The calendar has turned — and awards season is moving into hyperdrive. The 31st annual Critics Choice Awards are being handed out tonight, and Deadline is posting the winners live as they are announced. See the list so far below, and check out our red carpet interviews and more on X/Twitter.
Timothée Chalamet won Best Actor for A24’s Marty Supreme, and Jessie Buckley won Best Actress for Focus Features’ Hamnet.
Warner Bros‘ Sinners comes in with a leading 17 nominations, and Ryan Coogler’s blockbuster has taken home a co-leading four statuettes tonight: Best Original Screenplay, Best Young Actor or Actress (Miles Caton), Best Score and the inaugural Best Casting and Ensemble prize.
But Paul Thomas Anderson pulled off an upset, taking Best Director for Warners’ One Battle After Another, after winning Best Adapted Screenplay.
Netflix’s Frankenstein also has four CCAs so far, for Best Supporting Actor Jacob Elordi, along with Costume Design, Hair & Makeup and Production Design.
The streamer’s KPop Demon Hunters has two for Best Animated Feature and Song, and Apple’s F1 has also has a pair for Best Sound and Editing.
Other film winners include WB’s Weapons, 20th Century Studios’ Avatar: Fire and Ash, Neon’s The Secret Agent, Netflix’s Train Dreams and KPop Demon Hunters and Paramount’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning and The Naked Gun.
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The Pitt won Best Drama Series, and the HBO Max hospital show’s Noah Wyle and Katherine LaNasa took the respective Best Actor and Supporting Actress prizes.
Apple TV’s The Studio took Best Comedy Series, following up on its Emmy win in September. The show’s Seth Rogen and Ike Barinholtz won Best Actor and Supporting Actor, respectively. Jean Smart kept her Hacks awards momentum going with Best Actress in a Comedy for the HBO Max series.
Rhea Seehorn won Best Actress in a Drama Series for Apple TV’s freshman Pluribus.
Netflix’s Adolescence led all small-screen programs with six nominations, and it has a TV-leading four wins for Best Limited Series, Stephen Graham for Best Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie and Owen Cooper and Erin Doherty for Supporting Actor and Actress, respectively.
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After its tumultuous, newsmaking year, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! won Best Talk Show. Sarah Snook won Best Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie for Peacock’s All Her Fault. Other TV winners include Comedy Central’s South Park, ABC’s Abbott Elementary, NBC’s SNL50: The Anniversary Special and Netflix’s Squid Game.
Netflix already has a dozen CCAs to lead all distributors and networks/platforms. Warner Bros and Apple TV are next with five, followed by HBO Max with four.
Chelsea Handler is back for a fourth consecutive stint as host of the ceremony from Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, and she lauded the late Rob Reiner as “the nicest man in Hollywood.” The Critics Choice Association added four new categories for its 2026 trophy show: Best Sound, Best Stunt Design and Best Casting & Ensemble on the movie side and Best Variety Series among the TV categories.
Here are the winners announced so far, followed by the evening’s remaining nominees:
WINNERS
BEST ACTOR
Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme (A24)
BEST ACTRESS
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet (Focus Features)
BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Ryan Coogler – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
BEST COMEDY
The Naked Gun (Paramount)
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Secret Agent (Neon)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau – Frankenstein (Netflix)
BEST EDITING
Stephen Mirrione – F1 (Apple Original Films)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Kate Hawley – Frankenstein (Netflix)
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey – Frankenstein (Netflix)
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett – Avatar: Fire and Ash (20th Century Studios)
BEST SOUND
Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta, Gareth John – F1 (Apple Original Films)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Adolpho Veloso – Train Dreams (Netflix)
BEST SONG
“Golden” – Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, Ido, 24, Teddy – KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
BEST SCORE
Ludwig Göransson – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
BEST STUNT DESIGN
Wade Eastwood – Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Paramount Pictures)
BEST YOUNG ACTOR / ACTRESS
Miles Caton – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
BEST DRAMA SERIES
The Pitt (HBO Max)
BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Rhea Seehorn – Pluribus (Apple TV)
BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Noah Wyle – The Pitt (HBO Max)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Tramell Tillman – Severance (Apple TV)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Katherine LaNasa – The Pitt (HBO Max)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Madigan – Weapons (Warner Bros.)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein (Netflix)
BEST COMEDY SERIES
The Studio (Apple TV)
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Jean Smart – Hacks (HBO Max)
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Seth Rogen – The Studio (Apple TV)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Ike Barinholtz – The Studio (Apple TV)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Janelle James – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
BEST TALK SHOW
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
BEST CASTING AND ENSEMBLE
Francine Maisler – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
BEST LIMITED SERIES
Adolescence (Netflix)
BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Sarah Snook – All Her Fault (Peacock)
BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Stephen Graham – Adolescence (Netflix)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Owen Cooper – Adolescence (Netflix)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Erin Doherty – Adolescence (Netflix)
BEST ANIMATED SERIES
South Park (Comedy Central)
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SERIES
Squid Game (Netflix)
BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (Peacock)
BEST VARIETY SERIES
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO Max)
BEST COMEDY SPECIAL
SNL50: The Anniversary Special (NBC)
NOMINEES
BEST PICTURE
Bugonia (Focus Features)
Frankenstein (Netflix)
Hamnet (Focus Features)
Jay Kelly (Netflix)
Marty Supreme (A24)
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Sentimental Value (Neon)
Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Train Dreams (Netflix)
Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
