The 41st Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2020, were given on December 13, 2020.^[1][2][3]

Winners

• Best Film:
  • Nomadland
    • Runner-up: First Cow
• Best Director:
  • Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
    • Runner-up: Kelly Reichardt – First Cow
• Best Actor:
  • Anthony Hopkins – The Father
    • Runner-up: Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
• Best Actress:
  • Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
    • Runner-up: Julia Garner – The Assistant
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Paul Raci – Sound of Metal
    • Runner-up: Brian Dennehy – Driveways (posthumous)
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Youn Yuh-jung – Minari
    • Runner-up: Amanda Seyfried – Mank
• Best Screenplay:
  • Charlie Kaufman – I'm Thinking of Ending Things
    • Runner-up: Jonathan Raymond and Kelly Reichardt – First Cow
• Best Animated Film:
  • The Wolf House
    • Runner-up: Wolfwalkers
• Best Documentary:
  • Collective
    • Runner-up: The Painter and the Thief
• Best Non-English Language Film:
  • La Llorona
    • Runner-up: The Painted Bird
• Best Cinematography:
  • Joshua James Richards – Nomadland
    • Runner-up: Shabier Kirchner – Lovers Rock
• Best Film Editing:
  • Robert Frazen – I'm Thinking of Ending Things
    • Runner-up: Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
• Best Original Score:
  • Emile Mosseri – Minari
    • Runner-up: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Mank
• Best New Filmmaker:
  • Florian Zeller – The Father
    • Runner-up: Autumn de Wilde – Emma
• Best Ensemble Cast:
  • Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
    • Runner-up: Minari