The best film of the year has been selected by the critics.
The 27th Annual Critics Choice Awards film nominees were released on Monday, with Focus Features’ “Belfast” and 20th Century Studios’ “West Side Story” leading the pack with 11 nominations each.
“Belfast,” which received seven Golden Globe nominations, is swiftly becoming this season’s award show heavyweight, thanks to the buzz from Monday’s Golden Globe nominations.
The Critics Choice Awards, which will be broadcast on CW and TBS and hosted by Taye Diggs and Nicole Byer, will take place on Jan. 9 — the same day as the Golden Globe Awards, which will not be broadcast this year. (Both TBS and CNN are owned by WarnerMedia.)
The nominations for the Critics’ Choice Television Awards were released last week. Here’s how some of the most important categories compare:
Best Picture
- “Belfast”
- “CODA”
- “Don’t Look Up”
- “Dune”
- “King Richard”
- “Licorice Pizza”
- “Nightmare Alley”
- “The Power of the Dog”
- “tick, tick…Boom!”
- “West Side Story”
Best actor
- Nicolas Cage — “Pig”
- 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”
Best actress
- Jessica Chastain — “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”
- Olivia Colman — “The Lost Daughter”
- Lady Gaga — “House of Gucci”
- Alana Haim — “Licorice Pizza”
- Nicole Kidman — “Being the Ricardos”
- Kristen Stewart — “Spencer”
Best supporting actor
- Jamie Dornan — “Belfast”
- 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”
Best supporting actress
- Caitríona Balfe — “Belfast”
- Ariana DeBose — “West Side Story”
- Ann Dowd — “Mass”
- Kirsten Dunst — “The Power of the Dog”
- Aunjanue Ellis — “King Richard”
- Rita Moreno — “West Side Story”
Best young actor/actress
- Jude Hill — “Belfast”
- Cooper Hoffman –” Licorice Pizza”
- Emilia Jones — “CODA”
- Woody Norman — “C’mon C’mon”
- Saniyya Sidney — “King Richard”
- Rachel Zegler — “West Side Story”
Best acting ensemble
- “Belfast”
- “Don’t Look Up”
- “The Harder They Fall”
- “Licorice Pizza”
- “The Power of the Dog”
- “West Side Story”
Best director
- Paul Thomas Anderson — “Licorice Pizza”
- Kenneth Branagh — “Belfast”
- Jane Campion — “The Power of the Dog”
- Guillermo del Toro — “Nightmare Alley”
- Steven Spielberg — “West Side Story”
- Denis Villeneuve — “Dune”
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”