Critics Choice Awards 2026 Nominations: Complete list of nominees explored

On December 5, Critics Choice Awards unveiled their nominations for the award ceremony next year. Michael B. Jordan’s thriller movie Sinners dominated Critics Choice Awards nominations. The movie earned a total of 17 nominations at Critics Choice Awards.

Following Sinners, Leonardo DiCaprio’s One Battle After Another bagged 14 nominations at Critics Choice Awards. Other popular releases of this year including Frankenstein, Ariana Grande’s Wicked: For Good, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, 28 Years Later, Adolescence, and more are nominated for different titles.

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Sinners led the Critics Choice Awards nominations for next year’s event

Here’s the complete rundown of nominations for Critics Choice Awards across different categories

Motion Pictures nominations for Critics Choice Awards

Best Picture

• Bugonia
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Jay Kelly
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners
• Train Dreams
• Wicked: For Good

Best Actor

• Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
• Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
• Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
• Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
• Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
• Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent

Best Actress

• Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
• Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
• Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
• Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
• Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee
• Emma Stone – Bugonia

Best Supporting Actor

• Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
• Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
• Paul Mescal – Hamnet
• Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
• Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly
• Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value

Best Supporting Actress

• Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
• Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
• Amy Madigan – Weapons
• Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
• Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

Best Young Actor / Actress

• Everett Blunck – The Plague
• Miles Caton – Sinners
• Cary Christopher – Weapons
• Shannon Mahina Gorman – Rental Family
• Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet
• Nina Ye – Left-Handed Girl

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 Original Screenplay

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

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
• Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar – Train Dreams
• Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don Mckellar, Jahye Lee – No Other Choice
• Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
• Will Tracy – Bugonia
• Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell – Hamnet

Best Casting And Ensemble

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

Best Cinematography

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

Best Production Design

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

Best Editing

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

Best Costume Design

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

Best Hair And Makeup

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

Best Visual Effects

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

Best Stunt Design

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

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

• It Was Just an Accident
• Left-Handed Girl
• No Other Choice
• The Secret Agent
• Sirāt
• Belén

Best Song

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

Best Score

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

Best Sound

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

Television nominees for Critics Choice Awards

Best Drama Series nominees for Critics Choice Awards

• Alien: Earth
• Andor
• The Diplomat
• Paradise
• The Pitt
• Pluribus
• Severance
• Task

Best Actor In Drama Series

• Sterling K. Brown – Paradise
• Diego Luna – Andor
• Mark Ruffalo – Task
• Adam Scott – Severance
• Billy Bob Thornton – Landman
• Noah Wyle – The Pitt

Best Actress In Drama Series

• Kathy Bates – Matlock
• Carrie Coon – The Gilded Age
• Britt Lower – Severance
• Bella Ramsey – The Last of Us
• Keri Russell – The Diplomat
• Rhea Seehorn – Pluribus

Best Supporting Actor In Drama Series

• Patrick Ball – The Pitt
• Billy Crudup – The Morning Show
• Ato Essandoh – The Diplomat
• Wood Harris – Forever
• Tom Pelphrey – Task
• Tramell Tillman – Severance

Best Supporting Actress In Drama Series

• Nicole Beharie – The Morning Show
• Denée Benton – The Gilded Age
• Allison Janney – The Diplomat
• Katherine LaNasa – The Pitt
• Greta Lee – The Morning Show
• Skye P. Marshall – Matlock

Best Comedy Series nominees for Critics Choice Awards

• Abbott Elementary
• Elsbeth
• Ghosts
• Hacks
• Nobody Wants This
• Only Murders in the Building
• The Righteous Gemstones
• The Studio

Best Actor In Comedy Series

• Adam Brody – Nobody Wants This
• Ted Danson – A Man on the Inside
• David Alan Grier – St. Denis Medical
• Danny McBride – The Righteous Gemstones
• Seth Rogen – The Studio
• Alexander Skarsgård – Murderbot

Best Actress In Comedy Series

• Kristen Bell – Nobody Wants This
• Natasha Lyonne – Poker Face
• Rose McIver – Ghosts
• Edi Patterson – The Righteous Gemstones
• Carrie Preston – Elsbeth
• Jean Smart – Hacks

Best Supporting Actor In Comedy Series

• Ike Barinholtz – The Studio
• Paul W. Downs – Hacks
• Asher Grodman – Ghosts
• Oscar Nuñez – The Paper
• Chris Perfetti – Abbott Elementary
• Timothy Simons – Nobody Wants This

Best Supporting Actress In Comedy Series

• Danielle Brooks – Peacemaker
• Hannah Einbinder – Hacks
• Janelle James – Abbott Elementary
• Justine Lupe – Nobody Wants This
• Ego Nwodim – Saturday Night Live
• Rebecca Wisocky – Ghosts

Best Limited Series nominees for Critics Choice Awards

• Adolescence
• All Her Fault
• Chief of War
• Death by Lightning
• Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy
• Dope Thief
• Dying for Sex
• The Girlfriend

Best Movie Made For Television nominees for Critics Choice Awards

• Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
• Deep Cover
• The Gorge
• Mountainhead
• Nonnas
• Summer of ’69

Best Actor In Limited Series Or Movie Made For Television

• Michael Chernus – Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy
• Stephen Graham – Adolescence
• Brian Tyree Henry – Dope Thief
• Charlie Hunnam – Monster: The Ed Gein Story
• Matthew Rhys – The Beast in Me
• Michael Shannon – Death by Lightning

Best Actress In Limited Series Or Movie Made For Television

• Jessica Biel – The Better Sister
• Meghann Fahy – Sirens
• Sarah Snook – All Her Fault
• Michelle Williams – Dying for Sex
• Robin Wright – The Girlfriend
• Renée Zellweger – Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Best Supporting Actor In Limited Series Or Movie Made For Television

• Owen Cooper – Adolescence
• Wagner Moura – Dope Thief
• Nick Offerman – Death by Lightning
• Michael Peña – All Her Fault
• Ashley Walters – Adolescence
• Ramy Youssef – Mountainhead

Best Supporting Actress In Limited Series Or Movie Made For Television

• Erin Doherty – Adolescence
• Betty Gilpin – Death by Lightning
• Marin Ireland – Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy
• Sophia Lillis – All Her Fault
• Julianne Moore – Sirens
• Christine Tremarco – Adolescence

Best Foreign Language Series nominees for Critics Choice Awards

• Acapulco
• Last Samurai Standing
• Mussolini: Son of the Century
• Red Alert
• Squid Game
• When No One Sees Us

Best Animated Series nominees for Critics Choice Awards

• Bob’s Burgers
• Harley Quinn
• Long Story Short
• Marvel Zombies
• South Park
• Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

Best Talk Show nominees for Critics Choice Awards

• The Daily Show
• Hot Ones
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!
• Late Night with Seth Meyers
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Best Variety Series nominees for Critics Choice Awards

• Conan O’Brien Must Go
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
• Saturday Night Live

Best Comedy Special nominees for Critics Choice Awards

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

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