The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association voted the Western drama THE POWER OF THE DOG as the best film of 2021, according to the results of its 28th annual critics’ poll released today. Following is a complete list of award winners, with choices listed in order of votes received.

Rounding out the composite list of the top 10 films of the year were as follows:

2) Belfast

3) King Richard

4) West Side Story

5) Licorice Pizza

6) Dune

7) Nightmare Alley

8) French Dispatch

9) The Lost Daughter

10) Coda

Best Actor
1) Benedict Cumberbatch for The Power of the Dog

2) Will Smith for King Richard

3) Andrew Garfiled for Tick, Tick, Boom!

4) Peter Dinklage for Cyrano

5) Denzel Washington for The Tragedy of MacBeth

Best Actress

1) Kristen Stewart for Spencer

2) Olivia Colman for The Lost Daughter

3) Jessica Chastain for The Eyes of Tammy Faye

4) Lady Gaga for House of Gucci

5) Nicole Kidman for Being the Ricardos

Best Supporting Actor

1) Kodi Smit-McPhee for The Power of the Dog

2) Troy Kotsur for CODA

3) Ciaran Hinds for Belfast

4) Ben Affleck for The Tender Bar

5) Jesse Plemons for The Tender Bar

Best Supporting Actress

1) Ariana DeBose for West Side Story

2) Kirsten Dunst for The Power of the Dog

3) Aunjanue Ellis for King Richard

4) Caitriona Balfe for Belfast

5) Ruth Negga for Passing

Best Director

1) Jane Campion for The Power of the Dog

2) Steven Spielberg for West Side Story

3) Kenneth Branagh for Belfast

4) Denis Villeneuve for Dune

5) Paul Thomas Anderson for Licorice Pizza

Best Foreign Language Film

1) Drive My Car

2) A Hero

3) The Worst Person in the World

4) The Hand of God

5) Flee

Best Documentary

1) Summer of Soul

2) Flee

3) The Rescue

4) Procession

5) Val

Best Animated Film

1) Encanto

2) The Mitchells vs. The Machines

Best Screenplay

1) Jane Campion for The Power of the Dog

2) Paul Thomas Anderson for Licorice Pizza

3) Kenneth Branagh for Belfast (tie)

Best Cinematography

1) Greig Fraser for Dune

2) Ari Wegner for The Power of the Dog

Best Musical Score

1) Hans Zimmer, Dune

2) Jonny Greenwood for The Power of the Dog

Russell Smith Award

The association also voted Flee as the winner of the Russell Smith Award, named for the late Dallas Morning News film critic. The honor is given annually to the best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film.

Due to adjusted eligibility guidelines for this year, films released only after March 1, 2021, were considered in all categories. The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association consists of 32 broadcast, print and online journalists from throughout North Texas. For more information, visit www.dfwcritics.com or follow us on Facebook or Twitter @dfwfilmcritics.