Which makes the nomination line-up for this year’s Critics Choice Awards very interesting. Indeed, the awards body has showered nominations on multiple films including popular mainstream entertainments like Dune. Denis Villeneuve’s science fiction epic walked away this morning with an impressive 10 nominations—including nods for Best Picture, Denis Villeneuve for Best Director, Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts for Best Adapted Screenplay, Greig Fraser for Best Cinematography, and more, with the film dominating in many technical categories. However, the two biggest nomination-grabbers were Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical reverie about growing up in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, Belfast, as well as Steven Spielberg’s sweeping reinvention of West Side Story. Both films walked away with a significant 11 CCA nominations. In the case of West Side Story that included the coup of two Best Supporting Actress nominations, one for Ariana DeBose and the other for Rita Moreno, the latter of whom famously won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for playing the same role as DeBose in the original 1961 film version of West Side Story. She was the first Latina actress to do so. Their co-star, the 20-year-old Rachel Zegler, was also nominated for Best Young Actress, and the body of more than 500 critics also recognized Spielberg and screenwriter Tony Kushner with nominations in their respective categories. Belfast meanwhile picked up nods for Picture, Branagh for both Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, Ciarán Hinds for Best Supporting Actor, Caitríona Balfe for Best Supporting Actress, and in a surprise, Jamie Dornan in Best Supporting Actor. You can read the full list of nominees below:
BEST PICTURE
Belfast CODA Don’t Look Up Dune Licorice Pizza Nightmare Alley The Power of the Dog tick, tick…Boom! West Side Story Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog Peter Dinklage – Cyrano Andrew Garfield – tick, tick…Boom! Will Smith – King Richard Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter Lady Gaga – House of Gucci Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos Kristen Stewart – Spencer Ciarán Hinds – Belfast Troy Kotsur – CODA Jared Leto – House of Gucci J.K. Simmons – Being the Ricardos Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog Ariana DeBose – West Side Story Ann Dowd – Mass Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard Rita Moreno – West Side Story Cooper Hoffman – Licorice Pizza Emilia Jones – CODA Woody Norman – C’mon C’mon Saniyya Sidney – King Richard Rachel Zegler – West Side Story Don’t Look Up The Harder They Fall Licorice Pizza The Power of the Dog West Side Story Kenneth Branagh – Belfast Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog Guillermo del Toro – Nightmare Alley Steven Spielberg – West Side Story Denis Villeneuve – Dune Zach Baylin – King Richard Kenneth Branagh – Belfast Adam McKay, David Sirota – Don’t Look Up Aaron Sorkin – Being the Ricardos
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog Siân Heder – CODA Tony Kushner – West Side Story Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth – Dune
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Bruno Delbonnel – The Tragedy of Macbeth Greig Fraser – Dune Dan Laustsen – Nightmare Alley Ari Wegner – The Power of the Dog Haris Zambarloukos – Belfast
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Jim Clay, Claire Nia Richards – Belfast Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau – Nightmare Alley Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo – West Side Story Patrice Vermette, Zsuzsanna Sipos – Dune
BEST EDITING
Sarah Broshar and Michael Kahn – West Side Story Úna Ní Dhonghaíle – Belfast Andy Jurgensen – Licorice Pizza Peter Sciberras – The Power of the Dog Joe Walker – Dune
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Jenny Beavan – Cruella Luis Sequeira – Nightmare Alley Paul Tazewell – West Side Story Jacqueline West, Robert Morgan – Dune Janty Yates – House of Gucci
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
Cruella Dune The Eyes of Tammy Faye House of Gucci Nightmare Alley
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Dune The Matrix Resurrections Nightmare Alley No Time to Die Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
BEST COMEDY
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar Don’t Look Up Free Guy The French Dispatch Licorice Pizza
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Encanto Flee Luca The Mitchells vs the Machines Raya and the Last Dragon
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
A Hero Drive My Car Flee The Hand of God The Worst Person in the World
BEST SONG
Be Alive – King Richard Dos Oruguitas – Encanto Guns Go Bang – The Harder They Fall Just Look Up – Don’t Look Up No Time to Die – No Time to Die
BEST SCORE
Nicholas Britell – Don’t Look Up Jonny Greenwood – The Power of the Dog Jonny Greenwood – Spencer Nathan Johnson – Nightmare Alley Hans Zimmer – Dune