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WEST SIDE STORY Leads Critics Choice Award Nominations - See the Full List!

Taye Diggs and Nicole Byer will host the ceremony TBS January 9.

By: Dec. 13, 2021
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The film nominations for the 2022 Critics Choice Awards have been announced! Taye Diggs and Nicole Byer will host the ceremony TBS January 9.

West Side Story leads with 11 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director for Steven Spielberg, Best Supporting Actress for both Ariana DeBose and Rita Moreno, Best Young Actor/Actress for Rachel Zegler, Best Acting Ensemble, Best Adapted Screenplay for Tony Kushner, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Editing, and Best Costume Design.

Tick, tick...BOOM! received two nominations for Best Picture and Best Actor for Andrew Garfield.

Lin Manuel-Miranda was nominated for Best Original Song for "Dos Oruguitas" from Encanto, which was also nominated for Best Animated Feature.

Peter Dinklage was nominated for Best Actor for his performance in the new Cyrano movie musical.

Aaron Sorkin was nominated for Best Screenplay for his work on Being the Ricardos.

Denzel Washington was nominated for Best Actor for his performance in The Tragedy of Macbeth.


Best Picture

Belfast
CODA
Don't Look Up
Dune
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
tick, tick...Boom!
West Side Story

Best Actor

Nicolas Cage - Pig
Benedict Cumberbatch - The Power of the Dog
Peter Dinklage - Cyrano
Andrew Garfield - tick, tick...Boom!
Will Smith - King Richard
Denzel Washington - The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Actress

Jessica Chastain - The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman - The Lost Daughter
Lady Gaga - House of Gucci
Alana Haim - Licorice Pizza
Nicole Kidman - Being the Ricardos
Kristen Stewart - Spencer

Best Supporting Actor

Jamie Dornan - Belfast
Ciarán Hinds - Belfast
Troy Kotsur - CODA
Jared Leto - House of Gucci
J.K. Simmons - Being the Ricardos
Kodi Smit-McPhee - The Power of the Dog

Best Supporting Actress

Caitríona Balfe - Belfast
Ariana DeBose - West Side Story
Ann Dowd - Mass
Kirsten Dunst - The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis - King Richard
Rita Moreno - West Side Story

Best Young Actor/Actress

Jude Hill - Belfast
Cooper Hoffman - Licorice Pizza
Emilia Jones - CODA
Woody Norman - C'mon C'mon
Saniyya Sidney - King Richard
Rachel Zegler - West Side Story

Best Acting Ensemble

Belfast
Don't Look Up
The Harder They Fall
Licorice Pizza
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story

Best Director

Paul Thomas Anderson - Licorice Pizza
Kenneth Branagh - Belfast
Jane Campion - The Power of the Dog
Guillermo Del Toro - Nightmare Alley
Steven Spielberg - West Side Story
Denis Villeneuve - Dune

Best Original Screenplay

Paul Thomas Anderson - Licorice Pizza
Zach Baylin - King Richard
Kenneth Branagh - Belfast
Adam McKay, David Sirota - Don't Look Up
Aaron Sorkin - Being the Ricardos

Best Adapted Screenplay

Jane Campion - The Power of the Dog
Maggie Gyllenhaal - The Lost Daughter
Siân Heder - CODA
Tony Kushner - West Side Story
Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth - Dune

Best Cinematography

Bruno Delbonnel - The Tragedy of Macbeth
Greig Fraser - Dune
Janusz Kaminski - West Side Story
Dan Laustsen - Nightmare Alley
Ari Wegner - The Power of the Dog
Haris Zambarloukos - Belfast

Best Production Design

Jim Clay, Claire Nia Richards - Belfast
Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau - Nightmare Alley
Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo - The French Dispatch
Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo - West Side Story
Patrice Vermette, Zsuzsanna Sipos - Dune

Best Editing

Sarah Broshar and Michael Kahn - West Side Story
Úna Ní Dhonghaíle - Belfast
Andy Jurgensen - Licorice Pizza
Peter Sciberras - The Power of the Dog
Joe Walker - Dune

Best Costume Design

Jenny Beavan - Cruella
Luis Sequeira - Nightmare Alley
Paul Tazewell - West Side Story
Jacqueline West, Robert Morgan - Dune
Janty Yates - House of Gucci

Best Hair & Makeup

Cruella
Dune
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
House of Gucci
Nightmare Alley

Best Visual Effects

Dune
The Matrix Resurrections
Nightmare Alley
No Time to Die
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Best Comedy

Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Don't Look Up
Free Guy
The French Dispatch
Licorice Pizza

Best Animated Feature

Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon

Best Foreign Language Film

A Hero
Drive My Car
Flee
The Hand of God
The Worst Person in the World







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