‘Drive My Car’ Takes Best Picture At Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards – Complete Winners List

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association voted Saturday on the best films and performances of 2021, with Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Japanese Oscar entry Drive My Car taking Best Picture and Best Screenplay, and earning Hamaguchi Runner-Up in the race for Best Director.

The Power of the Dog‘s Jane Campion prevailed in the latter category, with Red Rocket‘s Simon Rex taking Best Actor and Parallel Mothers‘ Penélope Cruz claiming Best Actress. The award for Best Documentary went to Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s Summer of Soul, with the prize for Best Animation going to Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s animated Neon pic, Flee, and that for Best Film Not in the English Language going to Céline Sciamma’s Petite Maman.

Traditionally, the categories in the LAFCA mix along with honorary awards including the Lifetime Achievement Award, which this year was given to Mel Brooks.

Today’s voting comes after the New York Film Critics Circle earlier this month selected Drive My Car as its Best Film, and Monday’s film nominations from the Critics Choice Awards which saw Belfast and West Side Story pace the field.

Today’s entire winners list can be found below.

Best Picture

Winner: Drive My Car

Runner-up: The Power of the Dog

Best Director

Winner: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog

Runner-up: Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car

Best Actress

Winner: Penélope Cruz, Parallel Mothers

Runner-up: Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World

Best Actor

Winner: Simon Rex, Red Rocket

Runner-up: Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog

Best Documentary

Winner: Summer of Soul

Runner-up: Procession

Best Screenplay

Winner: Drive My Car, Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe

Runner-up: Licorice Pizza, Paul Thomas Anderson

Best Animation

Winner: Flee

Runner-up: Belle

Best Supporting Actress

Winner: Ariana DeBose, West Side Story

Runner-up: Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard

Best Supporting Actor

Winner (tie): Vincent Lindon, Titane and Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog

Editing

Winner: Joshua L. Pearson, Summer of Soul

Runner-up: Andy Jurgensen, Licorice Pizza 

Best Production Design

Winner: Steve Saklad, Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar 

Runner-up: Tamara Deverell, Nightmare Alley 

Best Music/Score

Winner: Alberto Iglesias, Parallel Mothers

Runner-up: Jonny Greenwood, The Power of the Dog and Spencer

Best Cinematography

Winner: Ari Wegner, The Power of the Dog

Runner-up: Greig Fraser, Dune

Best Film Not in the English Language

Winner: Petite Maman

Runner-up: Quo Vadis, Aida?

Douglas Edwards Experimental Film Prize

The Works And Days (Of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin)

New Generation

Winner (tie): Shatara Michelle Ford, Test Pattern and Tatiana Huezo, Prayers for the Stolen

Career Achievement Award

Mel Brooks