The 2022 Music City Film Critics’ Association (MCFCA) Awards

Best Picture
Belfast
C’mon C’mon
CODA
Dune
Licorice Pizza
The French Dispatch
The Harder They Fall
The Power of the Dog
Tick, Tick…BOOM!
West Side Story

Best Director
Denis Villeneuve, Dune
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Steven Spielberg, West Side Story

Best Actor
Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick…BOOM!
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth
Nicolas Cage, Pig
Simon Rex, Red Rocket
Will Smith, King Richard

Best Actress
Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Lady Gaga, House of Gucci
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter

Best Supporting Actor
Bradley Cooper, Licorice Pizza
Colman Domingo, Zola
Jason Isaacs, Mass
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Troy Kotsur, CODA

Best Supporting Actress
Ann Dowd, Mass
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Caitriona Balfe, Belfast
Kathryn Hunter, The Tragedy of Macbeth
Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog

Best Screenplay
Belfast
The French Dispatch
Licorice Pizza
Mass
The Power of the Dog

Best Animated Film
Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon

Best Documentary
Flee
Summer of Soul
The First Wave
The Rescue
Val

Best International Film
Drive My Car
Flee
The Hand of God
Titane
The Worst Person in the World

Best Young Actor
Cooper Hoffman, Licorice Pizza
Jude Hill, Belfast
Noah Jupe, A Quiet Place Part II
Reyn Doi, Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Woody Norman, C’mon C’mon

Best Young Actress
Emilia Jones, CODA
McKenna Grace, Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Millicent Simmonds, A Quiet Place Part II
Rachel Zegler, West Side Story
Saniyya Sidney, King Richard

Best Acting Ensemble
Belfast
CODA
Don’t Look Up
Mass
The Harder They Fall

Best Cinematography
Belfast
Dune
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story

Best Editing
Belfast
Dune
Last Night in Soho
Licorice Pizza
The Power of the Dog

Best Production Design
Dune
Last Night in Soho
Nightmare Alley
The French Dispatch
The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Score
Germaine Franco, Encanto
Hans Zimmer, Dune
Jonny Greenwood, The Power of the Dog
Jonny Greenwood, Spencer
Nicholas Britell, Don’t Look Up

Best Original Song
“Dos Oruguitas” – Encanto
“Guns Go Bang” – The Harder They Fall
“Just Look Up” – Don’t Look Up
“No Time to Die” – No Time to Die
“So May We Start” – Annette

Best Sound
A Quiet Place Part II
Dune
No Time to Die
Spider-Man: No Way Home
The Power of the Dog

Best Action Film
Dune
No Time to Die
Nobody
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home

Best Comedy Film
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Don’t Look Up
Free Guy
Licorice Pizza
Red Rocket

Best Horror Film
A Quiet Place Part II
Lamb
Last Night in Soho
Malignant
The Night House

Best Music Film
In the Heights
Respect
Summer of Soul
Tick, Tick…BOOM!
West Side Story