26th Critics' Choice Awards

26th Critics' Choice Awards
26th Critics' Choice Awards
	Title card
Date	March 7, 2021
Hosted by	Taye Diggs
Official website	www.criticschoice.com
Highlights
Most nominations	Mank (12)
Television coverage
Network	The CW
	← 25th; Critics' Choice Awards; 27th →;

The 26th Critics' Choice Awards will be presented on March 7, 2021, honoring the finest achievements of 2020 filmmaking. The ceremony will be broadcast on The CW, alongside the television awards, with Taye Diggs hosting for the third consecutive time.^[1] The film nominations were announced on February 8, 2021.^[2]

Mank led the nominations with 12, followed by Minari with 10.^[3] Overall, Netflix received a total of 72 nominations, 46 for film and 26 for television, the most for any studio or network.

Nominees

Best Movie 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 Movie Director Lee Isaac Chung – Minari Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman David Fincher – Mank Regina King – One Night in Miami Spike Lee – Da 5 Bloods Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7 Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
Best Movie Actor Ben Affleck – The Way Back as Jack Cunningham Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal as Ruben Stone Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Levee Green Tom Hanks – News of the World as Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd Anthony Hopkins – The Father as Anthony Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods as Paul Gary Oldman – Mank as Herman J. Mankiewicz Steven Yeun – Minari as Jacob Yi	Best Movie Actress Viola Davis – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Ma Rainey Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday as Billie Holiday Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always as Autumn Callahan Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman as Martha Weiss Frances McDormand – Nomadland as Fern Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman as Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas Zendaya – Malcolm & Marie as Marie Jones
Best Movie Supporting Actor Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 as Abbie Hoffman Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods as "Stormin'" Norman Earl Holloway Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah as Fred Hampton Bill Murray – On the Rocks as Felix Keane Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami as Sam Cooke Paul Raci – Sound of Metal as Joe	Best Movie Supporting Actress Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm as Tutar Sagdiyev Ellen Burstyn – Pieces of a Woman as Elizabeth Weiss Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy as Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance Olivia Colman – The Father as Anne Amanda Seyfried – Mank as Marion Davies Youn Yuh-jung – Minari as Soon-ja
Best Movie Young Acting Ryder Allen – Palmer as Sam Ibrahima Gueye – The Life Ahead as Momo Alan Kim – Minari as David Yi Talia Ryder – Never Rarely Sometimes Always as Skylar Caoilinn Springall – The Midnight Sky as Young Iris "Sully" Sullivan Helena Zengel – News of the World as Johanna Leonberger / Cicada	Best Movie Cast 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 Movie Original Screenplay Lee Isaac Chung – Minari Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman Jack Fincher – Mank Eliza Hittman – Never Rarely Sometimes Always Darius Marder and Abraham Marder – Sound of Metal Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7	Best Movie Adapted Screenplay Paul Greengrass and Luke Davies – News of the World Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller – The Father Kemp Powers – One Night in Miami Jonathan Raymond and Kelly Reichardt – First Cow Ruben Santiago-Hudson – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
Best Movie 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 Movie 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 Movie Costumes Alexandra Byrne – Emma. Bina Daigeler – Mulan Suzie Harman and Robert Worley – The Personal History of David Copperfield Ann Roth – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Nancy Steiner – Promising Young Woman Trish Summerville – Mank	Best Movie Scenic Design Donald Graham Burt and Jan Pascale – Mank Cristina Casali and Charlotte Dirickx – The Personal History of David Copperfield David Crank and Elizabeth Keenan – News of the World Nathan Crowley and Kathy Lucas – Tenet Stella Fox and Kave Quinn – Emma. Karen O'Hara, Mark Ricker, and Diana Stoughton – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Best Movie Score Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, and Atticus Ross – Soul Alexandre Desplat – The Midnight Sky Ludwig Göransson – Tenet James Newton Howard – News of the World Emile Mosseri – Minari Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Mank	Best Movie 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 Movie Hair and Makeup Emma. Hillbilly Elegy Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Mank Promising Young Woman The United States vs. Billie Holiday	Best Movie Visual Effects Greyhound The Invisible Man Mank The Midnight Sky Mulan Tenet Wonder Woman 1984
Best Comedy Movie The 40-Year-Old Version Borat Subsequent Moviefilm The King of Staten Island On the Rocks Palm Springs The Prom	Best Foreign Language Movie Another Round Collective La Llorona The Life Ahead Minari Two of Us

#SeeHer Award

Zendaya^[4]

Films by multiple nominations

The following twenty-five films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Film	Studio(s)
12	Mank	Netflix
10	Minari	A24
8	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom	Netflix
7	News of the World	Universal Pictures
6	Da 5 Bloods	Netflix
	Nomadland	Searchlight Pictures
	One Night in Miami	Amazon Studios
	Promising Young Woman	Focus Features
	The Trial of the Chicago 7	Netflix
5	Sound of Metal	Amazon Studios
5	Tenet	Warner Bros.
4	The Father	Sony Pictures Classics
3	Emma.	Focus Features
	Judas and the Black Messiah	Warner Bros.
	The Life Ahead	Netflix
	The Midnight Sky	Netflix
	Never Rarely Sometimes Always	Focus Features
	The United States vs. Billie Holiday	Hulu
2	Borat Subsequent Moviefilm	Amazon Studios
	First Cow	A24
	Hillbilly Elegy	Netflix
	Mulan	Walt Disney Pictures
	On the Rocks	A24 / Apple TV+
	The Personal History of David Copperfield	Searchlight Pictures
	Pieces of a Woman	Netflix

References

^ "Annual Critics Choice Awards Returns To The CW Network On Sunday, March 7, 2021 With Host Taye Diggs". Critics Choice Association. June 20, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
^ "Film nominees for the 26th annual Critics Choice Awards have been announced". Critics Choice Association. February 8, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
^ Davis, Clayton (February 8, 2021). "Critics Choice Awards: 'Mank' Leads With 12 Nominations, Netflix Makes History With Four Best Picture Nominees". Variety. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
^ Welk, Brian (February 17, 2021). "Zendaya to Receive SeeHer Prize at Critics Choice Awards". TheWrap. Retrieved February 17, 2021.

[1] "Annual Critics Choice Awards Returns To The CW Network On Sunday, March 7, 2021 With Host Taye Diggs". Critics Choice Association. June 20, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2020.

[2] "Film nominees for the 26th annual Critics Choice Awards have been announced". Critics Choice Association. February 8, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2021.

[3] Davis, Clayton (February 8, 2021). "Critics Choice Awards: 'Mank' Leads With 12 Nominations, Netflix Makes History With Four Best Picture Nominees". Variety. Retrieved February 8, 2021.

[4] Welk, Brian (February 17, 2021). "Zendaya to Receive SeeHer Prize at Critics Choice Awards". TheWrap. Retrieved February 17, 2021.

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Critics Choice Association (CCA)
Awards	Acting Ensemble Actor Actress Adapted Screenplay Animated Feature Cinematography Comedy Costume Design Director Editing Foreign Language Film Hair and Makeup Original Screenplay Picture Production Design Score Song Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Visual Effects Young Performer
Retired	Action Movie (2008–2019) Actor in an Action Movie (2012–2016) Actress in an Action Movie (2012–2016) Actor in a Comedy (2012–2018) Actress in a Comedy (2012–2018) Documentary Feature (1995–2015) Family Film (1995–2007) Sci-Fi/Horror Movie (2012–2019) Sound (2009–2011)
Ceremonies	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 (years are of film release; ceremonies are the next year)

Nominees

#SeeHer Award

Films by multiple nominations

See also

References