Critics’ Choice… 2021 BEST PICTURE Belfast CODA Don’t Look Up Dune King Richard Licorice Pizza Nightmare Alley The Power of the Dog WINNER tick, tick… Boom! West Side Story BEST COMEDY Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar Don’t Look Up Free Guy The French Dispatch Licorice Pizza WINNER BEST ACTOR Nicolas Cage (Pig) Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog) Peter Dinklage (Cyrano) Andrew Garfield (tick, tick… Boom!) Will Smith (King Richard) WINNER Denzel Washington (The Tragedy of Macbeth) BEST ACTRESS Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye) WINNER Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter) Lady Gaga (House of Gucci) Alana Haim (Licorice Pizza) Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos) Kristen Stewart (Spencer) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Jamie Dornan (Belfast) Ciarán Hinds (Belfast) Troy Kotsur (CODA) WINNER Jared Leto (House of Gucci) J.K. Simmons (Being the Ricardos) Kodi Smit-Smit (The Power of the Dog) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Caitriona Balfe (Belfast) Ariana DeBose (West Side Story) WINNER Ann Dowd (Mass) Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog) Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard) Rita Moreno (West Side Story) BEST YOUNG PERFORMER Jude Hill (Belfast) WINNER Cooper Hoffman (Licorice Pizza) Emilia Jones (CODA) Woody Norman (C’mon C’mon) Saniyya Sidney (King Richard) Rachel Zegler (West Side Story) BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE Belfast WINNER Don’t Look Up The Harder They Fall Licorice Pizza The Power of the Dog West Side Story BEST DIRECTOR Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza) Kenneth Branagh (Belfast) Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog) WINNER Guillermo del Toro (Nightmare Alley) Steven Spielberg (West Side Story) Denis Villeneuve (Dune) BEST SCREENPLAY — ADAPTED CODA (Siân Heder) Dune (Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts & Denis Villeneuve) The Lost Daughter (Maggie Gyllenhaal) The Power of the Dog (Jane Campion) WINNER West Side Story (Tony Kushner) BEST SCREENPLAY — ORIGINAL Being the Ricardos (Aaron Sorkin) Belfast (Kenneth Branagh) WINNER Don’t Look Up (Adam McKay & David Sirota) King Richard (Zach Baylin) Licorice Pizza (Paul Thomas Anderson) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Belfast (Haris Zambarloukos) Dune (Greig Fraser) Nightmare Alley (Dan Laustsen) The Power of the Dog (Ari Wegner) WINNER The Tragedy of Macbeth (Bruno Delbonnel) West Side Story (Janusz Kaminski) BEST EDITING Belfast (Úna Ní Dhonghaíle) Dune (Joe Walker) Licorice Pizza (Andy Jurgensen) The Power of the Dog (Peter Sciberras) West Side Story (Sarah Broshar & Michael Kahn) WINNER BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Belfast (Jim Clay & Claire Nia Richards) Dune (Patrice Vermette & Zsuzsanna Sipos) WINNER The French Dispatch (Adam Stockhausen & Rena DeAngelo) Nightmare Alley (Tamara Deverell & Shane Vieau) West Side Story (Adam Stockhausen & Rena DeAngel) BEST COSTUME DESIGN Cruella (Jenny Beavan) WINNER Dune (Robert Morgan & Jacqueline West) House of Gucci (Janty Yates) Nightmare Alley (Luis Sequeira) West Side Story (Paul Tazewell) BEST HAIR & MAKEUP Cruella Dune The Eyes of Tammy Faye WINNER House of Gucci Nightmare Alley BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Dune WINNER The Matrix Resurrections Nightmare Alley No Time to Die Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings BEST SCORE Dune (Hans Zimmer) WINNER Don’t Look Up (Nicholas Britell) Nightmare Alley (Nathan Johnson) The Power of the Dog (Jonny Greenwood) Spencer (Jonny Greenwood) BEST SONG Don’t look Up “Just Look Up” Encarto “Dos Oruguitas” The Harder They Fall “Guns Go Bang” King Richard “Be Alive” No Time to Die “No Time to Die” WINNER BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Drive My Car (Japan) WINNER Flee (Denmark) The Hand of God (Italy) A Hero (France/Iran) The Worst Person in the World (Norway) BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Encanto Flee Luca The Mitchells vs the Machines WINNER Raya and the Last Dragon TELEVISION BEST DRAMA SERIES Evil (Paramount+) For All Mankind (Apple+) The Good Fight (Paramount+) Pose (FX) Squid Game (Netflix) Succession (HBO) WINNER This is Us (NBC) Yellowjackets (Showtime) BEST ACTOR in a DRAMA SERIES Sterling K. Brown (This is Us) Mike Colter (Evil) Brian Cox (Succession) Lee jung-jae (Squid Game) WINNER Billy Porter (Pose) Jeremy Strong (Succession) BEST ACTRESS in a DRAMA SERIES Uzo Aduba (In Treatment) Chiara Aurelia (Cruel Summer) Christine Baranski (The Good Fight) Katja Herbers (Evil) Melanie Lynskey (Yellowjackets) WINNER MJ Rodriguez (Pose) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR