# Online Film Critics Society Awards 2020

The 24th Online Film Critics Society Awards, honoring the best in film for 2020, were announced on January 25, 2021. The nominations were announced on January 19, 2021.
Da 5 Bloods received the most nominations with eight, winning Best Actor for Delroy Lindo. Nomadland won all six of its nominations, including Best Picture.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Picture | Best Director |
| Nomadland Da 5 Bloods Promising Young Woman Never Rarely Sometimes Always First Cow Minari Sound of Metal I'm Thinking of Ending Things Soul The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Chloé Zhao – Nomadland Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman Eliza Hittman – Never Rarely Sometimes Always Spike Lee – Da 5 Bloods Kelly Reichardt – First Cow |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods as Paul Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal as Ruben Stone Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Levee Green (posthumous) Anthony Hopkins – The Father as Anthony Steven Yeun – Minari as Jacob Yi | Frances McDormand – Nomadland as Fern Jessie Buckley – I'm Thinking of Ending Things as Young Woman Viola Davis – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Ma Rainey Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always as Autumn Callahan Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman as Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami... as Sam Cooke Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 as Abbie Hoffman Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods as "Stormin'" Norman Earl Holloway (posthumous) Bill Murray – On the Rocks as Felix Keane Paul Raci – Sound of Metal as Joe | 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 Youn Yuh-jung – Minari as Soon-ja |
| Best Animated Feature | Best Film Not in the English Language |
| Soul Onward Over the Moon The Wolf House Wolfwalkers | Minari (United States) Another Round (Denmark) Bacurau (Brazil) Collective (Romania) La Llorona (Guatemala) |
| Best Documentary | Best Debut Feature |
| Dick Johnson Is Dead Boys State Collective The Painter and the Thief Time | Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman Radha Blank – The Forty-Year-Old Version Regina King – One Night in Miami... Darius Marder – Sound of Metal Andrew Patterson – The Vast of Night |
| Best Original Screenplay | Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo, Kevin Willmott, and Spike Lee – Da 5 Bloods Lee Isaac Chung – Minari Eliza Hittman – Never Rarely Sometimes Always Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Chloé Zhao – Nomadland Charlie Kaufman – I'm Thinking of Ending Things Kemp Powers – One Night in Miami... Jonathan Raymond and Kelly Reichardt – First Cow Ruben Santiago-Hudson – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom |
| Best Cinematography | Best Editing |
| Joshua James Richards – Nomadland Christopher Blauvelt – First Cow Erik Messerschmidt – Mank Newton Thomas Sigel – Da 5 Bloods Hoyte van Hoytema – Tenet | Chloé Zhao – Nomadland Alan Baumgarten – The Trial of the Chicago 7 Kirk Baxter – Mank Adam Gough – Da 5 Bloods Jennifer Lame – Tenet |
| Best Original Score ||
| Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Soul Terence Blanchard – Da 5 Bloods Ludwig Göransson – Tenet Emile Mosseri – Minari Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Mank ||

## Special awards
### Technical Achievement Awards

* Emma. – Costume Design
* The Invisible Man – Visual Effects
* Mank – Production Design
* Sound of Metal – Sound Design
* Tenet – Visual Effects

### Lifetime Achievement Awards

* Rob Bottin (Makeup Artist)
* David Byrne (Composer)
* Jane Fonda (Actor)
* Jean-Luc Godard (Director)
* Frederick Wiseman (Documentarian)

### Special Achievement Awards

* Small Axe – Director Steve McQueen created a series of films for the small screen that rivals the best of the theatrical features of the year, that can be seen individually and yet work together to explore a cultural experience largely unseen on big screens, television, or streaming to date.
* Distributor Kino Lorber, for being the first company to offer virtual film distribution as a way to help independent theaters during the pandemic through the Kino Marquee.
* Kudos to the independent theater entities that participated in presenting "Virtual Cinema" when forced to close due to the pandemic. Films that otherwise may not have been seen were made available through online platforms, with ticket prices shared by the distributor with the theater.

### Non-U.S. Releases

* A Beast in Love (Japan)
* The Disciple (India)
* Ghosts (Turkey)
* Mogul Mowgli (United Kingdom)
* New Order (Mexico)
* Notturno (Italy)
* Rocks (United Kingdom)
* Saint Maud (United Kingdom)
* Summer of 85 (France)
* Undine (Germany)

## Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 8 | Da 5 Bloods |
| 6 | Minari |
| 6 | Nomadland |
| 5 | Never Rarely Sometimes Always |
| 5 | Promising Young Woman |
| 4 | First Cow |
| 4 | Mank |
| 4 | Sound of Metal |
| 4 | The Trial of the Chicago 7 |
| 3 | I'm Thinking of Ending Things |
| 3 | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom |
| 3 | One Night in Miami... |
| 3 | Soul |
| 3 | Tenet |
| 2 | Collective |
| 2 | The Father |
Films that received multiple awards :
| Awards | Film |
| 6 | Nomadland |
| 2 | Promising Young Woman |
| 2 | Soul |