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Critics Choice Movie AwardsWhen: Sunday, January 6, 2026
Where: live on E! and USA Network from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica

The 2026 Critics Choice Awards will air live from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California on E! & USA Network on Sunday January 6, 2026.

Watch for the TV nominations to be announced on Thursday December 4, 2025, and the film nominations to be announced on Friday December 5, 2025

Plus keep it here for more updates including the complete list of 2026 Critics Choice nominees, information on who will host, a list of star presenters and the announcement of winners on awards night!


2025 Critics Choice Awards rewind

2025 Critics Choice television nominations (also see winners, below) included "Wicked"and the religious thriller "Conclave" leading film nominations with 11 nods apiece.



"Conclave" and "Wicked" led movie nominations with 11 nods each.



"Shogun" led the television nominations with six nods.

On the television side, Shōgun” led with six nominations. The show earned a nod for Best Drama Series, along with Hiroyuki Sanada for Best Actor in a Drama Series and Anna Sawai for Best Actress in a Drama Series.

“Abbott Elementary”, “Disclaimer”, “Hacks”, “The Diplomat”, “The Penguin”, and “What We Do in the Shadows” follow with an four nominations each.



Critics Choice Awards presenters

On awards night, a cavalcade of stars were ready to hand out Critics Choice trophies including Aldis Hodge, Allison Tolman, Chase Stokes, Craig Robinson, David Alan Grier, David Harbour, Ewan McGregor, Jackie Chan, Jesse Eisenberg, Jimmy O. Yang, Josh Groban, Justine Lupe, Kate Hudson, Kathryn Hahn, Keri Russell, Kristen Bell, Lupita Nyong’o, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Matt Bomer, Melissa Rauch, Meredith Hagner, Michelle Yeoh, Natasha Lyonne, Orlando Bloom, Rachel Brosnahan, Randall Park, Rufus Sewell, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Shanola Hampton and Wendi McLendon-Covey.

Just up ahead, check out all of the ngiht's winners, along with related resources and Critics Choice fun facts and trivia. \

 

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.

 

2025 Critics Choice Awards Nominees & WINNERS

BEST PICTURE 
“A Complete Unknown”
“Anora” (WINNER)
“The Brutalist” 
“Conclave”
“Dune: Part Two” 
“Emilia Pérez” 
“Nickel Boys” 
“Sing Sing”
“The Substance”
“Wicked”

BEST ACTOR 
Adrien Brody – “The Brutalist” (WINNER)
Timothée Chalamet – “A Complete Unknown”
Daniel Craig – “Queer”
Colman Domingo – “Sing Sing”
Ralph Fiennes – “Conclave” 
Hugh Grant – “Heretic” 

BEST ACTRESS 
Cynthia Erivo – “Wicked” 
Karla Sofía Gascón – “Emilia Pérez”
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – “Hard Truths” 
Angelina Jolie – “Maria” 
Mikey Madison – “Anora” 
Demi Moore – “The Substance” (WINNER)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR 
Yura Borisov – “Anora” 
Kieran Culkin – “A Real Pain” (WINNER)
Clarence Maclin – “Sing Sing” 
Edward Norton – “A Complete Unknown” 
Guy Pearce – “The Brutalist”
Denzel Washington – “Gladiator II” 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS 
Danielle Deadwyler – “The Piano Lesson” 
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – “Nickel Boys”
Ariana Grande – “Wicked” 
Margaret Qualley – “The Substance” 
Isabella Rossellini – “Conclave” 
Zoe Saldaña – “Emilia Pérez” (WINNER)

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS 
Alyla Browne – “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” 
Elliott Heffernan – “Blitz” 
Maisy Stella – “My Old Ass” (WINNER)
Izaac Wang – “Didi” 
Alisha Weir – “Abigail” 
Zoe Ziegler – “Janet Planet” 

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE 
“Anora” 
“Conclave” (WINNER)
“Emilia Pérez” 
“Saturday Night” 
“Sing Sing” 
“Wicked” 

BEST DIRECTOR 
Jacques Audiard – “Emilia Pérez” 
Sean Baker – “Anora” 
Edward Berger – “Conclave” 
Brady Corbet – “The Brutalist” 
Jon M. Chu – “Wicked” (WINNER)
Coralie Fargeat – “The Substance”
RaMell Ross – “Nickel Boys”
Denis Villeneuve – “Dune: Part Two” 

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 
Sean Baker – “Anora” 
Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David – “September 5” 
Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold – “The Brutalist”
Jesse Eisenberg – “A Real Pain” 
Coralie Fargeat – “The Substance” (WINNER)
Justin Kuritzkes – “Challengers” 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 
Jacques Audiard – “Emilia Pérez” 
Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox – “Wicked”
Greg Kwedar, Clint Bentley – “Sing Sing”
RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes – “Nickel Boys” 
Peter Straughan – “Conclave” (WINNER)
Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts – “Dune: Part Two” 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 
Jarin Blaschke – “Nosferatu” (WINNER)
Alice Brooks – “Wicked” 
Lol Crawley – “The Brutalist”  
Stéphane Fontaine – “Conclave”  
Greig Fraser – “Dune: Part Two”  
Jomo Fray – “Nickel Boys”  

