Promising Young Woman

• Runner-Up: Sound of Metal
  • Black Bear
  • First Cow
  • Nomadland
  • One Night in Miami...

Chloé Zhao – Nomadland

• Runner-Up: Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7
  • Darius Marder – Sound of Metal
  • Kelly Reichardt – First Cow
  • Florian Zeller – The Father

Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal

• Runner-Up: Anthony Hopkins – The Father
  • Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
  • Brian Dennehy – Driveways
  • Steven Yeun – Minari

Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman

• Runner-Up: Frances McDormand – Nomadland
  • Viola Davis – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
  • Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman
  • Aubrey Plaza – Black Bear

Paul Raci – Sound of Metal

• Runner-Up: Peter Macdissi – Uncle Frank
  • Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7
  • Frank Langella – The Trial of the Chicago 7
  • Bill Murray – On the Rocks

Youn Yuh-jung – Minari

• Runner-Up: Amanda Seyfried – Mank
  • Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
  • Ellen Burstyn – Pieces of a Woman
  • Olivia Cooke – Sound of Metal

Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller – The Father

• Runner-Up: Charlie Kaufman – I'm Thinking of Ending Things
  • Kelly Reichardt and Jonathan Raymond – First Cow
  • Ruben Santiago-Hudson – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
  • Chloé Zhao – Nomadland

Lee Isaac Chung – Minari

• Runner-Up: Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
• Runner-Up: Darius Marder, Abraham Marder, and Derek Cianfrance – Sound of Metal
• Runner-Up: Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7
  • Sofia Coppola – On the Rocks

Radha Blank – The Forty-Year-Old Version

• Runner-Up: Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
  • Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
  • Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
  • Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman

Radha Blank – The Forty-Year-Old Version

• Runner-Up: Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
• Runner-Up: Bill Murray – On the Rocks
  • Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
  • Andy Samberg – Palm Springs

Wolfwalkers

• Runner-Up: Over the Moon
  • Onward
  • Soul
  • Trolls World Tour

Time

• Runner-Up: The Social Dilemma
  • Athlete A
  • My Octopus Teacher
  • Rewind

The Life Ahead

• Runner-Up: The Platform
  • Another Round
  • Martin Eden
  • Sputnik

One Night in Miami...

• Runner-Up: The Trial of the Chicago 7
  • Da 5 Bloods
  • Palm Springs
  • Uncle Frank

Joshua James Richards – Nomadland

• Runner-Up: Erik Messerschmidt – Mank
  • Christopher Blauvelt – First Cow
  • Hoyte van Hoytema – Tenet
  • Dariusz Wolski – News of the World

Andy Canny – The Invisible Man

• Runner-Up: Alan Baumgarten – The Trial of the Chicago 7
  • Andrew Dickler and Matthew Friedman – Palm Springs
  • Jennifer Lame – Tenet
  • Matthew L. Weiss – Black Bear

Alexandra Byrne – Emma

• Runner-Up: Erin Benach – Birds of Prey
  • April Napier – First Cow
  • Ann Roth – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
  • Trish Summerville – Mank

Donald Graham Burt – Mank

• Runner-Up: Molly Hughes – I'm Thinking of Ending Things
• Runner-Up: Shane Valentino – The Trial of the Chicago 7
  • Nathan Crowley – Tenet
  • Kave Quinn – Emma

Hamilton

• Runner-Up: David Byrne's American Utopia
• Runner-Up: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
  • Da 5 Bloods
  • Sound of Metal

Tenet

• Runner-Up: The Invisible Man
  • Birds of Prey
  • Greyhound
  • The Midnight Sky
  • Sputnik

• Steve McQueen – The Small Axe film series (Mangrove, Lover's Rock, Red, White and Blue, Alex Wheatle, Education)