Seattle Film Critics Society Award Nominations

Best Picture of the Year

First Cow (A24)

Hamilton (Walt Disney Pictures)

The Invisible Man (Universal)

Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros.)

Minari (A24)

Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Focus Features)

Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)

Palm Springs (NEON/Hulu)

Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)

Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)

Best Director

Lee Isaac Chung – Minari

Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman

Steve McQueen – Small Axe: Lovers Rock

Kelly Reichardt – First Cow

Chloé Zhao – Nomadland

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal

Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Anthony Hopkins – The Father

Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods

Steven Yeun – Minari

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Frances McDormand – Nomadland

Elisabeth Moss – The Invisible Man

Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7

Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah

Bill Murray – On the Rocks

Leslie Odom, Jr. – One Night in Miami…

Paul Raci – Sound of Metal

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Olivia Colman – The Father

Talia Ryder – Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Amanda Seyfried – Mank

Yuh-jung Youn – Minari

Best Ensemble Cast

Da 5 Bloods – Kim Coleman, casting director

Judas and the Black Messiah – Alexa L. Fogel, casting director

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Avy Kaufman, casting director

Minari – Julia Kim, casting director

One Night in Miami… – Kimberly Hardin, casting director

Best Action Choreography

Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn

Extraction

The Invisible Man

Monster Hunter

Tenet

Best Screenplay

First Cow – Jon Raymond & Kelly Reichardt

I’m Thinking of Ending Things – Charlie Kaufman

Nomadland – Chloé Zhao

Palm Springs – Andy Siara

Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell

Best Animated Feature

Onward – Dan Scanlon, director

Over the Moon – Glen Keane, John Kahrs, director

Ride Your Wave – Masaaki Yuasa, director

Soul – Pete Docter, director; Kemp Powers, co-director

Wolfwalkers – Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, director

Best Documentary Feature

Boys State – Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss, directors

Collective – Alexander Nanau, director

Dick Johnson is Dead – Kirsten Johnson, director

The History of the Seattle Mariners: Supercut Edition – Jon Bois, director

Time – Garrett Bradley, director

Best Film Not in the English Language

Another Round – Thomas Vinterberg, director

Bacurau – Juliano Dornelles, Kleber Mendonça Filho, directors

La Llorona – Jayro Bustamante, director

Minari – Lee Isaac Chung, director

To the Ends of the Earth – Kiyoshi Kurosawa, director

Best Cinematography

First Cow – Christopher Blauvert

Mank – Erik Messerschmidt

News of the World – Dariusz Wolski

Nomadland – Joshua James Richards

Small Axe: Lovers Rock – Shabier Kirchner

Best Costume Design

Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn – Erin Benach

– Alexandra Byrne

First Cow – April Napier

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Ann Roth

Mank – Trish Summerville

Best Film Editing

Da 5 Bloods – Adam Gough

Nomadland – Chloé Zhao

Tenet – Jennifer Lame

Time – Gabriel Rhodes

The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Alan Baumgarten

Best Original Score

Da 5 Bloods – Terence Blanchard

Mank – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross

Minari – Emile Mosseri

Soul – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste

Tenet – Ludwig Göransson

Best Production Design

First Cow – Anthony Gasparro (Production Design); Vanessa Knoll (Set Decorator)

Judas and the Black Messiah – Sam Lisenco (Production Design); Rebecca Brown (Set Decorator)

Mank – Donald Graham Burt (Production Design); Jan Pascale (Set Decorator)

News of the World – David Crank (Production Design); Elizabeth Keenan (Set Decorator)

Tenet – Nathan Crowley (Production Design); Kathy Lucas (Set Decorator)

Best Visual Effects

Greyhound – Pete Bebb, Nathan McGuinness, Whitney Richman, Sebastian Theo von Overheidt

The Invisible Man – Jonathan Dearing, Marcus Bolton, Matt Ebb, Aevar Bjarnason

The Midnight Sky – Matt Kasmir, Chris Lawrence, Dave Watkins, Max Soloman

Possessor – Derek Liscoumb, Murray Barber, Bryan Jones

Tenet – Andrew Jackson, Andrew Lockley, Scott Fisher, Mike Chambers

Best Youth Performance (18 years of age or younger upon start of filming):

Millie Bobby Brown – Enola Holmes

Alan Kim – Minari

Ji-hu Park – House of Hummingbird

Talia Ryder – Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Helena Zengel – News of the World

Villain of the Year:

Diane Sherman – Run – portrayed by Sarah Paulson

The Invisible Man/Adrian Griffin – The Invisible Man – portrayed by Oliver Jackson-Cohen

Judge Julius Hoffman – The Trial of the Chicago 7 – portrayed by Frank Langella

Michael – Bacurau – portrayed by Udo Kier

Roman Sionis – Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn – portrayed by Ewan McGregor