Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Give Top Prize to ‘Minari’

Minari, Nomadland, and Sound of Metal are the big winners from the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle, with the trio each picking up a pair of wins from the group. 

Minari got the biggest boost with its Best Picture win, coming fresh on the heels of its controversial placement in Foreign Language Film from the Golden Globes. A24’s drama from filmmaker Lee Issac Chung also scooped up the win for Best Supporting Actess for Yuh-Jung Youn. 

Chloé Zhao continued to affirm her position as the Best Director frontrunner by scooping up another prize for her film Nomadland, as did Frances McDormand in Best Actress. The other acting categories were won by Sound of Metal’s Riz Ahmed and Paul Raci, as the two continue to ride a wave of love from the critics heading into the upcoming nominations for the televised awards. 

See the full list of winners below: 

BEST PICTURE

Minari

TOP 10 FILMS 

Da 5 Bloods 

Mank 

Minari 

Nomadland 

Palm Springs 

Promising Young Woman 

Soul 

Sound of Metal 

The Trial of the Chicago 7 

The Vast of Night 

BEST DIRECTOR

Chloé Zhao, Nomadland 

BEST ACTOR

Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal 

BEST ACTRESS 

Frances McDodmand, Nomadland 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Paul Raci, Sound of Metal 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS 

Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari 

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 

Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 

Chloé Zhao, Nomadland 

BEST ANIMATED FILM 

Soul 

BEST DOCUMENTARY 

Boys State 

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM 

Martin Eden 

BEST FIRST FEATURE 

Andrew Patterson, The Vast of Night 

BEST ENSEMBLE 

The Trial of the Chicago 7 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 

Erik Messerschmidt, Mank 

BEST SCORE 

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Soul 

BEST BODY OF WORK 

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Mank and Soul