Critics Choice Awards 2025 full winners list: Who won in which category? 

The 2025 Critics Choice Awards was a magical evening full of surprises, heartfelt speeches, and much-deserved accolades. Hollywood's elite congregated to toast the crème de la crème of the film and TV world. This edition of the Critics Choice Awards had some of the tightest contests we've seen in a while.

The cinematic triumph of the night was Anora, which snagged the coveted Best Picture award. Adrien Brody's and Demi Moore's powerhouse performances earned them the Best Actor and Actress trophies, respectively. On the small screen, Shogun was the undisputed champion, winning the Best Drama Series award and scooping up Critics Choice Awards acting honors along the way.

But let's not forget the electrifying moment when A Real Pain and Deadpool & Wolverine shared the spotlight in a historic tie for Best Comedy Film at the Critics Choice Awards. Wicked wowed with its visual mastery, earning Jon M. Chu the Best Director award and racking up several technical awards to boot.

The Critics Choice Awards never fail to shine a light on the brightest stars in the entertainment industry. So, we've got you covered with a rundown of all the categories below, including every nominee and the ultimate winners of the Critics Choice Awards for 2025!

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Film category winners at the 2025 Critics Choice Awards

1. Best Picture at the Critics Choice Awards

• WINNER: Anora
• The Brutalist
• Conclave
• Dune: Part Two
• Emilia Pérez
• Nickel Boys
• Sing Sing
• The Substance
• Wicked
• A Complete Unknown

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2. Best Actor at the Critics Choice Awards

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

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3. Best Actress at the Critics Choice Awards

• WINNER: Demi Moore – The Substance
• Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
• Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
• Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
• Angelina Jolie – Maria
• Mikey Madison – Anora

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4. Best Supporting Actor at the Critics Choice Awards

• WINNER: Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
• Yura Borisov – Anora
• Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
• Denzel Washington – Gladiator II
• Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
• Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown

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5. Best Supporting Actress at the Critics Choice Awards

• WINNER: Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez
• Ariana Grande – Wicked
• Margaret Qualley – The Substance
• Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
• Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson
• Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys

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6. Best Comedy Film at the Critics Choice Awards

• TIED WINNERS: A Real Pain
• TIED WINNERS: Deadpool & Wolverine
• Hit Man
• My Old Ass
• Saturday Night
• Thelma

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7. Best Young Actor/Actress

• WINNER: Maisy Stella – My Old Ass
• Alyla Browne – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
• Elliott Heffernan – Blitz
• Izaac Wang – Didi
• Alisha Weir – Abigail
• Zoe Ziegler – Janet Planet

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8. Best Acting Ensemble

• WINNER: Conclave
• Emilia Pérez
• Saturday Night
• Sing Sing
• Wicked
• Anora

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9. Best Director

• WINNER: Jon M. Chu – Wicked
• Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
• Sean Baker – Anora
• Edward Berger – Conclave
• RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
• Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two
• Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
• Coralie Fargeat – The Substance

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10. Best Original Screenplay

• WINNER: Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
• Sean Baker – Anora
• Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David – September 5
• Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold – The Brutalist
• Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain
• Justin Kuritzkes – Challengers

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11. Best Adapted Screenplay

• WINNER: Peter Straughan – Conclave
• RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes – Nickel Boys
• Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts – Dune: Part Two
• Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
• Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox – Wicked
• Greg Kwedar, Clint Bentley – Sing Sing

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12. Best Cinematography

• WINNER: Jarin Blaschke – Nosferatu
• Alice Brooks – Wicked
• Lol Crawley – The Brutalist
• Stéphane Fontaine – Conclave
• Greig Fraser – Dune: Part Two
• Jomo Fray – Nickel Boys

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13. Best Hair and Makeup

• WINNER: Hair and Makeup Team – The Substance
• Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener, Neal Scanlan – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
• Hair and Makeup Team – Dune: Part Two
• Mike Marino, Sarah Graalman, Aaron Saucier – A Different Man
• Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuth, Laura Blount – Wicked
• Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton, David White – Nosferatu

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14. Best Costume Design

• WINNER: Paul Tazewell – Wicked
• Jacqueline West – Dune: Part Two
• Janty Yates, Dave Crossman – Gladiator II
• Lisy Christl – Conclave
• Linda Muir – Nosferatu
• Massimo Cantini Parrini – Maria

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15. Best Visual Effects

• WINNER: Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, Gerd Nefzer – Dune: Part Two
• Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs – Better Man
• Visual Effects Team – The Substance
• Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story, Rodney Burke – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
• Mark Bakowski, Pietro Ponti, Nikki Penny, Neil Corbould – Gladiator II
• Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould, David Shirk – Wicked

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16. Best Production Design

• WINNER: Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales – Wicked
• Suzie Davies – Conclave
• Craig Lathrop – Nosferatu
• Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia – The Brutalist
• Arthur Max, Jille Azis, Elli Griff – Gladiator II
• Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau – Dune: Part Two

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17. Best Editing

• WINNER: Marco Costa – Challengers
• Nick Emerson – Conclave
• David Jancso – The Brutalist
• Joe Walker – Dune: Part Two
• Sean Baker – Anora
• Hansjörg Weißbrich – September 5

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18. Best Song

• WINNER: “El Mal” – Emilia Pérez – Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Camille
• “Beautiful That Way” – The Last Showgirl – Miley Cyrus
• “Compress / Repress” – Challengers – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
• “Harper and Will Go West” – Will & Harper – Kristen Wiig
• “Kiss the Sky” – The Wild Robot – Maren Morris
• “Mi Camino” – Emilia Pérez – Selena Gomez

