Critics' Choice film nominations 2021: Netflix makes history with record number of Best Picture nods

Netflix made history as the nominations for the 26th Critics' Choice Awards were announced on Monday, as the streaming giant made up four out of the 10 nominees for Best Picture – a record number for any studio in these awards since they began in 1995. Mank leads the way this year with 12 nods, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay. The Netflix comedy drama re-examines 1930s Hollywood as Herman J Mankiewicz races to finish Citizen Kane . Korean film Minari is not far behind with 10 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Foreign Language Film and Best Acting Ensemble. The semi-autobiographical film tells the story of a Korean family moving to Arkansas in the 1980s. Netflix's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom received eight nods , including a posthumous Best Actor nomination for Chadwick Boseman , who was also nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category for his turn in Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods . Netflix garnered 46 film nominations in total, adding to the 26 nods it received in the television arm of the Critics' Choice Awards , which were announced in January. The Critics' Choice Awards will take place on March 8. See the full list of film nominations below: Da 5 Bloods Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Mank Minari News of the World Nomadland One Night in Miami Promising Young Woman Sound of Metal The Trial of the Chicago 7 Lee Isaac Chung, Minari Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman David Fincher, Mank Spike Lee, Da 5 Bloods Regina King, One Night in Miami Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7 Chloe Zhao, Nomadland Ben Affleck, The Way Back Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Tom Hanks, News of the World Anthony Hopkins, The Father Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods Gary Oldman, Mank Steven Yeun, Minari Viola Davis, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman Frances McDormand, Nomadland Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman Zendaya, Malcolm & Marie Chadwick Boseman, Da 5 Bloods Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7 Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah Bill Murray, On the Rocks Leslie Odom Jr., One Night in Miami Paul Raci, Sound of Metal Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Ellen Burstyn, Pieces of a Woman Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy Olivia Colman, The Father Amanda Seyfried, Mank Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari Ryder Allen, Palmer Ibrahima Gueye, The Life Ahead Alan Kim, Minari Talia Ryder, Never Rarely Sometimes Always Caoilinn Springall, The Midnight Sky Helena Zengel, News of the World Da 5 Bloods Judas and the Black Messiah Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Minari One Night in Miami The Trial of the Chicago 7 Mank – Jack Fincher Minari – Lee Isaac Chung Never Rarely Sometimes Always – Eliza Hittman Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell Sound of Metal – Darius Marder, Abraham Marder The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Aaron Sorkin The Father – Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller First Cow – Jonathan Raymond, Kelly Reichardt Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Ruben Santiago-Hudson News of the World – Luke Davies, Paul Greengrass Nomadland – Chloe Zhao One Night in Miami – Kemp Powers Emma – Kave Quinn, Stella Fox Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Mark Ricker, Karen O'Hara, Diana Stoughton Mank – Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale News of the World – David Crank, Elizabeth Keenan The Personal History of David Copperfield – Cristina Casali, Charlotte Dirickx Tenet – Nathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas Da 5 Bloods – Newton Thomas Sigel First Cow – Christopher Blauvelt Mank – Erik Messerschmidt Minari – Lachlan Milne News of the World – Dariusz Wolski Nomadland – Joshua James Richards Tenet – Hoyte Van Hoytema Emma – Alexandra Byrne Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Ann Roth Mank – Trish Summerville Mulan – Bina Daigeler The Personal History of David Copperfield – Suzie Harman, Robert Worley Promising Young Woman – Nancy Steiner The Father – Yorgos Lamprinos Mank – Kirk Baxter Nomadland – Chloe Zhao Sound of Metal – Mikkel E.G. Nielsen Tenet – Jennifer Lame The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Alan Baumgarten Emma Hillbilly Elegy Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Mank Promising Young Woman The United States vs. Billie Holiday Greyhound The Invisible Man Mank The Midnight Sky Mulan Tenet Wonder Woman 1984 The Midnight Sky – Alexandre Desplat Mank – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross Minari – Emile Mosseri News of the World – James Newton Howard Soul – Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross Tenet – Ludwig Goransson Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga – Husavik (My Home Town) The Life Ahead – Io Si (Seen) Judas and the Black Messiah – Fight for You One Night in Miami – Speak Now The Outpost – Everybody Cries The United States vs. Billie Holiday – Tigress & Tweed Another Round Collective La Llorona The Life Ahead Minari Two Of Us Borat Subsequent Moviefilm The Forty-Year-Old Version The King of Staten Island On the Rocks Palm Springs The Prom

Critics' Choice film nominations 2021: Netflix makes history with record number of Best Picture nods

The streaming platform's 'Mank' leads the way with 12 nominations