Best Films by Genre of 2021

Best Action/Adventure Film of 2021

Winner

  • Spider-Man: No Way Home

Additional Nominees

  • Black Widow
  • Dune
  • Eternals
  • Jungle Cruise
  • No Time to Die

Best Animated Film of 2021

Winner

  • Luca

Additional Nominees

  • The Addams Family 2
  • Encanto
  • Flee
  • The Mitchells vs. The Machines
  • Raya and the Last Dragon

Best Comedic Film of 2021

Winner

  • The French Dispatch

Additional Nominees

  • Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
  • CODA
  • Don’t Look Up
  • Ghostbusters: Afterlife
  • Luca

Best Documentary Film of 2021

Winner

  • Baloney: A Queer Male Burlesque Documentary

Additional Nominees

  • Ailey
  • Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry
  • Flee
  • Little Richard: I Am Everything
  • Summer of Soul

Best Dramatic Film of 2021

Winner

  • The Power of the Dog

Additional Nominees

  • Being the Ricardos
  • Belfast
  • Dune
  • King Richard
  • The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Fantasy Film of 2021

Winner

  • Encanto

Additional Nominees

  • Eternals
  • Ghostbusters: Afterlife
  • The Green Knight
  • Luca
  • Raya and the Last Dragon

Best Historical Film of 2021

Winner

  • The Last Duel

Additional Nominees

  • Being the Ricardos
  • Belfast
  • King Richard
  • Respect
  • Spencer

Best Horror or Thriller Film of 2021

Winner

  • A Quiet Place Part II

Additional Nominees

  • Antlers
  • The Black Phone
  • Candyman
  • Halloween Kills
  • Malignant

Best Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender or Queer Film of 2021

Winner

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Additional Nominees

  • Eternals
  • Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
  • Flee
  • The Power of the Dog
  • Summer of 85

Best Musical Film of 2021

Winner

  • West Side Story

Additional Nominees

  • Dear Evan Hansen
  • Encanto
  • Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
  • In the Heights
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Best Mystery or Suspense Film of 2021

Winner

  • Antlers

Additional Nominees

  • The Dry
  • Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
  • Malignant
  • The Voyeurs
  • The Woman in the Window

Best Science Fiction Film of 2021

Winner

  • Dune

Additional Nominees

  • Don’t Look Up
  • Ghostbusters: Afterlife
  • The Matrix Resurrections
  • A Quiet Place Part II
  • Venom: Let There Be Carnage

Best Superhero Film of 2021

Winner

  • Spider-Man: No Way Home

Additional Nominees

  • Black Widow
  • Eternals
  • Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
  • The Suicide Squad
  • Venom: Let There Be Carnage

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