# Online Film Critics Society Awards 2021

The 25th Online Film Critics Society Awards, honoring the best in film for 2021, were announced on January 24, 2022. The nominations were announced on January 18, 2022.
Dune and The Power of the Dog led the nominations with nine each, followed by West Side Story with eight. The Power of the Dog also made a clean sweep, winning all nine of its nominations, including Best Picture.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Picture | Best Director |
| The Power of the Dog Drive My Car Licorice Pizza Dune The Green Knight Pig The Worst Person in the World Titane West Side Story Belfast | Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car Steven Spielberg – West Side Story Denis Villeneuve – Dune |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog as Phil Burbank Nicolas Cage – Pig as Robbie "Rob" Feld Andrew Garfield – tick, tick... BOOM! as Jonathan Larson Oscar Isaac – The Card Counter as William Tell Hidetoshi Nishijima – Drive My Car as Yūsuke Kafuku | Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter as Leda Caruso Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza as Alana Kane Renate Reinsve – The Worst Person in the World as Julie Agathe Rousselle – Titane as Alexia / Adrien Kristen Stewart – Spencer as Diana, Princess of Wales |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog as Peter Gordon Mike Faist – West Side Story as Riff Ciarán Hinds – Belfast as Pop Troy Kotsur – CODA as Frank Rossi Jeffrey Wright – The French Dispatch as Roebuck Wright | Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog as Rose Gordon Ariana DeBose – West Side Story as Anita Ann Dowd – Mass as Linda Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard as Oracene "Brandy" Price Ruth Negga – Passing as Clare Bellew |
| Best Animated Feature | Best Film Not in the English Language |
| The Mitchells vs. the Machines Encanto Flee Luca Raya and the Last Dragon | Drive My Car (Japan) Flee (Denmark) A Hero (Iran) Titane (France) The Worst Person in the World (Norway) |
| Best Documentary | Best Debut Feature |
| Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Flee Procession The Rescue The Velvet Underground | Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter Rebecca Hall – Passing Fran Kranz – Mass Michael Sarnoski – Pig Emma Seligman – Shiva Baby |
| Best Original Screenplay | Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Michael Sarnoski and Vanessa Block – Pig Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza Kenneth Branagh – Belfast Asghar Farhadi – A Hero Fran Kranz – Mass | Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter Rebecca Hall – Passing Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe – Drive My Car Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts, and Denis Villeneuve – Dune |
| Best Cinematography | Best Editing |
| Ari Wegner – The Power of the Dog Bruno Delbonnel – The Tragedy of Macbeth Greig Fraser – Dune Janusz Kamiński – West Side Story Andrew Droz Palermo – The Green Knight | Peter Sciberras – The Power of the Dog Úna Ní Dhonghaíle – Belfast Andy Jurgensen – Licorice Pizza Michael Kahn and Sarah Broshar – West Side Story Joe Walker – Dune |
| Best Costume Design | Best Production Design |
| Dune Cruella The French Dispatch Spencer West Side Story | The French Dispatch Dune The Green Knight Nightmare Alley West Side Story |
| Best Original Score | Best Visual Effects |
| Jonny Greenwood – The Power of the Dog Alexandre Desplat – The French Dispatch Germaine Franco – Encanto Jonny Greenwood – Spencer Hans Zimmer – Dune | Dune The Green Knight The Matrix Resurrections Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Spider-Man: No Way Home |

## Special awards
### Technical Achievement Awards

* Dune – Sound Design
* In the Heights – Choreography
* Memoria – Sound Design
* No Time to Die – Stunt Coordination
* West Side Story – Choreography

### Lifetime Achievement Awards

* John Carpenter
* Tony Leung Chiu-wai
* Sheila Nevins
* Paul Schrader
* John Williams

### Special Achievement Awards

* Turner Classic Movies (TCM), for providing worldwide access to classic films, including silent films
* IATSE Workers, for bringing attention to labor issues in the film industry and fighting for better standards
* The Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA), an important non-profit organization devoted to the preservation of film

### Non-U.S. Releases

* 1970 (Poland)
* Bank Job (United Kingdom)
* Benediction (United Kingdom)
* The Girl and the Spider (Switzerland)
* The Medium (Thailand)
* Ninjababy (Norway)
* Petite Maman (France)
* Pleasure (Sweden)
* The Tsugua Diaries (Portugal)
* Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash (Indonesia)

## Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 9 | Dune |
| 9 | The Power of the Dog |
| 8 | West Side Story |
| 5 | Drive My Car |
| 5 | Licorice Pizza |
| 4 | Belfast |
| 4 | The French Dispatch |
| 4 | The Green Knight |
| 4 | Pig |
| 3 | Flee |
| 3 | The Lost Daughter |
| 3 | Mass |
| 3 | Passing |
| 3 | Spencer |
| 3 | Titane |
| 3 | The Worst Person in the World |
| 2 | Encanto |
| 2 | A Hero |
Films that received multiple awards :
| Awards | Film |
| 9 | The Power of the Dog |
| 2 | Dune |
| 2 | The Lost Daughter |