The 2026 Critics Choice Awards‘ Nominees Are Here!

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)

Best Actor

• Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme (A24)
• Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
• Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams (Netflix)
• Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Michael B. Jordan – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
• Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent (Neon)

Best Actress

• Jessie Buckley – Hamnet (Focus Features)
• Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (A24)
• Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
• Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value (Neon)
• Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee (Searchlight Pictures)
• Emma Stone – Bugonia (Focus Features)

Best Supporting Actor

• Benicio Del Toro – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
• Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein (Netflix)
• Paul Mescal – Hamnet (Focus Features)
• Sean Penn – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
• Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly (Netflix)
• Stellan Skarsgard – Sentimental Value (Neon)

Best Supporting Actress

• Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value (Neon)
• Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value (Neon)
• Amy Madigan – Weapons (Warner Bros.)
• Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
• Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)

Best Young Actor / Actress

• Everett Blunck – The Plague (Independent Film Company)
• Miles Caton – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
• Cary Christopher – Weapons (Warner Bros.)
• Shannon Mahina Gorman – Rental Family (Searchlight Pictures)
• Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet (Focus Features)
• Nina Ye – Left-Handed Girl (Netflix)

Best Director

• Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
• Ryan Coogler – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
• Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein (Netflix)
• Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme (A24)
• Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value (Neon)
• Chloé Zhao – Hamnet (Focus Features)

Best Original Screenplay

• Noah Baumbach, Emily Mortimer – Jay Kelly (Netflix)
• Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme (A24)
• Ryan Coogler – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
• Zach Cregger – Weapons (Warner Bros.)
• Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby (A24)
• Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value (Neon)

Best Adapted Screenplay

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

Best Animated Feature

• Arco (Neon)
• Elio (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
• In Your Dreams (Netflix)
• KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
• Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (GKIDS)
• Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Animation Studios)

Best Comedy

• The Ballad of Wallis Island (Focus Features)
• Eternity (A24)
• Friendship (A24)
• The Naked Gun (Paramount)
• The Phoenician Scheme (Focus Features)
• Splitsville (Neon)

Best Foreign Language Film

• It Was Just an Accident (Neon)
• Left-Handed Girl (Netflix)
• No Other Choice (Neon)
• The Secret Agent (Neon)
• Sirat (Neon)
• Belén (Amazon MGM Studios)

Best Song

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

Best Score

• Hans Zimmer — F1 (Apple Original Films)
• Alexandre Desplat — Frankenstein (Netflix)
• Max Richter — Hamnet (Focus Features)
• Daniel Lopatin — Marty Supreme (A24)
• Jonny Greenwood — One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
• Ludwig Göransson — Sinners (Warner Bros.)

TV Nominations — Best Drama Series

• Alien: Earth (FX)
• Andor (Disney+)
• The Diplomat (Netflix)
• Paradise (Hulu)
• The Pitt (HBO Max)
• Pluribus (Apple TV)
• Severance (Apple TV)
• Task (HBO Max)

Best Actor in a Drama Series

• Sterling K. Brown — Paradise (Hulu)
• Diego Luna — Andor (Disney+)
• Mark Ruffalo — Task (HBO Max)
• Adam Scott — Severance (Apple TV)
• Billy Bob Thornton — Landman (Paramount+)
• Noah Wyle — The Pitt (HBO Max)

Best Actress in a Drama Series

• Kathy Bates — Matlock (CBS)
• Carrie Coon — The Gilded Age (HBO Max)
• Britt Lower — Severance (Apple TV)
• Bella Ramsey — The Last of Us (HBO Max)
• Keri Russell — The Diplomat (Netflix)
• Rhea Seehorn — Pluribus (Apple TV)

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Patrick Ball — The Pitt (HBO Max)
• Billy Crudup — The Morning Show (Apple TV)
• Ato Essandoh — The Diplomat (Netflix)
• Wood Harris — Forever (Netflix)
• Tom Pelphrey — Task (HBO Max)
• Tramell Tillman — Severance (Apple TV)

