Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Editing

Last updated December 12, 2025

The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Editing is one of the Critics' Choice Movie Awards given to people working in the film industry by the Critics Choice Association. It was first given out in 2010.

Winners and nominees

2000s

Year	Film	Editor(s)	Ref.
2009	Avatar	James Cameron, John Refoua, and Stephen E. Rivkin	^[1]
	The Hurt Locker	Chris Innis and Bob Murawski
	Inglourious Basterds	Sally Menke
	Nine	Claire Simpson and Wyatt Smith
	Up in the Air	Dana E. Glauberman

2010s

Year	Film	Editor(s)	Ref.
2010	Inception	Lee Smith	^[2]
	127 Hours	Jon Harris
	Black Swan	Andrew Weisblum
	The Social Network	Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
2011	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall	^[3]
	The Artist	Michel Hazanavicius and Anne-Sophie Bion
	Drive	Matthew Newman
	Hugo	Thelma Schoonmaker
	War Horse	Michael Kahn
2012	Zero Dark Thirty	William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor	^[4]
	Argo	William Goldenberg
	Les Misérables	Chris Dickens and Melanie Oliver
	Life of Pi	Tim Squyres
	Lincoln	Michael Kahn
2013	Gravity	Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger	^[5]
	12 Years a Slave	Joe Walker
	American Hustle	Alan Baumgarten, Jay Cassidy, and Crispin Struthers
	Captain Phillips	Christopher Rouse
	Rush	Daniel P. Hanley and Mike Hill
	The Wolf of Wall Street	Thelma Schoonmaker
2014	Birdman	Douglas Crise and Stephen Mirrione	^[6]
	Boyhood	Sandra Adair
	Gone Girl	Kirk Baxter
	Interstellar	Lee Smith
	Whiplash	Tom Cross
2015	Mad Max: Fury Road	Margaret Sixel	^[7]
	The Big Short	Hank Corwin
	The Martian	Pietro Scalia
	The Revenant	Stephen Mirrione
	Spotlight	Tom McArdle
2016	La La Land	Tom Cross	^[8]
	Arrival	Joe Walker
	Hacksaw Ridge	John Gilbert
	Moonlight	Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders
	Sully	Blu Murray
2017	Baby Driver (TIE)	Paul Machliss and Jonathan Amos (TIE)	^[9]
	Dunkirk (TIE)	Lee Smith (TIE)
	Blade Runner 2049	Joe Walker
	The Post	Michael Kahn and Sarah Broshar
	The Shape of Water	Sidney Wolinsky
2018	First Man	Tom Cross	^[10]
	The Favourite	Yorgos Mavropsaridis
	Roma	Alfonso Cuarón and Adam Gough
	A Star Is Born	Jay Cassidy
	Vice	Hank Corwin
	Widows	Joe Walker
2019	1917	Lee Smith	^[11]
	Ford v Ferrari	Andrew Buckland and Michael McCusker
	The Irishman	Thelma Schoonmaker
	Once Upon a Time in Hollywood	Fred Raskin
	Parasite	Yang Jin-mo
	Uncut Gems	Ronald Bronstein and Benny Safdie

2020s

Year	Film	Editor(s)	Ref.
2020	Sound of Metal (TIE)	Mikkel E. G. Nielsen (TIE)	^[12]
	The Trial of the Chicago 7 (TIE)	Alan Baumgarten (TIE)
	The Father	Yorgos Lamprinos
	Mank	Kirk Baxter
	Nomadland	Chloé Zhao
	Tenet	Jennifer Lame
2021	West Side Story	Michael Kahn and Sarah Broshar	^[13]
	Belfast	Úna Ní Dhonghaíle
	Dune	Joe Walker
	Licorice Pizza	Andy Jurgensen
	The Power of the Dog	Peter Sciberras
2022	Everything Everywhere All at Once	Paul Rogers	^[14]
	Avatar: The Way of Water	Stephen E. Rivkin, David Brenner, John Refoua, and James Cameron
	Babylon	Tom Cross
	Elvis	Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond
	Tár	Monika Willi
	Top Gun: Maverick	Eddie Hamilton
2023	Oppenheimer	Jennifer Lame	^[15]
	Air	William Goldenberg
	Barbie	Nick Houy
	Poor Things	Yorgos Mavropsaridis
	Killers of the Flower Moon	Thelma Schoonmaker
	Maestro	Michelle Tesoro
2024	Challengers	Marco Costa	^[16]
	Anora	Sean Baker
	Conclave	Nick Emerson
	The Brutalist	Dávid Jancsó
	Dune: Part Two	Joe Walker
	September 5	Hansjörg Weißbrich
2025	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

