Well award season has been in full swing for some time. Nominations for the 94th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, February 8. It’s been announced that 276 feature films (those with running time more than 40-minutes) are eligible for this year’s Oscars, with nomination voting set to began yesterday, Jan 27, until Tuesday, Feb 1.

Well, I thought this year I’m starting FlixChatter’s unofficial ‘awards’ based on 2021 movies I managed to catch last year and the past few weeks of January, so obviously not meant to be a comprehensive list. As the title says, a bunch of the categories are completely random and in the spirit of fun, so with that… here. we. go!

Best Picture: The Power of the Dog

Best Director: Jane Campion – The Power Of the Dog

Best Original Screenplay: Belfast – Kenneth Branagh

Best Adapted Screenplay: CODA – Siân Heder

Best Cinematography: DUNE – Greig Fraser

Best Score: DUNE – Hans Zimmer

Best Sound Design: DUNE

Best Costume Design: House of Gucci – Janty Yates

Best Makeup/Hairstyling: Nightmare Alley

Best Art Direction/Production Design: (tie) Nightmare Alley + The Green Knight

Best Visual Effects: DUNE

Best Breakthrough Female Performer: Emilia Jones – CODA

Best Breakthrough Male Performer: Robin de Jesus – Tick, Tick… Boom!

Best Scene Stealer (Male): Harish Patel in Eternals

Best Scene Stealer (Female): Ana de Armas in No Time To Die

Best Kid Actor in a first film role (Male): Jude Hill in Belfast

Best Kid Actor in a first film role (Female): Joséphine Sanz in Petite Maman

Best Lead Female Performance snubbed by Golden Globes/SAG: Jodie Comer – The Last Duel

Best Lead Male Performance snubbed by Golden Globes/SAG: Adam Driver – Annette

Best Supporting Female Performance snubbed by Golden Globes/SAG: Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter

Best Supporting Male Performance snubbed by Golden Globes/SAG: Jason Isaacs – MASS

Best Movie Song: La Musique du Futur – Mon Coeur – Petite Maman

Best First Movie by a Female Director: The Lost Daughter – Maggie Gyllenhaal

Best First Movie by a Male Director: Pig – Michael Sarnoski

Best First Screenplay: MASS – Fran Kranz

Best Ensemble Cast: The Harder They Fall

Best Surprise Cameo: Chris Evans – Don’t Look Up

Best Foreign Language Feature by a Female Director: Petite Maman – Céline Sciamma

Best Foreign Language Feature by a Male Director: Drive My Car – Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Best Opening Sequence: Annette

Best Black & White Movie: Belfast

Best Documentary: Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It 

Best Dressed Female Character: Cate Blanchett’s Dr. Lilith Ritter – Nightmare Alley

Best Dressed Male Character: Adam Driver’s Maurizio Gucci – House of Gucci

Best Movie Car: Red Saab 900 Turbo – Drive My Car

Best Superhero Duo: Scarlett Johansson + Florence Pugh – Black Widow

Best Superhero Trio: Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield + Tom Holland – Spider-Man: No Way Home

Best Movie Rewatch in 2021: Crazy Rich Asians 

Best Car Chase: Chase through Matera – No Time To Die

Best Whoa Moment at the Movies: When the trio Spideys showed up in Spider-Man: No Way Home

Best Non-Human Performance: Baby Annette

Best Movie with Virtually No Dialog: The Man in the Hat

Best Movie Villain: Tony Leung as Xu Wenwu – Shang-Chi

Best Fight Scene (period): Jousting + hand-to-hand combat – The Last Duel

Best Fight Scene (contemporary) – Bus Fight – Shang-Chi

Best Actor-Singing-for-real: Andrew Garfield – Tick, Tick… Boom!

Best Movie Robot: (tie) I’m Your Man – Dan Stevens + Finch – Caleb Landry Jones (voice)

Best Sports Scene: Tennis matches in King Richard

Best Minimalistic Film: The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Underrated Gem: Riders Of Justice

Best Pleasant Surprise Movie: Pig

Best 2021 Trailer: House of Gucci

Best Trailer Song: Heart Of Glass – Blondie (House of Gucci)

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MISCELLANEOUS NOTABLE CATEGORIES

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Most Bonker Movie: Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar

Worst Movie: Red Notice (Netflix)

Most Wasted Actor: Paul Giamatti – Jungle Cruise

Movie I Stop Watching Halfway Through: Sounds Like Love (Netflix)

Most Drool-Worthy Actor of the Year: Adam Driver – Annette, The Last Duel, House of Gucci

Worst Surprise Cameo: (tie) Ed Sheeran – Red Notice + Ariana Grande – Don’t Look Up

Craftiest Way To Murder Someone: The Power Of the Dog

Most Cringe-worthy Sex Scene: Richard Madden + Gemma Chan in Eternals

Most Disappointing Highly-Anticipated Movie: Eternals

Most Disappointing Sequel: The Matrix Ressurrections

If only Keanu could dodge terrible movies from being made 😀

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Hope you enjoy 2021 FlixChatter Awards! 

Feel free to submit your own pick to any of the categories in the comment.