Nomadland has swept the incredibly small and cliquish National Society of Film Critics. Several films got love, but Promising Young Woman, among others, was completely left out even in the screenplay category. With so few members, I would expect a fairly narrow set of films and they have certainly delivered that.

Award Tallies

(4) Nomadland

The Awards

Best Picture

1. Nomadland (53 points)
2. First Cow (50 points)
3. Never Rarely Sometimes Always (41 points)

Best Director

1. Chloe Zhao – Nomadland (58 points)
2. Steve McQueen – Small Axe (41 points)
3. Kelly Reichardt – First Cow (30 points)

Best Actor

1. Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods (52 points)
2. Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (47 points)
3. Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal (32 points)

Best Actress

1. Frances McDormand – Nomadland (46 points)
2. Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (33 points)
3. Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always (29 points)

Best Supporting Actor

1. Paul Raci – Sound of Metal (53 points)
2. Glynn Turman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (36 points)
3. Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods (35 points)

Best Supporting Actress

1. Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (47 points)
2. Amanda Seyfried – Mank (40 points)
3. Youn Yuh-jung – Minari(33 points)

Best Screenplay

1. Never Rarely Sometimes Always (38 points)
2. First Cow (35 points)
3. I’m Thinking of Ending Things (29 points)

Best Cinematography

1. Nomadland (47 points)
2. Lovers Rock (41 points)
3. Vitalina Varela (34 points)

Best Foreign Language Film

1. Collective (38 points)
2. Bacurau (36 points)
3. Beanpole (36 points)
4. Vitalina Varela (32 points)

Best Non-Fiction Film

1. Time (46 points)
2. City Hall (28 points)
3. Collective (22 points)

Film Heritage Award

Women Make Movies
Film Comment
Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, MA

National Society of Film Critics Data

Year Founded: 1966
First Awards: 1966 (55)