2025 Critics Choice Awards: Key Winners Shaping the Oscar Landscape

The Critics Choice Awards are set to celebrate their 30th anniversary in 2025, making this forthcoming edition particularly noteworthy.

Originally scheduled for January, the ceremony has had to be rescheduled due to the impact of recent wildfires in Los Angeles County.

This ceremony aims to highlight outstanding achievements in film and television for the year 2024, with specialized critics playing a key role in selecting potential nominees and winners. The results may also offer insights ahead of the upcoming Oscars, scheduled for Sunday, March 2.

Nominations and Winners for Critics Choice Awards 2025

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Best Picture

A Complete Unknown

• Anora WINNER
• The Brutalist
• Conclave
• Dune: Part Two
• Emilia Perez
• The Nickel Boys
• Sing Sing
• The Substance
• Wicked

Best Actor

• Adrien Brody, The Brutalist WINNER
• Timothee Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
• Daniel Craig, Queer
• Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
• Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
• Hugh Grant, The Heretic

Best Actress

• Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
• Karla Sofia Gascon, Emilia Perez
• 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 2

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 Perez 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 Cast

• Anora
• Conclave WINNER
• Emilia Perez
• Saturday Night
• Sing Sing
• Wicked

Best Director

• Jacques Audiard, Emilia Perez
• 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 Perez
• 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 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
• Deadpool & Wolverine
• Hit Man
• Mi viejo trasero
• Saturday Night
• Thelma

Best Foreign Language Film

• All We Imagine as Light
• Emilia Perez WINNER
• Flow
• I’m Still Here
• Kneecap
• La semilla del higuera sagrada

Best Song

• “Beautiful That Way” – The Last Showgirl, Miley Cyrus
• “Compress / Repress” – Challengers, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
• “The Bad” – Emilia Perez – Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofia Gascon, Camille
• “Harper and Will Go West” – Will & Harper, Kristen Wiig
• “Kiss the Sky” – The Wild Robot, Maren Morris
• “My Way” – Emilia Perez, Selena Gomez WINNER

Best Music for a Film

• Volker Bertelmann, Conclave
• Daniel Blumberg, The Brutalist
• Kris Bowers, The Wild Robot
• Clement Ducol & Camille, Emilia Perez
• Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Challengers WINNER
• Hans Zimmer, Dune: Part Two

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Awards for Drama and Comedy Series

• The Day of the Jackal
• The Diplomat
• Evil
• Industria
• Interview with the Vampire
• El Viejo
• Shogun WINNER
• Slow Horses

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama

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

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama

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

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama

• Caitriona Balfe, Outlander
• Kathy Bates, Matlock WINNER
• Shanola Hampton, Found
• Keira Knightley, Black Doves
• Keri Russell, The Diplomat
• Anna Sawai, Shogun

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama

• Moeka Hoshi, Shogun WINNER
• 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
• Hacks WINNER
• Nadie quiere esto
• Only Murders in the Building
• Somebody Somewhere
• St. Denis Medical
• What We Do in the Shadows

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy

• Brian Jordan Alvarez, English Teacher
• Adam Brody, Nobody Wants This WINNER
• 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

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy

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

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy

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

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy

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

Best Miniseries

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

Best Television Movie

• La gran Lillian Hall
• It’s What’s Inside
• Music
• Out of My Mind
• Rebel Ridge WINNER
• V/H/S/Beyond

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie

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

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie

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

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie

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

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie

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

Best International Series

• Acapulco
• Citadel: Honey Bunny
• The Machine
• The Law According to Lidia Poët
• My Brilliant Friend
• Pachinko
• Senna
• Squid Game WINNER

Best Animated Program

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

Best Talk Show

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

Best Stand-Up Comedy Special

• Ali Wong: Single Lady WINNER
• 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

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