Members of the Portland Critics Association are pleased to announce the winners of their first annual awards, honoring the best films, filmmakers, actors and other achievements of 2021.
David Lowery’s The Green Knight was honored with the award for Best Picture, its sole accolade despite nominations in 9 categories, while Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog picked up wins for Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Actor for Benedict Cumberbatch’s soulful performance.
Elsewhere, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune dominated many of the technical categories, with 7 overall awards including Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects and Best Production Design.
Please see below for the full list of winners (highlighted in red), along with the PCA’s Top 10 films of the year.
Best Picture
- Last Night in Soho
- Licorice Pizza
- The Power of the Dog
- The Green Knight
- The Last Duel
- West Side Story
Best Director
- David Lowery, The Green Knight
- Denis Villeneuve, Dune
- Edgar Wright, Last Night in Soho
- Guillermo del Toro, Nightmare Alley
- Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
- Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
Best Male Leading Role
- Andrew Garfield, tick tick… BOOM!
- Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
- Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth
- Dev Patel, The Green Knight
- Nicolas Cage, Pig
- Will Smith, King Richard
Best Female Leading Role
- Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
- Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
- Kristen Stewart, Spencer
- Lady Gaga, House of Gucci
- Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World
- Tessa Thompson, Passing
Best Male Supporting Role
- Bradley Cooper, Licorice Pizza
- Jared Leto, House of Gucci
- Jeffrey Wright, The French Dispatch
- Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
- Mike Faist, West Side Story
Best Female Supporting Role
- Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
- Cate Blanchett, Nightmare Alley
- Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
- Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
- Ruth Negga, Passing
Best Ensemble Cast
- Dune
- House of Gucci
- The French Dispatch
- The Green Knight
- The Harder They Fall
- West Side Story
Best Animated Feature
- Flee
- Luca
- The Mitchells vs. The Machines
- Raya and the Last Dragon
Best Documentary Feature
- Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry
- Flee
- Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
- Summer of Soul
- The Sparks Brothers
- The Velvet Underground
Best Film Not in the English Language
- Drive My Car
- Flee
- Lamb
- Petite Maman
- The Worst Person in the World
- Titane
Best Comedy Feature
- Barb and Star Go to Vista del Mar
- Licorice Pizza
- Shiva Baby
- The French Dispatch
- The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Best Horror Feature
- Candyman
- Fear Street Part One: 1994
- Last Night in Soho
- Malignant
- The Night House
- Titane
Best Science Fiction Feature
- Dune
- Godziłla vs Kong
- Oxygen
- The Eternals
- The Tomorrow War
Best Oregon Feature
- Everything in the End
- Lorelei
- Luz
- Pig
Best Screenplay
- Licorice Pizza
- The French Dispatch
- The Green Knight
- The Lost Daughter
- The Power of the Dog
Best Cinematography
- Dune
- Nightmare Alley
- The Green Knight
- The Power of the Dog
- The Tragedy of Macbeth
Best Original Score
- Dune
- Last Night in Soho
- No Time to Die
- Spencer
- The Power of the Dog
Best Costume Design
- Dune
- House of Gucci
- Nightmare Alley
- Spencer
- The Last Duel
- West Side Story
Best Production Design
- Dune
- Nightmare Alley
- The French Dispatch
- The Green Knight
- The Tragedy of Macbeth
- West Side Story
Best Sound Design
- Dune
- The Green Knight
- The Harder They Fall
- The Power of the Dog
- tick tick… BOOM!
- West Side Story
Best Visual Effects
- Dune
- Eternals
- Godzilla vs Kong
- No Time to Die
- The Green Knight
Best Stunts or Action Choreography
- Dune
- No Time to Die
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
- The Harder They Fall
- The Last Duel
Top 10 Films of 2021
- The Green Knight
- The Power of the Dog
- Dune
- The French Dispatch
- West Side Story
- Last Night in Soho
- Licorice Pizza
- The Worst Person in the World
- The Lost Daughter
- The Last Duel
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