Multiple winners

3 wins

Lee Smith

2 wins

Tom Cross

Multiple nominees (3 or more)

6 nominations

Joe Walker

4 nominations

3 nominations

References

↑ Finke, Nikki (January 16, 2010). "Broadcast Film Critics Award 'Hurt Locker'". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 16, 2010.
↑ The Deadline Team (January 14, 2011). "Critics' Choice Awards Spread The Gold: 'Social Network', Fincher, Firth, Portman". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 14, 2011.
↑ The Deadline Team (January 12, 2012). "'The Artist' Best Pic, George Clooney, Viola Davis Top Actors At Critics Choice Awards". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 12, 2012.
↑ The Deadline Team (January 10, 2013). "Critics' Choice Movie Awards: 'Argo' Best Picture, Director; Daniel Day-Lewis, Jessica Chastain Take Acting Honors". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 10, 2013.
↑ The Deadline Team (January 16, 2014). "Critics' Choice Movie Awards: '12 Years A Slave' Named Best Picture; 'Gravity' Leads Field With 7 Wins". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 16, 2014.
↑ Pedersen, Erik (January 15, 2015). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'Boyhood' Wins Best Picture; 'Birdman' Leads With 7 Nods". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 15, 2015.
↑ Hipes, Patrick (January 17, 2016). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'Spotlight' Wins Best Picture; 'Mr. Robot' Best Drama Series". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 17, 2016.
↑ Lincoln, Ross A.; Grobar, Matt (December 11, 2016). "2016 Critics' Choice Awards: 'La La Land' Leads With 8 Wins Including Best Picture; Donald Glover Unveils Lando Calrissian 'Stache". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved December 11, 2016.
↑ Hayes, Dade; Hipes, Patrick (January 11, 2018). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'The Shape Of Water' Wins Best Picture, 'Big Little Lies' Dominates – Full Winners List". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 11, 2018.
↑ de Moraes, Lisa; Blyth, Antonia; Hipes, Patrick (January 13, 2019). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'Roma' Wins Best Picture To Lead Night; 'The Americans' & 'Mrs. Maisel' Top TV – The Complete Winners List". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 13, 2019.
↑ Ramos, Dino-Ray; Boucher, Geoff (January 12, 2020). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' Wins Best Picture, Netflix And HBO Among Top Honorees – Full Winners List". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 12, 2020.
↑ Ramos, Dino-Ray (March 7, 2021). "Critics Choice Awards: 'Nomadland', 'The Crown' Among Top Honorees – Complete Winners List". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved March 7, 2021.
↑ Pedersen, Erik; Cordero, Rosy; Topel, Fred (March 13, 2022). "Critics Choice Awards: 'The Power Of The Dog' Wins Best Picture & Jane Campion Is Best Director; 'Ted Lasso' & 'Succession' Top TV – Full List". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved March 13, 2022.
↑ Panaligan, EJ; Earl, William (January 15, 2023). "Critics' Choice Awards 2023 Full Winners List: 'Everything Everywhere All at Once,' 'Abbott Elementary' and 'Better Call Saul' Take Top Honors". Variety . Retrieved January 16, 2023.
↑ Shanfeld, Ethan (2024-01-15). "'Oppenheimer' Leads Critics Choice Awards With 8 Wins, 'Barbie' Scores 6 — Full Winners List". Variety. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
↑ https://variety.com/2025/film/news/critics-choice-awards-2025-winners-list-1236300265/

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[1] Finke, Nikki (January 16, 2010). "Broadcast Film Critics Award 'Hurt Locker'". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 16, 2010.

