The Golden Globes will always be the second-most watched awards show after the Academy Awards, but the Critics’ Choice gala has eclipsed them as the most reliable Oscar predictor.

With that in mind, Netflix’s Mank continues to build its momentum in the Oscar race with 12 nominations from the Critics Choice Awards. And thanks to a streaming-friendly season (due to the COVID-19 pandemic), Netflix also set a single-studio record with 4 nominees for Best Picture in one year.

From director David Fincher (and written by his late father Jack — both nominated), Mank is the story of Herman J. Mankiewicz (played by nominee Gary Oldman) and his challenges with writing the screenplay for the Orson Welles classic Citizen Kane, considered one of the greatest films ever made.

Coming in second with a surprise 10 nominations is Minari, the small indie film starring Stephen Yeun about an immigrant Korean family in the 1980s trying to start a life in rural Arkansas.

Other major nominees included Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (8 nominations), starring Viola Davis and the late Chadwick Boseman (both nominated), and the Tom Hanks western News of the World (7 nominations).

For a group that is supposed to be discerning, the Critics Choice membership has come to allow as many as 7 to 8 nominees in categories other than Best Picture. The result ends up being a checklist of acting nominees that have been routinely cited throughout awards season.

Even so, there were a few surprise omissions, perhaps most prominently Michelle Pfeiffer for French Exit and a shutout of the supporting actors from Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. There was also First Cow, a popular choice on various Top 10 Lists and some critics groups, which only manage nods for Adapted Screenplay and Cinematography.

The voting body also reduced their number of overall categories, ditching genre lineups like Best Animated Feature (surprisingly) and (less surprisingly) Best Action Movie and Best SciFi/Horror Movie.

The 26th Annual Critics Choice Awards will air Sunday March 7, 2021 at 8pm EST / 7pm CST on the CW. It will be hosted by Taye Diggs.

NOMINEES FOR
THE 26th ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS
Best in Film for 2020

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

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

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

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
– Emma.
– Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
– Mank
– News of the World
– The Personal History of David Copperfield
– Tenet

BEST EDITING
– The Father
– Mank
– Nomadland
– Sound of Metal
– Tenet
– The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
– Emma.
– Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
– Mank
– Mulan
– The Personal History of David Copperfield
– Promising Young Woman

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

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

For Television Nominees, click here.

Click on links below for other Critics Group Awards and Guild Nominees that have been announced so far for the 2020 / 21 season:

Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations
Golden Globe Nominations
National Board of Review
National Society of Film Critics
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle
Chicago Film Critics Association
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
New York Film Critics Circle
Boston Society of Film Critics