2021 Film Year: Oscar Winners & Nominees
The AwardWentTo archive contains 120 Academy Award records for the 2021 film year, covering 53 films and including 23 wins.
Years follow the source film eligibility/dataset year, which may differ from the ceremony calendar year. Counts describe film-linked archive records, including historical and special-award context where supplied.
Best Picture result
- ★ CODAPhilippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger, Producers
10 Best Picture award records for this film year. See the full result · Best Picture history
Acting category results
Leading winning films
Ranked by winning records in this film-year selection.
- Dune
6 wins from 10 award records
- CODA
3 wins from 3 award records
- The Eyes of Tammy Faye
2 wins from 2 award records
- The Power of the Dog
1 win from 12 award records
- Belfast
1 win from 7 award records
- West Side Story
1 win from 7 award records
Category winners
Select a category to explore its history, or jump to this year's full records.
- ★ CODA
- ★ King Richard — Richard Williams
- ★ CODA — Frank Rossi
- ★ The Eyes of Tammy Faye — Tammy Faye Bakker
- ★ West Side Story — Anita
- ★ Encanto
- ★ Dune
- ★ Dune
- ★ Cruella
- ★ Dune
- ★ Dune
- ★ No Time to Die — No Time To Die
- ★ Dune
- ★ Dune
- ★ CODA
- ★ Belfast
Nominations and award records by category
Showing 120 of 120 archive records. Gold stars mark winning records.
Best Picture
- ★ CODA IMDB — Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger, Producers
- Belfast IMDB — Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik and Tamar Thomas, Producers
- Don't Look Up IMDB — Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, Producers
- Drive My Car IMDB — Teruhisa Yamamoto, Producer
- Dune IMDB — Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve and Cale Boyter, Producers
- King Richard IMDB — Tim White, Trevor White and Will Smith, Producers
- Licorice Pizza IMDB — Sara Murphy, Adam Somner and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers
- Nightmare Alley IMDB — Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Bradley Cooper, Producers
- The Power of the Dog IMDB — Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Roger Frappier, Producers
- West Side Story IMDB — Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers
Best Actor
- ★ King Richard IMDB — Will SmithRichard Williams
- Being the Ricardos IMDB — Javier BardemDesi Arnaz
- The Power of the Dog IMDB — Benedict CumberbatchPhil Burbank
- tick, tick...BOOM! IMDB — Andrew GarfieldJon
- The Tragedy of Macbeth IMDB — Denzel WashingtonMacbeth
Best Supporting Actor
- ★ CODA IMDB — Troy KotsurFrank Rossi
- Belfast IMDB — Ciarán HindsPop
- The Power of the Dog IMDB — Jesse PlemonsGeorge Burbank
- Being the Ricardos IMDB — J.K. SimmonsWilliam Frawley
- The Power of the Dog IMDB — Kodi Smit-McPheePeter Gordon
Best Actress
- ★ The Eyes of Tammy Faye IMDB — Jessica ChastainTammy Faye Bakker
- The Lost Daughter IMDB — Olivia ColmanLeda
- Parallel Mothers IMDB — Penélope CruzJanis
- Being the Ricardos IMDB — Nicole KidmanLucille Ball
- Spencer IMDB — Kristen StewartDiana
Best Supporting Actress
- ★ West Side Story IMDB — Ariana DeBoseAnita
- The Lost Daughter IMDB — Jessie BuckleyYoung Leda
- Belfast IMDB — Judi DenchGranny
- The Power of the Dog IMDB — Kirsten DunstRose Gordon
- King Richard IMDB — Aunjanue EllisOracene 'Brandy' Williams
Animated Feature Film
- ★ Encanto IMDB — Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino and Clark Spencer
- Flee IMDB — Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie
- Luca IMDB — Enrico Casarosa and Andrea Warren
- The Mitchells vs. the Machines IMDB — Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Kurt Albrecht
- Raya and the Last Dragon IMDB — Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, Osnat Shurer and Peter Del Vecho
Art Direction
- ★ Dune IMDB — Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Zsuzsanna Sipos
- Nightmare Alley IMDB — Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
- The Power of the Dog IMDB — Production Design: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Amber Richards
- The Tragedy of Macbeth IMDB — Production Design: Stefan Dechant; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
- West Side Story IMDB — Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo
Cinematography
Costume Design
- ★ Cruella IMDB — Jenny Beavan
- Cyrano IMDB — Massimo Cantini Parrini and Jacqueline Durran
- Dune IMDB — Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan
- Nightmare Alley IMDB — Luis Sequeira
- West Side Story IMDB — Paul Tazewell
Best Director
Documentary Feature
- ★ Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) IMDB — Ahmir \"Questlove\" Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein
- Ascension IMDB — Jessica Kingdon, Kira Simon-Kennedy and Nathan Truesdell
- Attica IMDB — Stanley Nelson and Traci A. Curry
- Flee IMDB — Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie
- Writing with Fire IMDB — Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh
Documentary Short Subject
- ★ The Queen of Basketball IMDB — Ben Proudfoot
- Audible IMDB — Matt Ogens and Geoff McLean
- Lead Me Home IMDB — Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk
- Three Songs for Benazir IMDB — Elizabeth Mirzaei and Gulistan Mirzaei
- When We Were Bullies IMDB — Jay Rosenblatt
Film Editing
- ★ Dune IMDB — Joe Walker