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN 
Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia – “The Brutalist” 
Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales – “Wicked” (WINNER)
Suzie Davies – “Conclave” 
Craig Lathrop – “Nosferatu”  
Arthur Max, Jille Azis, Elli Griff – “Gladiator II”  
Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau – “Dune: Part Two”  

BEST EDITING 
Sean Baker – “Anora”
Marco Costa – “Challengers” (WINNER)
Nick Emerson – “Conclave”  
David Jancso – “The Brutalist”  
Joe Walker – “Dune: Part Two”
Hansjörg Weißbrich – “September 5”

BEST COSTUME DESIGN 
Lisy Christl – “Conclave”  
Linda Muir – “Nosferatu”  
Massimo Cantini Parrini – “Maria”  
Paul Tazewell – “Wicked” (WINNER)
Jacqueline West – “Dune: Part Two”  
Janty Yates, Dave Crossman – “Gladiator II”  

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP 
Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener, Neal Scanlan – “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”
Hair and Makeup Team – “Dune: Part Two”
Hair and Makeup Team – “The Substance” (WINNER) 
Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuth, Laura Blount – “Wicked”  
Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton, David White – “Nosferatu”  
Mike Marino, Sarah Graalman, Aaron Saucier – “A Different Man”  

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS 
Mark Bakowski, Pietro Ponti, Nikki Penny, Neil Corbould – “Gladiator II”  
Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould, David Shirk – “Wicked”  
Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, Gerd Nefzer – “Dune: Part Two” (WINNER)
Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs – “Better Man”  
Visual Effects Team – “The Substance”  
Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story, Rodney Burke – “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” 

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
“Flow”
“Inside Out 2”
“Memoir of a Snail”
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”
“The Wild Robot” (WINNER)

BEST COMEDY 
“A Real Pain” (WINNER — TIE)
“Deadpool & Wolverine” (WINNER — TIE)
“Hit Man” 
“My Old Ass” 
“Saturday Night”
“Thelma” 

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM 
“All We Imagine as Light” 
“Emilia Pérez” (WINNER)
“Flow”
“I’m Still Here”
“Kneecap” 
“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” 

BEST SONG 
“Beautiful That Way” – “The Last Showgirl” – Miley Cyrus
“Compress/ Repress” – “Challengers” – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
“El Mal” – “Emilia Pérez” – Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Camille (WINNER)
“Harper and Will Go West” – “Will & Harper” – Kristen Wiig
“Kiss the Sky” – “The Wild Robot” – Maren Morris
“Mi Camino” – “Emilia Pérez” – Selena Gomez

BEST SCORE 
Volker Bertelmann – “Conclave”
Daniel Blumberg – “The Brutalist” 
Kris Bowers – “The Wild Robot” 
Clément Ducol & Camille – “Emilia Pérez”
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – “Challengers” (WINNER)
Hans Zimmer – “Dune: Part Two” 

Television

BEST DRAMA SERIES
“The Day of the Jackal” (Peacock)
“The Diplomat” (Netflix)
“Evil” (Paramount+)
“Industry” (HBO | Max)
“Interview With the Vampire” (AMC)
“The Old Man” (FX)
“Shōgun” (FX / Hulu) (WINNER)
“Slow Horses” (Apple TV+)

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Jeff Bridges – “The Old Man” (FX)
Ncuti Gatwa – “Doctor Who” (Disney+)
Eddie Redmayne – “The Day of the Jackal” (Peacock)
Hiroyuki Sanada – “Shōgun” (FX / Hulu) (WINNER)
Rufus Sewell – “The Diplomat” (Netflix)
Antony Starr – “The Boys” (Prime Video)

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Caitriona Balfe – “Outlander” (Starz)
Kathy Bates – “Matlock” (CBS) (WINNER)
Shanola Hampton – “Found” (NBC)
Keira Knightley – “Black Doves” (Netflix)
Keri Russell – “The Diplomat” (Netflix)
Anna Sawai – “Shōgun” (FX / Hulu)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Tadanobu Asano – “Shōgun” (FX / Hulu) (WINNER)
Michael Emerson – “Evil” (Paramount+)
Mark-Paul Gosselaar – “Found” (NBC)
Takehiro Hira – “Shōgun” (FX / Hulu)
John Lithgow – “The Old Man” (FX)
Sam Reid – “Interview With the Vampire” (AMC)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Moeka Hoshi – “Shōgun” (FX / Hulu) (WINNER)
Allison Janney – “The Diplomat” (Netflix)
Nicole Kidman – “Special Ops: Lioness” (Paramount+)
Skye P. Marshall – “Matlock” (CBS)
Anna Sawai – “Pachinko” (Apple TV+)
Fiona Shaw – “Bad Sisters” (Apple TV+)

BEST COMEDY SERIES
“Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
“English Teacher” (FX)
“Hacks” (HBO | Max) (WINNER)
“Nobody Wants This” (Netflix)
“Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu)
“Somebody Somewhere” (HBO | Max)
“St. Denis Medical” (NBC)
“What We Do in the Shadows” (FX)

