The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association voted the road drama NOMADLAND as the best film of 2020. As a voting member of DFWFCA, I’m happy to release the results of our 27th annual critics’ poll that were announced today. DFWFCA members have spent many hours in front of a screen–either a laptop, PC, (and a lucky few watching a large screen in a secluded movie theater) to choose our favorites. Here is a complete list of award winners, with choices listed in order of votes received.
BEST PICTURE
Winner: NOMADLAND
Runners-up: PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (2); THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 (3); MINARI (4); ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI (5); MANK (6); MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM (7); SOUND OF METAL (8); DA 5 BLOODS (9); FIRST COW (10)
BEST ACTOR
Winner: Chadwick Boseman, MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
Runners-up: Riz Ahmed, SOUND OF METAL (2); Gary Oldman, MANK (3); Delroy Lindo, DA 5 BLOODS (4); Anthony Hopkins, THE FATHER (5)
BEST ACTRESS
Winner: Carey Mulligan, PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
Runners-up: Frances McDormand, NOMADLAND (2); Viola Davis, MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM (3); Vanessa Kirby, PIECES OF A WOMAN (4); Andra Day, THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY (5)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Daniel Kaluuya, JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
Runners-up: Leslie Odom Jr., ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI (2); Sacha Baron Cohen, THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 (3); Bill Murray, ON THE ROCKS (4); Paul Raci, SOUND OF METAL (5)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner: Amanda Seyfried, MANK
Runners-up: Youn Yuh-jung, MINARI (2); Helena Zengel, NEWS OF THE WORLD (3); Maria Bakalova, BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM (4); Olivia Colman, THE FATHER (5)
BEST DIRECTOR
Winner: Chloe Zhao, NOMADLAND
Runners-up: Emerald Fennell, PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (2); Regina King, ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI (3); David Fincher, MANK (4); Aaron Sorkin, THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 (5)
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Winner: MINARI
Runners-up: ANOTHER ROUND (2); THE LIFE AHEAD (3); LA LLORONA (4); MARTIN EDEN (5)
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Winner: TIME
Runners-up: DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD (2); BOYS STATE (3); THE DISSIDENT (4); CRIP CAMP (5)
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Winner: SOUL
Runner-up: WOLFWALKERS
BEST SCREENPLAY
Winner: Emerald Fennell, PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
Runner-up: Aaron Sorkin, THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Winner: Joshua James Richards, NOMADLAND
Runner-up: Erik Messerschmidt, MANK
BEST MUSICAL SCORE
Winner: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, MANK
Runner-up: James Newton Howard, NEWS OF THE WORLD
RUSSELL SMITH AWARD
(best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film)
Winner: MINARI
Due to adjusted eligibility guidelines for this year, films released through Feb. 28, 2021, were considered in all categories. The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association consists of 32 broadcast, print and online journalists from throughout North Texas. For more information, visit dfwcritics.com or follow us on Facebook or Twitter @dfwfilmcritics.
