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Outbyte PC Repair FREEClear out junk files and repair common Windows errorsFree Scan →Outbyte Driver Updater FREEScan for outdated or missing drivers - takes under a minuteDriver Scan →Here is the complete list of nominees for the 2025 Critics Choice Awards, with winners identified. The ceremony was the 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards, honoring film and television released during the 2024 eligibility year. Film nominations were announced on December 12, 2024, while the ceremony took place on February 7, 2025, after being postponed because of the Los Angeles wildfires. The original Critics Choice nominations announcement preceded the ceremony and therefore did not include the eventual results.
WINNER appears beside each recipient identified by the official Critics Choice results archive. Wicked and Conclave led the film nominations with 11 apiece, followed by Dune: Part Two and Emilia Pérez with 10 each, and The Brutalist with nine.
The 2025 Critics Choice Awards brought together the year’s major film and television contenders across acting, directing, writing, technical, genre, and program categories. The film ceremony also recognized animated features, foreign-language work, songs, and scores, while the television awards covered scripted drama and comedy, limited series, made-for-television movies, animation, talk shows, and comedy specials.
Film nominees
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, 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
- 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
- Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuth, Laura Blount — Wicked
- Stéphanie Guillon, Frédérique Arguello, Pierre-Olivier Persin — The Substance — WINNER
- Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton, David White — Nosferatu
- Mike Marino, Sarah Graalman, Aaron Saucier — A Different Man
- Dune: Part Two
Archive note: The official list displays Dune: Part Two as a nominee in this category without credited artists. Those credits are left blank here rather than supplemented with unverified information.
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
- Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story, Rodney Burke — Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
- Bryan Jones, Chervin Shafaghi, Pierre Olivier-Persin, Jean Miel — The Substance
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 — WINNER
- 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” — Andrew Wyatt, Miley Cyrus, Lykke Li — The Last Showgirl
- “Compress / Repress” — Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Luca Guadagnino — Challengers
- “El Mal” — Clément Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard — Emilia Pérez — WINNER
- “Harper and Will Go West” — Kristen Wiig — Will & Harper
- “Kiss the Sky” — Maren Morris — The Wild Robot
- “Mi Camino” — Selena Gomez — Emilia Pérez
Best Score
- Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross — Challengers — WINNER
- Daniel Blumberg — The Brutalist
- Volker Bertelmann — Conclave
- Kris Bowers — The Wild Robot
- Hans Zimmer — Dune: Part Two
- Clément Ducol and Camille — Emilia Pérez
Television nominees
Best Drama Series
- The Day of the Jackal
- The Diplomat
- Evil
- Industry
- Interview with the Vampire
- The Old Man
- Shōgun — WINNER
- Slow Horses
Best Actor in a Drama Series
- Eddie Redmayne — The Day of the Jackal
- Hiroyuki Sanada — Shōgun — WINNER
- Jeff Bridges — The Old Man
- Ncuti Gatwa — Doctor Who
- Rufus Sewell — The Diplomat
- Antony Starr — The Boys
Best Actress in a Drama Series
- Anna Sawai — Shōgun
- Caitríona Balfe — Outlander
- Kathy Bates — Matlock — WINNER
- Keira Knightley — Black Doves
- Keri Russell — The Diplomat
- Shanola Hampton — Found
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
- Tadanobu Asano — Shōgun — WINNER
- John Lithgow — The Old Man
- Mark-Paul Gosselaar — Found
- Michael Emerson — Evil
- Sam Reid — Interview with the Vampire
- Takehiro Hira — Shōgun
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
- Allison Janney — The Diplomat
- Anna Sawai — Pachinko
- Fiona Shaw — Bad Sisters
- Moeka Hoshi — Shōgun — WINNER
- Nicole Kidman — Special Ops: Lioness
- Skye P. Marshall — Matlock
Best Comedy Series
- Abbott Elementary
- English Teacher
- Hacks — WINNER
- 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
- Adam Brody — Nobody Wants This — WINNER
- Brian Jordan Alvarez — English Teacher
- David Alan Grier — St. Denis Medical
- Kayvan Novak — What We Do in the Shadows
- Martin Short — Only Murders in the Building
- Steve Martin — Only Murders in the Building
Best Actress in a Comedy Series
- Bridget Everett — Somebody Somewhere
- Jean Smart — Hacks — WINNER
- Kristen Bell — Nobody Wants This
- Kristen Wiig — Palm Royale
- Natasia Demetriou — What We Do in the Shadows
- Quinta Brunson — Abbott Elementary
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
- Asher Grodman — Ghosts
- Brandon Scott Jones — Ghosts
- Harvey Guillén — What We Do in the Shadows
- Michael Urie — Shrinking — WINNER
- Paul W. Downs — Hacks
- Tyler James Williams — Abbott Elementary
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
- Annie Potts — Young Sheldon
- Hannah Einbinder — Hacks — WINNER
- Janelle James — Abbott Elementary
- Liza Colón-Zayas — The Bear
- Patti LuPone — Agatha All Along
- Stephanie Koenig — English Teacher
