Critics Choice Awards 2026: Nominees & Winners

The 31st annual Critics Choice Awards kicks off the 2026 award show season on Sunday, January 4, 2026.

We’re here to give you all the key information you need to know to watch the 2026 Critics Choice Awards live from your home, including where to watch, every nomination and other details.

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• Full Nomination List – Films
• Full Nomination List – TV
• Movies & Shows with Multiple Nominations

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How to Watch the Critics Choice Awards?

You can stream the Critics Choice Awards — the first big awards show of 2026 — live on E! or USA Network.

When are the Critics Choice Awards?

The 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards will take place on January 4, 2026 starting at 7 p.m. ET live from Barker Hangar in Santa Monica.

Who is Hosting the Critics Choice Awards?

Comedian and actor Chelsea Handler will host the Critics Choice Awards for the fourth year in a row, bringing her one-of-a-kind sense of humor to the stage to honor the best of the year in cinema, television and streaming.

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2025 Top TV & Film Nominations

Each year, the Critics Choice Association honors the highest achievements in film and television from the previous year, and 2025 is expected to be a highly competitive field.

Check out Insider’s Best Movies of 2025 list here!

Leading the film nominations with an astounding 17 nominations is Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, followed by the acclaimed One Battle After Another from Paul Thomas Anderson with 14. Behind those films are Frankenstein and Hamnet, each with 11 nominations.

For television, the hard-hitting limited series Adolescence received six nominations, followed by Netflix’s Nobody Wants This with five.

Explore the full list of movies and television series with multiple nominations here.

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2026 Critics Choice Awards Movie Nominations

Starting with film, here are all of the film and television awards nomination categories for the Critics Choice Awards, along with the nominees. The winners of each award are denoted in bold.

Best Picture

• Bugonia (3 Nominations)
• Frankenstein (11 Nominations)
• Hamnet (11 Nominations)
• Jay Kelly (4 Nominations)
• Marty Supreme (8 Nominations)
• One Battle After Another (14 Nominations)
• Sentimental Value (7 Nominations)
• Sinners (17 Nominations)
• Train Dreams (5 Nominations)
• Wicked: For Good (7 Nominations)

Best Actor

• Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme as Marty Mauser
• Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another as Bob Ferguson
• Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams as Robert Grainier
• Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon as Lorenz Hart
• Michael B. Jordan – Sinners as Elijah “Smoke” Moore / Elias “Stack” Moore
• Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent as Armando / Marcelo Alves / Fernando

Best Actress

• Jessie Buckley – Hamnet as Agnes Shakespeare
• Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You as Linda
• Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another as Willa Ferguson
• Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value as Nora Borg
• Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee as Ann Lee
• Emma Stone – Bugonia as Michelle Fuller

Best Supporting Actor

• Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another as Sergio St. Carlos
• Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein as The Creature
• Paul Mescal – Hamnet as William Shakespeare
• Sean Penn – One Battle After Another as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw
• Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly as Ron Sukenick
• Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value as Gustav Borg

Best Supporting Actress

• Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value as Rachel Kemp
• Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good as Galinda “Glinda” Upland
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value as Agnes Borg Pettersen
• Amy Madigan – Weapons as Gladys
• Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners as Annie
• Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another as Perfidia Beverly Hills

Best Young Actor/Actress

• Everett Blunck – The Plague as Ben
• Miles Caton – Sinners as Samuel “Sammie” Moore
• Cary Christopher – Weapons as Alex Lilly
• Shannon Mahina Gorman – Rental Family as Mia Kawasaki
• Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet as Hamnet Shakespeare
• Nina Ye – Left-Handed Girl as I-Jing

Best Director

• Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
• Ryan Coogler – Sinners
• Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
• Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
• Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
• Chloé Zhao – Hamnet

