31st Critics' Choice Awards

31st Critics' Choice Awards
Official poster
Date	January 4, 2026 (2026-01-04)
Site	Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, California, United States
Hosted by	Chelsea Handler
Most nominations	Film: Sinners (17) Television: Adolescence (6)
Website	www.criticschoice.com
Television/radio coverage
Network	E! / USA Network
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The 31st Critics' Choice Awards will be presented on January 4, 2026, at the Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport in Santa Monica, California, honoring the finest achievements of filmmaking and television programming in 2025. ^[1] The ceremony will be broadcast on E! and USA Network, and will be hosted by comedian Chelsea Handler for the fourth consecutive year. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Nominations for both the film and television categories were revealed on cable's E! and USA Network's channels. In addition, the announcement of the nominations were streamed on criticschoice.com, as well as the CCA, E!, E! Online and the USA Network's YouTube channels; the nominations were also unveiled on the CCA's social media channels. The livestream was hosted by television personalities Keltie Knight and Erin Lim Rhodes. ^{[3] [4] [5]} Ryan Coogler's period supernatural horror film Sinners led the film nominations with seventeen, followed by Paul Thomas Anderson's action thriller One Battle After Another with fourteen. For the television categories, Netflix limited series Adolescence led the nominations with six, followed by the romantic comedy series Nobody Wants This with five. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

Ceremony information

For the first time, shortlists for eleven "below-the-line" categories were unveiled in November 2025. Sinners received the most mentions with thirteen, being the only film to be named on all eleven of the lists and earning across-the-board recognition in every category. Additionally, four new categories were introduced; three for film (Best Casting and Ensemble, Best Sound, and Best Stunt Design) and one for television (Best Variety Series). ^{[2] [3] [9]}

Proceeding the ceremony, the red carpet special "LIVE from E!: Critics Choice Awards" will air live from 2:00-4:00 p.m. PT/5:00-7:00 p.m. ET across E! and USA Network. The special will be hosted by Keltie Knight and Justin Sylvester, along with Will Marfuggi and Erin Lim Rhodes. ^[10]

Nominees

Film

Best Picture Bugonia Frankenstein Hamnet Jay Kelly Marty Supreme One Battle After Another Sentimental Value Sinners [a] Train Dreams Wicked: For Good	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 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 [b] 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 [c] 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 Casting and Ensemble Hamnet – Nina Gold Jay Kelly – Douglas Aibel and Nina Gold Marty Supreme – Jennifer Venditti One Battle After Another – Cassandra Kulukundis Sinners – Francine Maisler Wicked: For Good – Tiffany Little Canfield and Bernard Telsey
Best Original Screenplay Noah Baumbach and Emily Mortimer – Jay Kelly Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme Ryan Coogler – Sinners Zach Cregger – Weapons Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value	Best Adapted Screenplay Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another (inspired by the novel Vineland by Thomas Pynchon) Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar – Train Dreams (based on the novella by Denis Johnson) Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, and Jahye Lee – No Other Choice (based on the novel The Ax by Donald E. Westlake) Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein (based on the novel by Mary Shelley) Will Tracy – Bugonia (based on the film Save the Green Planet! by Jang Joon-hwan) Chloé Zhao and Maggie O'Farrell – Hamnet (based on the novel by O'Farrell)
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 and 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 and Christine Cantella Sinners – Ruth E. Carter Wicked: For Good – Paul Tazewell	Best Production Design The Fantastic Four: First Steps – Kasra Farahani and Jille Azis Frankenstein – Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau Hamnet – Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton Marty Supreme – Jack Fisk and Adam Willis Sinners – Hannah Beachler and Monique Champagne Wicked: For Good – Nathan Crowley and 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) – The Testament of Ann Lee "Drive" (Ed Sheeran, John Mayer, and Blake Slatkin) – F1 "The Girl in the Bubble" (Stephen Schwartz) – Wicked: For Good "Golden" (Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, Ido, 24, and Teddy) – KPop Demon Hunters "I Lied to You" (Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Göransson) – Sinners "Train Dreams" (Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner) – Train Dreams
Best Hair and Make-Up 28 Years Later – Flora Moody and John Nolan Frankenstein – Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, and Cliona Furey Sinners – Siân Richards, Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine, and Shunika Terry The Smashing Machine – Kazu Hiro, Felix Fox, and Mia Neal Weapons – Leo Satkovich, Melizah Wheat, and Jason Collins Wicked: For Good – Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier, and Laura Blount	Best Sound F1 – Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta, and Gareth John Frankenstein – Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern, and Greg Chapman One Battle After Another – José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio, and Tony Villaflor Sinners – Chris Welcker, Benny Burtt, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker, Felipe Pacheco, and David V. Butler Sirāt – Laia Casanovas Warfare – Mitch Low, Glenn Freemantle, Ben Barker, Howard Bargroff, and Richard Spooner
Best Visual Effects Avatar: Fire and Ash – Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett F1 – Ryan Tudhope, Nikeah Forde, Robert Harrington, Nicolas Chevallier, Eric Leven, Edward Price, and Keith Dawson Frankenstein – Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, and José Granell Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning – Alex Wuttke, Ian Lowe, Jeff Sutherland, and Kirstin Hall Sinners – Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter, and Donnie Dean Superman – Stéphane Ceretti, Enrico Damm, Stéphane Nazé, and Guy Williams	Best Stunt Design Ballerina – Stephen Dunlevy, Kyle Gardiner, Jackson Spidell, Jeremy Marinas, Jan Petřina, Domonkos Párdányi, and Kinga Kósa-Gavalda F1 – Gary Powell, Luciano Bacheta, and Craig Dolby Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning – Wade Eastwood One Battle After Another – Brian Machleit Sinners – Andy Gill Warfare – Giedrius Nagys
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

