Writers, Producers Guild Awards Fuel ‘Coda’ Momentum

Belfast: 5 wins, 35 nominations. Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical story about a family in Northern Ireland in the 1960s nabbed the Golden Globe award for Best Screenplay.

CODA: 7 wins, 16 nominations. This film was a surprising leader at the SAG Awards, where it won for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture and Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role. Troy Kotsur’s performance was also honored at the Critics Choice Awards and the BAFTAs.

Don’t Look Up: 1 win, 21 nominations. This movie’s one trophy comes from the Writers Guild Awards, where it won for Best Original Screenplay.

Drive My Car: 6 wins, 10 nominations. This Japanese production picked up best picture wins from The New York Film Critics Circle Awards, the Los Angeles Film Critics Awards and the Golden Globe for Best International Film.

Dune: 9 wins, 49 nominations. This is the most-nominated film overall, and led the BAFTAs nominations. Many of its wins come from its technical work.

King Richard: 4 wins, 25 nominations. Will Smith took home the Best Actor award at the Golden Globes, a SAG trophy, a Critics Choice award and a BAFTA for his role as Serena and Venus Williams’ father.

Licorice Pizza: 3 wins, 25 nominations. Two of this film’s wins were for Paul Thomas Anderson’s screenplay from the BAFTAs and the New York Film Critics Circle Awards.

Nightmare Alley: 0 wins, 18 nominations. Despite being shut out at the Golden Globes, this Bradley Cooper and Cate Blanchette-led vehicle picked up four Oscars nominations.

The Power Of The Dog: 16 wins, 45 nominations. This powerhouse Jane Campion movie is the winningest project of the 2022 awards season.

West Side Story: 10 wins, 35 nominations. Ariana DeBose’s performance as Anita—the same role Rita Moreno won an Oscar for in the original— has garnered several nominations and wins so far.