Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari leads the way at the nominations from the Seattle Film Critics Society with eight nods including Best Picture of the Year. Full list of nominations below. Winners will be announced on February 15.
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