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Critics Choice Awards 2021 Full Winners List for Films: Chadwick Boseman wins Best Actor and ‘Nomadland’ takes home Best Film

Wondering who took the lead from the film categories? Here's all the scoop from the awards night

The stage is set! As onlookers wait, the 2021 Critics Choice Awards has unleashed some of the powerhouse performers from the year and the list will fill your heart with wonder. This year, the top contenders are ‘Nomadland’, ‘The Crown’ and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ and the ceremony will follow an in-person virtual hybrid format due to the COVID-19 situation.

The  (CCA) is the largest critics organization in the United States and Canada, representing more than 400 television, radio and online critics and entertainment reporters. It was established in 2019 with the formal merger of the Broadcast Film Critics Association and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association, recognizing the blurring of the distinctions between film, television, and streaming content. 

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Wondering who took the lead from all the films that released in 2020? Here's all the scoop from the awards night.

NOMINATIONS

With 12 nominations, 'Mank' was in the lead followed closely by 'Minari' at 10. Not too behind was 'Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom' which scored eight nominations while 'News of the World' was right behind with seven nods. 

Five movies, including 'Da 5 Bloods', 'Nomadland', 'One Night in Miami', 'Promising Young Woman' and 'The Trial of the Chicago 7' — each earned six nominations. Who do you think racked up the most number of awards? Read on. 

WINNERS

This list is being updated live

FILM

Best Picture

Winner: 

Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)

Nominees:

Da 5 Bloods (Netflix)
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)
Mank (Netflix)
Minari (A24)
News of the World (Universal Pictures)
One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios)
Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)
Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)

Best Actor

Winner:

Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)

Nominees:

Ben Affleck, The Way Back (Warner Bros.)
Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)
Tom Hanks, News of the World (Universal Pictures)
Anthony Hopkins, The Father (Sony Pictures Classics)
Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods (Netflix)
Gary Oldman, Mank (Netflix)
Steven Yeun, Minari (A24)

Best Actress

Winner:

Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)

Nominees:

Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)
Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Hulu)
Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Focus Features)
Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman (Netflix)
Frances McDormand, Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)
Zendaya, Malcolm & Marie (Netflix)

Best Supporting Actor

Winner:

Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros)

Nominees:

Chadwick Boseman, Da 5 Bloods (Netflix)
Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)
Bill Murray, On the Rocks (A24/Apple TV+)
Leslie Odom, Jr, One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios)
Paul Raci, Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)

Best Supporting Actress

Winner:

Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Amazon Studios)

Nominees:

Ellen Burstyn, Pieces of a Woman (Netflix)
Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy (Netflix)
Olivia Colman, The Father (Sony Pictures Classics)
Amanda Seyfried, Mank (Netflix)
Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari (A24)

Best Young Actress

Winner:

Alan Kim, 'Minari' (A24)

Nominees:

Ryder Allen, 'Palmer' (Apple TV+)
Ibrahima Gueye, 'The Life Ahead' (Netflix)
Talia Ryder, 'Never Rarely Sometimes Always' (Focus Features)
Caoilinn Springall, 'The Midnight Sky' (Netflix)
Helena Zengel, 'News of the World' (Universal Pictures)

The seven-year-old actor's emotional speech touched many hearts and he started crying on virtual camera after the trophy. 

Best Ensemble Cast

Winner:

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)

Nominees:

Da 5 Bloods (Netflix)
Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros.)
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)
Minari (A24)
One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios)

Best Director

Lee Isaac Chung, Minari (A24)
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)
David Fincher, Mank (Netflix)
Spike Lee, Da 5 Bloods (Netflix)
Regina King, One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios)
Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Original Screenplay

Lee Isaac Chung, Minari (A24)
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)
Jack Fincher, Mank (Netflix)
Eliza Hittman, Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Focus Features)
Darius Marder & Abraham Marder, Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios) Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Paul Greengrass & Luke Davies, News of the World (Universal Pictures) Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller, The Father (Sony Pictures Classics)
Kemp Powers, One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios)
Jon Raymond & Kelly Reichardt, First Cow (A24)
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Cinematography

Christopher Blauvelt, First Cow (A24)
Erik Messerschmidt, Mank (Netflix)
Lachlan Milne, Minari (A24)
Joshua James Richards, Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)
Newton Thomas Sigel, Da 5 Bloods (Netflix)
Hoyte Van Hoytema, Tenet (Warner Bros.)
Dariusz Wolski, News of the World (Universal Pictures)

Best Production Design

Cristina Casali & Charlotte Dirickx, The Personal History of David Copperfield (Searchlight Pictures)
David Crank & Elizabeth Keenan, News of the World (Universal Pictures) Nathan Crowley & Kathy Lucas, Tenet (Warner Bros.)
Donald Graham Burt & Jan Pascale, Mank (Netflix)
Kave Quinn & Stella Fox, Emma (Focus Features)
Mark Ricker, Karen O’Hara & Diana Stoughton, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)

Best Editing

Alan Baumgarten, The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)
Kirk Baxter, Mank (Netflix)
Jennifer Lame, Tenet (Warner Bros.)
Yorgos Lamprinos, The Father (Sony Pictures Classics)
Mikkel E. G. Nielsen, Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Costume Design

Alexandra Byrne, Emma (Focus Features)
Bina Daigeler, Mulan (Disney)
Suzie Harman & Robert Worley, The Personal History of David Copperfield (Searchlight Pictures)
Ann Roth, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)
Nancy Steiner, Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)
Trish Summerville, Mank (Netflix)

Best Hair and Makeup

Emma (Focus Features)
Hillbilly Elegy (Netflix)
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)
Mank (Netflix)
Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)
The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Hulu)

Best Visual Effects

Greyhound (Apple TV+)
The Invisible Man (Universal Pictures)
Mank (Netflix)
The Midnight Sky (Netflix)
Mulan (Disney)
Tenet (Warner Bros.)
Wonder Woman 1984 (Warner Bros.)

Best Comedy

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Amazon Studios)
The Forty-Year-Old Version (Netflix)
The King of Staten Island (Universal Pictures)
On the Rocks (A24/Apple TV+)
Palm Springs (Hulu and NEON)
The Prom (Netflix)

Best Foreign Language Film

Another Round (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
Collective (Magnolia Pictures)
La Llorona (Shudder)
The Life Ahead (Netflix)
Minari (A24)
Two of Us (Magnolia Pictures)

Best Song

“Everybody Cries,” The Outpost (Screen Media Films)
“Fight for You,” Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros.)
“Husavik (My Home Town),” Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (Netflix)
“Io sì (Seen),” The Life Ahead (Netflix)
“Speak Now,” One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios)
“Tigress & Tweed,” The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Hulu)

Best Score

Alexandre Desplat, The Midnight Sky (Netflix)
Ludwig Göransson, Tenet (Warner Bros.)
James Newton Howard, News of the World (Universal Pictures)
Emile Mosseri, Minari (A24)
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Mank (Netflix)
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Jon Batiste, Soul (Disney)

The Critics Choice Awards are held annually to honor the finest in cinematic and television achievement by the Critics Choice Association. The award show will air from 7 pm ET to 10 pm ET on The CW.