Portland Critics Association honored David Lowery’s The Green Knight with the award for Best Picture at their first annual awards. Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog picked up the other top honors, winning the award for Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Actor for Benedict Cumberbatch.

2021 Portland Critics Association Award Winners

Best Picture

Last Night in Soho
Licorice Pizza
The Power of the Dog
Winner: 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
Winner: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter

Best Male Leading Role

Andrew Garfield, tick tick… BOOM!
Winner: 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
Winner: 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
Winner: Jeffrey Wright, The French Dispatch
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Mike Faist, West Side Story

Best Female Supporting Role

Winner: 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
Winner: The French Dispatch
The Green Knight
The Harder They Fall
West Side Story

Best Animated Feature

Flee
Luca
Winner: 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
Winner: Summer of Soul
The Sparks Brothers
The Velvet Underground

Best Film Not in the English Language

Drive My Car
Flee
Lamb
Petite Maman
Winner: The Worst Person in the World
Titane

Best Comedy Feature

Barb and Star Go to Vista del Mar
Licorice Pizza
Shiva Baby
Winner: 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
Winner: Titane

Best Science Fiction Feature

Winner: Dune
Godziłla vs Kong
Oxygen
The Eternals
The Tomorrow War

Best Oregon Feature

Everything in the End
Lorelei
Luz
Winner: Pig

Best Screenplay

Licorice Pizza
The French Dispatch
The Green Knight
The Lost Daughter
Winner: The Power of the Dog

Best Cinematography

Winner: Dune
Nightmare Alley
The Green Knight
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Original Score

Winner: Dune
Last Night in Soho
No Time to Die
Spencer
The Power of the Dog

Best Costume Design

Winner: Dune
House of Gucci
Nightmare Alley
Spencer
The Last Duel
West Side Story

Best Production Design

Winner: Dune
Nightmare Alley
The French Dispatch
The Green Knight
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story

Best Sound Design

Winner: Dune
The Green Knight
The Harder They Fall
The Power of the Dog
tick tick… BOOM!
West Side Story

Best Visual Effects

Winner: Dune
Eternals
Godzilla vs Kong
No Time to Die
The Green Knight

Best Stunts or Action Choreography

Dune
Winner: No Time to Die
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
The Harder They Fall
The Last Duel