Complete list of winners is posted at ofcs.org

Below is my January 21st ballot for the 25th annual Online Film Critics Society Awards honoring movies released domestically in the United States during the 2021 calendar year. Each category is ordered according to my preferential rankings. Group winners were announced on January 24th, 2022 and are labeled in red.

Best Picture

#1
The Power of the Dog

WINNER

Best Picture

#1The Power of the Dog

#2Drive My Car

#3Pig

#4The Worst Person in the World

#5The Green Knight

#6Dune

#7Belfast

#8Titane

#9Licorice Pizza

DIDN’T SEEWest Side Story

Best Animated Film

#1The Mitchells vs the Machines

#2Flee

#3Luca

#4Encanto

#5Raya and the Last Dragon

Best Film Not in the English Language

#1Drive My Car

#2Flee

#3The Worst Person in the World

#4Titane

#5A Hero

Best Documentary

#1Procession

#2Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

#3Flee

#4The Rescue

#5The Velvet Underground

Best Director

#1Jane Campion(The Power of the Dog)

#2Ryusuke Hamaguchi(Drive My Car)

#3Denis Villeneuve(Dune)

#4Paul Thomas Anderson(Licorice Pizza)

DIDN’T SEESteven Spielberg(West Side Story)

Best Lead Actor

#1Benedict Cumberbatch(The Power of the Dog)

#2Andrew Garfield(tick, tick … BOOM!)

#3Nicolas Cage(Pig)

#4Hidetoshi Nishijima(Drive My Car)

#5Oscar Isaac(The Card Counter)

Best Lead Actress

#1Olivia Colman(The Lost Daughter)

#2Kristen Stewart(Spencer)

#3Renate Reinsve(The Worst Person in the World)

#4Agathe Rousselle(Titane)

#5Alana Haim(Licorice Pizza)

Best Supporting Actor

#1Kodi Smit-McPhee(The Power of the Dog)

#2Troy Kotsur(CODA)

#3Ciarán Hinds(Belfast)

#4Jeffrey Wright(The French Dispatch)

DIDN’T SEEMike Faist(West Side Story)

Best Supporting Actress

#1Ruth Negga(Passing)

#2Aunjanue Ellis(King Richard)

#3Ann Dowd(Mass)

#4Kirsten Dunst(The Power of the Dog)

DIDN’T SEEAriana DeBose(West Side Story)

Best Original Screenplay

#1Fran Kranz(Mass)

#2Michael Sarnoski(Pig)

#3Asghar Farhadi(A Hero)

#4Kenneth Branagh(Belfast)

#5Paul Thomas Anderson(Licorice Pizza)

Best Adapted Screenplay

#1Jane Campion(The Power of the Dog)

#2Ryûsuke Hamaguchi & Takamasa Oe(Drive My Car)

#3Maggie Gyllenhaal(The Lost Daughter)

#4Rebecca Hall(Passing)

#5Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth(Dune)

Best Editing

#1Peter Sciberras(The Power of the Dog)

#2Joe Walker(Dune)

#3Andy Jurgensen(Licorice Pizza)

#4Úna Ní Dhonghaíle(Belfast)

DIDN’T SEESarah Broshar and Michael Kahn(West Side Story)

Best Cinematography

#1Bruno Delbonnel(The Tragedy of Macbeth)

#2Ari Wegner(The Power of the Dog)

#1
The Power of the Dog

#2
Drive My Car

#3
Pig

#4
The Worst Person in the World

#5
The Green Knight

#6
Dune

#7
Belfast

#8
Titane

#9
Licorice Pizza

DIDN’T SEE
West Side Story

#1
The Mitchells vs the Machines

#2
Flee

#3
Luca

#4
Encanto

#5
Raya and the Last Dragon

#1
Drive My Car

#2
Flee

#3
The Worst Person in the World

#4
Titane

#5
A Hero

#1
Procession

#2
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

#3
Flee

#4
The Rescue

#5
The Velvet Underground

#1
Jane Campion
(The Power of the Dog)

#2
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
(Drive My Car)

#3
Denis Villeneuve
(Dune)

#4
Paul Thomas Anderson
(Licorice Pizza)

DIDN’T SEE
Steven Spielberg
(West Side Story)

#1
Benedict Cumberbatch
(The Power of the Dog)

#2
Andrew Garfield
(tick, tick … BOOM!)

#3
Nicolas Cage
(Pig)

#4
Hidetoshi Nishijima
(Drive My Car)

#5
Oscar Isaac
(The Card Counter)

#1
Olivia Colman
(The Lost Daughter)

#2
Kristen Stewart
(Spencer)

#3
Renate Reinsve
(The Worst Person in the World)

#4
Agathe Rousselle
(Titane)

#5
Alana Haim
(Licorice Pizza)

#1
Kodi Smit-McPhee
(The Power of the Dog)

#2
Troy Kotsur
(CODA)

#3
Ciarán Hinds
(Belfast)

#4
Jeffrey Wright
(The French Dispatch)

DIDN’T SEE
Mike Faist
(West Side Story)

#1
Ruth Negga
(Passing)

#2
Aunjanue Ellis
(King Richard)

#3
Ann Dowd
(Mass)

#4
Kirsten Dunst
(The Power of the Dog)

DIDN’T SEE
Ariana DeBose
(West Side Story)

#1
Fran Kranz
(Mass)

#2
Michael Sarnoski
(Pig)

#3
Asghar Farhadi
(A Hero)

#4
Kenneth Branagh
(Belfast)

#5
Paul Thomas Anderson
(Licorice Pizza)

#1
Jane Campion
(The Power of the Dog)

#2
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi & Takamasa Oe
(Drive My Car)

#3
Maggie Gyllenhaal
(The Lost Daughter)

#4
Rebecca Hall
(Passing)

#5
Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth
(Dune)

#1
Peter Sciberras
(The Power of the Dog)

#2
Joe Walker
(Dune)

#3
Andy Jurgensen
(Licorice Pizza)

#4
Úna Ní Dhonghaíle
(Belfast)

DIDN’T SEE
Sarah Broshar and Michael Kahn
(West Side Story)

#1
Bruno Delbonnel
(The Tragedy of Macbeth)

#2
Ari Wegner
(The Power of the Dog)

#3
Andrew Droz Palermo
(The Green Knight)

#4
Greig Fraser
(Dune)

DIDN’T SEE
Janusz Kaminski
(West Side Story)

#1
Germaine Franco
(Encanto)

#2
Jonny Greenwood
(The Power of the Dog)

#3
Alexandre Desplat
(The French Dispatch)

#4
Jonny Greenwood
(Spencer)

#5
Hans Zimmer
(Dune)

#1
Jade Healy
(The Green Knight)

#2
Patrice Vermette
(Dune)

#3
Adam Stockhausen
(The French Dispatch)

#4
Tamara Deverell
(Nightmare Alley)

DIDN’T SEE
Adam Stockhausen
(West Side Story)