'The Favourite' Leads Nominations for London Critics' Circle Awards

'Roma' and 'Cold War' are also among the frontrunners, while there was some major love shown for 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'The Happy Prince.'

Living up to its name, The Favourite has emerged as the favorite for the London Critics' Circle Film Awards.

Yorgos Lanthimos' Oscar-tipped dark comedy has snared 10 nominations, as announced Tuesday by actors Molly Wright and Lee Shone, including film of the year, director of the year and actress of the year for Olivia Colman. Roma and Cold War, also expected to be among the pack heading to the Academy Awards, were behind with five nods each.

Elsewhere, the members of the London Critics' Circle offered some love to titles that, despite critical acclaim, have largely been shut out of the awards conversation, including You Were Never Really Here from Lynne Ramsay and Rupert Everett's The Happy Prince, which also picked up five each. A Star Is Born, however, was shut out entirely.

The awards ceremony is due to be held Jan. 20.

See the list of nominations below.

Film of the year

BlacKkKlansman

Cold War

The Favourite

First Man

First Reformed

The Happy Prince

Leave No Trace

Roma

Shoplifters

You Were Never Really Here

Actor of the year

Christian Bale, Vice

Rupert Everett, The Happy Prince

Ben Foster, Leave No Trace

Ethan Hawke, First Reformed

Joaquin Phoenix, You Were Never Really Here

Actress of the year

Yalitza Aparicio, Roma

Glenn Close, The Wife

Toni Collette, Hereditary

Olivia Colman, The Favourite

Joanna Kulig, Cold War

Supporting actor of the year

Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman

Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Michael B. Jordan, Black Panther

Daniel Kaluuya, Widows

Alessandro Nivola, Disobedience

Supporting actress of the year

Elizabeth Debicki, Widows

Cynthia Erivo, Bad Times at the El Royale

Claire Foy, First Man

Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk

Rachel Weisz, The Favourite

Director of the year

Pawel Pawlikowski, Cold War

Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite

Debra Granik, Leave No Trace

Alfonso Cuaron, Roma

Lynne Ramsay, You Were Never Really Here

Screenwriter of the year

The Favourite

First Reformed

If Beale Street Could Talk

Roma

Widows

Foreign language film of the year

Cold War

A Fantastic Woman

120 Beats Per Minute

Roma

Shoplifters

Documentary of the year

Faces Places

McQueen

They Shall Not Grow Old

Three Identical Strangers

Whitney

British/Irish film of the year

Apostasy

Beast

The Favourite

The Happy Prince

You Were Never Really Here

British actress of the year

Emily Blunt

Jessie Buckley

Olivia Colman

Claire Foy

Rachel Weisz

British actor of the year

Christian Bale

Steve Coogan

Rupert Everett

Richard E. Grant

Daniel Kaluuya

Technical achievement

American Animals, editing

BlacKkKlansman, costume

Cold War, cinematography

The Favourite, production design

First Man, vfx

If Beale Street Could Talk, music

Mission: Impossible – Fallout, stunts

A Quiet Place, sound

Suspiria, music

You Were Never Really Here, editing

Breakthrough British/Irish filmmaker

Deborah Davis, The Favourite

Rupert Everett, The Happy Prince

Deborah Haywood, Pin Cushion

Daniel Kokotajlo, Apostasy

Michael Pearce, Beast

Young British/Irish performer

Liv Hill, The Little Stranger/Jellyfish

Noah Jupe, A Quiet Place/Holmes & Watson/That Good Night/The Titan

Anya Taylor-Joy, Thoroughbreds/The Secret of Marrowbone

Fionn Whitehead, The Children Act

Molly Wright, Apostasy

Dilys Powell Award for career achievement: Pedro Almodovar