Best Limited Series
- 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 Movie Made for Television
- The Great Lillian Hall
- It’s What’s Inside
- Música
- Out of My Mind
- Rebel Ridge — WINNER
- V/H/S/Beyond
Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
- Colin Farrell — The Penguin — WINNER
- Andrew Scott — Ripley
- Ewan McGregor — A Gentleman in Moscow
- Kevin Kline — Disclaimer
- Richard Gadd — Baby Reindeer
- Tom Hollander — FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans
Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
- Cate Blanchett — Disclaimer
- Cristin Milioti — The Penguin — WINNER
- Jessica Lange — The Great Lillian Hall
- Jodie Foster — True Detective: Night Country
- Naomi Watts — FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans
- Phoebe-Rae Taylor — Out of My Mind
Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
- Hugh Grant — The Regime
- Liev Schreiber — The Perfect Couple — WINNER
- Logan Lerman — We Were the Lucky Ones
- Robert Downey Jr. — The Sympathizer
- Ron Cephas Jones — Genius: MLK/X
- Treat Williams — FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans
Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
- Betty Gilpin — Three Women
- Dakota Fanning — Ripley
- Deirdre O’Connell — The Penguin
- Jessica Gunning — Baby Reindeer — WINNER
- Kali Reis — True Detective: Night Country
- Leila George — Disclaimer
Best Foreign Language Series
- Acapulco
- Citadel: Honey Bunny
- La Máquina
- My Brilliant Friend
- Pachinko
- Senna
- Squid Game — WINNER
- The Law According to Lidia Poët
Best Animated Series
- Batman: Caped Crusader
- Bluey
- Bob’s Burgers
- Invincible
- The Simpsons
- X-Men ’97 — WINNER
Best Talk Show
- Hot Ones
- John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A. — WINNER
- The Daily Show
- The Graham Norton Show
- The Kelly Clarkson Show
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Best 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
What stands out from the 2025 Critics Choice nominations
Wicked and Conclave were the film field’s nomination leaders, each appearing in 11 categories. Dune: Part Two and Emilia Pérez followed with 10 nominations each, while The Brutalist received nine. The spread of categories shows how the awards recognized both broad contenders, such as Best Picture and acting nominees, and craft achievements in cinematography, design, editing, costumes, makeup, visual effects, song, and score.
Anora won Best Picture, while Adrien Brody won Best Actor for The Brutalist and Demi Moore won Best Actress for The Substance. Conclave won Best Acting Ensemble, and Jon M. Chu won Best Director for Wicked. In the screenplay categories, Coralie Fargeat won Best Original Screenplay for The Substance, while Peter Straughan won Best Adapted Screenplay for Conclave.
On television, Shōgun won Best Drama Series and also collected wins for Hiroyuki Sanada, Tadanobu Asano, and Moeka Hoshi. Hacks won Best Comedy Series, with Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder also taking acting awards. Baby Reindeer won Best Limited Series, while The Penguin produced wins for Colin Farrell and Cristin Milioti in the limited-series or television-movie acting categories.
Readers looking for branded memorabilia can browse the official Critics Choice merchandise store, which lists items including hats, shirts, mugs, notebooks, water bottles, tote bags, and hoodies. Merchandise availability is separate from where a particular nominated film or series can be watched.
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Where to watch the nominees
There is no single streaming service carrying the entire Critics Choice nominee list. Availability changes by title, country, subscription service, rental platform, and date. A reliable watch guide therefore needs to check each film or series individually at the time of publication rather than assigning the whole list to one service. The nominations above are an awards reference, not a claim about current streaming or digital-rental availability.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why are these called the 2025 Critics Choice Awards if the films and shows were released in 2024?
The 2025 label refers to the awards ceremony year. The eligibility period covered film and television achievements from 2024. Film nominations were announced on December 12, 2024, and the ceremony was held on February 7, 2025.
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Why was the Critics Choice Awards ceremony postponed?
The ceremony was originally scheduled for January 12, 2025. It was postponed amid the Los Angeles wildfires and rescheduled for February 7, 2025.
Were there two winners for Best Comedy?
Yes. A Real Pain and Deadpool & Wolverine were both identified as winners in Best Comedy.
Which films received the most 2025 Critics Choice nominations?
Wicked and Conclave led with 11 nominations each. Dune: Part Two and Emilia Pérez followed with 10 each, and The Brutalist received nine.
The Bottom Line
The 2025 Critics Choice Awards list covers 21 film categories and 20 television categories. Anora won Best Picture, Shōgun won Best Drama Series, and the ceremony also produced a two-way Best Comedy result for A Real Pain and Deadpool & Wolverine. The complete nominee-by-nominee record appears above, with every winner clearly marked.
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