The 2021 National Society of Film Critics Awards

Best Picture
WINNER: NOMADLAND (52 points)
RUNNERS-UP:
FIRST COW (50 points)
NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS (41 points)

Best Director
WINNER: Chloé Zhao, NOMADLAND (58 points)
RUNNERS-UP:
Steve McQueen, SMALL AXE (41 points)
Kelly Reichardt, FIRST COW (30 points)

Best Actress
WINNER: Best Actress: Frances McDormand, NOMADLAND (46 points)
RUNNERS-UP:
Viola Davis, MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM (33 points)
Sidney Flanigan, NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS (29 points)

Best Actor
WINNER: Best Actor: Delroy Lindo, DA 5 BLOODS (52 points)
RUNNERS-UP:
Chadwick Boseman, MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM (47 points)
Riz Ahmed, SOUND OF METAL (32 points)

Best Supporting Actress
WINNER: Best Supporting Actress, Maria Bakalova, BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM (47 points)
RUNNERS-UP:
Amanda Seyfried, MANK (40 points)
Youn Yuh-jung, MINARI (33 points)

Best Supporting Actor
WINNER: Best Supporting Actor: Paul Raci, SOUND OF METAL (53 points)
RUNNER-UPS:
Glynn Turman, MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM (36 points)
Chadwick Boseman, DA 5 BLOODS (35 points)

Best Screenplay
WINNER: Best Screenplay: Eliza Hittman, NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS (38 points)
RUNNERS-UP:
Jon Raymond and Kelly Reichardt, FIRST COW (35 points)
Charlie Kaufman, I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS (29 points)

Best Cinematography
WINNER: Best Cinematography: Joshua James Richards, NOMADLAND (47 points)
RUNNERS-UP:
Shabier Kirchner, LOVERS ROCK (41 points)
Leonardo Simões, VITALINA VARELA (34 points)

Best Foreign-Language Film
WINNER: COLLECTIVE (38 points) Runners-up:
RUNNERS-UP:
BACURAU and BEANPOLE (36 points)
VITALINA VARELA (32 points)

Best Non-fiction Film
WINNER: TIME (46 points)
RUNNERS-UP:
CITY HALL (28 points)
COLLECTIVE (22 points)

Film Heritage Award
WINNERS:
Women Make Movies
Film Comment
Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, MA