Denver Film Critics Society Award Nominations

Best Picture
Arrival
La La Land
Manchester By the Sea
Moonlight
Silence

Best Director
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester By the Sea
Martin Scorsese, Silence
Denis Villeneuve, Arrival

Best Actor
Casey Affleck, Manchester By the Sea
Adam Driver, Paterson
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Tom Hanks, Sully
Denzel Washington, Fences

Best Actress
Amy Adams, Arrival
Annette Bening, 20th Century Women
Ruth Negga, Loving
Natalie Portman, Jackie
Emma Stone, La La Land

Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
John Goodman, 10 Cloverfield Lane
Timothy Spall, Denial
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nocturnal Animals

Best Supporting Actress
Viola Davis, Fences
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Nicole Kidman, Lion
Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams, Manchester By the Sea

Best Animated Film
Finding Dory
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
The Red Turtle
Zootopia

Best Science Fiction/Horror Film
10 Cloverfield Lane
Arrival
Doctor Strange
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
The Witch

Best Comedy
Deadpool
Don’t Think Twice
Hail, Caesar!
The Hunt for the Wilderpeople
The Nice Guys

Best Original Screenplay
Guy Hibbert, Eye in the Sky
Taylor Sheridan, Hell or High Water
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthym Filippou, The Lobster
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester By the Sea

Best Adapted Screenplay
Eric Heisserer, Arrival
Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi, Hidden Figures
Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Tom Ford, Nocturnal Animals

Best Documentary
13th
Gleason
I Am Not Your Negro
OJ: Made in America
Weiner

​Best Visual Effects
Arrival
Doctor Strange
The Jungle Book
A Monster Calls
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Best Original Song
Hidden Figures, Runnin’
La La Land, Audition
La La Land, City of Stars
Sing Street, Drive It Like You Stole It
Trolls, Can’t Stop the Feeling

Best Score
Johann Johannsson, Arrival
Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams and Benjamin Wallfisch, Hidden Figures
Mica Levi, Jackie
Justin Hurwitz, La La Land
Nicholas Britell, Moonlight

Best Foreign Language Film
Elle
The Handmaiden
Neruda
The Salesman
Toni Erdmann