LCJ’s First Half of 2021 Movie Awards honors performances and achievements from films released in at least one theater, on VOD or on a streaming service from January 1st to June 30th, 2021. Films screened during the first half of the year but will not have a regular release until the second half of 2021 include documentary features “Flee”, “ClayDream”, “Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain” and “Whirlybird”, dramas “Joe Bell” and “Broken Flowers”, action films “Black Widow” and “The Tomorrow War” and animated features “The Boss Baby: Family Business” and “Vivo”.
Best Picture
“12 Mighty Orphans”
“The Courier”
“The Dig”
“Dream Horse”
“My Salinger Year”
“My Zoe”
“No. 7 Cherry Lane”
***“Riders of Justice”
“Silk Road”
“Tina”
Best Director
Dominic Cooke – “The Courier”
Julie Delpy – “My Zoe”
Philippe Falardeau – “My Salinger Year”
Euros Lyn – “Dream Horse”
***Anders Thomas Jensen – “Riders of Justice”
Simon Stone – “The Dig”
Yonfan – “No. 7 Cherry Lane”
Best Actor
Benedict Cumberbatch – “The Courier”
Johnny Depp – “City of Lies”
***Ralph Fiennes – “The Dig”
Adarsh Gourav – “The White Tiger”
Frank Grillo – “Boss Level”
Mads Mikkelsen – “Riders of Justice”
Tahar Rahim – “The Mauritanian”
Best Actress
Amy Adams – “The Woman in the Window”
***Toni Collette – “Dream Horse”
Andra Day – “The United States vs. Billie Holiday”
Patti Harrison – “Together Together”
Ciera Payton – “Wendy Williams: The Movie”
Margaret Qualley – “My Salinger Year”
Naomi Watts – “Penguin Bloom”
Best Supporting Actor
Ryder Allen – “Palmer”
***Jason Clarke – “Silk Road”
Daniel Kaluuya – “Judas and the Black Messiah”
Dennis Quaid – “Blue Miracle”
Jason Segel – “Our Friend”
Martin Sheen – “12 Mighty Orphans”
Forest Whitaker – “City of Lies”
Best Supporting Actress
Jessie Buckley – “The Courier”
Jodie Foster – “The Mauritanian”
***Andrea Heick Gadeberg – “Riders of Justice”
Vanessa Kirby – “The World to Come”
Lily James – “The Dig”
Carey Mulligan – “The Dig”
Sigourney Weaver – “My Salinger Year”
Best Documentary Feature
“Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art”
“Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal”
“Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street”
“Summer of Soul”
***“Tina”
“Wolfgang”
Top Action Films of 2021 So Far
“Boss Level”
“Godzilla vs. Kong”
“The Ice Road”
“Those Who Wish Me Dead”
Top Comedies of 2021 So Far
“America: The Motion Picture”
“Bad Trip”
“Together Together”
“The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On the Run”
Outstanding Acting Ensembles
“The Dig”
“Dream Horse”
“The Little Things”
“My Salinger Year”
“Riders of Justice”
Outstanding Performances by Younger Actors and Actresses
Ryder Allen – “Palmer”
Matilda Lawler – “Flora & Ulysses”
Finn Little – “Those Who Wish Me Dead”
Caleb McLaughlin – “Concrete Cowboy”
Millicent Simmonds – “A Quiet Place: Part II”
Outstanding Voice Performances
John Cho – “Wish Dragon”
Jake Gyllenhaal – “Spirit Untamed”
Channing Tatum – “America: The Motion Picture”
Kelly Marie Tran – “Raya and the Last Dragon”
Jacob Tremblay – “Luca”
Michael J. Woodard – “Arlo the Alligator Boy”