[2] The Deadline Team (January 14, 2011). "Critics' Choice Awards Spread The Gold: 'Social Network', Fincher, Firth, Portman". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 14, 2011.

[3] The Deadline Team (January 12, 2012). "'The Artist' Best Pic, George Clooney, Viola Davis Top Actors At Critics Choice Awards". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 12, 2012.

[4] The Deadline Team (January 10, 2013). "Critics' Choice Movie Awards: 'Argo' Best Picture, Director; Daniel Day-Lewis, Jessica Chastain Take Acting Honors". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 10, 2013.

[5] The Deadline Team (January 16, 2014). "Critics' Choice Movie Awards: '12 Years A Slave' Named Best Picture; 'Gravity' Leads Field With 7 Wins". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 16, 2014.

[6] Pedersen, Erik (January 15, 2015). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'Boyhood' Wins Best Picture; 'Birdman' Leads With 7 Nods". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 15, 2015.

[7] Hipes, Patrick (January 17, 2016). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'Spotlight' Wins Best Picture; 'Mr. Robot' Best Drama Series". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 17, 2016.

[8] Lincoln, Ross A.; Grobar, Matt (December 11, 2016). "2016 Critics' Choice Awards: 'La La Land' Leads With 8 Wins Including Best Picture; Donald Glover Unveils Lando Calrissian 'Stache". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved December 11, 2016.

[9] Hayes, Dade; Hipes, Patrick (January 11, 2018). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'The Shape Of Water' Wins Best Picture, 'Big Little Lies' Dominates – Full Winners List". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 11, 2018.

[10] Moraes, Lisa; Blyth, Antonia; Hipes, Patrick (January 13, 2019). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'Roma' Wins Best Picture To Lead Night; 'The Americans' & 'Mrs. Maisel' Top TV – The Complete Winners List". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 13, 2019.

[11] Ramos, Dino-Ray; Boucher, Geoff (January 12, 2020). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' Wins Best Picture, Netflix And HBO Among Top Honorees – Full Winners List". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 12, 2020.

[12] Ramos, Dino-Ray (March 7, 2021). "Critics Choice Awards: 'Nomadland', 'The Crown' Among Top Honorees – Complete Winners List". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved March 7, 2021.

[13] Pedersen, Erik; Cordero, Rosy; Topel, Fred (March 13, 2022). "Critics Choice Awards: 'The Power Of The Dog' Wins Best Picture & Jane Campion Is Best Director; 'Ted Lasso' & 'Succession' Top TV – Full List". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved March 13, 2022.

[14] Panaligan, EJ; Earl, William (January 15, 2023). "Critics' Choice Awards 2023 Full Winners List: 'Everything Everywhere All at Once,' 'Abbott Elementary' and 'Better Call Saul' Take Top Honors". Variety . Retrieved January 16, 2023.

[15] Shanfeld, Ethan (2024-01-15). "'Oppenheimer' Leads Critics Choice Awards With 8 Wins, 'Barbie' Scores 6 — Full Winners List". Variety. Retrieved 2024-01-20.

[16] ttps://variety.com/2025/film/news/critics-choice-awards-2025-winners-list-1236300265/

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Critics Choice Association (CCA)
Awards	Acting Ensemble Actor Actress Adapted Screenplay Animated Feature Cinematography Comedy Costume Design Director Editing Foreign Language Film Hair and Makeup Original Screenplay Picture Production Design Score Song Sound Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Visual Effects Young Performer
Retired	Action Movie (2008–2019) Actor in an Action Movie (2012–2016) Actress in an Action Movie (2012–2016) Actor in a Comedy (2012–2018) Actress in a Comedy (2012–2018) Documentary Feature (1995–2015) Family Film (1995–2007) Sci-Fi/Horror Movie (2012–2019)
Ceremonies	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 (years are of film release; ceremonies are the next year)