“Licorice Pizza” ended up edging out “The Power of the Dog” for Best Picture by the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle. Not to worry, as Jane Campion won Best Director and Adapted Screenplay, along with the cast receiving three different acting awards and Jonny Greenwood grabbing the Best Score. Alana Haim grabbed the final acting award for “Licorice Pizza,” which also won Original Screenplay.
BEST PICTURE
“Licorice Pizza”
Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Produced by Sara Murphy, Adam Somner, and Paul Thomas Anderson
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
RUNNER-UP
| “The Power of the Dog” (Netflix) |
Best Director
Jane Campion
“The Power Of The Dog”
Produced by Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, Roger Frappier, Jane Campion, and Tanya Seghatchian
Netflix
RUNNER-UP
| Paul Thomas Anderson — “Licorice Pizza” (MGM) |
Best Actor
Benedict Cumberbatch
“The Power Of The Dog”
Directed by Jane Campion
Netflix
RUNNER-UP
| Andrew Garfield — “Tick, Tick…Boom!” (Netflix) |
Best Actress
Alana Haim
“Licorice Pizza”
Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
RUNNER-UP
| Jessica Chastain — “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” (Searchlight Pictures) |
Best Supporting Actor
Kodi Smit-Mcphee
“The Power Of The Dog”
Directed by Jane Campion
Netflix
RUNNER-UP
| Ciaran Hinds — “Belfast” (Focus Features) |
Best Supporting Actress
Kirsten Dunst
“The Power Of The Dog”
Directed by Jane Campion
Netflix
RUNNER-UP
| Ariana DeBose — “West Side Story” (20th Century Studios) |
Best Body of Work
Lin-Manuel Miranda
“Tick, Tick…Boom!,” “Encanto,” “In The Heights,” and “Vivo”
RUNNER-UP
| Andrew Garfield — “Tick, Tick…Boom!,” “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” & “Spider-Man: No Way Home” |
Best Documentary
“Summer Of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)”
Directed by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson
Searchlight Pictures
RUNNER-UP
| “The First Wave” (Neon) |
Best Score
“The Power Of The Dog”
Composed by Jonny Greenwood
Netflix
RUNNER-UP
| “Dune” — Hans Zimmer (Warner Bros. Pictures) |
Best Cinematography
“Dune”
Cinematography by Greig Fraser
Warner Bros. Pictures
RUNNER-UP
| “The Power of the Dog” — Ari Wegner (Netflix) |
Best Animated Film
“The Mitchells Vs The Machines”
Directed by Mike Rianda
Netflix
RUNNER-UP
| “Encanto” (Walt Disney Pictures) |
Best Ensemble Cast
“The French Dispatch”
Cast: Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Benicio del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Léa Seydoux, Frances McDormand, Timothée Chalamet, Jeffrey Wright, Christoph Waltz, Henry Winkler, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Willem Dafoe, Saoirse Ronan, Elisabeth Moss, Jason Schwartzman, Fisher Stevens, and Stephen Park
Searchlight Pictures
RUNNERS-UP
| “Licorice Pizza” (MGM) |
| “The Power of the Dog” (Netflix) |
Best First Feature
Maggie Gyllenhaal
“The Lost Daughter”
Produced by Maggie Gyllenhaal, Osnat Handelsman Keren, Talia Kleinhendler, and Charles Dorfman
Netflix
RUNNER-UP
| “Tick, Tick…Boom!” — Lin-Manuel Miranda (Netflix) |
Best Foreign Language Film
“Drive My Car”
(Japan)
Directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Janus Films
RUNNER-UP
| “The Worst Person in the World” (Norway) (Neon) |
Best Original Screenplay
“Licorice Pizza”
Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
RUNNER-UP
| “The French Dispatch” — Wes Anderson (Searchlight Pictures) |
Best Adapted Screenplay
“The Power of the Dog”
Written by Jane Campion
Based on “The Power of the Dog” by Thomas Savage
Netflix
RUNNER-UP
| “Dune” — Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve & Eric Roth (Warner Bros. Pictures) |
Most Disappointing Film
“Don’t Look Up”
Directed by Adam McKay
Netflix
RUNNERS-UP
| “Halloween Kills” (Universal) |
| “Spencer” (Neon) |
Top 10 Films of 2021
1. “Licorice Pizza”
(MGM)
2. “The Power of the Dog”
(Netflix)
3. “West Side Story”
(20th Century Studios)
4. “The Green Knight”
(A24)
5. “Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)”
(Searchlight Pictures)
6. “The French Dispatch”
(Searchlight Pictures)
7. “Tick, Tick…Boom!”
(Netflix)
8. “C’mon C’mon”
(A24)
9. “Dune”
(Warner Bros. Pictures)
10. “Nightmare Alley”
***(TIE)***
(Searchlight Pictures)
10. “Pig“
***(TIE)***
(Neon)
10. “Red Rocket”
***(TIE)***
(A24)
QUICK LIST
Best Picture: “Licorice Pizza”
Best Director: Jane Campion — “The Power Of The Dog”
Best Actor: Benedict Cumberbatch — “The Power Of The Dog”
Best Actress: Alana Haim — “Licorice Pizza”
Best Supporting Actor: Kodi Smit-Mcphee — “The Power Of The Dog”
Best Supporting Actress: Kirsten Dunst — “The Power Of The Dog”
Best Body of Work: Lin-Manuel Miranda — “Tick, Tick…Boom!,” “Encanto,” “In The Heights,” & “Vivo”
Best Documentary: “Summer Of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)”
Best Score: “The Power Of The Dog” — Jonny Greenwood
Best Cinematography: “Dune” — Greig Fraser
Best Animated Film: “The Mitchells Vs The Machines”
Best Ensemble Cast: “The French Dispatch”
Best First Feature: Maggie Gyllenhaal — “The Lost Daughter”
Best Foreign Language Film: “Drive My Car” (Japan)
Best Original Screenplay: “Licorice Pizza” — Paul Thomas Anderson
Best Adapted Screenplay: “The Power Of The Dog” — Jane Campion
Most Disappointing Film: “Don’t Look Up”
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle
The Oklahoma Film Critics Circle, also known as OFCC, is a nonprofit, 501(c) 7 voluntary organization of Oklahoma-based print, broadcast and Internet film critics who meet its membership criteria. Its overall mission is to support film culture and advance film conversation in the state of Oklahoma.
