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
ChloƩ 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
ChloƩ 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)