25th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards (2020)

Best Picture

	Promising Young Woman
	Runner-Up: Sound of Metal
	Black Bear
	First Cow
	Nomadland
	One Night in Miami...

Best Director

	Chloé Zhao - Nomadland
	Runner-Up: Aaron Sorkin - The Trial of the Chicago 7
	Darius Marder - Sound of Metal
	Kelly Reichardt - First Cow
	Florian Zeller - The Father

Best Ensemble

	One Night in Miami...
	Runner-Up: The Trial of the Chicago 7
	Da 5 Bloods
	Palm Springs
	Uncle Frank

Best Actor

	Riz Ahmed - Sound of Metal
	Runner-Up: Anthony Hopkins - The Father
	Chadwick Boseman - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
	Brian Dennehy - Driveways
	Steven Yeun - Minari

Best Actress

	Carey Mulligan - Promising Young Woman
	Runner-Up: Frances McDormand - Nomadland
	Viola Davis - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
	Vanessa Kirby - Pieces of a Woman
	Aubrey Plaza - Black Bear

Best Supporting Actor

	Paul Raci - Sound of Metal
	Runner-Up: Peter Macdissi - Uncle Frank
	Sacha Baron Cohen - The Trial of the Chicago 7
	Frank Langella - The Trial of the Chicago 7
	Bill Murray - On the Rocks

Best Supporting Actress

	Youn Yuh-jung - Minari
	Runner-Up: Amanda Seyfried - Mank
	Maria Bakalova - Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
	Ellen Burstyn - Pieces of a Woman
	Olivia Cooke - Sound of Metal

Best Adapted Screenplay

	Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller - The Father
	Runner-Up: Charlie Kaufman - I'm Thinking of Ending Things
	Kelly Reichardt and Jonathan Raymond - First Cow
	Ruben Santiago-Hudson - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
	Chloé Zhao - Nomadland

Best Original Screenplay

	Lee Isaac Chung - Minari
	Runner-Up: Emerald Fennell - Promising Young Woman
	Runner-Up: Darius Marder, Abraham Marder, and Derek Cianfrance - Sound of Metal
	Runner-Up: Aaron Sorkin - The Trial of the Chicago 7
	Sofia Coppola - On the Rocks

Best Editing

	Andy Canny - The Invisible Man
	Runner-Up: Alan Baumgarten - The Trial of the Chicago 7
	Andrew Dickler and Matthew Friedman - Palm Springs
	Jennifer Lame - Tenet
	Matthew L. Weiss - Black Bear

Best Cinematography

	Joshua James Richards - Nomadland
	Runner-Up: Erik Messerschmidt - Mank
	Christopher Blauvelt - First Cow
	Hoyte van Hoytema - Tenet
	Dariusz Wolski - News of the World

Best Production Design

	Donald Graham Burt - Mank
	Runner-Up: Molly Hughes - I'm Thinking of Ending Things
	Runner-Up: Shane Valentino - The Trial of the Chicago 7
	Nathan Crowley - Tenet
	Kave Quinn - Emma

Best Costumes

	Alexandra Byrne - Emma
	Runner-Up: Erin Benach - Birds of Prey
	April Napier - First Cow
	Ann Roth - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
	Trish Summerville - Mank

Best Visual Effects

	Tenet
	Runner-Up: The Invisible Man
	Birds of Prey
	Greyhound
	The Midnight Sky
	Sputnik

Best Use of Music

	Hamilton
	Runner-Up: David Byrne's American Utopia
	Runner-Up: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
	Da 5 Bloods
	Sound of Metal

Best International Film

	The Life Ahead
	Runner-Up: The Platform
	Another Round
	Martin Eden
	Sputnik

Best Documentary

	Time
	Runner-Up: The Social Dilemma
	Athlete A
	My Octopus Teacher
	Rewind

Best Animated Film

	Wolfwalkers
	Runner-Up: Over the Moon
	Onward
	Soul
	Trolls World Tour

Best Comedic Performance

	Radha Blank - The Forty-Year-Old Version
	Runner-Up: Maria Bakalova - Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
	Runner-Up: Bill Murray - On the Rocks
	Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
	Andy Samberg - Palm Springs

Best Breakthrough Artist

	Radha Blank - The Forty-Year-Old Version
	Runner-Up: Riz Ahmed - Sound of Metal
	Maria Bakalova - Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
	Sidney Flanigan - Never Rarely Sometimes Always
	Vanessa Kirby - Pieces of a Woman

Best Body of Work

Steve McQueen - The Small Axe film series (Mangrove, Lover's Rock, Red, White and Blue, Alex Wheatle, Education)