- Don't Look Up IMDB — Hank Corwin
- King Richard IMDB — Pamela Martin
- The Power of the Dog IMDB — Peter Sciberras
- tick, tick...BOOM! IMDB — Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum
International Feature Film
- ★ Drive My Car IMDB — Japan
- Flee IMDB — Denmark
- The Hand of God IMDB — Italy
- Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom IMDB — Bhutan
- The Worst Person in the World IMDB — Norway
Makeup and Hairstyling
- ★ The Eyes of Tammy Faye IMDB — Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh
- Coming 2 America IMDB — Mike Marino, Stacey Morris and Carla Farmer
- Cruella IMDB — Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne and Julia Vernon
- Dune IMDB — Donald Mowat, Love Larson and Eva von Bahr
- House of Gucci IMDB — Göran Lundström, Anna Carin Lock and Frederic Aspiras
Original Score
Original Song
- ★ No Time to Die IMDB — Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'ConnellNo Time To Die
- King Richard IMDB — Music and Lyric by DIXSON and Beyoncé Knowles-CarterBe Alive
- Encanto IMDB — Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel MirandaDos Oruguitas
- Belfast IMDB — Music and Lyric by Van MorrisonDown To Joy
- Four Good Days IMDB — Music and Lyric by Diane WarrenSomehow You Do
Animated Short Film
- ★ The Windshield Wiper IMDB — Alberto Mielgo and Leo Sanchez
- Affairs of the Art IMDB — Joanna Quinn and Les Mills
- Bestia IMDB — Hugo Covarrubias and Tevo Díaz
- Boxballet IMDB — Anton Dyakov
- Robin Robin IMDB — Dan Ojari and Mikey Please
Live Action Short Film
- ★ The Long Goodbye IMDB — Aneil Karia and Riz Ahmed
- Ala Kachuu - Take and Run IMDB — Maria Brendle and Nadine Lüchinger
- The Dress IMDB — Tadeusz Lysiak and Maciej Slesicki
- On My Mind IMDB — Martin Strange-Hansen and Kim Magnusson
- Please Hold IMDB — K.D. Dávila and Levin Menekse
Sound Mixing
- ★ Dune IMDB — Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett
- Belfast IMDB — Denise Yarde, Simon Chase, James Mather and Niv Adiri
- No Time to Die IMDB — Simon Hayes, Oliver Tarney, James Harrison, Paul Massey and Mark Taylor
- The Power of the Dog IMDB — Richard Flynn, Robert Mackenzie and Tara Webb
- West Side Story IMDB — Tod A. Maitland, Gary Rydstrom, Brian Chumney, Andy Nelson and Shawn Murphy
Visual Effects
- ★ Dune IMDB — Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer
- Free Guy IMDB — Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis and Dan Sudick
- No Time to Die IMDB — Charlie Noble, Joel Green, Jonathan Fawkner and Chris Corbould
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings IMDB — Christopher Townsend, Joe Farrell, Sean Noel Walker and Dan Oliver
- Spider-Man: No Way Home IMDB — Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein and Dan Sudick
Adapted Screenplay
- ★ CODA IMDB — Screenplay by Siân Heder
- Drive My Car IMDB — Screenplay by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe
- Dune IMDB — Screenplay by Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth
- The Lost Daughter IMDB — Written by Maggie Gyllenhaal
- The Power of the Dog IMDB — Written by Jane Campion
Original Screenplay
- ★ Belfast IMDB — Written by Kenneth Branagh
- Don't Look Up IMDB — Screenplay by Adam McKay; Story by Adam McKay & David Sirota
- King Richard IMDB — Written by Zach Baylin
- Licorice Pizza IMDB — Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
- The Worst Person in the World IMDB — Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
Nominated films and other recorded entries
53 films represented in the 2021 archive selection.
- Affairs of the Art
- Ala Kachuu - Take and Run
- Ascension
- Attica
- Audible
- Being the Ricardos
- Belfast
- Bestia
- Boxballet
- CODA
- Coming 2 America
- Cruella
- Cyrano
- Don't Look Up
- Drive My Car
- Dune
- Encanto
- Flee
- Four Good Days
- Free Guy
- House of Gucci
- King Richard
- Lead Me Home
- Licorice Pizza
- Luca
- Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
- Nightmare Alley
- No Time to Die
- On My Mind
- Parallel Mothers
- Please Hold
- Raya and the Last Dragon
- Robin Robin
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
- Spencer
- Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
- The Dress
- The Eyes of Tammy Faye
- The Hand of God
- The Long Goodbye
- The Lost Daughter
- The Mitchells vs. the Machines
- The Power of the Dog
- The Queen of Basketball
- The Tragedy of Macbeth
- The Windshield Wiper
- The Worst Person in the World
- Three Songs for Benazir
- tick, tick...BOOM!
- West Side Story
- When We Were Bullies
- Writing with Fire
About these award records
This independent archive groups film-linked award records by film, credited name, category and eligibility year. The film year can differ from the year the ceremony took place. Ceremony numbers are shown where supplied by the records.
Each distinct performance, song or award credit remains a separate record, even when it belongs to the same film. Shared credits stay together. A person's page covers the name shown, without combining aliases or shared credits into a complete career total.
Totals can include honorary, special and historical awards alongside competitive nominations. Awards without a linked film are outside these page totals. Source notes and uncertain records are retained; category comparisons omit groups with unresolved notes, ties or conflicting identities.
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