Seattle’s critics were primarily impressed with action films (Dune: Part Two and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga). They also liked some substantive stuff but the performance of Challengers is a bit surprising considering its release much earlier this year. They also seemed to love The Beast, which has been a non-entity this year so far.

Nominations Tallies

(10) Dune: Part Two, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
(9) The Brutalist
(8) Conclave
(7) The Substance
(6) Anora
(5) The Beast, Wicked
(4) Sing Sing
(3) Challengers, Nosferatu
(2) Didi, Evil Does Not Exist, Flow, Ghostlight, A Real Pain, The Wild Robot
(1) Abigail, All We Carry, Dahomey, The Fall Guy, Fish War, Gasoline Rainbow, Gladiator II, Hard Truths, His Three Daughters, I Saw the TV Glow, Inside Out 2, Janet Planet, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Longlegs, Monkey Man, Nickel Boys, No Other Land, The Piano Lesson, Rainier: A Beer Odyssey, Red Rooms, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Strange Darling, Sugarcane, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, Transformers One, Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, Will & Harper

The Nominations

Best Picture

Anora
The Beast
The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
I Saw the TV Glow
Sing Sing
The Substance

Best Animated Feature

Flow
Inside Out 2
Transformers One
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

Best Director

Sean Baker – Anora
Bertrand Bonello – The Beast
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two

Best Actor

Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Keith Kupferer – Ghostlight
George MacKay – The Beast

Best Actress

Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance
Léa Seydoux – The Beast

Best Supporting Actor

Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Chris Hemsworth – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Josh O’Connor – Challengers
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist

Best Supporting Actress

Joan Chen – Dìdi
Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson
Ariana Grande-Butera – Wicked
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave

Best Screenplay

Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
A Real Pain
The Substance

Best Original Score

The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
Evil Does Not Exist
The Wild Robot

Best Film Editing

Anora
The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
The Substance

Best Cinematography

The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu

Best Production Design

The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Wicked

Best Costume Design

Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Nosferatu
Wicked

Best Visual Effects

Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
The Substance
Wicked

Best International Film

The Beast
Evil Does Not Exist
Flow
Red Rooms
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Best Documentary Film

Dahomey
No Other Land
Sugarcane
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Will & Harper

Best Youth Performance

Alyla Browne – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Katherine Mallen Kupferer – Ghostlight
Izaac Wang – Dìdi
Alisha Weir
Zoe Ziegler – Janet Planet

Best Ensemble

Anora
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
His Three Daughters
Sing Sing

Best Action Choreography

Dune: Part Two
The Fall Guy
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Monkey Man
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

Best Villain

Count Orlok – Nosferatu
Dementus – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen – Dune: Part Two
Longlegs – Longlegs
Macrinus – Gladiator II

Achievement in Pacific Northwest Filmmaking

All We Carry
Fish War
Gasoline Rainbow
Rainier: A Beer Odyssey
Strange Darling

Seattle Film Critics Society Data

First (Reboot) Awards: 2016 (9)