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31st Critics Choice Awards Honor Film and Television Achievements for 2025/2026 Season

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The 31st annual Critics Choice Awards ceremony, held at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, recognized achievements in film and television for the 2025/2026 season. Hosted by Chelsea Handler, the awards are selected by approximately 570 critics and entertainment reporters and are historically noted for predicting Academy Award nominations. This year's ceremony followed two years of industry strikes in the United States.

Ceremony Overview

The Critics Choice Awards serve as an early indicator for the broader awards season. This year's event saw several productions receive multiple accolades, with particular attention on films such as Sinners and One Battle After Another, and television series like Adolescence and The Studio.

Film Categories and Winners

Ryan Coogler's film Sinners led the film nominations with 18 mentions, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Michael B. Jordan. Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another received 14 nominations. Australian nominees included Rose Byrne for Best Actress, Joel Edgerton for Best Actor, and Jacob Elordi for Best Supporting Actor.

Sinners collected four awards, including Best Original Screenplay for Ryan Coogler and Best Score for Ludwig GΓΆransson. Miles Caton, aged 20, won Best Young Performer for his role in Sinners. Jessie Buckley was awarded Best Actress for Hamnet, and TimothΓ©e Chalamet won Best Actor for Marty Supreme. Other notable film winners included The Naked Gun for Best Comedy and The Secret Agent for Best Foreign Language Film.

Film Category Nominees and Winners

  • Best Picture

    • Bugonia
    • Frankenstein
    • Hamnet
    • Jay Kelly
    • Marty Supreme
    • One Battle After Another
    • Sentimental Value
    • Sinners
    • Train Dreams
    • Wicked: For Good

  • Best Actress

    • Jessie Buckley – Hamnet – WINNER
    • Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
    • Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
    • Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
    • Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee
    • Emma Stone – Bugonia

  • Best Actor

    • TimothΓ©e Chalamet – Marty Supreme – WINNER
    • Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
    • Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
    • Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
    • Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
    • Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent

  • Best Supporting Actress

    • Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
    • Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good
    • Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
    • Amy Madigan – Weapons
    • Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
    • Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

  • Best Supporting Actor

    • Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
    • Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
    • Paul Mescal – Hamnet
    • Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
    • Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly
    • Stellan SkarsgΓ₯rd – Sentimental Value

  • Best Young Actor/Actress

    • Everett Blunck – The Plague
    • Miles Caton – Sinners – WINNER
    • Cary Christopher – Weapons
    • Shannon Mahina Gorman – Rental Family
    • Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet
    • Nina Ye – Left-Handed Girl

  • Best Director

    • Paul Thomas Anderson β€” One Battle After Another
    • Ryan Coogler β€” Sinners
    • Guillermo del Toro β€” Frankenstein
    • Josh Safdie β€” Marty Supreme
    • Joachim Trier β€” Sentimental Value
    • ChloΓ© Zhao β€” Hamnet

  • Best Original Screenplay

    • Noah Baumbach, Emily Mortimer – Jay Kelly
    • Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
    • Ryan Coogler – Sinners – WINNER
    • Zach Cregger – Weapons
    • Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby
    • Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value

  • Best Adapted Screenplay

    • Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
    • Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar – Train Dreams
    • Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don Mckellar, Jahye Lee – No Other Choice
    • Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
    • Will Tracy – Bugonia
    • ChloΓ© Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell – Hamnet

  • Best Casting and Ensemble

    • Nina Gold β€” Hamnet
    • Douglas Aibel, Nina Gold – Jay Kelly
    • Jennifer Venditti – Marty Supreme
    • Cassandra Kulukundis – One Battle After Another
    • Francine Maisler – Sinners
    • Tiffany Little Canfield, Bernard Telsey – Wicked: For Good

  • Best Cinematography

    • Claudio Miranda β€” F1
    • Dan Laustsen – Frankenstein
    • Łukasz Ε»al – Hamnet
    • Michael Bauman – One Battle After Another
    • Autumn Durald Arkapaw – Sinners
    • Adolpho Veloso – Train Dreams

  • Best Production Design

    • Kasra Farahani, Jille Azis β€” The Fantastic Four: First Steps
    • Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau – Frankenstein
    • Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton – Hamnet
    • Jack Fisk, Adam Willis – Marty Supreme
    • Hannah Beachler, Monique Champagne – Sinners
    • Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales – Wicked: For Good

  • Best Editing

    • Kirk Baxter β€” A House of Dynamite
    • Stephen Mirrione – F1
    • Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
    • Andy Jurgensen – One Battle After Another
    • Viridiana Lieberman – The Perfect Neighbor
    • Michael P Shawver – Sinners