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Nicole Beharie — The Morning Show (Apple TV)
• Denée Benton — The Gilded Age (HBO Max)
• Allison Janney — The Diplomat (Netflix)
• Katherine LaNasa — The Pitt (HBO Max)
• Greta Lee — The Morning Show (Apple TV)
• Skye P. Marshall — Matlock (CBS)

Best Comedy Series

• Abbott Elementary (ABC)
• Elsbeth (CBS)
• Ghosts (CBS)
• Hacks (HBO Max)
• Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
• Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
• The Righteous Gemstones (HBO Max)
• The Studio (Apple TV)

Best Actor in a Comedy Series

• Adam Brody — Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
• Ted Danson — A Man on the Inside (Netflix)
• David Alan Grier — St. Denis Medical (NBC)
• Danny McBride — The Righteous Gemstones (HBO Max)
• Seth Rogen — The Studio (Apple TV)
• Alexander Skarsgard — Murderbot (Apple TV)

Best Actress in a Comedy Series

• Kristen Bell — Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
• Natasha Lyonne — Poker Face (Peacock)
• Rose McIver — Ghosts (CBS)
• Edi Patterson — The Righteous Gemstones (HBO Max)
• Carrie Preston — Elsbeth (CBS)
• Jean Smart — Hacks (HBO Max)

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Ike Barinholtz — The Studio (Apple TV)
• Paul W. Downs — Hacks (HBO Max)
• Asher Grodman — Ghosts (CBS)
• Oscar Nuñez — The Paper (Peacock)
• Chris Perfetti — Abbott Elementary (ABC)
• Timothy Simons — Nobody Wants This (Netflix)

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Danielle Brooks — Peacemaker (HBO Max)
• Hannah Einbinder — Hacks (HBO Max)
• Janelle James — Abbott Elementary (ABC)
• Justine Lupe — Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
• Ego Nwodim — Saturday Night Live (NBC)
• Rebecca Wisocky — Ghosts (CBS)

Best Limited Series

• Adolescence (Netflix)
• All Her Fault (Peacock)
• Chief of War (Apple TV)
• Death by Lightning (Netflix)
• Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy (Peacock)
• Dope Thief (Apple TV)
• Dying for Sex (FX on Hulu)
• The Girlfriend (Prime Video)

Best Movie Made for Television

• Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (Peacock)
• Deep Cover (Prime Video)
• The Gorge (Apple TV)
• Mountainhead (HBO Max)
• Nonnas (Netflix)
• Summer of ’69 (Hulu)

Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

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

Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

• Jessica Biel — The Better Sister (Prime Video)
• Meghann Fahy — Sirens (Netflix)
• Sarah Snook — All Her Fault (Peacock)
• Michelle Williams — Dying for Sex (FX on Hulu)
• Robin Wright — The Girlfriend (Prime Video)
• Renée Zellweger — Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (Peacock)

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

• Owen Cooper — Adolescence (Netflix)
• Wagner Moura — Dope Thief (Apple TV)
• Nick Offerman — Death by Lightning (Netflix)
• Michael Peña — All Her Fault (Peacock)
• Ashley Walters — Adolescence (Netflix)
• Ramy Youssef — Mountainhead (HBO Max)

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

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

Best Foreign Language Series

• Acapulco (Apple TV)
• Last Samurai Standing (Netflix)
• Mussolini: Son of the Century (Mubi)
• Red Alert (Paramount+)
• Squid Game (Netflix)
• When No One Sees Us (HBO Max)

Best Animated Series

• Bob’s Burgers (Fox)
• Harley Quinn (HBO Max)
• Long Story Short (Netflix)
• Marvel Zombies (Disney+)
• South Park (Comedy Central)
• Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (Disney+)

Best Talk Show

• The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
• Hot Ones (YouTube)
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
• Late Night With Seth Meyers (NBC)
• The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS)
• Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen (Bravo)

Best Variety Series

• Conan O’Brien Must Go (HBO Max)
• Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO Max)
• Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Best Comedy Special

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