Best Casting and Ensemble

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

Best Original Screenplay

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

Best Adapted Screenplay

• One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson (inspired by Vineland by Thomas Pynchon)
• Train Dreams – Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar (based on the novella by Denis Johnson)
• No Other Choice – Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar & Jahye Lee (based on The Ax by Donald E. Westlake)
• Frankenstein – Guillermo del Toro (based on the novel by Mary Shelley)
• Bugonia – Will Tracy (based on Save the Green Planet! by Jang Joon-hwan)
• Hamnet – Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell (based on the novel by O’Farrell)

Best Animated Feature

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

Best Comedy

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

Best Foreign Language Film

• Belén (Argentina)
• It Was Just an Accident (Iran)
• Left-Handed Girl (Taiwan)
• No Other Choice (South Korea)
• The Secret Agent (Brazil)
• Sirāt (Spain)

Best Cinematography

• F1 – Claudio Miranda
• Frankenstein – Dan Laustsen
• Hamnet – Łukasz Żal
• One Battle After Another – Michael Bauman
• Sinners – Autumn Durald Arkapaw
• Train Dreams – Adolpho Veloso

Best Editing

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

Best Costume Design

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

Best Production Design

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

Best Score

• F1 – Hans Zimmer
• Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat
• Hamnet – Max Richter
• Marty Supreme – Daniel Lopatin
• One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood
• Sinners – Ludwig Göransson

Best Song

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

Best Hair and Make-Up

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

Best Sound

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

Best Visual Effects

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

Best Stunt Design

• Ballerina – Stephen Dunlevy, Kyle Gardiner, Jackson Spidell, Jeremy Marinas, Jan Petřina, Domonkos Párdányi & Kinga Kósa-Gavalda
• F1 – Gary Powell, Luciano Bacheta & Craig Dolby
• Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning – Wade Eastwood
• One Battle After Another – Brian Machleit
• Sinners – Andy Gill
• Warfare – Giedrius Nagys

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2026 Critics Choice Awards TV & Streaming Nominations

Here are the TV nominations for this year’s Critics Choice Awards.

Best Drama Series

• Alien: Earth (FX)
• Andor (Disney+)
• The Diplomat (Netflix)
• Paradise (Hulu)
• The Pitt (HBO Max)
• Pluribus (Apple TV)
• Severance (Apple TV)
• Task (HBO Max)

Best Actor in a Drama Series

• Sterling K. Brown – Paradise as Xavier Collins (Hulu)
• Diego Luna – Andor as Cassian Andor (Disney+)
• Mark Ruffalo – Task as Tom Brandis (HBO Max)
• Adam Scott – Severance as Mark Scout / Mark S. (Apple TV)
• Billy Bob Thornton – Landman as Tommy Norris (Paramount+)
• Noah Wyle – The Pitt as Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch (HBO Max)

Best Actress in a Drama Series

• Kathy Bates – Matlock as Madeline “Matty” Matlock (CBS)
• Carrie Coon – The Gilded Age as Bertha Russell (HBO Max)
• Britt Lower – Severance as Helena Eagan / Helly R. (Apple TV)
• Bella Ramsey – The Last of Us as Ellie (HBO Max)
• Keri Russell – The Diplomat as Kate Wyler (Netflix)
• Rhea Seehorn – Pluribus as Carol Sturka (Apple TV)

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Patrick Ball – The Pitt as Dr. Frank Langdon (HBO Max)
• Billy Crudup – The Morning Show as Cory Ellison (Apple TV)
• Ato Essandoh – The Diplomat as Stuart Hayford (Netflix)
• Wood Harris – Forever as Eric (Netflix)
• Tom Pelphrey – Task as Robbie Prendergrast (HBO Max)
• Tramell Tillman – Severance as Seth Milchick (Apple TV)

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Nicole Beharie – The Morning Show as Christine Hunter (Apple TV)
• Denée Benton – The Gilded Age as Peggy Scott (HBO Max)
• Allison Janney – The Diplomat as Grace Hagen Penn (Netflix)
• Katherine LaNasa – The Pitt as Dana Evans (HBO Max)
• Skye P. Marshall – Matlock as Olympia Lawrence (CBS)

