Critics Choice Awards 2025 Nominees and Winners: See the Complete List

The critics have spoken — and handed out the trophies at the 30th annual Critics Choice Awards.

The awards show was hosted by Chelsea Handler on Friday, February 7, celebrating film achievements of the past year. Wicked and Conclave led the pack, each scoring 11 nominations.

Wicked, the first of Jon M. Chu’s two-part adaptation of the stage musical, earned nods for Best Acting Ensemble, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Costume Design and more. Actresses Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, who played the respective roles of Elphaba and Galinda/Glinda, also received individual recognition.

Conclave, meanwhile, is up for Best Picture, Best Acting Ensemble, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Score. Stars Ralph Fiennes and Isabella Rossellini were honored in the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress categories, respectively.

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Keep scrolling for a list of all the Critics Choice Awards nominees — and look for the bold names to find out who won:

Best Picture

A Complete Unknown
WINNER: Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
The Substance
Wicked

Best Actor
WINNER: Adrien Brody — The Brutalist
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
WINNER: Demi Moore — The Substance 

Best Supporting Actor
Yura Borisov — Anora
WINNER: Kieran Culkin — A Real Pain
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
WINNER: Zoe Salda?a — Emilia Pérez 

Best Young Actor/Actress
Alyla Browne — Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Elliott Heffernan — Blitz
WINNER: Maisy Stella — My Old Ass
Izaac Wang — Didi
Alisha Weir — Abigail
Zoe Ziegler — Janet Planet 

Best Acting Ensemble
Anora
WINNER: Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Saturday Night
Sing Sing
Wicked 

Best Director
Jacques Audiard — Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker — Anora
Edward Berger — Conclave
Brady Corbet — The Brutalist
WICKED: Jon M. Chu — Wicked
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
WINNER: Coralie Fargeat — The Substance
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
WINNER: Peter Straughan — Conclave
Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts — Dune: Part Two 

Best Cinematography
WINNER: Jarin Blaschke — Nosferatu
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
WINNER: Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales — Wicked
Suzie Davies, Cynthia Sleiter — Conclave
Craig Lathrop, Beatrice Brentnerova — Nosferatu
Arthur Max, Jille Azis, Elli Griff — Gladiator II
Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau — Dune: Part Two  

Best Editing
Sean Baker — Anora
WINNER: Marco Costa — Challengers
Nick Emerson — Conclave
David Jancso — The Brutalist
Joe Walker — Dune: Part Two
Hansj?rg Wei?brich — September 5

Best Costume Design
Lisy Christl — Conclave
Linda Muir — Nosferatu
Massimo Cantini Parrini — Maria
WINNER: Paul Tazewell — Wicked
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
WINNER: Stéphanie Guillon, Frédérique Arguello, Pierre-Olivier Persin — The Substance
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
WINNER: Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, Gerd Nefzer — Dune: Part Two
Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs — Better Man
Bryan Jones, Chervin Shafaghi, Pierre Olivier-Persin, Jean Miel — 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
WINNER: The Wild Robot

Best Comedy
WINNER: A Real Pain
WINNER: Deadpool & Wolverine
Hit Man
My Old Ass
Saturday Night
Thelma 

Best Foreign Language Film
All We Imagine as Light
WINNER: Emilia Pérez
Flow
I’m Still Here
Kneecap
The Seed of the Sacred Fig 

Best Song
“Beautiful That Way” — The Last Showgirl — Andrew Wyatt, Miley Cyrus and Lykke Li
“Compress / Repress” — Challengers — Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Luca Guadagnino
WINNER: “El Mal” — Emilia Pérez — Zoe Salda?a, Karla Sofía Gascón, Camille
“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

WINNER: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross — Challengers

Best Drama Series

The Day of the Jackal
The Diplomat
Evil
Industry
Interview with the Vampire
The Old Man
WINNER: Shōgun
Slow Horses

Best Actor in a Drama Series

Jeff Bridges – The Old Man
Ncuti Gatwa – Doctor Who
Eddie Redmayne – The Day of the Jackal
WINNER: Hiroyuki Sanada – Shōgun
Rufus Sewell – The Diplomat
Antony Starr – The Boys

