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Critics' Choice 2021 winners and nominees

The 2021 Critics' Choice Awards, by category: the winner first, then the nominees.

Reported results from TVDB and Wikidata. Coverage is incomplete.

Best Acting Ensemble

The Trial of the Chicago 7
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
GoodWatch score 80
Won
Judas and the Black Messiah
Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
GoodWatch score 83
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
GoodWatch score 80
One Night in Miami...
One Night in Miami... (2020)
GoodWatch score 81
Da 5 Bloods
Da 5 Bloods (2020)
GoodWatch score 74
Minari
Minari (2020)
GoodWatch score 86

Best Limited Series

The Queen's Gambit
The Queen's Gambit (2020)
GoodWatch score 81
Won
Small Axe
Small Axe (2020)
GoodWatch score 85
I May Destroy You
I May Destroy You (2020)
GoodWatch score 83
The Plot Against America
The Plot Against America (2020)
GoodWatch score 78
Normal People
Normal People (2020)
GoodWatch score 82
Unorthodox
Unorthodox (2020)
GoodWatch score 84

Best Comedy Series

Ted Lasso
Ted Lasso (2020)
GoodWatch score 81
Won
The Flight Attendant
The Flight Attendant (2020)
GoodWatch score 76
Better Things
Better Things (2016)
GoodWatch score 85
PEN15
PEN15 (2019)
GoodWatch score 86
Schitt's Creek
Schitt's Creek (2015)
GoodWatch score 77
Ramy
Ramy (2019)
GoodWatch score 83

Best Picture

Nomadland
Nomadland (2021)
GoodWatch score 81
Won
The Trial of the Chicago 7
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
GoodWatch score 80
News of the World
News of the World (2020)
GoodWatch score 75
Promising Young Woman
Promising Young Woman (2020)
GoodWatch score 78
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
GoodWatch score 80
Sound of Metal
Sound of Metal (2020)
GoodWatch score 85
Minari
Minari (2020)
GoodWatch score 86
Da 5 Bloods
Da 5 Bloods (2020)
GoodWatch score 74
One Night in Miami...
One Night in Miami... (2020)
GoodWatch score 81
Mank
Mank (2020)
GoodWatch score 73

Best Actor

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
GoodWatch score 80
Won
Mank
Mank (2020)
GoodWatch score 73
Sound of Metal
Sound of Metal (2020)
GoodWatch score 85
News of the World
News of the World (2020)
GoodWatch score 75
The Way Back
The Way Back (2020)
GoodWatch score 72
The Father
The Father (2020)
GoodWatch score 85
Minari
Minari (2020)
GoodWatch score 86
Da 5 Bloods
Da 5 Bloods (2020)
GoodWatch score 74

Best Actress

Promising Young Woman
Promising Young Woman (2020)
GoodWatch score 78
Won
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)
GoodWatch score 82
Nomadland
Nomadland (2021)
GoodWatch score 81
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)
GoodWatch score 58
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
GoodWatch score 80
Pieces of a Woman
Pieces of a Woman (2020)
GoodWatch score 71
Malcolm & Marie
Malcolm & Marie (2021)
GoodWatch score 59

Best Young Actor/Actress

Minari
Minari (2020)
GoodWatch score 86
Won
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)
GoodWatch score 82
News of the World
News of the World (2020)
GoodWatch score 75
Palmer
Palmer (2021)
GoodWatch score 69
The Life Ahead
The Life Ahead (2020)
GoodWatch score 74
The Midnight Sky
The Midnight Sky (2020)
GoodWatch score 50

Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

Small Axe
Small Axe (2020)
GoodWatch score 85
Won
Normal People
Normal People (2020)
GoodWatch score 82
Fargo
Fargo (2014)
GoodWatch score 86
I Know This Much Is True
I Know This Much Is True (2020)
GoodWatch score 74
The Plot Against America
The Plot Against America (2020)
GoodWatch score 78

Best Supporting Actress

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2020)
GoodWatch score 69
Won
The Father
The Father (2020)
GoodWatch score 85
Pieces of a Woman
Pieces of a Woman (2020)
GoodWatch score 71
Mank
Mank (2020)
GoodWatch score 73
Hillbilly Elegy
Hillbilly Elegy (2020)
GoodWatch score 49

Best Supporting Actor

Judas and the Black Messiah
Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
GoodWatch score 83
The Trial of the Chicago 7
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
GoodWatch score 80
Won
Da 5 Bloods
Da 5 Bloods (2020)
GoodWatch score 74
On the Rocks
On the Rocks (2020)
GoodWatch score 69
One Night in Miami...
One Night in Miami... (2020)
GoodWatch score 81
Sound of Metal
Sound of Metal (2020)
GoodWatch score 85