Best Comedy Series

• Abbott Elementary (ABC)
• Elsbeth (CBS)
• Ghosts (CBS)
• Hacks (HBO Max)
• Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
• Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
• The Righteous Gemstones (HBO Max)
• The Studio (Apple TV)

Best Actor in a Comedy Series

• Adam Brody – Nobody Wants This as Noah Roklov (Netflix)
• Ted Danson – A Man on the Inside as Charles Nieuwendyk (Netflix)
• David Alan Grier – St. Denis Medical as Ron (NBC)
• Danny McBride – The Righteous Gemstones as Jesse Gemstone (HBO Max)
• Seth Rogen – The Studio as Matt Remick (Apple TV)
• Alexander Skarsgård – Murderbot as Murderbot (Apple TV)

Best Actress in a Comedy Series

• Kristen Bell – Nobody Wants This as Joanne Williams (Netflix)
• Natasha Lyonne – Poker Face as Charlie Cale (Peacock)
• Rose McIver – Ghosts as Samantha Arondekar (CBS)
• Edi Patterson – The Righteous Gemstones as Judy Gemstone (HBO Max)
• Carrie Preston – Elsbeth as Elsbeth Tascioni (CBS)
• Jean Smart – Hacks as Deborah Vance (HBO Max)

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Ike Barinholtz – The Studio as Sal Saperstein (Apple TV)
• Paul W. Downs – Hacks as Jimmy LuSaque Jr. (HBO Max)
• Asher Grodman – Ghosts as Trevor Lefkowitz (CBS)
• Oscar Nuñez – The Paper as Oscar Martinez (Peacock)
• Chris Perfetti – Abbott Elementary as Jacob Hill (ABC)
• Timothy Simons – Nobody Wants This as Sasha Roklov (Netflix)

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Danielle Brooks – Peacemaker as Leota Adebayo (HBO Max)
• Hannah Einbinder – Hacks as Ava Daniels (HBO Max)
• Janelle James – Abbott Elementary as Ava Coleman (ABC)
• Justine Lupe – Nobody Wants This as Morgan Williams (Netflix)
• Ego Nwodim – Saturday Night Live as Various Characters (NBC)
• Rebecca Wisocky – Ghosts as Hetty Woodstone (CBS)

Best Limited Series

• Adolescence (Netflix)
• All Her Fault (Peacock)
• Chief of War (Apple TV)
• Death by Lightning (Netflix)
• Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy (Peacock)
• Dope Thief (Apple TV)
• Dying for Sex (FX on Hulu)
• The Girlfriend (Prime Video)

Best Movie Made for Television/Streaming

• Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (Peacock)
• Deep Cover (Prime Video)
• The Gorge (Apple TV)
• Mountainhead (HBO Max)
• Nonnas (Netflix)
• Summer of 69 (Hulu)

Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television/Streaming

• Michael Chernus – Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy as John Wayne Gacy (Peacock)
• Stephen Graham – Adolescence as Eddie Miller (Netflix)
• Brian Tyree Henry – Dope Thief as Ray Driscoll (Apple TV)
• Charlie Hunnam – Monster: The Ed Gein Story as Ed Gein (Netflix)
• Matthew Rhys – The Beast in Me as Nile Jarvis (Netflix)
• Michael Shannon – Death by Lightning as James A. Garfield (Netflix)

Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television/Streaming

• Jessica Biel – The Better Sister as Chloe Taylor (Prime Video)
• Meghann Fahy – Sirens as Devon DeWitt (Netflix)
• Sarah Snook – All Her Fault as Marissa Irvine (Peacock)
• Michelle Williams – Dying for Sex as Molly Kochan (FX on Hulu)
• Robin Wright – The Girlfriend as Laura Sanderson (Prime Video)
• Renée Zellweger – Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy as Bridget Jones (Peacock)