Television

Best Drama Series Alien: Earth (FX) Andor (Disney+) [d] The Diplomat (Netflix) Paradise (Hulu) The Pitt (HBO Max) Pluribus (Apple TV) Severance (Apple TV) [e] Task (HBO Max)
Best Actor in a Drama Series Sterling K. Brown – Paradise as Xavier Collins (Hulu) [f] Diego Luna – Andor as Cassian Andor (Disney+) [g] Mark Ruffalo – Task as Tom Brandis (HBO Max) Adam Scott – Severance as Mark Scout / Mark S. (Apple TV) [h] 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 / Madeline Kingston (CBS) Carrie Coon – The Gilded Age as Bertha Russell (HBO Max) Britt Lower – Severance as Helena Eagan / Helly R. (Apple TV) [i] Bella Ramsey – The Last of Us as Ellie (HBO Max) [j] [k] Keri Russell – The Diplomat as Katherine "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) [h]	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) Greta Lee – The Morning Show as Stella Bak (Apple TV) 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 "Sam" 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 Nunez – 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 Henrietta "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 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 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 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 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) Ashley Walters – Adolescence as DI Luke Bascombe (Netflix) Ramy Youssef – Mountainhead as Jeffrey "Jeff" Abredazi (HBO Max)	Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television 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) Christine Tremarco – Adolescence as Manda Miller (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)

Multiple nominations

Films

The following twenty films received multiple nominations:

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

Television

The following twenty-eight series received multiple nominations:

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

Notes

1. Won Best Horror Movie at the 5th Critics' Choice Super Awards ^[11]
2. Won Best Actor in a Horror Movie at the 5th Critics' Choice Super Awards ^[11]
3. Nominated for Best Actress in a Horror Movie at the 5th Critics' Choice Super Awards ^[12]
4. Won Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie at the 5th Critics' Choice Super Awards ^[11]
5. Nominated for Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie at the 5th Critics' Choice Super Awards ^[12]
6. Nominated for Best Actor in an Action Series at the 5th Critics' Choice Super Awards ^[12]
7. Won Best Actor in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie at the 5th Critics' Choice Super Awards ^[11]
8. Nominated for Best Actor in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie at the 5th Critics' Choice Super Awards ^[12]
9. Won Best Actress in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie at the 5th Critics' Choice Super Awards ^[11]
10. Nominated for Best Actress in a Horror Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie at the 5th Critics' Choice Super Awards ^[12]
11. Nominated for Best Actress in a Superhero Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie at the 5th Critics' Choice Super Awards ^[12]

See also

• 98th Academy Awards
• 77th Primetime Emmy Awards
• 5th Critics' Choice Super Awards
• 10th Critics' Choice Documentary Awards

References

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5. Malec, Brett M. (December 5, 2025). "Critics Choice Awards 2026 Nominations: Watch the Livestream". E! . Retrieved December 5, 2025.
6. Davis, Clayton (December 5, 2025). "Critics Choice Awards Nominations: 'Sinners' Dominates with 17 Noms, Cynthia Erivo Snubbed for 'Wicked: For Good'". Variety . Retrieved December 5, 2025.
7. Pedersen, Erik (December 5, 2025). "Critics Choice Awards Nominations: 'Sinners' Leads with 17; 'Adolescence' Tops TV – Full List". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved December 5, 2025.
8. Lewis, Hilary (December 5, 2025). "Critics Choice Awards Nominations: 'Sinners' Leads with 17 Nods". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved December 5, 2025.
9. Davis, Clayton (November 24, 2025). "Critics Choice Awards Unveil First Below-the-Line Shortlists in 11 Categories: 'Sinners', 'Frankenstein', 'Wicked: For Good', and 'F1' Lead Craft Contenders". Variety . Retrieved December 5, 2025.
10. "Presenters Announced for the 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards Hosted by Chelsea Handler". Critics Choice Association. December 22, 2025. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
11. "Winners Announced for the Critics Choice Association's 5th Annual 'Critics Choice Super Awards' Honoring Superhero, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Horror, and Action Movies and Series". Critics Choice Association. August 8, 2025. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
12. "Nominations Announced for the Critics Choice Association's 5th Annual 'Critics Choice Super Awards'". Critics Choice Association. June 11, 2025. Retrieved December 5, 2025.

External links

• Official website