The Oklahoma Film Critics Circle has named Licorice Pizza the best picture of 2021, also awarding the film Best Original Screenplay for Paul Thomas Anderson (the Best Director runner-up) and Best Actress to Alana Haim in her film debut.
The Power of the Dog was big winner overall, with six awards including Best Director to Jane Campion and three of four individual acting prizes. The French Dispatch took the group’s Best Ensemble award while Licorice Pizza and The Power of the Dog settled for a tie as runners-up.
Here is the complete list of winners and runners-up from the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle.
Best Picture: Licorice Pizza
2. The Power of the Dog 3. West Side Story 4. The Green Knight 5. Summer of Soul 6. The French Dispatch 7. Tick, Tick…Boom! 8. C’mon C’mon 9. Dune 10. Nightmare Alley / Pig / Red Rocket
Best Director: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Runner–up: Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Best Actor: Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Runner–up: Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick…Boom!
Best Actress: Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
Runner–up: Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Best Supporting Actor: Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Runner–up: Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
Best Supporting Actress: Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
Runner–up: Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Best Original Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Runner–up: Wes Anderson, The French Dispatch
Best Adapted Screenplay: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Runner–up: Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve & Eric Roth, Dune
Best Animated Film: The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Runner–up: Encanto
Best Documentary: Summer of Soul
Runner–up: The First Wave
Best Foreign-Language Film: Drive My Car
Runner–up: The Worst Person in the World
Best Ensemble: The French Dispatch
Runners–up: Licorice Pizza and The Power of the Dog
Best Cinematography: Grieg Fraser, Dune
Runner–up: Ari Werner, The Power of the Dog
Best Score: Jonny Greenwood, The Power of the Dog
Runner–up: Hans Zimmer, Dune
Best First Feature: Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
Runner–up: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tick, Tick…Boom!
Best Body of Work: Lin-Manuel Miranda (Tick, Tick…Boom, Encanto, In the Heights, Vivo)
Runner–up: Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick…Boom, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Spider-Man: No Way Home
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