^ Winner ^
Best Picture
1. ^ Nomadland ^
2. Da 5 Bloods
3. Promising Young Woman
4. Never Rarely Sometimes Always
5. First Cow
6. Minari
7. Sound of Metal
8. I’m Thinking of Ending Things
9. Soul
10. The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Animated Feature
Onward
Over the Moon
^ Soul ^
The Wolf House
Wolfwalkers
Best Director
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
Eliza Hittman – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Spike Lee – Da 5 Bloods
Kelly Reichardt – First Cow
^ Chloé Zhao – Nomadland ^
Best Actor
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins – The Father
^ Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods ^
Steven Yeun – Minari
Best Actress
Jessie Buckley – I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
^ Frances McDormand – Nomadland ^
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
Best Supporting Actor
Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods
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 ^
Olivia Colman – The Father
Talia Ryder – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Amanda Seyfried – Mank
Youn Yuh-jung – Minari
Best Original Screenplay
Da 5 Bloods – Danny Bilson, Paul Demeo, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee
Minari – Lee Isaac Chung
Never Rarely Sometimes Always – Eliza Hittman
^ Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell ^
The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Aaron Sorkin
Best Adapted Screenplay
First Cow – Jonathan Raymond, Kelly Reichardt
I’m Thinking of Ending Things – Charlie Kaufman
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Ruben Santiago-Hudson
^ Nomadland – Chloé Zhao ^
One Night in Miami – Kemp Powers
Best Editing
Da 5 Bloods – Adam Gough
Mank – Kirk Baxter
^ Nomadland – Chloé Zhao ^
Tenet – Jennifer Lame
The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Alan Baumgarten
Best Cinematography
Da 5 Bloods – Newton Thomas Sigel
First Cow – Christopher Blauvelt
Mank – Erik Messerschmidt
^ Nomadland – Joshua James Richards ^
Tenet – Hoyte Van Hoytema
Best Original Score
Da 5 Bloods – Terence Blanchard
Mank – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Minari – Emile Mosseri
^ Soul – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross ^
Tenet – Ludwig Goransson
Best Debut Feature
Radha Blank – The Forty-Year-Old Version
^ Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman ^
Regina King – One Night in Miami
Darius Marder – Sound of Metal
Andrew Patterson – The Vast of Night
Best Film Not in the English Language
Another Round (Denmark)
Bacurau (Brazil)
Collective (Romania)
La Llorona (Guatemala)
^ Minari (United States) ^
Best Documentary
Boys State
Collective
^ Dick Johnson Is Dead ^
The Painter and the Thief
Time
Technical Achievement Awards
^ Sound of Metal – Sound Design ^
^ Emma. – Costume Design ^
^ Tenet – Visual Effects ^
^ Mank – Production Design ^
^ The Invisible Man – Visual Effects ^
Lifetime Achievement Awards
^ Rob Bottin (Makeup Artist) ^
^ David Byrne (Composer) ^
^ Jane Fonda (Actor) ^
^ Jean-Luc Godard (Director) ^
^ Frederick Wiseman (Documentarian) ^
Special Achievement Awards
^ To distributor Kino Lorber for being the first company to offer virtual film distribution as a way to help independent theaters during the pandemic through the Kino Marquee. ^
^ To the independent theater entities that participated in presenting “Virtual Cinema” when forced to close due to the pandemic. Films that otherwise may not have been seen were made available through online platforms, with ticket prices shared by the distributor with the theater. ^
^ To “Small Axe” — Director Steve McQueen created a series of films for the small screen that rivals the best of the theatrical features of the year, that can be seen individually and yet work together to explore a cultural experience largely unseen on big screens, television, or streaming to date. ^
Non-U.S. Releases
A Beast in Love (Japan)
The Disciple (India)
Ghosts (Turkey)
Mogul Mowgli (United Kingdom)
New Order (Mexico)
Notturno (Italy)
Rocks (United Kingdom)
Saint Maud (United Kingdom)
Summer of 85 (France)
Undine (Germany)
