Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast has been declared Best Picture by the Las Vegas Film Critics Society. Branagh also picked up Best Original Screenplay and Jude Hill won Best Male Youth in a Film. Elsewhere, Nicolas Cage won Best Actor for Pig, Jessica Chastain was named Best Actress for The Eyes of Tammy Faye, and Steven Spielberg scored Best Director for West Side Story.
Winners in bold below.
Best Picture
Belfast
CODA
Licorice Pizza
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West Side Story
Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Sian Heder – CODA
Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
Denis Villeneuve – Dune
Best Actor
Nicolas Cage – Pig
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
Peter Dinklage – Cyrano
Andrew Garfield – tick, tick… BOOM!
Will Smith – King Richard
Best Actress
Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
Lady Gaga – House of Gucci
Emilia Jones – CODA
Kristen Stewart – Spencer
Best Supporting Actor
Ciarán Hinds – Belfast
Jared Leto – House of Gucci
Troy Kotsur – CODA
J.K. Simmons – Being the Ricardos
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog
Best Supporting Actress
Caitriona Balfe – Belfast
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Ann Dowd – Mass
Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog
Ruth Negga – Passing
Best Screenplay (Original)
Being the Ricardos
Belfast
Don’t Look Up
Licorice Pizza
Pig
Best Screenplay (Adapted)
Cyrano
Dune
The Lost Daughter
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
Best Animated Film
Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon
Best Documentary
Flee
The Rescue
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
The Sparks Brothers
Summer of Soul
Best International Film
A Hero
Benedetta
Flee
Titane
The Worst Person in the World
Best Cinematography
Dune
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
Spencer
West Side Story
Best Film Editing
Belfast
Dune
The Power of the Dog
tick, tick… BOOM!
West Side Story
Best Score
Dune
The French Dispatch
The Power of the Dog
Spencer
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Best Song
“Down to Joy” – Belfast
“Every Letter” – Cyrano
“Dos Oruguitas” – Encanto
“Be Alive” – King Richard
“No Time to Die” – No Time to Die
Best Costume Design
Cruella
Dune
House of Gucci
Spencer
West Side Story
Best Art Direction
Being the Ricardos
Dune
The French Dispatch
The Green Knight
West Side Story
Best Visual Effects
Dune
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Godzilla vs. Kong
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
The Suicide Squad
Best Action Film
Black Widow
Nobody
No Time to Die
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
The Suicide Squad
Best Comedy
Don’t Look Up
Free Guy
The French Dispatch
Licorice Pizza
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Best Family Film
CODA
Encanto
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Jungle Cruise
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Best Horror/Sci-Fi
A Quiet Place Part II
Army of the Dead
Dune
Godzilla vs. Kong
Werewolves Within
Best Ensemble
Being the Ricardos
CODA
House of Gucci
The French Dispatch
West Side Story
Best Breakout Filmmaker
Nia DaCosta – Candyman
Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter
Rebecca Hall – Passing
Fran Krantz – Mass
Questlove – Summer of Soul
Best Male Youth in Film
Gregory Diaz IV – In the Heights
Jude Hill – Belfast
Noah Jupe – A Quiet Place Part II
Woody Norman – C’mon C’mon
Charlie Shotwell – John and the Hole
Best Female Youth in Film
McKenna Grace – Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Emilia Jones – CODA
Lia Mchugh – Eternals
Saniyya Sidney – King Richard
Millicent Simmonds – A Quiet Place Part II
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