Best Actor in a Comedy Series

Ted Lasso
Ted Lasso (2020)
GoodWatch score 81
Won
Schitt's Creek
Schitt's Creek (2015)
GoodWatch score 77
Brockmire
Brockmire (2017)
GoodWatch score 82
Ramy
Ramy (2019)
GoodWatch score 83

Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

The Queen's Gambit
The Queen's Gambit (2020)
GoodWatch score 81
Won
Normal People
Normal People (2020)
GoodWatch score 82
Unorthodox
Unorthodox (2020)
GoodWatch score 84
I May Destroy You
I May Destroy You (2020)
GoodWatch score 83
Helstrom
Helstrom (2020)
GoodWatch score 49

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Ted Lasso
Ted Lasso (2020)
GoodWatch score 81
Won
The Conners
The Conners (2018)
GoodWatch score 64
Emily in Paris
Emily in Paris (2020)
GoodWatch score 60
Schitt's Creek
Schitt's Creek (2015)
GoodWatch score 77

Best Actress in a Comedy Series

Schitt's Creek
Schitt's Creek (2015)
GoodWatch score 77
Won
The Flight Attendant
The Flight Attendant (2020)
GoodWatch score 76
Better Things
Better Things (2016)
GoodWatch score 85

Best Original Screenplay

Promising Young Woman
Promising Young Woman (2020)
GoodWatch score 78
Won
The Trial of the Chicago 7
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
GoodWatch score 80
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)
GoodWatch score 82
Mank
Mank (2020)
GoodWatch score 73
Sound of Metal
Sound of Metal (2020)
GoodWatch score 85
Minari
Minari (2020)
GoodWatch score 86

Best Animated Feature

The Mitchells vs. the Machines
The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021)
GoodWatch score 84
Won
Encanto
Encanto (2021)
GoodWatch score 78
Luca
Luca (2021)
GoodWatch score 79
Raya and the Last Dragon
Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
GoodWatch score 78
Flee
Flee (2021)
GoodWatch score 85

Best Cinematography

Nomadland
Nomadland (2021)
GoodWatch score 81
Won
Tenet
Tenet (2020)
GoodWatch score 70
News of the World
News of the World (2020)
GoodWatch score 75
Da 5 Bloods
Da 5 Bloods (2020)
GoodWatch score 74
Minari
Minari (2020)
GoodWatch score 86
First Cow
First Cow (2020)
GoodWatch score 81
Mank
Mank (2020)
GoodWatch score 73

Best Foreign Language Film

Minari
Minari (2020)
GoodWatch score 86
Won
Another Round
Another Round (2020)
GoodWatch score 83
The Life Ahead
The Life Ahead (2020)
GoodWatch score 74
La Llorona
La Llorona (2019)
GoodWatch score 75
Collective
Collective (2019)
GoodWatch score 88
Two of Us
Two of Us (2020)
GoodWatch score 80

Best Editing

The Trial of the Chicago 7
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
GoodWatch score 80
Sound of Metal
Sound of Metal (2020)
GoodWatch score 85
Won
Tenet
Tenet (2020)
GoodWatch score 70
Nomadland
Nomadland (2021)
GoodWatch score 81
The Father
The Father (2020)
GoodWatch score 85
Mank
Mank (2020)
GoodWatch score 73

Best Comedy Special

Michelle Buteau: Welcome to Buteaupia
Michelle Buteau: Welcome to Buteaupia (2020)
GoodWatch score 62
Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill
Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill (2020)
GoodWatch score 67
Won
Hannah Gadsby: Douglas
Hannah Gadsby: Douglas (2020)
GoodWatch score 82
Marc Maron: End Times Fun
Marc Maron: End Times Fun (2020)
GoodWatch score 65
Patton Oswalt: I Love Everything
Patton Oswalt: I Love Everything (2020)
GoodWatch score 81
Fortune Feimster: Sweet & Salty
Fortune Feimster: Sweet & Salty (2020)
GoodWatch score 65

Best Comedy

Palm Springs
Palm Springs (2020)
GoodWatch score 78
Won
The Prom
The Prom (2020)
GoodWatch score 56
On the Rocks
On the Rocks (2020)
GoodWatch score 69
The Forty-Year-Old Version
The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020)
GoodWatch score 79
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2020)
GoodWatch score 69
The King of Staten Island
The King of Staten Island (2020)
GoodWatch score 71

Best Production Design

Mank
Mank (2020)
GoodWatch score 73
Won
Tenet
Tenet (2020)
GoodWatch score 70
The Personal History of David Copperfield
The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)
GoodWatch score 72
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
GoodWatch score 80
News of the World
News of the World (2020)
GoodWatch score 75