Critics’ Choice Awards: A Full List of the 2025 Winners

The 30th Annual Critic Choice Awards took place on February 7, 2025, at the Santa Monica’s Barker Hangar and was hosted by Chelsea Handler. It was a postponed due to the Los Angeles wildfires.

See the full list below:

FILM

WINNER Best Picture: Anora

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

Best Actor

WINNER Best Actor: Adrien Brody – The Brutalist

Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig – Queer
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Hugh Grant – Heretic

Best Actress

WINNER Best Actress: Demi Moore – The Substance

Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
Angelina Jolie – Maria
Mikey Madison – Anora

Best Supporting Actor

WINNER Best Supporting Actor: Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Yura Borisov – Anora

Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Denzel Washington – Gladiator II

Best Supporting Actress

WINNER Best Supporting Actress: Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys
Ariana Grande – Wicked
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave

Best Young Actor/Actress

WINNER Best Young Actress: 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

Best Acting Ensemble

WINNER Best Acting Ensemble: Conclave

Anora
Emilia Pérez
Saturday Night
Sing Sing
Wicked

Best Director

WINNER Best Director: Jon M. Chu – Wicked

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

Best Original Screenplay

WINNER Best Original Screenplay: 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

Best Adapted Screenplay

WINNER Best Adapted Screenplay: Peter Straughan – Conclave

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

Best Cinematography

WINNER Best Cinematography: Jarin Blaschke – Nosferatu
Alice Brooks – Wicked

Lol Crawley – The Brutalist
Stéphane Fontaine – Conclave
Greig Fraser – Dune: Part Two
Jomo Fray – Nickel Boys

Best Production Design

WINNER Best Production Design: Nathan Crowley, Lee

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

Best Editing

WINNER Best Editing: Marco Costa – Challengers

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

Best Costume Design

WINNER Best Costume Design: Paul Tazewell – Wicked

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

Best Hair and Makeup

WINNER Best Hair and Makeup: Hair and Makeup Team – The Substance

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

Best Visual Effects

WINNER Best Visual Effects: Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, Gerd Nefzer – Dune: Part Two

Mark Bakowski, Pietro Ponti, Nikki Penny, Neil Corbould – Gladiator II
Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould, David Shirk – Wicked
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

Best Animated Feature

WINNER Best Animated Feature: The Wild Robot

Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

Best Comedy

WINNER Best Comedy: A Real Pain and Deadpool & Wolverine

Hit Man
My Old Ass
Saturday Night
Thelma

Best Foreign Language Film

WINNER Best Foreign Language Film: Emilia Pérez

All We Imagine as Light
Flow
I’m Still Here
Kneecap
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Best Song

WINNER Best Song: “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

Best Score

WINNER Best Score: Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers

Volker Bertelmann – Conclave
Daniel Blumberg – The Brutalist
Kris Bowers – The Wild Robot
Clément Ducol & Camille – Emilia Pérez
Hans Zimmer – Dune: Part Two

Television Best Drama Series

WINNER Best Drama Series: Shōgun

The Day of the Jackal
The Diplomat
Evil
Industry
Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire
The Old Man
Slow Horses

Best Actress in a Drama Series

WINNER Best Actress in a Drama Series: Kathy Bates – Matlock

Caitriona Balfe – Outlander
Shanola Hampton – Found
Keira Knightley – Black Doves
Keri Russell – The Diplomat
Anna Sawai – Shōgun

Best Actor in a Drama Series

WINNER Best Actor in a Drama Series: Hiroyuki Sanada – Shōgun

Jeff Bridges – The Old Man
Gatwa – Doctor Who
Eddie Redmayne – The Day of the Jackal
Rufus Sewell – The Diplomat
Antony Starr – The Boys

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

WINNER Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Moeka Hoshi – Shōgun

Allison Janney – The Diplomat
Nicole Kidman – Lioness
Skye P. Marshall – Matlock
Anna Sawai – Pachinko
Fiona Shaw – Bad Sisters

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

WINNER Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Tadanobu Asano – Shōgun

Michael Emerson – Evil
Mark-Paul Gosselaar – Found
Takehiro Hira – Shōgun
John Lithgow – The Old Man
Sam Reid – Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire

Best Comedy Series

WINNER Best Comedy Series: Hacks

Abbott Elementary
English Teacher
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders in the Building
Somebody Somewhere
St. Denis Medical
What We Do in the Shadows

Best Actress in a Comedy Series

WINNER Best Actress in a Comedy Series: Jean Smart – Hacks

Kristen Bell – Nobody Wants This
Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary
Natasia Demetriou – What We Do in the Shadows
Bridget Everett – Somebody Somewhere
Kristen Wiig – Palm Royale

Best Actor in a Comedy Series

WINNER Best Actor in a Comedy Series: Adam Brody – Nobody Wants This

Brian Jordan Alvarez – English Teacher
David Alan Grier – St. Denis Medical
Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building
Kayvan Novak – What We Do in the Shadows
Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

WINNER Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Michael Urie – Shrinking

Paul W. Downs – Hacks
Asher Grodman – Ghosts
Harvey Guillén – What We Do in the Shadows
Brandon Scott Jones – Ghosts
Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

WINNER Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Hannah Einbinder – Hacks

Liza Colón-Zayas – The Bear
Janelle James – Abbott Elementary
Stephanie Koenig – English Teacher
Patti LuPone – Agatha All Along
Annie Potts – Young Sheldon

Best Limited Series

WINNER Best Limited Series: Baby Reindeer

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

WINNER Best Movie Made for Television: Rebel Ridge

The Great Lillian Hall
It’s What’s Inside
Música
Out of My Mind
V/H/S/Beyond

Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

WINNER Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television: Cristin Milioti – The Penguin

Cate Blanchett – Disclaimer
Jodie Foster – True Detective: Night Country
Jessica Lange – The Great Lillian Hall
Phoebe-Rae Taylor – Out of My Mind
Naomi Watts – Feud: Capote vs. The Swans

Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

WINNER: Colin Farrell – The Penguin

Richard Gadd – Baby Reindeer
Tom Hollander – Feud: Capote vs. The Swans
Kevin Kline – Disclaimer
Ewan McGregor – A Gentleman in Moscow
Andrew Scott – Ripley

Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

WINNER Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television: Jessica Gunning – Baby Reindeer

Dakota Fanning – Ripley
Leila George – Disclaimer
Betty Gilpin – Three Women
Deirdre O’Connell – The Penguin
Kali Reis – True Detective: Night Country

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

WINNER Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television: Liev Schreiber – The Perfect Couple

Robert Downey Jr. – The Sympathizer
Hugh Grant – The Regime
Ron Cephas Jones – Genius: MLK/X
Logan Lerman – We Were the Lucky Ones
Treat Williams – Feud: Capote vs. The Swans

Best Foreign Language Series

WINNER Best Foreign Language Series: Squid Game

Acapulco
Citadel: Honey Bunny
La Máquina
The Law According to Lidia Poët
My Brilliant Friend
Pachinko
Senna

Best Animated Series

WINNER Best Animated Series: X-Men ’97

Batman: Caped Crusader
Bluey
Bob’s Burgers
Invincible
The Simpsons

Best Talk Show

WINNER Best Talk Show: John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A.

Hot Ones
The Daily Show
The Graham Norton Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Best Comedy Special

WINNER Best Comedy Special: Ali Wong: Single Lady

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