The Phoenix Critics Circle are pleased to announce the recipients of their 2020 awards. After leading the way with seven nominations, Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari picked up the award for Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film, marking the second year in a row that both awards went to the same film (after 2019‘s Parasite). Yuh-Jung Youn also received the Best Supporting Actress award for her role in the film.
Judas And The Black Messiah‘s Daniel Kaluuya was awarded Best Supporting Actor, while Best Actor went to Chadwick Boseman for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, and Carey Mulligan snagged the Best Actress award for Promising Young Woman.
Keep reading for the full list of nominees and winners in each category.
Best Picture
- First Cow
- Minari – Winner
- Nomadland
- One Night In Miami
- Promising Young Woman
- Sound Of Metal
Best Comedy Film
- The 40-Year-Old Version
- Another Round
- Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
- On The Rocks
- Palm Springs – Winner
Best Science Fiction Film
- Possessor
- Sputnik
- Tenet
- The Vast Of Night – Winner
Best Horror Film
- Antebellum
- The Invisible Man – Winner
- La Llorona
- Possessor
- Relic
Best Animated Film
- The Croods: A New Age
- Onward
- Over The Moon
- Soul – Winner
- Wolfwalkers
Best Foreign Language Film
- Another Round
- Bacurau
- Collective
- La Llorona
- Minari – Winner
Best Documentary
- Boys State – Winner
- Crip Camp
- Dick Johnson Is Dead
- Gunda
- Time
Best Actor
- Riz Ahmed, Sound Of Metal
- Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Winner
- Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods
- Mads Mikkelsen, Another Round
- Gary Oldman, Mank
- Steven Yeun, Minari
Best Actress
- Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- Andra Day, The United States Vs. Billie Holiday
- Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
- Frances McDormand, Nomadland
- Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman – Winner
Best Supporting Actor
- Chadwick Boseman, Da 5 Bloods
- Sacha Baron Cohen, Trial Of The Chicago 7
- Daniel Kaluuya, Judas And The Black Messiah – Winner
- Leslie Odom Jr, One Night In Miami
- Paul Raci, Sound Of Metal
Best Supporting Actress
- Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
- Olivia Colman, The Father
- Dominique Fishback, Judas And The Black Messiah
- Amanda Seyfried, Mank
- Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari – Winner
- Helena Zengel, News Of The World
Best Director
- Lee Issac Chung, Minari
- Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
- David Fincher, Mank
- Regina King, One Night In Miami
- Chloe Zhao, Nomadland – Winner
Best Screenplay
- Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
- Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
- Kemp Powers, One Night In Miami – Winner
- Aaron Sorkin, Trial Of The Chicago 7
- Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
Best Cinematography
- Erik Messerschmidt, Mank
- Joshua James Richards, Nomadland
- Newton Thomas Sigel, Da 5 Bloods
- Hoyte Van Hoytema, Tenet
- Łukasz Żal, I’m Thinking Of Ending Things – Winner
Best Score
- Ludwig Göransson, Tenet
- James Newton Howard, News Of The World
- Emile Mosseri, Minari
- Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Mank
- Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross & Jon Batiste, Soul – Winner