in a DRAMA SERIES Nicholas Braun (Succession) Billy Crudup (The Morning Show) Kieran Culkin (Succession) WINNER Justin Hartley (This is Us) Matthew Macfadyen (Succession) Mandy Patinkin (The Good Fight) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS in a DRAMA SERIES Andrea Martin (Evil) Audra McDonald (The Good Fight) Christine Lahti (Evil) J. Smith-Cameron (Succession) Sarah Snook (Succession) WINNER Susan Kelechi Watson (This is Us) BEST COMEDY SERIES The Great (Hulu) Hacks (HBO Max) Insecure (HBO) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) The Other Two (HBO Max) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) Ted Lasso (Apple+) WINNER What We Do in the Shadows (FX) BEST ACTOR in a COMEDY SERIES Iain Armitage (Young Sheldon) Nicholas Hoult (The Great) Steve Martin (Only Murders in the Building) Kayvan Novak (What We Do in the Shadows) Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building) Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso) WINNER BEST ACTRESS in a COMEDY SERIES Elle Fanning (The Great) Renée Elise Goldsberry (Girls5eva) Selena Gomez (Only Murders in the Building) Sandra Oh (The Chair) Issa Rae (Insecure) Jean Smart (Hacks) WINNER BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR in a COMEDY SERIES Ncuti Gatwa (Sex Education) Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso) WINNER Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows) Brandon Scott Jones (Ghosts) Ray Romano (Made for Love) Bowen Yang (Saturday Night Live) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS in a COMEDY SERIES Hannah Einbinder (Hacks) Kristin Chenoweth (Schmigadoon!) Molly Shannon (The Other Two) Cecily Strong (Saturday Night Live) Josie Totah (Saved by the Bell) Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso) WINNER BEST LIMITED SERIES Dopesick (Hulu) Dr. Death (Peacock) It’s a Sin (HBO Max) Maid (Netflix) Mare of Easttown (HBO) WINNER Midnight Mass (Netflix) The Underground Railroad (Amazon Prime) WandaVision (Disney+) BEST MOVIE made for TV Come From Away (Apple+) List of a Lifetime (Lifetime) The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (Amazon Prime) Oslo (HBO) WINNER Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (Lifetime) Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas (The Roku Channel) BEST ACTOR in a MOVIE made for TELEVISION or LIMITED SERIES Olly Alexander (It’s a Sin) Paul Bettany (WandaVision) William Jackson Harper (Love Life) Joshua Jackson (Dr. Death) Michael Keaton (Dopesick) WINNER Hamish Linklater (Midnight Mass) BEST ACTRESS in a MOVIE made for TELEVISION or LIMITED SERIES Danielle Brooks (Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia) Cynthia Erivo (Genius: Aretha) Thuso Mbedu (The Underground Railroad) Elizabeth Olsen (WandaVision) Margaret Qualley (Maid) Kate Winslet (Mare of Easttown) WINNER BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR in a MOVIE made for TELEVISION or LIMITED SERIES Murray Bartlett (The White Lotus) WINNER Zach Gilford (Midnight Mass) William Jackson Harper (The Underground Railroad) Evan Peters (Mare of Easttown) Christian Slater (Dr. Death) Courtney B. Vance (Genius: Aretha) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS in a MOVIE made for TELEVISION or LIMITED SERIES Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus) WINNER Kaitlyn Dever (Dopesick) Kathryn Hahn (WandaVision) Melissa McCarthy (Nine Perfect Strangers) Julianne Nicholson (Mare of Easttown) Jean Smart (Mare of Easttown) BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SERIES Acapulco (Mexico) Call My Agent (France) Lupin (France) Money Heist (Spain) Narcos: Mexico (U.S./Mexico) Squid Game (South Korea) WINNER BEST ANIMATED SERIES Big Mouth (Netflix) Bluey (Disney+) Bob’s Burgers (Fox) The Great North (Fox) Q-Force (Netflix) What if…? (Disney+) WINNER BEST TALK SHOW The Amber Ruffin Show (Peacock) Desus & Mero (Showtime) The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBC) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) WINNER Late Night with Seth Myers (NBC) Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Bravo) BEST COMEDY SPECIAL Bo Burnham: Inside (Netflix) WINNER Good Timing with Jo Firestone (Peacock) James Acaster: Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999 (Vimeo) Joyelle Nicole Johnson: Love Joy (Peacock) Nate Bargatze: The Greatest Average American (Netflix) Trixie Mattel: One Night Only (YouTube) LIFETIME ACHEIVEMENT AWARD Billy Crystal SEE HER AWARD Halle Berry The Critics Choice Awards, originally scheduled for January 9, were held March 13, 2022 and simulcast on the CW and TBS beginning at 7 pm EST. Return to Critics’ Choice Share this:TwitterFacebookLinkedInLike this:Like Loading...