20th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association (2021)

Best Film

	Belfast
	The Green Knight
	The Power of the Dog
	tick, tick... BOOM!
	West Side Story

Best Director

	Jane Campion - The Power of the Dog
	Kenneth Branagh - Belfast
	David Lowery - The Green Knight
	Steven Spielberg - West Side Story
	Denis Villeneuve - Dune

Best Acting Ensemble

	Mass
	Belfast
	The French Dispatch
	The Harder They Fall
	The Power of the Dog

Best Actor

	Andrew Garfield - tick, tick... BOOM! as Jonathan Larson
	Nicolas Cage - Pig as Robin Feld
	Benedict Cumberbatch - The Power of the Dog as Phil Burbank
	Will Smith - King Richard as Richard Williams
	Denzel Washington - The Tragedy of Macbeth as Lord Macbeth

Best Actress

	Kristen Stewart - Spencer as Diana, Princess of Wales
	Olivia Colman - The Lost Daughter as Leda Caruso
	Lady Gaga - House of Gucci as Patrizia Reggiani
	Nicole Kidman - Being the Ricardos as Lucille Ball
	Tessa Thompson - Passing as Irene Redfield

Best Supporting Actor

	Kodi Smit-McPhee - The Power of the Dog as Peter Gordon
	Jamie Dornan - Belfast as Pa
	Ciarán Hinds - Belfast as Pop
	Troy Kotsur - CODA as Frank Rossi
	Jesse Plemons - The Power of the Dog as George Burbank

Best Supporting Actress

	Aunjanue Ellis - King Richard as Oracene "Brandy" Price
	Caitríona Balfe - Belfast as Ma
	Ariana DeBose - West Side Story as Anita
	Ann Dowd - Mass as Linda
	Kirsten Dunst - The Power of the Dog as Rose Gordon

Best Original Screenplay

	Belfast - Kenneth Branagh
	C'mon C'mon - Mike Mills
	King Richard - Zach Baylin
	Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson
	Mass - Fran Kranz

Best Adapted Screenplay

	The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion
	CODA - Sian Heder
	Dune - Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts, and Denis Villeneuve
	tick, tick... BOOM! - Steven Levenson
	West Side Story - Tony Kushner

Best Editing

	tick, tick... BOOM! - Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum
	Belfast - Úna Ní Dhonghaíle
	Dune - Joe Walker
	The French Dispatch - Andrew Weisblum
	The Power of the Dog - Peter Sciberras

Best Cinematography

	Dune - Greig Fraser
	Belfast - Haris Zambarloukos
	The Green Knight - Andrew Droz Palermo
	The Power of the Dog - Ari Wegner
	The Tragedy of Macbeth - Bruno Delbonnel

Best Production Design

	Dune - Patrice Vermette (production designer); Richard Roberts and Zsuzsanna Sipos (set decorators)
	Belfast - Jim Clay (production designer); Claire Nia Richards (set decorator)
	The French Dispatch - Adam Stockhausen (production designer); Rena DeAngelo (set decorator)
	Nightmare Alley - Tamara Deverell (production designer); Shane Vieau (set decorator)
	West Side Story - Adam Stockhausen (production designer); Rena DeAngelo (set decorator)

Best Original Score

	Dune - Hans Zimmer
	Cyrano - Aaron Dessner and Bryce Dessner
	The French Dispatch - Alexandre Desplat
	The Power of the Dog - Jonny Greenwood
	Spencer - Jonny Greenwood

Best International/Foreign Language Film

	Drive My Car
	A Hero
	Lamb
	Titane
	The Worst Person in the World

Best Documentary

	Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
	The First Wave
	Flee
	The Rescue
	Val

Best Animated Feature

	The Mitchells vs. the Machines
	Encanto
	Flee
	Luca
	Raya and the Last Dragon

Best Youth Performance

	Woody Norman - C'mon C'mon as Jesse
	Jude Hill - Belfast as Buddy
	Emilia Jones - CODA as Ruby Rossi
	Saniyya Sidney - King Richard as Venus Williams
	Rachel Zegler - West Side Story as María Vasquez

Best Voice Performance

	Awkwafina - Raya and the Last Dragon as Sisu
	Stephanie Beatriz - Encanto as Mirabel Madrigal
	Abbi Jacobson - The Mitchells vs. the Machines as Katie Mitchell
	Kelly Marie Tran - Raya and the Last Dragon as Raya
	Jacob Tremblay - Luca as Luca Parugo