  • Best Costume Design

    • Kate Hawley β€” Frankenstein
    • Malgosia Turzanska – Hamnet
    • Lindsay Pugh – Hedda
    • Colleen Atwood, Christine Cantella – Kiss of the Spider Woman
    • Ruth E. Carter – Sinners
    • Paul Tazewell – Wicked: For Good

  • Best Hair and Makeup

    • Flora Moody, John Nolan β€” 28 Years Later
    • Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey – Frankenstein
    • SiΓ’n Richards, Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine, Shunika Terry – Sinners
    • Kazu Hiro, Felix Fox, Mia Neal – The Smashing Machine
    • Leo Satkovich, Melizah Wheat, Jason Collins – Weapons
    • Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier, Laura Blount – Wicked: For Good

  • Best Visual Effects

    • Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett β€” Avatar: Fire and Ash
    • Ryan Tudhope, Nikeah Forde, Robert Harrington, Nicolas Chevallier, Eric Leven, Edward Price, Keith Dawson – F1
    • Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, JosΓ© Granell – Frankenstein
    • Alex Wuttke, Ian Lowe, Jeff Sutherland, Kirstin Hall – Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
    • Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter, Donnie Dean – Sinners
    • Stephane Ceretti, Enrico Damm, StΓ©phane NazΓ©, Guy Williams – Superman

  • Best Stunt Design

    • Stephen Dunlevy, Kyle Gardiner, Jackson Spidell, Jeremy Marinas, Jan PetΕ™ina, Domonkos PΓ‘rdΓ‘nyi, Kinga KΓ³sa-Gavalda β€” Ballerina
    • Gary Powell, Luciano Bacheta, Craig Dolby – F1
    • Wade Eastwood – Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
    • Brian Machleit – One Battle After Another
    • Andy Gill – Sinners
    • Giedrius Nagys – Warfare

  • Best Animated Feature

    • Arco
    • Elio
    • In Your Dreams
    • KPop Demon Hunters
    • Little AmΓ©lie or the Character of Rain
    • Zootopia 2

  • Best Comedy

    • The Ballad of Wallis Island
    • Eternity
    • Friendship
    • The Naked Gun – WINNER
    • The Phoenician Scheme
    • Splitsville

  • Best Foreign Language Film

    • It Was Just an Accident
    • Left-Handed Girl
    • No Other Choice
    • The Secret Agent – WINNER
    • Sirāt
    • BelΓ©n

  • Best Song

    • Drive β€” Ed Sheeran, John Mayer, Blake Slatkin β€” F1
    • Golden – Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, Ido, 24, Teddy – KPop Demon Hunters
    • I Lied to You – Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig GΓΆransson – Sinners
    • Clothed by the Sun – Daniel Blumberg – The Testament of Ann Lee
    • Train Dreams – Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner – Train Dreams
    • The Girl in the Bubble – Stephen Schwartz – Wicked: For Good

  • Best Score

    • Hans Zimmer β€” F1
    • Alexandre Desplat – Frankenstein
    • Max Richter – Hamnet
    • Daniel Lopatin – Marty Supreme
    • Jonny Greenwood – One Battle After Another
    • Ludwig GΓΆransson – Sinners – WINNER

  • Best Sound

    • Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta, Gareth John β€” F1
    • Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern, Greg Chapman – Frankenstein
    • Jose Antonio Garcia, Christopher Scarabosio, Tony Villaflor – One Battle After Another
    • Chris Welcker, Benny Burtt, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker, Felipe Pacheco, David V. Butler – Sinners
    • Laia Casanovas – Sirāt
    • Mitch Low, Glenn Freemantle, Ben Barker, Howard Bargroff, Richard Spooner – Warfare

Television Categories and Winners

In television categories, the Netflix limited series Adolescence secured awards in every category for which it was nominated, including Best Limited Series. Owen Cooper, 16, won Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television for his role in Adolescence, making him the youngest actor to win in that category. Erin Doherty also won Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Made for Television Movie for Adolescence. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s satirical comedy The Studio received awards in all three of its nominated categories, while the medical drama The Pitt earned three awards from its four nominations in the television drama categories. South Park, in its 28th year, was named Best Animated Series.

