The 2021 Phoenix Critics Circle (PCC) Awards

BEST PICTURE: THE POWER OF THE DOG
Other Nominees:
DRIVE MY CAR
LICORICE PIZZA
SPENCER
WEST SIDE STORY

BEST COMEDY FILM: LICORICE PIZZA
Other Nominees:
BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR
THE FRENCH DISPATCH
RED ROCKET
SHIVA BABY

BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM: DUNE
Other Nominees:
THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES
A QUIET PLACE PART II
SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS
THE SUICIDE SQUAD

BEST HORROR FILM: TITANE
Other Nominees:
CANDYMAN
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
MALIGNANT
THE NIGHT HOUSE

BEST ANIMATED FILM: THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES
Other Nominees:
ENCANTO
LUCA
RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON
VIVO

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: DRIVE MY CAR
Other Nominees:
THE HAND OF GOD
PETITE MAMAN
TITANE
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

BEST DOCUMENTARY: SUMMER OF SOUL
Other Nominees:
FLEE
THE SPARKS BROTHERS
VAL
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND

BEST ACTOR: BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Other Nominees:
NICOLAS CAGE, PIG
ANDREW GARFIELD TICK,TICK…BOOM!
JOAQUIN PHOENIX, C'MON C'MON
DENZEL WASHINGTON, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH

BEST ACTRESS: KRISTEN STEWART, SPENCER
Other Nominees:
OLIVIA COLMAN, THE LOST DAUGHTER
LADY GAGA, HOUSE OF GUCCI
ALANA HAIM, LICORICE PIZZA
NICOLE KIDMAN, BEING THE RICARDOS

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: MIKE FAIST, WEST SIDE STORY
Other Nominees:
BRADLEY COOPER, LICORICE PIZZA
CIARIN HINDS, BELFAST
KODI SMIT-MCPHEE, THE POWER OF THE DOG
JEFFREY WRIGHT, THE FRENCH DISPATCH

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: KIRSTEN DUNST, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Other Nominees:
CATRIONA BALFE, BELFAST
ARIANA DEBOSE, WEST SIDE STORY
RITA MORENO, WEST SIDE STORY
RUTH NEGGA, PASSING

BEST DIRECTOR: JANE CAMPION, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Other Nominees:
PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON, LICORICE PIZZA
WES ANDERSON, THE FRENCH DISPATCH
RYUSUKE HAMAGUCHI, DRIVE MY CAR
STEVEN SPIELBERG, WEST SIDE STORY

BEST SCREENPLAY: PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON, LICORICE PIZZA
Other Nominees:
JANE CAMPION AND THOMAS SAVAGE, THE POWER OF THE DOG
RYÛSUKE HAMAGUCHI, HARUKI MURAKAMI, AND TAKAMASA OE, DRIVE MY CAR
MIKE MILLS, C'MON, C'MON
AARON SORKIN, BEING THE RICARDOS

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: BRUNO DELBONNEL, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
Other Nominees:
GREIG FRASER, DUNE
JANUSZ KAMINSKI, WEST SIDE STORY
DAN LAUSTSEN, NIGHTMARE ALLEY
ARI WEGNER, THE POWER OF THE DOG

BEST SCORE: JONNY GREENWOOD, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Other Nominees:
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT, THE FRENCH DISPATCH
JONNY GREENWOOD, SPENCER
JEYMES SAMUEL, THE HARDER THEY FALL
HANS ZIMMER, DUNE

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