# 2020 Seattle Film Critics Society Awards

The 5th Seattle Film Critics Society Awards were announced on February 15, 2021.
The nominations were announced on February 8, 2021.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Picture of the Year Nomadland First Cow Hamilton The Invisible Man Judas and the Black Messiah Minari Never Rarely Sometimes Always Palm Springs Promising Young Woman Sound of Metal | Best Director Chloé Zhao – Nomadland Lee Isaac Chung – Minari Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman Steve McQueen – Lovers Rock Kelly Reichardt – First Cow |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal as Ruben Stone Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Levee Green Anthony Hopkins – The Father as Anthony Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods as Paul Steven Yeun – Minari as Jacob Yi | Best Actress in a Leading Role Frances McDormand – Nomadland as Fern Viola Davis – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Ma Rainey Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always as Autumn Elisabeth Moss – The Invisible Man as Cecilia Kass Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman as Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah as Fred Hampton Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 as Abbie Hoffman Bill Murray – On the Rocks as Felix Keane Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami... as Sam Cooke Paul Raci – Sound of Metal as Joe | Best Actress in a Supporting Role Youn Yuh-jung – Minari as Soon-ja Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm as Tutar Sagdiyev Olivia Colman – The Father as Anne Talia Ryder – Never Rarely Sometimes Always as Skylar Amanda Seyfried – Mank as Marion Davies |
| Best Ensemble Cast Da 5 Bloods Judas and the Black Messiah Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Minari One Night in Miami... | Best Action Choreography Tenet Birds of Prey Extraction The Invisible Man Monster Hunter |
| Best Screenplay Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell First Cow – Jonathan Raymond and Kelly Reichardt I'm Thinking of Ending Things – Charlie Kaufman Nomadland – Chloé Zhao Palm Springs – Andy Siara | Best Animated Feature Wolfwalkers – Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart Onward – Dan Scanlon Over the Moon – John Kahrs and Glen Keane Ride Your Wave – Masaaki Yuasa Soul – Pete Docter and Kemp Powers |
| Best Documentary Feature The History of the Seattle Mariners: Supercut Edition – Jon Bois Boys State – Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss Collective – Alexander Nanau Dick Johnson Is Dead – Kirsten Johnson Time – Garrett Bradley | Best Film Not in the English Language Minari – Lee Isaac Chung Another Round – Thomas Vinterberg Bacurau – Juliano Dornelles and Kleber Mendonça Filho La Llorona – Jayro Bustamante To the Ends of the Earth – Kiyoshi Kurosawa |
| Best Cinematography Nomadland – Joshua James Richards First Cow – Christopher Blauvelt Lovers Rock – Shabier Kirchner Mank – Erik Messerschmidt News of the World – Dariusz Wolski | Best Costume Design Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Ann Roth Birds of Prey – Erin Benach Emma – Alexandra Byrne First Cow – April Napier Mank – Trish Summerville |
| Best Film Editing Nomadland – Chloé Zhao Da 5 Bloods – Adam Gough Tenet – Jennifer Lame Time – Gabriel Rhodes The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Alan Baumgarten | Best Original Score Soul – Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, and Atticus Ross Da 5 Bloods – Terence Blanchard Mank – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Minari – Emile Mosseri Tenet – Ludwig Göransson |
| Best Production Design Mank – Donald Graham Burt (Production Design); Jan Pascale (Set Decoration) First Cow – Anthony Gasparro (Production Design); Vanessa Knoll (Set Decoration) Judas and the Black Messiah – Sam Lisenco (Production Design); Rebecca Brown (Set Decoration) News of the World – David Crank (Production Design); Elizabeth Keenan (Set Decoration) Tenet – Nathan Crowley (Production Design); Kathy Lucas (Set Decoration) | Best Visual Effects Tenet – Mike Chambers, Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Jackson, and Andrew Lockley Greyhound – Peter Bebb, Nathan McGuinness, Whitney Richman, and Sebastian Theo von Overheidt The Invisible Man – Aevar Bjarnason, Marcus Bolton, Jonathan Dearing, and Matt Ebb The Midnight Sky – Matt Kasmir, Chris Lawrence, Max Solomon, and David Watkins Possessor – Murray Barber, Bryan Jones, and Derek Liscoumb |
| Best Youth Performance Alan Kim – Minari as David Yi Millie Bobby Brown – Enola Holmes as Enola Holmes Ji-hu Park – House of Hummingbird as Eun-hee Talia Ryder – Never Rarely Sometimes Always as Skylar Helena Zengel – News of the World as Johanna Leonberger / Cicada | Villain of the Year Adrian Griffin / The Invisible Man – The Invisible Man (portrayed by Oliver Jackson-Cohen) Judge Julius Hoffman – The Trial of the Chicago 7 (portrayed by Frank Langella) Michael – Bacurau (portrayed by Udo Kier) Diane Sherman – Run (portrayed by Sarah Paulson) Roman Sionis / Black Mask – Birds of Prey (portrayed by Ewan McGregor) |
Films that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 8 | Minari |
| 6 | First Cow |
| 6 | Nomadland |
| 5 | The Invisible Man |
| 5 | Mank |
| 5 | Tenet |
| 4 | Da 5 Bloods |
| 4 | Judas and the Black Messiah |
| 4 | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom |
| 4 | Never Rarely Sometimes Always |
| 4 | Promising Young Woman |
| 3 | Birds of Prey |
| 3 | News of the World |
| 3 | Sound of Metal |
| 3 | The Trial of the Chicago 7 |
| 2 | Palm Springs |
| 2 | Soul |
Films that received multiple awards :
| Awards | Film |
| 5 | Nomadland |
| 3 | Minari |
| 2 | Tenet |