Best Actress in a Drama Series

Caitriona Balfe – Outlander
WINNER: Kathy Bates – Matlock
Shanola Hampton – Found
Keira Knightley – Black Doves
Keri Russell – The Diplomat
Anna Sawai – Shōgun

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

WINNER: Tadanobu Asano – Shōgun 
Michael Emerson – Evil
Mark-Paul Gosselaar – Found
Takehiro Hira – Shōgun
John Lithgow – The Old Man
Sam Reid – Interview with the Vampire

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

WINNER: Moeka Hoshi – Shōgun 
Allison Janney – The Diplomat
Nicole Kidman – Special Ops: Lioness
Skye P. Marshall – Matlock
Anna Sawai – Pachinko
Fiona Shaw – Bad Sisters 

Best Comedy Series

Abbott Elementary
English Teacher
WINNER: Hacks
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders in the Building
Somebody Somewhere
St. Denis Medical
What We Do in the Shadows

Best Actor in a Comedy Series

Brian Jordan Alvarez – English Teacher
WINNER: Adam Brody – Nobody Wants This
David Alan Grier – St. Denis Medical
Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building
Kayvan Novak – What We Do in the Shadows
Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building

Best Actress in a Comedy Series

Kristen Bell – Nobody Wants This
Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary
Natasia Demetriou – What We Do in the Shadows
Bridget Everett – Somebody Somewhere
WINNER: Jean Smart – Hacks
Kristen Wiig – Palm Royale

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Paul W. Downs – Hacks
Asher Grodman – Ghosts
Harvey Guillén – What We Do in the Shadows
Brandon Scott Jones – Ghosts
WINNER: Michael Urie – Shrinking 
Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Liza Colón-Zayas – The Bear
WINNER: Hannah Einbinder – Hacks 
Janelle James – Abbott Elementary
Stephanie Koenig – English Teacher
Patti LuPone – Agatha All Along
Annie Potts – Young Sheldon

Best Limited Series

WINNER: Baby Reindeer
Disclaimer
Masters of the Air
Mr Bates vs the Post Office
The Penguin
Ripley
True Detective: Night Country
We Were the Lucky Ones

Best Movie Made for Television

The Great Lillian Hall
It’s What’s Inside
Música
Out of My Mind
WINNER: Rebel Ridge
V/H/S/Beyond 

Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

WINNER: Colin Farrell – The Penguin
Richard Gadd – Baby Reindeer
Tom Hollander – FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans
Kevin Kline – Disclaimer
Ewan McGregor – A Gentleman in Moscow
Andrew Scott – Ripley

Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

Cate Blanchett – Disclaimer
Jodie Foster – True Detective: Night Country
Jessica Lange – The Great Lillian Hall
WINNER: Cristin Milioti – The Penguin
Phoebe-Rae Taylor – Out of My Mind
Naomi Watts – FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans

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

Robert Downey Jr. – The Sympathizer
Hugh Grant – The Regime 
Ron Cephas Jones – Genius: MLK/X
Logan Lerman – We Were the Lucky Ones 
WINNER: Liev Schreiber – The Perfect Couple
Treat Williams – FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans 

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

Dakota Fanning – Ripley
Leila George – Disclaimer
Betty Gilpin – Three Women
WINNER: Jessica Gunning – Baby Reindeer
Deirdre O’Connell – The Penguin
Kali Reis – True Detective: Night Country

Best Foreign Language Series

Acapulco
Citadel: Honey Bunny
La Máquina
The Law According to Lidia Po?t
My Brilliant Friend 
Pachinko
Senna
WINNER: Squid Game

Best Animated Series

Batman: Caped Crusader
Bluey
Bob’s Burgers
Invincible
The Simpsons
WINNER: X-Men ’97

Best Talk Show

Hot Ones
The Daily Show 
The Graham Norton Show
WINNER: John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A.
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Best Comedy Special

WINNER: Ali Wong: Single Lady
Jim Gaffigan: The Skinny
Kevin James: Irregardless
Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die
Rachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Special
Ramy Youssef: More Feelings