Complete list of winners is posted at ofcs.org

Below is my January 20th ballot for the 24th annual Online Film Critics Society Awards honoring movies released domestically in the United States during the 2020 calendar year. Each category is ordered according to my preferential rankings. Group winners were announced on January 25th, 2021 and are labeled in red.

Best Picture

#1Sound of Metal

#2I’m Thinking of Ending Things

#3Never Rarely Sometimes Always

#4Minari

#5First Cow

#6Nomadland

#7Soul

#8Promising Young Woman

#9The Trial of the Chicago 7

#10Da 5 Bloods

Best Animated Film

#1Soul

#2Wolfwalkers

#3La casa lobo [The Wolf House]

#4Onward

#5Over the Moon

Best Film Not in the English Language

#1Colectiv [Collective]

#2Minari

#3Druk [Another Round]

#4Bacurau

DIDN’T SEELa Llorona

Best Documentary

#1Colectiv [Collective]

#2Dick Johnson Is Dead

#3Time

#4Boys State

#5The Painter and the Thief

Best Director

#1Chloé Zhao(Nomadland)

#2Kelly Reichardt(First Cow)

#3Eliza Hittman(Never Rarely Sometimes Always)

#4Emerald Fennell(Promising Young Woman)

#5Spike Lee(Da 5 Bloods)

Best Lead Actor

#1Riz Ahmed(Sound of Metal)

#2Anthony Hopkins(The Father)

#3Delroy Lindo(Da 5 Bloods)

#4Chadwick Boseman(Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)

#5Steven Yeun(Minari)

Best Lead Actress

#1Viola Davis(Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)

#2Sidney Flanigan(Never Rarely Sometimes Always)

#3Frances McDormand(Nomadland)

#4Carey Mulligan(Promising Young Woman)

#5Jessie Buckley(I’m Thinking of Ending Things)

Best Supporting Actor

#1Paul Raci(Sound of Metal)

#2Leslie Odom Jr.(One Night in Miami …)

#3Bill Murray(On the Rocks)

#4Sacha Baron Cohen(The Trial of the Chicago 7)

#5Chadwick Boseman(Da 5 Bloods)

Best Supporting Actress

#1Youn Yuh-jung(Minari)

#2Olivia Colman(The Father)

#3Talia Ryder(Never Rarely Sometimes Always)

#4Amanda Seyfried(Mank)

#5Maria Bakalova(Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)

Best Original Screenplay

#1Eliza Hittman(Never Rarely Sometimes Always)

#2Lee Isaac Chung(Minari)

#3Emerald Fennell(Promising Young Woman)

#4Danny Bilson, Paul Demeo, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee(Da 5 Bloods)

#5Aaron Sorkin(The Trial of the Chicago 7)

Best Adapted Screenplay

#1Chloé Zhao(Nomadland)

#2Charlie Kaufman(I’m Thinking of Ending Things)

#3Kemp Powers(One Night in Miami …)

#4Jonathan Raymond, Kelly Reichardt(First Cow)

#5Ruben Santiago-Hudson(Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)

Best Editing

#1Adam Gough(Da 5 Bloods)

#2Chloé Zhao(Nomadland)

#3Jennifer Lame(Tenet)

#4Kirk Baxter(Mank)

#5Alan Baumgarten(The Trial of the Chicago 7)

Best Cinematography

#1Joshua James Richards(Nomadland)

#2Christopher Blauvelt(First Cow)

#1
Sound of Metal

#2
I’m Thinking of Ending Things

#3
Never Rarely Sometimes Always

#4
Minari

#5
First Cow

#6
Nomadland

#7
Soul

#8
Promising Young Woman

#9
The Trial of the Chicago 7

#10
Da 5 Bloods

#1
Soul

#2
Wolfwalkers

#3
La casa lobo [The Wolf House]

#4
Onward

#5
Over the Moon

#1
Colectiv [Collective]

#2
Minari

#3
Druk [Another Round]

#4
Bacurau

DIDN’T SEE
La Llorona

#1
Colectiv [Collective]

#2
Dick Johnson Is Dead

#3
Time

#4
Boys State

#5
The Painter and the Thief

#1
Chloé Zhao
(Nomadland)

#2
Kelly Reichardt
(First Cow)

#3
Eliza Hittman
(Never Rarely Sometimes Always)

#4
Emerald Fennell
(Promising Young Woman)

#5
Spike Lee
(Da 5 Bloods)

#1
Riz Ahmed
(Sound of Metal)

#2
Anthony Hopkins
(The Father)

#3
Delroy Lindo
(Da 5 Bloods)

#4
Chadwick Boseman
(Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)

#5
Steven Yeun
(Minari)

#1
Viola Davis
(Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)

#2
Sidney Flanigan
(Never Rarely Sometimes Always)

#3
Frances McDormand
(Nomadland)

#4
Carey Mulligan
(Promising Young Woman)

#5
Jessie Buckley
(I’m Thinking of Ending Things)

#1
Paul Raci
(Sound of Metal)

#2
Leslie Odom Jr.
(One Night in Miami …)

#3
Bill Murray
(On the Rocks)

#4
Sacha Baron Cohen
(The Trial of the Chicago 7)

#5
Chadwick Boseman
(Da 5 Bloods)

#1
Youn Yuh-jung
(Minari)

#2
Olivia Colman
(The Father)

#3
Talia Ryder
(Never Rarely Sometimes Always)

#4
Amanda Seyfried
(Mank)

#5
Maria Bakalova
(Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)

#1
Eliza Hittman
(Never Rarely Sometimes Always)

#2
Lee Isaac Chung
(Minari)

#3
Emerald Fennell
(Promising Young Woman)

#4
Danny Bilson, Paul Demeo, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee
(Da 5 Bloods)

#5
Aaron Sorkin
(The Trial of the Chicago 7)

#1
Chloé Zhao
(Nomadland)

#2
Charlie Kaufman
(I’m Thinking of Ending Things)

#3
Kemp Powers
(One Night in Miami …)

#4
Jonathan Raymond, Kelly Reichardt
(First Cow)

#5
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
(Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)

#1
Adam Gough
(Da 5 Bloods)

#2
Chloé Zhao
(Nomadland)

#3
Jennifer Lame
(Tenet)

#4
Kirk Baxter
(Mank)

#5
Alan Baumgarten
(The Trial of the Chicago 7)

#1
Joshua James Richards
(Nomadland)

#2
Christopher Blauvelt
(First Cow)

#3
Erik Messerschmidt
(Mank)

#4
Newton Thomas Sigel
(Da 5 Bloods)

#5
Hoyte Van Hoytema
(Tenet)

#1
Terence Blanchard
(Da 5 Bloods)

#2
Ludwig Goransson
(Tenet)

#3
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
(Soul)

#4
Emile Mosseri
(Minari)

#5
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
(Mank)

#1
Darius Marder
(Sound of Metal)

#2
Regina King
(One Night in Miami …)

#3
Emerald Fennell
(Promising Young Woman)

#4
Radha Blank
(The Forty-Year-Old Version)

#5
Andrew Patterson
(The Vast of Night)