The Third Annual HLS Movie Awards!

2021 The Third Annual HLS Movie Awards

    Welcome to the Third Annual HLS Movie Awards! Today will be covering the best of the best of the films that came out in 2021! One hundred and sixteen films were watched and graded against each other throughout the course of 2021 and here now we have the winners. There will be nine awards given out, all to those who stood out amongst their peers and deserve special recognition for their hard work and incredible artistry. No nominees were slouches to be clear, they all could have won in a different year so we should respect and celebrate their amazing work as well.

    The categories are, Best Score, Best Screenplay and Dialogue, Best Stunt Work, The Streaming Award, Best Acting Ensemble, Best Cinematography and Visuals, Best Actress, Best Actor and Best Picture. Most are straight forward but to explain a few, The Streaming Award is for the streaming service who put out the highest quality of films reviewed and in this weird year of day and date streaming, it was a heated competition. In the categories of Best Actress and Best Actor, a reminder that we choose to not split them up into leading and supporting because we think a performance is not measured in time on screen but the result of the hard work and effort by the actor. They can be on screen for five minutes or ninety-seven, the best performance should win regardless.

    A lot of time and effort was poured into doing the coverage of these films and putting together this year's HLS Movie Awards and I want to thank you all for reading along, enough of all that on to the winners!


Best Score 

7. Encanto - Germaine Franco

6. Spencer - Jonny Greenwood

5. The French Dispatch - Alexandre Desplat

4. Don't Look Up (Netflix) - Nicholas Britell

3. Spider-Man: No Way Home - Michael Giacchino

2. The Power of the Dog (Netflix) - Jonny Greenwood

2021 HLS Movie Awards Winner Best Score Hans Zimmer Dune

Winner: Hans Zimmer - Dune



Best Screenplay and Dialogue

6. King Richard - Zach Baylin

5. CODA - Sian Heder

4. Minari - Lee Isaac Chung

3. Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson

2. Dune - Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth

HLS Movie Awards Best Screenplay and Dialogue Belfast Kenneth Branagh

Winner: Kenneth Branagh - Belfast



Best Stunt Work

5. Black Widow - Stunt Coordinator - Rob Inch

4. Snake Eyes - Stunt Coordinator - Kimani Ray Smith and Kenji Tanigaki

3. Spider-Man: No Way Home - Stunt Coordinator - George Cottle

2. No Time to Die - Stunt Coordinator - Lee Morrison

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Best Stunt work Fights

Winner: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings - Stunt Coordinator - Andy Cheng



Streaming Award

6. Hulu

T4. Amazon / Netflix

3. HBOMax

2. AppleTV

Disney+ The Streaming Award

Winner: Disney+



Best Acting Ensemble 

8. Spider-Man: No Way Home

7. Dune (HBOMax)

6. Licorice Pizza

5. Mass

4. Belfast

3. Judas and the Black Messiah (HBOMax)

2. The Power of the Dog (Netflix)

HLS Movie Awards Best Acting Ensemble Minari

Winner: Minari



Best Cinematography and Visuals

9. The Suicide Squad (HBOMax)

Director: James Gunn 

Director of Photography: Henry Braham 


8. No Time to Die

Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga

Director of Photography: Linus Sandgren


7. Eternals

Director: Chloe Zhao

Director of Photography: Ben Davis


6. The Power of the Dog (Netflix)

Director: Jane Campion

Director of Photography: Ari Wegner


5. Belfast

Director: Kenneth Branagh

Director of Photography: Haris Zambarloukos


4. Last Night in Soho

Director: Edgar Wright

Director of Photography: Chung-hoon Chung


3. Nomadland

Director: Chloe Zhao

Director of Photography: Joshua James Richards


2. Dune (HBOMax)

Director: Denis Villeneuve

Director of Photography: Greig Fraser

Best Cinematography and Visuals The Green Knight

Winner: The Green Knight

Director: David Lowery

Director of Photography: Andrew Droz Palermo



Best Actress

9. Jessica Chastain - The Eyes of Tammy Faye

8. Andra Day - The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Hulu)

7. Jodie Comer - The Last Duel

6. Ann Dowd - Mass

5. Kirsten Dunst - The Power of the Dog (Netflix)

4. Yuh-Jung Youn - Minari

3. Nicole Kidman - Being the Ricardos (Amazon)

2. Frances McDormand - Nomadland

Best Actress Kristen Stewart

Winner: Kristen Stewart - Spencer



Best Actor

10. Troy Kotsur - CODA (AppleTV)

9. Lakeith Stanfield - Judas and the Black Messiah (HBOMax)

8. Steven Yeun - Minari

7. Will Patton - Minari

6. Javier Bardem - Being the Ricardos (Amazon)

5. Jason Isaacs - Mass

4. Willem Dafoe - Spider-Man: No Way Home

3. Daniel Kaluuya - Judas and the Black Messiah (HBOMax)

2. Benedict Cumberbatch - The Power of the Dog (Netflix)

Best Actor Will Smith

Winner: Will Smith - King Richard (HBOMax)



Best Picture

10. Spencer

9. The Power of the Dog (Netflix)

8. CODA (AppleTV)

7. Judas and the Black Messiah (HBOMax)

6. Minari

5. King Richard (HBOMax)

4. Spider-Man: No Way Home

3. Belfast

2. Licorice Pizza

Best Picture Film of 2021 Dune

Winner: Dune


Thank you so much for reading and following along with this year's HLS Movie Awards! My excitement for next years is already building! Please be sure to follow my Twitter @HaroldLStokes for movie updates and previews throughout the year!

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