2021 AWARDS
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, 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 our Top 10 films of the year.
2021 PCA Award Winners
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
about Us
The Portland Critics Association is founded as a group of writers, reviewers, broadcasters and cinema historians, dedicated to amplifying public awareness and appreciation of the cinematic arts.
Established in 2021, our objective is to support and promote the local film community, encourage the progression and preservation of films, and recognize extraordinary achievements in filmmaking -- local, national and global -- through the administration of our annual awards.