erik Messerschmidt – Mank
Lachlan Milne – Minari 
Joshua James Richards – Nomadland
Newton Thomas Sigel – Da 5 Bloods
Hoyte Van Hoytema – Tenet
Dariusz Wolski – News of the World

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Cristina Casali, Charlotte Dirickx – The Personal History of David Copperfield
David Crank, Elizabeth Keenan – News of the World 
Nathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas – Tenet 
Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale – Mank
Kave Quinn, Stella Fox – Emma 
Mark Ricker, Karen O’Hara & Diana Stoughton – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

BEST EDITING
Alan Baumgarten – The Trial of the Chicago 7 
Kirk Baxter – Mank 
Jennifer Lame – Tenet 
Yorgos Lamprinos – The Father 
Mikkel E. G. Nielsen – Sound of Metal
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Alexandra Byrne – Emma
Bina Daigeler – Mulan 
Suzie Harman & Robert Worley – The Personal History of David Copperfield
Ann Roth – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Nancy Steiner – Promising Young Woman 
Trish Summerville – Mank

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
Emma
Hillbilly Elegy
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Promising Young Woman
The United States vs Billie Holiday

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Greyhound
The Invisible Man
Mank
The Midnight Sky
Mulan
Tenet
Wonder Woman 1984

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Another Round
Collective
La Llorona
The Life Ahead
Minari
Two of Us

BEST COMEDY
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
The Forty-Year Old Version
The King of Staten Island
On the Rocks
Palm Springs
The Prom

BEST SONG
Everybody Cries – The Outpost
Fight for You – Judas and the Black Messiah
Husavik (My Home Town) – Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
“Io sì (Seen) – The Life Ahead 
Speak Now – One Night in Miami 
Tigress & Tweed – The United States vs. Billie Holiday 

BEST SCORE
Alexandre Desplat – The Midnight Sky 
Ludwig Göransson – Tenet 
James Newton Howard – News of the World 
Emile Mosseri – Minari 
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Mank
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste – Soul

Tune in to the CW on Sunday, March 7 when we announce the winners!