| 2021 Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards |
| Best Film |
| The Power of the Dog | |
| West Side Story |
| Best Director |
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Jane Campion
The Power of the Dog |
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Steven Spielberg
West Side Story |
| Best Actor |
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Benedict Cumberbatch
The Power of the Dog |
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Andrew Garfield
tick, tick... BOOM! |
| Best Actress |
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Olivia Colman
The Lost Daughter |
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Kristen Stewart
Spencer |
| Best Supporting Actor |
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Ciarán Hinds
Belfast |
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Kodi Smit-McPhee
The Power of the Dog |
| Best Supporting Actress |
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Ann Dowd
Mass |
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Ariana DeBose
West Side Story |
| Best Adapted Screenplay |
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West Side Story
Tony Kushner |
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Drive My Car
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Ôe |
| Best Original Screenplay |
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Licorice Pizza
Paul Thomas Anderson |
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The French Dispatch
Wes Anderson |
| Best Cinematography |
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
Bruno Delbonnel |
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Dune: Part One
Greig Fraser |
| Best Foreign Film |
| Drive My Car (Japan) | |
| The Worst Person in the World (Norway) |
| Best Documentary |
| Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) | |
| Procession |
| Best Animated Film |
| The Mitchells vs. the Machines | |
| Flee |
| Vincent Koehler Award for Outstanding Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror Film |
| The Green Knight | |
| Dune: Part One |
| Tom Poe Award for Best LGBT Film |
| Flee | |
| The Power of the Dog |