MAIN Pop Culture Movies 2024 Critics Choice Awards

When: mid-January 2025
Where: TBA

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Opinions that pull the most weight in Hollywood utlimately come from the 200 film critics that make up the CCA -- the largest film critics organization in the U.S. and Canada.

That said, all eyes will be on the mileston 30th annual Critics Choice Awards when it airs in January with an official date and location yet to be announced.

Meanwhile, watch for 2025 Critics Choice nominees to be announced in December, plus keep it here for more updates including who will host, a complete list of nominees, presenters and performers, and the announcement of big winners as the Critics Choice Awards celebrates 30 years this January!

Critics' Choice Awards 2024 rewind

2024 Critics Choice television nominations (also see WINNERS, below) had "Barbie" leading the pack with 18 nods, making history with the most Critics Choice nominations ever, oncluding Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, and five acting noms including stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.

Christopher Nolan’s "Oppenheimer” (the night's big winner) and Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” followed with 13 nominations each including Best Picture.

With 18 nods, "Barbie" is now the record-holder for most movie nominations at the Critics Choice Awards.

Rounding out the Best Picture category were “American Fiction,” “The Color Purple,” The Holdovers,” "Killers of the Flower Moon,", “Maestro,” “Past Lives” and a surprising nod for the critically panned “Saltburn.”

In the Television categories, “The Morning Show” led the pack with six nominations, followed by “Succession” with five nods.Other leading 2023 Critics Choice TV nominees this year included “Abbott Elementary,” “The Bear,” “Beef,” “Lessons in Chemistry,” “Loki,” “Reservation Dogs” and “A Small Light” with four nominations each.

"The Morning Show” and “Succession”are leading TV contenders at the 2024 Critics Choice Awards.

Hollywood legend Harrison Ford was honored this year with the Liftetime Achievement Award. "Barbie" star, America Ferrera, was also be honored as the recipient of this year's SeeHer Award.

Critics' Choice Awards presenters

Margot Robbie presented the SeeHer Award to America Ferrera, while James Mangold took the stage to honor Harrison Ford with the Career Achievement Award.

Additional presenters included Abigail Spencer, Angela Bassett, Anthony Ramos, Ashley Madekwe, Awkwafina, Bella Ramsey, Brendan Fraser, Carla Gugino, Daniel Levy, David Duchovny, David Oyelowo, Donald Faison, Gael García Bernal, Giacomo Gianniotti, Jason Segel, Jenny Slate, Jessica Williams, John Krasinski, Jon Cryer, Kaley Cuoco, Ke Huy Quan, Mandy Moore, Meg Ryan, Natasha Lyonne, Nicholas Braun, Oprah Winfrey, Phil Dunster, Ramy Youssef, Sandra Oh and Vanessa Morgan.

Just up ahead, check out more about the Critics' Choice Awards including 2024 nominees and WINNERS, along with interesting Critics Choice trivia and related resources around the web:

DID YOU KNOW? Critics' Choice Awards fun facts

Best Lip Lock: Meryl Streep & Sandra Bullock.

• The Critics' Choice Awards are historically one of the best barometers for predicting the Oscars.

• While the Oscars are awarded by industry insiders, the Critics' Choice Awards are voted upon by movie critics who are paid to watch every movie released that year.

• The first Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 22, 1996. That year, "Sense and Sensibility" won Best Picture. The movie's star, British actress Emma Thompson, took home Best Screenplay for the same film.

• Actor Russell Crowe holds the record for back-to-back Best Actor wins for "The Insider" (1999) "Gladiator" (2000) and "A Beautiful Mind" (2001).

• Sandra Bullock ("The Blind Side") and Meryl Streep ("Julie and Julia) tied for Best Actress at the 2010 Critics Choice Awards as their infamous "liplock" drew laughs during a dual acceptance speech.

• A the 2013 Critics' Choice Awards, winner for Best Young Actor/Actress was 9 year-old actress Quvenzhané Wallis ("Beasts of the Southern Wild"), who read her acceptance speech from her iPhone.

2024 Critics Choice Awards Nominees & WINNERS

More about the Critics' Choice Awards around the Web:

Check out the rest of the Web for more facts & information, gossip, red carpet pictures of the stars plus photo galleries dedicated to the Critics' Choice Awards, the first in a long line of show biz accolades that kick off this year's awards season...

Critics Choice.com - The official site of the Critics Choice Awards featuring complete coverage, lists of nominees and winners, current movie ratings, pictures of red carpet arrivals, association news and background information.

The Wrap - Awards Race - Get all the updates from a major news source offering feature stories and current updates on the race for top movie prizes during awards season.