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Brian Jordan Alvarez – “English Teacher” (FX)
Adam Brody – “Nobody Wants This” (Netflix) (WINNER)
David Alan Grier – “St. Denis Medical” (NBC)
Steve Martin – “Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu)
Kayvan Novak – “What We Do in the Shadows” (FX)
Martin Short – “Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu)

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Kristen Bell – “Nobody Wants This” (Netflix)
Quinta Brunson – “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
Natasia Demetriou – “What We Do in the Shadows” (FX)
Bridget Everett – “Somebody Somewhere” (HBO | Max)
Jean Smart – “Hacks” (HBO | Max) (WINNER)
Kristen Wiig – “Palm Royale” (Apple TV+)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Paul W. Downs – “Hacks” (HBO | Max)
Asher Grodman – “Ghosts” (CBS)
Harvey Guillén – “What We Do in the Shadows” (FX)
Brandon Scott Jones – “Ghosts” (CBS)
Michael Urie – “Shrinking” (Apple TV+) (WINNER)
Tyler James Williams – “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Liza Colón-Zayas – “The Bear” (FX / Hulu)
Hannah Einbinder – “Hacks” (HBO | Max) (WINNER)
Janelle James – “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
Stephanie Koenig – “English Teacher” (FX)
Patti LuPone – “Agatha All Along” (Disney+)
Annie Potts – “Young Sheldon” (CBS)

BEST LIMITED SERIES
“Baby Reindeer” (Netflix) (WINNER)
“Disclaimer” (Apple TV+)
“Masters of the Air” (Apple TV+)
“Mr Bates vs the Post Office” (PBS)
“The Penguin” (HBO | Max)
“Ripley” (Netflix)
“True Detective: Night Country” (HBO | Max)
“We Were the Lucky Ones” (Hulu)

BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
“The Great Lillian Hall” (HBO | Max)
“It’s What’s Inside” (Netflix)
“Música” (Prime Video)
“Out of My Mind” (Disney+)
“Rebel Ridge” (Netflix) (WINNER)
“V/H/S/Beyond” (Shudder)

BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Colin Farrell – “The Penguin” (HBO | Max) (WINNER)
Richard Gadd – “Baby Reindeer” (Netflix)
Tom Hollander – “FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans” (FX)
Kevin Kline – “Disclaimer” (Apple TV+)
Ewan McGregor – “A Gentleman in Moscow” (Paramount+)
Andrew Scott – “Ripley” (Netflix)

BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Cate Blanchett – “Disclaimer” (Apple TV+)
Jodie Foster – “True Detective: Night Country” (HBO | Max)
Jessica Lange – “The Great Lillian Hall” (HBO | Max)
Cristin Milioti – “The Penguin” (HBO | Max) (WINNER)
Phoebe-Rae Taylor – “Out of My Mind” (Disney+)
Naomi Watts – “FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans” (FX)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Robert Downey Jr. – “The Sympathizer” (HBO | Max)
Hugh Grant – “The Regime” (HBO | Max)
Ron Cephas Jones – “Genius: MLK/X” (National Geographic)
Logan Lerman – “We Were the Lucky Ones” (Hulu)
Liev Schreiber – “The Perfect Couple” (Netflix) (WINNER)
Treat Williams – “FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans” (FX)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Dakota Fanning – “Ripley” (Netflix)
Leila George – “Disclaimer” (Apple TV+)
Betty Gilpin – “Three Women” (Starz)
Jessica Gunning – “Baby Reindeer” (Netflix) (WINNER)
Deirdre O’Connell – “The Penguin” (HBO | Max)
Kali Reis – “True Detective: Night Country” (HBO | Max)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SERIES
“Acapulco” (Apple TV+)
“Citadel: Honey Bunny” (Prime Video)
“La Máquina” (Hulu)
“The Law According to Lidia Poët” (Netflix)
“My Brilliant Friend” (HBO | Max)
“Pachinko” (Apple TV+)
“Senna” (Netflix)
“Squid Game” (Netflix) (WINNER)

BEST ANIMATED SERIES
“Batman: Caped Crusader” (Prime Video)
“Bluey” (Disney+)
“Bob’s Burgers” (Fox)
“Invincible” (Prime Video)
“The Simpsons” (Fox)
“X-Men ’97” (Disney+) (WINNER)

BEST TALK SHOW
“Hot Ones” (YouTube)
“The Daily Show” (Comedy Central)
“The Graham Norton Show” (BBC America)
“John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A.” (Netflix) (WINNER)
“The Kelly Clarkson Show” (NBC/Syndicated)
“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (CBS)

BEST COMEDY SPECIAL
“Ali Wong: Single Lady” (Netflix) (WINNER)
“Jim Gaffigan: The Skinny” (Hulu)
“Kevin James: Irregardless” (Prime Video)
“Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die” (HBO | Max)
“Rachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Special” (Netflix)
“Ramy Youssef: More Feelings” (HBO | Max)


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