These are final results for the best films of 2021, voted by Letterboxd members using the EXACT SAME RULES as the Oscars. There were 542 final voters.

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Best Picture

Minari - WINNER

I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Judas and the Black Messiah
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Soul
Sound of Metal

Best Director

Chloé Zhao (Nomadland) - WINNER

Lee Isaac Chung (Minari)
Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman)
David Fincher (Mank)
Charlie Kaufman (I'm Thinking of Ending Things)

Best Actor

Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal) - WINNER

Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
Delroy Lindo (Da 5 Bloods)
Mads Mikkelsen (Another Round)
Steven Yeun (Minari)

Best Actress

Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman) - WINNER

Jessie Buckley (I'm Thinking of Ending Things)
Viola Davis (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
Sidney Flanigan (Never Rarely Sometimes Always)
Frances McDormand (Nomadland)

Best Supporting Actor

Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah) - WINNER

Sacha Baron Cohen (The Trial of the Chicago 7)
Alan Kim (Minari)
Robert Pattinson (Tenet)
Paul Raci (Sound of Metal)

Best Supporting Actress

Youn Yuh-jung (Minari) - WINNER

Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)
Toni Collette (I'm Thinking of Ending Things)
Talia Ryder (Never Rarely Sometimes Always)
Amanda Seyfried (Mank)

Best Original Screenplay

Sound of Metal - WINNER

Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
Palm Springs
Promising Young Woman

Best Adapted Screenplay

I'm Thinking of Ending Things - WINNER

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
First Cow
Nomadland
One Night in Miami

Best Animated Feature

Soul - WINNER

Onward
Over the Moon
Ride Your Wave
Wolfwalkers

Best Documentary Feature

Dick Johnson is Dead - WINNER

Boys State
Collective
Time
Welcome to Chechnya

Best International Film

Another Round (Denmark) - WINNER

I'm No Longer Here (Mexico)
La Llorona (Guatemala)
Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
A Sun (Taiwan)

Best Cinematography

Nomadland - WINNER

I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Mank
Minari
Promising Young Woman

Best Costume Design

Emma - WINNER

Ammonite
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
First Cow
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Best Film Editing

I'm Thinking of Ending Things - WINNER

Mank
Minari
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - WINNER

Birds of Prey
Emma
Mank
Pinocchio

Best Production Design

Mank - WINNER

Emma
First Cow
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Best Original Score

Soul - WINNER

The Invisible Man
Mank
Minari
Tenet

Best Original Song

"Wuhan Flu" (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm) - WINNER

"Husavik" (Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga)
"Fight For You" (Judas and the Black Messiah)
"Rain Song" (Minari)
"Speak Now" (One Night in Miami)

Best Sound

Sound of Metal - WINNER

Minari
Nomadland
Soul
Tenet

Best Visual Effects

Tenet - WINNER

Birds of Prey
Love and Monsters
Mank
Soul

Films with multiple wins:
3 wins - Sound of Metal
2 wins - I'm Thinking of Ending Things, Minari, Nomadland, Soul

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