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19. Best Animated Feature

• WINNER: The Wild Robot
• Flow
• Inside Out 2
• Memoir of a Snail
• Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

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TV category winners at the 2025 Critics Choice Awards

20. Best Drama Series

• WINNER: Shogun (FX / Hulu)
• Slow Horses (Apple TV+)
• The Day of the Jackal (Peacock)
• The Diplomat (Netflix)
• Evil (Paramount+)
• Industry (HBO | Max)
• Interview with the Vampire (AMC)
• The Old Man (FX)

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21. Best Actor in a Drama Series

• WINNER: Hiroyuki Sanada – Shogun (FX / Hulu)
• Rufus Sewell – The Diplomat (Netflix)
• Antony Starr – The Boys (Prime Video)
• Jeff Bridges – The Old Man (FX)
• Ncuti Gatwa – Doctor Who (Disney+)
• Eddie Redmayne – The Day of the Jackal (Peacock)

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22. Best Actress in a Drama Series

• WINNER: Kathy Bates – Matlock (CBS)
• Shanola Hampton – Found (NBC)
• Keira Knightley – Black Doves (Netflix)
• Caitriona Balfe – Outlander (Starz)
• Keri Russell – The Diplomat (Netflix)
• Anna Sawai – Shogun (FX / Hulu)

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23. Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• WINNER: Tadanobu Asano – Shogun (FX / Hulu)
• Michael Emerson – Evil (Paramount+)
• Mark-Paul Gosselaar – Found (NBC)
• Takehiro Hira – Shogun (FX / Hulu)
• John Lithgow – The Old Man (FX)
• Sam Reid – Interview with the Vampire (AMC)

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24. Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• WINNER: Moeka Hoshi – Shogun (FX / Hulu)
• Allison Janney – The Diplomat (Netflix)
• Nicole Kidman – Special Ops: Lioness (Paramount+)
• Skye P. Marshall – Matlock (CBS)
• Anna Sawai – Pachinko (Apple TV+)
• Fiona Shaw – Bad Sisters (Apple TV+)

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25. Best Comedy Series

• WINNER: Hacks (HBO | Max)
• Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
• Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
• Abbott Elementary (ABC)
• English Teacher (FX)
• Somebody Somewhere (HBO | Max)
• St. Denis Medical (NBC)
• What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

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26. Best Actor in a Comedy Series

• WINNER: Adam Brody – Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
• David Alan Grier – St. Denis Medical (NBC)
• Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
• Brian Jordan Alvarez – English Teacher (FX)
• Kayvan Novak – What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
• Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

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27. Best Actress in a Comedy Series

• WINNER: Jean Smart – Hacks (HBO | Max)
• Kristen Wiig – Palm Royale (Apple TV+)
• Kristen Bell – Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
• Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
• Natasia Demetriou – What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
• Bridget Everett – Somebody Somewhere (HBO | Max)

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28. Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• WINNER: Michael Urie – Shrinking (Apple TV+)
• Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
• Paul W. Downs – Hacks (HBO | Max)
• Asher Grodman – Ghosts (CBS)
• Harvey Guillén – What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
• Brandon Scott Jones – Ghosts (CBS)

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29. Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• WINNER: Hannah Einbinder – Hacks (HBO | Max)
• Janelle James – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
• Stephanie Koenig – English Teacher (FX)
• Liza Colón-Zayas – The Bear (FX / Hulu)
• Patti LuPone – Agatha All Along (Disney+)
• Annie Potts – Young Sheldon (CBS)

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30. Best Limited Series

• WINNER: Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
• Disclaimer (Apple TV+)
• Masters of the Air (Apple TV+)
• Mr Bates vs the Post Office (PBS)
• The Penguin (HBO | Max)
• Ripley (Netflix)

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31. Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made For Television

• WINNER: Colin Farrell – The Penguin (HBO | Max)
• Richard Gadd – Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
• Tom Hollander – FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans (FX)
• Kevin Kline – Disclaimer (Apple TV+)
• Ewan McGregor – A Gentleman in Moscow (Paramount+)
• Andrew Scott – Ripley (Netflix)

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32. Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

• WINNER: Cristin Milioti – The Penguin (HBO | Max)
• Phoebe-Rae Taylor – Out of My Mind (Disney+)
• Naomi Watts – FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans (FX)
• Cate Blanchett – Disclaimer (Apple TV+)
• Jodie Foster – True Detective: Night Country (HBO | Max)
• Jessica Lange – The Great Lillian Hall (HBO | Max)

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33. Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

• WINNER: Liev Schreiber – The Perfect Couple (Netflix)
• Treat Williams – FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans (FX)
• Robert Downey Jr. – The Sympathizer (HBO | Max)
• Hugh Grant – The Regime (HBO | Max)
• Ron Cephas Jones – Genius: MLK/X (National Geographic)
• Logan Lerman – We Were the Lucky Ones (Hulu)

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34. Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made For Television

• WINNER: Jessica Gunning – Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
• Deirdre O'Connell – The Penguin (HBO | Max)
• Kali Reis – True Detective: Night Country (HBO | Max)
• Dakota Fanning – Ripley (Netflix)
• Leila George – Disclaimer (Apple TV+)
• Betty Gilpin – Three Women (Starz)

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The Critics Choice Awards 2025 aired live on E! at 6 PM, Central Time, on Friday, the 7th of February.

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