For a film that’s not nominated for their Best Film award, the Denver film critics sure loved Black Panther, giving it a nomination-topping 7 citations, including Best Director. Just below that is The Favourite, which did land a Best Film nomination. These selections are a smattering of expected and not-quite-expected, but not unexpected choices.

Nominations Tallies

(7) Black Panther
(6) The Favourite
(4) BlacKkKlansman, First Man, First Reformed, Roma, A Star Is Born
(3) Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Mary Poppins Returns, A Quiet Place, Vice

The Nominations

Best Film

BlacKkKlansman
The Favourite
First Man
First Reformed
Roma

Best Animated Film

Have A Nice Day
The Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Best Director

Black Panther – Ryan Coogler
BlacKkKlansman – Spike Lee
The Favourite – Yorgos Lanthimos
First Reformed – Paul Schrader
Roma – Alfonso Cuaron

Best Actor

Christian Bale – Vice
Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
Willem Dafoe – At Eternity’s Gate
Ethan Hawke – First Reformed
Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody

Best Actress

Yalitza Aparicio – Roma
Toni Collette – Hereditary
Olivia Colman – The Favourite
Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born
Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Best Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali – Green Book
Adam Driver – BlacKkKlansman
Sam Elliott – A Star Is Born
Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Michael B. Jordan – Black Panther

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams – Vice
Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
Thomasin McKenzie – Leave No Trace
Emma Stone – The Favourite
Rachel Weisz – The Favourite

Best Original Screenplay

Eighth Grade
The Favourite
First Reformed
A Quiet Place
Vice

Best Adapted Screenplay

BlacKkKlansman
Black Panther
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk

Best Score

Black Panther
First Man
Isle Of Dogs
Mary Poppins Returns
A Quiet Place

Best Original Song

“All The Stars” – Black Panther
“The Place Where Lost Things Go” – Mary Poppins Returns
“Shallow” – A Star Is Born
“Trip a Little Light Fantastic” – Mary Poppins Returns
“When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings” – The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs

Best Visual Effects

Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
First Man
Mission Impossible- Fallout
Ready Player One

Best Foreign Language Film

Birds of Passage
Burning
Cold War
Roma
Shoplifters

Best Documentary

Free Solo
Minding the Gap
Science Fair
Three Identical Strangers
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Best Sci-Fi/Horror Film

Annihilation
Black Panther
Hereditary
A Quiet Place
Ready Player One

Best Comedy

Crazy Rich Asians
Deadpool 2
The Death of Stalin
Game Night
Sorry to Bother You

Denver Film Critics Society Data

First Awards: 2009 (10)