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

• Owen Cooper – Adolescence as Jamie Miller (Netflix)
• Wagner Moura – Dope Thief as Manny Carvalho (Apple TV)
• Nick Offerman – Death by Lightning as Chester A. Arthur (Netflix)
• Michael Peña – All Her Fault as Detective Jim Alcaras (Peacock)
• Ramy Youssef – Mountainhead as Jeffrey “Jeff” Abredazi (HBO Max)

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

• Erin Doherty – Adolescence as Briony Ariston (Netflix)
• Betty Gilpin – Death by Lightning as Lucretia Garfield (Netflix)
• Marin Ireland – Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy as Elizabeth Piest (Peacock)
• Sophia Lillis – All Her Fault as Carrie Finch (Peacock)
• Julianne Moore – Sirens as Michaela “Kiki” Kell (Netflix)

Best Animated Series

• Bob’s Burgers (Fox)
• Harley Quinn (HBO Max)
• Long Story Short (Netflix)
• Marvel Zombies (Disney+)
• South Park (Comedy Central)
• Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (Disney+)

Best Foreign Language Series

• Acapulco (Apple TV) – United States
• Last Samurai Standing (Netflix) – Japan
• Mussolini: Son of the Century (MUBI) – Italy / France
• Red Alert (Paramount+) – Israel
• Squid Game (Netflix) – South Korea
• When No One Sees Us (HBO Max) – Spain

Best Talk Show

• The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
• Hot Ones (YouTube)
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
• Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC)
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Bravo)

Best Comedy Special

• Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life (HBO Max)
• Caleb Hearon: Model Comedian (HBO Max)
• Leanne Morgan: Unspeakable Things (Netflix)
• Marc Maron: Panicked (HBO Max)
• Sarah Silverman: PostMortem (Netflix)
• SNL50: The Anniversary Special (NBC)

Best Variety Series

• Conan O’Brien Must Go (HBO Max)
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO Max)
• Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Movies & Series with Multiple Nominations

Here we break down every movie and show that has received multiple award nominations, along with the number they received.

Movies with Multiple Nominations

Movie	Distributor	Number of Nominations
Sinners	Warner Bros.	17
One Battle After Another	Warner Bros.	14
Hamnet	Focus Features	11
Frankenstein	Netflix	11
Marty Supreme	A24	8
F1	Warner Bros./Apple Original Films	7
Sentimental Value	Neon	7
Wicked: For Good	Universal Pictures	7
Tain Dreams	Netflix	5
Jay Kelly	Netflix	4
Weapons	Warner Bros.	4
Bugonia	Focus Features	3
KPop Demon Hunters	Netflix	2
Left-Handed Girl	Netflix	2
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning	Paramount Pictures	2
No Other Choice	Neon	2
The Secret Agent	Neon	2
Sirāt	Neon	2
The Testament of Ann Lee	Searchlight Pictures	2
Warfare	A24	2

TV Series with Multiple Nominations

Series	Network	Number of Nominations
Adolescence	Netflix	6
Nobody Wants This	Netflix	5
All Her Fault	Peacock	4
Death by Lightning	Netflix	4
The Diplomat	Netflix	4
Ghosts	CBS	4
Hacks	HBO Max	4
The Pitt	HBO Max	4
Severance	Apple TV	4
Abbott Elementary	ABC	3
Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy	Peacock	3
Dope Thief	Apple TV	3
The Morning Show	Apple TV	3
The Righteous Gemstones	HBO Max	3
The Studio	Apple TV	3
Task	HBO Max	3
Andor	Disney+	2
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy	Peacock	2
Dying for Sex	Hulu (FX)	2
Elsbeth	CBS	2
The Gilded Age	HBO Max	2
The Girlfriend	Prime Video	2
Matlock	CBS	2
Mountainhead	HBO Max	2
Paradise	Hulu	2
Pluribus	Apple TV	2
Saturday Night Live	NBC	2
Sirens	Netflix	2

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