Here are all the winners from the 2025 Critics Choice Awards
The Critics Choice Association got together for its 30th annual Critics Choice Awards tonight, with host Chelsea Handler leading the festivities while celebrity presenters let the world know what American and Canadian film and television reviewers thought were the best offerings of this year’s crop. (The CCAs are one of those awards shows that don’t feel required to confine themselves to one artistic medium or the other.)
And, credit to the voters, they managed to split tonight’s wins up enough that there really wasn’t one dominant force on display (except maybe Shōgun, which took Best Drama Series, but was kept from a clean sweep in its acting categories by the power of Kathy Bates’ Matlock). Wicked got its laurels for its production design and directing, Challengers took home awards for editing and its score, and Anora somehow took home Best Picture without winning in a single other category. That spirit of equanimity even extended all the way down to the voters’ picks for also-ran category Best Comedy, which came out as a tie between two very different takes on the buddy comedy formula, A Real Pain and Deadpool & Wolverine. The TV side of things also saw big victories for Hacks, Baby Reindeer, and The Penguin, with the latter scoring a well-deserved acting win for Cristin Milioti, and a “Hey, he sure tried hard” acting win for co-star Colin Farrell. (We kid. We sort of kid.) Oh, and a Best Animated Series win for X-Men ’97, always amusing given Disney’s current public relations war with series creator and head writer Beau DeMayo.
You can see the full list of tonight’s winners below; meanwhile, if you want to watch the ceremony online, it’ll be available for streaming on Peacock starting on Saturday.
Film
Best Picture: Anora
Best Actor: Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Best Actress: Demi Moore, The Substance
Best Supporting Actor: Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Best Supporting Actress: Zoe Salda?a, Emilia Pérez
Best Young Actor/Actress: Maisy Stella, My Old Ass
Best Acting Ensemble: Conclave
Best Director: Jon M. Chu, Wicked
Best Original Screenplay: Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Best Adapted Screenplay: Peter Straughan, Conclave
Best Cinematography: Jarin Blaschke, Nosferatu
Best Production Design: Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales, Wicked
Best Editing: Marco Costa, Challengers
Best Costume Design: Paul Tazewell, Wicked
Best Hair And Makeup: Hair and Makeup Team, The Substance
Best Visual Effects: Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, Gerd Nefzer; Dune: Part Two
Best Animated Feature: The Wild Robot
Best Comedy (tie): A Real Pain, Deadpool & Wolverine
Best Foreign Language Feature: Emilia Pérez
Best Song: “El Mal,” Emilia Pérez
Best Score: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Challengers
Television
Best Drama Series:Shōgun
Best Actor In A Drama Series: Hiroyuki Sanada, Shōgun
Best Actress In A Drama Series: Kathy Bates, Matlock
Best Supporting Actor In A Drama Series: Tadanobu Asano, Shōgun
Best Supporting Actress In A Drama Series: Moeka Hoshi, Shōgun
Best Comedy Series: Hacks
Best Actor In A Comedy Series: Adam Brody, Nobody Wants This
Best Actress In A Comedy Series: Jean Smart, Hacks
Best Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series: Michael Urie, Shrinking
Best Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series: Hannah Einbinder, Hacks
Best Limited Series: Baby Reindeer
Best Movie Made For Television: Rebel Ridge
Best Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie Made For Television: Colin Farrell, The Penguin
Best Actress In A Limited Series Or Movie Made For Television: Cristin Milioti, The Penguin
Best Supporting Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie Made For Television: Liev Schreiber, The Perfect Couple
Best Supporting Actress In A Limited Series Or Movie Made For Television: Jessica Gunning, Baby Reindeer
Best Foreign Language Series: Squid Game
Best Animated Series: X-Men ’97
Best Talk Show: John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A.
Best Comedy Special: Ali Wong: Single Lady
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