Thanks to your nominations, we have compiled the final list of nominees for The 20th Annual Golden Schmoes, honoring the movies of 2021! Final voting is on now and ends at midnight tonight, with winners to be announced on Monday, March 21st, with the Oscars set to happen just under a week later, on Sunday, March 27th. For those experiencing the Golden Schmoes for the first time CLICK HERE to see what it’s all about. You can get a ton more info in our FAQ, but the process is a piece of cake and lots of fun. Even if you didn’t take part in the nominations part of the process, you can still help vote for the winners.
As expected, Spider-Man: No Way Home was the most nominated movie of the year, counting a solid 15 nominations and being nominated numerous times in multiple categories.
MOST NOMINATIONS BY FILM:
Spider-Man: No Way Home: 15 nominations
Dune: 12 nominations
Nobody: 6 nominations
No Time to Die: 5 nominations
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: 5 nominations
No records were broken in terms of MOST nominations (which to this day still belongs to Christopher Nolan’s Inception with 19 nominations). Still, one thing worth noting is the amazing diversity of 2021 films chosen for this year’s Golden Schmoes. I think the fan community is often looked down on by critics who assume we’ll only watch comic book movies, but movies like The Power of the Dog and Licorice Pizza earned 4 nominations each, while a lot of neglected films such as The Last Duel and The Green Knight got tons of love, and Nicolas Cage earned a much-deserved nod for his standout work in Pig. Nominations like this make me proud to be part of the community!
Check out the complete list of nominations below and start voting right here! Are some of your favorite 2021 movies in this year’s Golden Schmoes?
| Favorite Movie – Spider-Man: No Way Home – Dune – No Time to Die – Nobody – Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | Worst Movie – Space Jam: A New Legacy – F9: The Fast Saga – The Matrix Resurrections – Thunder Force – Tom & Jerry |
| Best Director – Denis Villeneuve: Dune – Jon Watts: Spider-Man No Way Home – Jane Campion: The Power of the Dog – Steven Spielberg: West Side Story – Paul Thomas Anderson: Licorice Pizza | Best Screenplay – Dune – Spider-Man: No Way Home – Licorice Pizza – The Power of the Dog – The Last Duel |
| Most Overrated Movie – Don’t Look Up – Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings – Dune – The Power of the Dog – Spider-Man: No Way Home | Most Underrated Movie – The Last Duel – Nobody – The Green Knight – Last Night in Soho – Pig |
| Trippiest Movie – Last Night in Soho – Titane – Malignant – The Green Knight – Dune | Best Comedy – Free Guy – The Mitchells vs The Machines – The Suicide Squad – Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar – Ghostbusters: Afterlife |
| Best Horror – Malignant – A Quiet Place: Part II – Last Night in Soho – Halloween Kills – Candyman | Best Animated – Encanto – The Mitchells vs the Machines – Raya & the Last Dragon – Luca – Flee |
| Best Sci-Fi Flick – Dune – Spider-Man: No Way Home – Free Guy – Godzilla vs Kong – Ghostbusters: Afterlife | Best Special Effects – Dune – Spider-Man: No Way Home – The Suicide Squad – Shang-Chi & the Legend of the Ten Rings – Godzilla vs Kong |
| Biggest Disappointment – The Matrix Resurrections – Eternals – Black Widow – Space Jam: A New Legacy – Halloween Kills | Biggest Surprise – Nobody – Free Guy – Pig – The Suicide Squad – The Mitchells vs the Machines |
| Best Actor – Will Smith: King Richard – Benedict Cumberbatch: The Power of the Dog – Andrew Garfield: Tick, Tick, Boom – Tom Holland: Spider-Man: No Way Home – Nicolas Cage: Pig | Best Actress – Lady Gaga: House of Gucci – Alana Haim: Licorice Pizza – Kristen Stewart: Spencer – Jodie Comer: The Last Duel – Jessica Chastain: The Eyes of Tammy Faye |
| Best Supporting Actor – Andrew Garfield: Spider-Man: No Way Home – Willem Dafoe: Spider-Man: No Way Home – Troy Kotsur: Coda – Kodi Smit McPhee: The Power of the Dog – Jared Leto: House of Gucci | Best Supporting Actress – Florence Pugh: Black Widow – Kirsten Dunst: The Power of the Dog – Ariana DeBose: West Side Story – Aunjanue Ellis: King Richard – Rebecca Ferguson: Dune |
| Breakthrough Performance – Alana Haim: Licorice Pizza – Mckenna Grace: Ghostbusters: Afterlife – Simu Liu: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings – Cooper Hoffman: Licorice Pizza – Rachel Zegler: West Side Story | Favorite Celebrity – Tom Holland – Zendaya – Ryan Reynolds – Lady Gaga – Andrew Garfield |
| Coolest Character – Andrew Garfield: Spider-Man – Bob Odenkirk: Hutch Mansel – Lady Gaga: Patrizia Reggiani – Daniel Craig: James Bond – Simu Liu: Shang-Chi | Best Music – Dune – Encanto – West Side Story – The Suicide Squad – Last Night in Soho |
| Favorite Poster – Dune – Spider-Man: No Way Home – The Suicide Squad – Last Night in Soho – Godzilla vs Kong | Best Trailer – Spider-Man: No Way Home – Dune – No Time to Die – House of Gucci – The Matrix Resurrections |
| Most Memorable Scene – The death of 007: No Time to Die – Gabriel reveal: Malignant – Matt Murdock: Spider-Man: No Way Home – The three Spider-Men meet: Spider-Man: No Way Home – The real Ghostbusters: Ghostbusters: Afterlife | Best Action Sequence – Paloma & Bond shootout: No Time to Die – Godzilla & Kong vs Mechagodzilla: Godzilla vs Kong – Police precinct massacre: Malignant – Bus fight: Nobody – Three Spider-Men working together: Spider-Man: No Way Home |
| Best Line of the Year – “A great man doesn’t seek to lead, he’s called to it, he answers.” : Dune – “Father, son, House of Gucci” : House of Gucci – “With great power, comes great responsibility”: Spider-Man: No Way Home – “Peacemaker, what a joke” : The Suicide Squad – “I’m gonna f*ck you up”: Nobody |