The 2020-21 Awards Season keeps trending Nomadland.

The microbudget indie starring Frances McDormand as a low-income widow who decides to embrace a nomadic life in modern America won the top prizes at the 26th Annual Critics Choice Awards: Best Picture and Best Director, Chloé Zhao. It also won for Adapted Screenplay (going to Zhao) and Cinematography.

The four awards match other recent wins in recent awards shows, which have been riding a wave of an early and consistent critical embrace.

Meanwhile, Netflix’s Citizen Kane “writing of” drama Mank came up short. Of its 12 nominations (tops for this year), it only managed to win one for Production Design.

The #MeToo vigilante thriller Promising Young Woman gained steamed, winning Best Actress for Carey Mulligan and Best Original Screenplay for writer/director Emerald Fennell, who beat out favorite Aaron Sorkin for The Trial of the Chicago 7.

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom also boasted a strong showing with three wins. Leading the way was the late Chadwick Boseman, who was named Best Actor (and seems to be an Oscar lock at this point; a SAG win should secure that status). His widow gave another deeply moving and well-spoken speech on his behalf, following a similar display at the Golden Globes. Ma Rainey’s also took two tech awards: Costume Design and Hair & Makeup.

But perhaps the most emotional and endearing speech came from the most unexpected source and category: Alan Kim, the 8-year-old actor from the Korean immigrant drama Minari, who won for Best Young Actor/Actress. Overwhelmed, his sincere joy and gratitude turned into unstoppable tears. (You can watch it here.)

The 26th Annual Critics Choice Awards aired on Sunday March 7, 2021 on the CW. The virtual ceremony was hosted by Taye Diggs.

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

BEST PICTURE
Winner: Nomadland

Other Nominees:
– Da 5 Bloods
– Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
– Mank
– Minari
– News of the World
– One Night in Miami…
– Promising Young Woman
– Sound of Metal
– The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST DIRECTOR
Winner: Chloé Zhao, Nomadland

Other Nominees:
– 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

BEST ACTOR
Winner: Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Other Nominees:
– Ben Affleck, The Way Back
– Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
– Tom Hanks, News of the World
– Anthony Hopkins, The Father
– Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods
– Gary Oldman, Mank
– Steven Yeun, Minari

BEST ACTRESS
Winner: Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

Other Nominees:
– 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
– Zendaya, Malcolm & Marie

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah

Other Nominees:
– Chadwick Boseman, Da 5 Bloods
– Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7
– Bill Murray, On the Rocks
– Leslie Odom Jr., One Night in Miami…
– Paul Raci, Sound of Metal

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner: Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Other Nominees:
– 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
Winner: Alan Kim, Minari

Other Nominees:
– Ryder Allen, Palmer
– Ibrahima Gueye, The Life Ahead
– Talia Ryder, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
– Caoilinn Springall, The Midnight Sky
– Helena Zengel, News of the World

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Winner: The Trial of the Chicago 7

Other Nominees:
– 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
Winner: Promising Young Woman, Emerald Fennell

Other Nominees:
– Mank, Jack Fincher
– Minari, Lee Isaac Chung
– Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Eliza Hittman
– Sound of Metal, Darius Marder, Abraham Marder
– The Trial of the Chicago 7, Aaron Sorkin

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Winner: Nomadland, Chloé Zhao

Other Nominees:
– 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
– One Night in Miami…, Kemp Powers

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Winner: Nomadland, Joshua James Richards

Other Nominees:
– Da 5 Bloods, Newton Thomas Sigel
– First Cow, Christopher Blauvelt
– Mank, Erik Messerschmidt
– Minari, Lachlan Milne
– News of the World, Dariusz Wolskis
– Tenet, Hoyte Van Hoytema

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Winner: Mank

Other Nominees:
– Emma.
– Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
– News of the World
– The Personal History of David Copperfield
– Tenet

BEST EDITING
Winner (TIE): The Trial of the Chicago 7; Sound of Metal

Other Nominees:
– The Father
– Mank
– Nomadland
– Tenet

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Winner: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Other Nominees:
– Emma.
– Mank
– Mulan
– The Personal History of David Copperfield
– Promising Young Woman

BEST HAIR & MAKEUP
Winner: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Other Nominees:
– Emma.
– Hillbilly Elegy
– Mank
– Promising Young Woman
– The United States vs. Billie Holiday

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Winner: Tenet

Other Nominees:
– Greyhound
– The Invisible Man
– Mank
– The Midnight Sky
– Mulan
– Wonder Woman 1984

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Winner: Minari

Other Nominees:
– Another Round
– Collective
– La Llorona
– The Life Ahead
– Two Of Us

BEST COMEDY
Winner: Palm Springs

Other Nominees:
– Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
– The Forty-Year-Old Version
– The King of Staten Island
– On the Rocks
– The Prom

BEST SONG
Winner: “Speak Now” – One Night in Miami…

Other Nominees:
– “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
– “Everybody Cries” – The Outpost
– “Tigress & Tweed” – The United States vs. Billie Holiday

BEST SCORE
Winner: Soul, Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross

Other Nominees:
– The Midnight Sky, Alexandre Desplat
– Mank, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
– Minari, Emile Mosseri
– News of the World, James Newton Howard
– Tenet, Ludwig Göransson

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Golden Globe Award Winners
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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