By Matt Neglia
Yesterday on the Next Best Picture Podcast, we announced the 2021 NBP Film Community Awards nominations, representing the best in film for 2021, voted on by all of you, the fans of Next Best Picture! The complete list of nominations is listed below, along with the link which will take you to the form to cast your ballot on the winners. Voting officially begins now and will run until March 4th, 2022. The winners will be announced on March 6th, 2022, on the Next Best Picture Podcast.
Congratulations on your nominations and happy voting!
VOTING HAS CLOSED
BEST PICTURE
CODA
Dune
Drive My Car
Licorice Pizza
Mass
The Power Of The Dog
Spencer
Tick, Tick…Boom!
West Side Story
The Worst Person In The World
BEST DIRECTOR
Jane Campion – The Power Of The Dog
Julia Ducournau – Titane
Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car
Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
Denis Villeneuve – Dune
BEST ENSEMBLE
CODA
Dune
Mass
The Power Of The Dog
West Side Story
BEST ACTRESS
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza
Renate Reinsve – The Worst Person In The World
Kristen Stewart – Spencer
Tessa Thompson – Passing
BEST ACTOR
Nicolas Cage – Pig
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power Of The Dog
Andrew Garfield – Tick, Tick…Boom!
Hidetoshi Nishijima – Drive My Car
Denzel Washington – The Tragedy Of Macbeth
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Ann Dowd – Mass
Kirsten Dunst – The Power Of The Dog
Ruth Negga – Passing
Martha Plimpton – Mass
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mike Faist – West Side Story
Jason Isaacs – Mass
Troy Kotsur – CODA
Anders Danielsen Lie – The Worst Person In The World
Vincent Lindon – Titane
Kodi-Smit McPhee – The Power Of The Dog
BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE
Jude Hill – Belfast
Cooper Hoffman – Licorice Pizza
Emilia Jones – CODA
Woody Norman – C’mon C’mon
Rachel Zegler – West Side Story
BEST VOICE PERFORMANCE
Stephanie Beatriz – Encanto
Jack Dylan Grazer – Luca
Abbi Jacobson – The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Kelly Marie Tran – Raya And The Last Dragon
Jacob Tremblay – Luca
BEST BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE
Mike Faist – West Side Story
Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza
Renate Reinsve – The Worst Person In The World
Agathe Rousselle – Titane
Rachel Sennott – Shiva Baby
BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR
Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter
Rebecca Hall – Passing
Fran Kranz – Mass
Lin-Manuel Miranda – Tick, Tick…Boom!
Michael Sarnoski – Pig
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
CODA
Drive My Car
Dune
The Lost Daughter
The Power Of The Dog
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
C’mon C’mon
The French Dispatch
Licorice Pizza
Mass
The Worst Person In The World
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Dune
The Green Knight
The Power Of The Dog
Spencer
The Tragedy Of Macbeth
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Cruella
Dune
Nightmare Alley
Spencer
West Side Story
BEST FILM EDITING
Dune
Licorice Pizza
The Power Of The Dog
Tick, Tick…Boom!
West Side Story
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
Dune
Cruella
The Eyes Of Tammy Faye
The Green Knight
House Of Gucci
The Suicide Squad
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Dune
The French Dispatch
The Green Knight
Parallel Mothers
The Power Of The Dog
Spencer
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“So May We Start” – Annette
“We Don’t Talk About Bruno” – Encanto
“Guns Go Bang” – The Harder They Fall
“Be Alive” – King Richard
“No Time To Die” – No Time To Die
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Dune
The French Dispatch
Nightmare Alley
The Tragedy Of Macbeth
West Side Story
BEST SOUND
Dune
No Time To Die
A Quiet Place Part II
Tick, Tick…Boom!
West Side Story
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Dune
The Green Knight
No Time To Die
Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Raya And The Last Dragon
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Flee
Procession
The Rescue
The Sparks Brothers
Summer Of Soul
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
Drive My Car
Flee
Parallel Mothers
Titane
The Worst Person In The World
BEST ACTION FILM
The Last Duel
No Time To Die
Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home
The Suicide Squad
BEST COMEDY FILM
Don’t Look Up
The French Dispatch
Licorice Pizza
Red Rocket
Shiva Baby
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR FILM
Dune
Last Night In Soho
Malignant
A Quiet Place Part II
Titane
BEST OVERLOOKED FILM
C’mon C’mon
The Green Knight
Mass
Nine Days
Pig
NOMINATION TALLY
Dune – 13
West Side Story – 11
The Power Of The Dog – 10
Mass – 8
Licorice Pizza – 7
The Worst Person In The World – 6
CODA – 5
Drive My Car – 5
The Green Knight – 5
Spencer – 5
Tick, Tick…Boom! – 5
Titane – 5
The French Dispatch – 4
No Time To Die – 4
C’mon C’mon – 3
Encanto – 3
Flee – 3
The Lost Daughter – 3
Luca – 3
Passing – 3
Pig – 3
The Tragedy Of Macbeth – 3
Cruella – 2
The Mitchells vs. The Machines – 2
Nightmare Alley – 2
Parallel Mothers – 2
A Quiet Place Part II – 2
Raya And The Last Dragon – 2
Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings – 2
Shiva Baby – 2
Spider-Man No Way Home – 2
The Suicide Squad – 2
VOTING HAS CLOSED
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