2021 Phoenix Critics Circle Award Winners

BEST PICTURE

• DRIVE MY CAR

• LICORICE PIZZA

• THE POWER OF THE DOG - WINNER

• SPENCER

• WEST SIDE STORY

BEST COMEDY FILM

• BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR

• THE FRENCH DISPATCH

• LICORICE PIZZA - WINNER

• RED ROCKET

• SHIVA BABY

BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM

• DUNE - WINNER

• THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES

• A QUIET PLACE PART II

• SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS

• THE SUICIDE SQUAD

BEST HORROR FILM

• CANDYMAN

• LAST NIGHT IN SOHO

• MALIGNANT

• THE NIGHT HOUSE

• TITANE - WINNER

BEST ANIMATED FILM

• ENCANTO

• LUCA

• THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES - WINNER

• RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON

• VIVO

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• DRIVE MY CAR - WINNER

• THE HAND OF GOD

• PETITE MAMAN

• TITANE

• THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• FLEE

• THE SPARKS BROTHERS

• SUMMER OF SOUL - WINNER

• VAL

• THE VELVET UNDERGROUND

BEST ACTOR

• NICOLAS CAGE, PIG

• BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH, THE POWER OF THE DOG - WINNER

• ANDREW GARFIELD, TICK,TICK…BOOM!

• JOAQUIN PHOENIX, C'MON C'MON,

• DENZEL WASHINGTON, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH

BEST ACTRESS

• OLIVIA COLMAN, THE LOST DAUGHTER

• LADY GAGA, HOUSE OF GUCCI

• ALANA HAIM, LICORICE PIZZA

• NICOLE KIDMAN, BEING THE RICARDOS

• KRISTEN STEWART, SPENCER - WINNER

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• BRADLEY COOPER, LICORICE PIZZA

• MIKE FAIST, WEST SIDE STORY - WINNER

• CIARIN HINDS, BELFAST

• KODI SMIT-MCPHEE, THE POWER OF THE DOG

• JEFFREY WRIGHT, THE FRENCH DISPATCH

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• CATRIONA BALFE, BELFAST

• KIRSTEN DUNST, THE POWER OF THE DOG - WINNER

• ARIANA DEBOSE, WEST SIDE STORY

• RITA MORENO, WEST SIDE STORY

• RUTH NEGGA, PASSING

BEST DIRECTOR

• PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON, LICORICE PIZZA

• WES ANDERSON, THE FRENCH DISPATCH

• JANE CAMPION, THE POWER OF THE DOG - WINNER

• RYUSUKE HAMAGUCHI, DRIVE MY CAR

• STEVEN SPIELBERG, WEST SIDE STORY

BEST SCREENPLAY

• PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON, LICORICE PIZZA - WINNER

• JANE CAMPION AND THOMAS SAVAGE, THE POWER OF THE DOG

• RYÛSUKE HAMAGUCHI, HARUKI MURAKAMI, AND TAKAMASA OE, DRIVE MY CAR

• MIKE MILLS, C'MON, C'MON

• AARON SORKIN, BEING THE RICARDOS

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• BRUNO DELBONNEL, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH - WINNER

• GREIG FRASER, DUNE

• JANUSZ KAMINSKI, WEST SIDE STORY

• DAN LAUSTSEN, NIGHTMARE ALLEY

• ARI WEGNER, THE POWER OF THE DOG

BEST SCORE

• ALEXANDRE DESPLAT, THE FRENCH DISPATCH

• JONNY GREENWOOD, THE POWER OF THE DOG

• JONNY GREENWOOD, SPENCER

• JEYMES SAMUEL, THE HARDER THEY FALL

• HANS ZIMMER, DUNE

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

• LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN ACTION CINEMA - SONNY CHIBA