Television Category Nominees and Winners

  • Best Drama Series

    • Alien: Earth
    • Andor
    • The Diplomat
    • Paradise
    • The Pitt
    • Pluribus
    • Severance
    • Task

  • Best Actor in a Drama Series

    • Sterling K. Brown β€” Paradise
    • Diego Luna – Andor
    • Mark Ruffalo – Task
    • Adam Scott – Severance
    • Billy Bob Thornton – Landman
    • Noah Wyle – The Pitt

  • Best Actress in a Drama Series

    • Kathy Bates β€” Matlock
    • Carrie Coon – The Gilded Age
    • Britt Lower – Severance
    • Bella Ramsey – The Last of Us
    • Keri Russell – The Diplomat
    • Rhea Seehorn – Pluribus

  • Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

    • Patrick Ball β€” The Pitt
    • Billy Crudup – The Morning Show
    • Ato Essandoh – The Diplomat
    • Wood Harris – Forever
    • Tom Pelphrey – Task
    • Tramell Tillman – Severance

  • Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

    • Nicole Beharie β€” The Morning Show
    • DenΓ©e Benton – The Gilded Age
    • Allison Janney – The Diplomat
    • Katherine LaNasa – The Pitt
    • Greta Lee – The Morning Show
    • Skye P. Marshall – Matlock

  • Best Comedy Series

    • Abbott Elementary
    • Elsbeth
    • Ghosts
    • Hacks
    • Nobody Wants This
    • Only Murders in the Building
    • The Righteous Gemstones
    • The Studio

  • Best Actor in a Comedy Series

    • Adam Brody β€” Nobody Wants This
    • Ted Danson – A Man on the Inside
    • David Alan Grier – St. Denis Medical
    • Danny McBride – The Righteous Gemstones
    • Seth Rogen – The Studio
    • Alexander SkarsgΓ₯rd – Murderbot

  • Best Actress in a Comedy Series

    • Kristen Bell β€” Nobody Wants This
    • Natasha Lyonne – Poker Face
    • Rose McIver – Ghosts
    • Edi Patterson – The Righteous Gemstones
    • Carrie Preston – Elsbeth
    • Jean Smart – Hacks

  • Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

    • Ike Barinholtz β€” The Studio
    • Paul W. Downs – Hacks
    • Asher Grodman – Ghosts
    • Oscar NuΓ±ez – The Paper
    • Chris Perfetti – Abbott Elementary
    • Timothy Simons – Nobody Wants This

  • Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

    • Danielle Brooks β€” Peacemaker
    • Hannah Einbinder – Hacks
    • Janelle James – Abbott Elementary
    • Justine Lupe – Nobody Wants This
    • Ego Nwodim – Saturday Night Live
    • Rebecca Wisocky – Ghosts

  • Best Limited Series

    • Adolescence – WINNER
    • All Her Fault
    • Chief of War
    • Death by Lightning
    • Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy
    • Dope Thief
    • Dying for Sex
    • The Girlfriend

  • Best Movie Made for Television

    • Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
    • Deep Cover
    • The Gorge
    • Mountainhead
    • Nonnas
    • Summer of ’69

  • Best Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie Made for Television

    • Michael Chernus β€” Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy
    • Stephen Graham – Adolescence
    • Brian Tyree Henry – Dope Thief
    • Charlie Hunnam – Monster: The Ed Gein Story
    • Matthew Rhys – The Beast in Me
    • Michael Shannon – Death by Lightning

  • Best Actress in a Limited Series or Made for Television Movie

    • Jessica Biel β€” The Better Sister (Prime Video)
    • Meghann Fahy – Sirens (Netflix)
    • Sarah Snook – All Her Fault (Peacock)
    • Michelle Williams – Dying for Sex (FX on Hulu)
    • Robin Wright – The Girlfriend (Prime Video)
    • RenΓ©e Zellweger – Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (Peacock)

  • Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Made for Television Movie

    • Owen Cooper β€” Adolescence – WINNER
    • Wagner Moura – Dope Thief
    • Nick Offerman – Death by Lightning
    • Michael PeΓ±a – All Her Fault
    • Ashley Walters – Adolescence
    • Ramy Youssef – Mountainhead

  • Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Made for Television Movie

    • Erin Doherty β€” Adolescence – WINNER
    • Betty Gilpin – Death by Lightning
    • Marin Ireland – Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy
    • Sophia Lillis – All Her Fault
    • Julianne Moore – Sirens
    • Christine Tremarco – Adolescence

  • Best Foreign Language Series

    • Acapulco
    • Last Samurai Standing
    • Mussolini: Son of the Century
    • Red Alert
    • Squid Game
    • When No One Sees Us

  • Best Animated Series

    • Bob's Burgers
    • Harley Quinn
    • Long Story Short
    • Marvel Zombies
    • South Park – WINNER
    • Your Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man

  • Best Talk Show

    • The Daily Show
    • Hot Ones
    • Jimmy Kimmel Live!
    • Late Night with Seth Meyers
    • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
    • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • Best Variety Series

    • Conan O'Brien Must Go
    • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
    • Saturday Night Live

  • Best Comedy Special

    • (Nominations not specified in provided information)