Kansas City Critics Picks Include a Tie Between ‘Nomadland’ and ‘Promising Young Woman’

The Kansas City Film Critics Circle have revealed their winners for this year’s awards, and it comes with the rare tied winner in the Best Picture category. The KCFCC didn’t choose a side between two of the most dominant critics’ favorites we’ve seen on the circuit so far, giving their win to both Nomadland and Promising Young Woman. 

The two went to bat with one another all over the KCFCC’s selections, with Promising Young Woman winning Best Original Screenplay, while Nomadland won Best Adapted Screenplay. Carey Mulligan got the edge on Frances McDormand, with the former winning the Best Actress category while McDormand pulled up behind her as the runner-up. However, Chloé Zhao took home another Best Director prize for her Nomadland efforts, while the runner-up there was (perhaps surprisingly) Aaron Sorkin for The Trial of the Chicago 7. 

For the full list of winners and runner-ups from the KCFCC, see below: 

BEST PICTURE

Winner: Nomadland and Promising Young Woman (tie) 

BEST DIRECTOR

Winner: Chloé Zhao, Nomadland

Runner-up: Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7 

BEST ACTOR

Winner: Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal

Runner-up: Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

BEST ACTRESS

Winner: Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

Runner-up: Frances McDormand, Nomadland

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Winner: Leslie Odom Jr., One Night in Miami

Runner-up: Paul Raci, Sound of Metal 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Winner: Youn Yuh-Jung, Minari

Runner-up: Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Winner: Promising Young Woman

Adapted: The Trial of the Chicago 7 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Winner: Nomadland

Runner-up: I’m Thinking of Ending Things

BSET CINEMATOGRAPHY

Winner: The Vast of Night

Runner-up: Mank

BEST ANIMATED FILM 

Winner: Wolfwalkers

Runner-up: Soul 

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM 

Winner: Another Round

Runner-up: 76, Bacurau, and The Life Ahead

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Winner: The Dissident

Runner-up: Crip Camp

VINCE KOEHLER AWARD FOR BEST SCI-FI/HORROR/FANTASY

Winner: The Invisible Man

Runner-up: The Vast of Night 

TOM POE AWARD FOR BEST LGBTQ FILM

Winner: Kajillionaire

Runner-up: The Prom