The Power of the Dog was named the Best Picture of 2021 by the Southeastern Film Critics Association, along with Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for Jane Campion, Best Actor for Benedict Cumberbatch, Best Supporting Actor for Kodi Smit-McPhee and Best Supporting Actress for Kirsten Dunst. This is the second time a film directed by Jane Campion has won Best Picture and Best Director as SEFCA also recognized her film The Piano in 1993.

Winners of 2021 Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

Top 10 Films

1. The Power of the Dog
2. Licorice Pizza
3. Belfast
4. The Green Knight
5. West Side Story
6. The French Dispatch
7. Tick, Tick…BOOM!
8. Drive My Car
9. Dune
10. Summer of Soul

Best Actor

Winner: Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Runner-Up: Will Smith, King Richard

Best Actress

Winner: Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Runner-Up: Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza

Best Supporting Actor

Winner: Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Runner-Up: Jeffrey Wright, The French Dispatch

Best Supporting Actress

Winner: Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
Runner-Up: Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard

Best Ensemble

Winner: The French Dispatch
Runner-Up: Mass

Best Director

Winner: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Runner-Up: Steven Spielberg, West Side Story

Best Original Screenplay

Winner: Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Runner-Up: Wes Anderson, The French Dispatch

Best Adapted Screenplay

Winner: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Runner-Up: Tony Kushner, West Side Story

Best Documentary

Winner: Summer of Soul
Runner-Up: Flee

Best Foreign-Language Film

Winner: Drive My Car
Runner-Up: The Worst Person in the World

Best Animated Film

Winner: The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Runner-Up: Flee

Best Cinematography

Winner: Greig Fraser, Dune
Runner-Up: Ari Wegner, The Power of the Dog

Best Score

Winner: Hans Zimmer, Dune
Runner-Up: Jonny Greenwood, The Power of the Dog