The Critics Choice Awards has announced the nominees for their second annual Critics Choice Super Awards, honoring the best in popular genre including superheroes, sci-fi/fantasy, action, and horror! Leading the way this year are Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Spider-Man: No Way Home with five nods each!
On the television side, Paramount series Evil and Netflix’s Midnight Mass led with six nominations apiece.
Shang-Chi and Spider-Man shared nominations in multiple categories, including Best Superhero Movie. Simu Liu and Tony Leung found their way into the Best Actor in a Superhero Movie category, along with Tom Holland and Andrew Garfield. Leung is also up for Best Villain, along with Willem Dafoe for his performance as Green Goblin. Michelle Yeoh and Zendaya were also nominated for Best Actress in a Superhero Movie.
In the Best Actor in a Horror Movie category, Nicolas Cage was nominated for Willy’s Wonderland, while Yahya Abdul-Mateen II joins him for Candyman, Dave Davis for The Vigil, Vincent Lindon for Titane, a film that also found its way into the Best Horror Movie category, Cillian Murphy for A Quiet Place II, and Sam Richardson for the instant cult favorite Werewolves Within.
The Sci-fi/Fantasy nominations is the only place you’ll get to see The Green Knight take on the likes of Don’t Look Up, The Mitchells vs. The Machines, Free Guy, and Swan Song.
Other nominees include Jodie Comer for The Last Duel, Cate Blanchett for Nightmare Alley, Tom Hanks for Finch, Anya Taylor-Joy for Last Night in Soho, and many more.
Find the complete list of nominees below. Winners will be announced March 17th.
I’m honored to have been the Chair of this year’s Critics Choice Super Awards and think we have put together a super lineup of nominees worthy of our group and these great films.
BEST ACTION MOVIE
Gunpowder Milkshake
The Harder They Fall
The Last Duel
Nobody
No Time to Die
Wrath of Man
BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Daniel Craig – No Time to Die
Dwayne Johnson – Jungle Cruise
Jonathan Majors – The Harder They Fall
Mads Mikkelsen – Riders of Justice
Liam Neeson – The Ice Road
Bob Odenkirk – Nobody
BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Jodie Comer – The Last Duel
Ana de Armas – No Time to Die
Karen Gillan – Gunpowder Milkshake
Regina King – The Harder They Fall
Lashana Lynch – No Time to Die
Maggie Q – The Protégé
BEST SUPERHERO MOVIE
Black Widow
Eternals
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home
The Suicide Squad
Zack Snyder’s Justice League
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPERHERO MOVIE
John Cena – The Suicide Squad
Idris Elba – The Suicide Squad
Andrew Garfield – Spider-Man: No Way Home
Tom Holland – Spider-Man: No Way Home
Tony Leung – Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Simu Liu – Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPERHERO MOVIE
Gal Gadot – Zack Snyder’s Justice League
Scarlett Johansson – Black Widow
Florence Pugh – Black Widow
Margot Robbie – The Suicide Squad
Michelle Yeoh – Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Zendaya – Spider-Man: No Way Home
BEST HORROR MOVIE
Candyman
Last Night in Soho
Malignant
The Night House
A Quiet Place Part II
Titane
BEST ACTOR IN A HORROR MOVIE
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II – Candyman
Nicolas Cage – Willy’s Wonderland
Dave Davis – The Vigil
Vincent Lindon – Titane
Cillian Murphy – A Quiet Place Part II
Sam Richardson – Werewolves Within
BEST ACTRESS IN A HORROR MOVIE
Barbara Crampton – Jakob’s Wife
Rebecca Hall – The Night House
Anya-Taylor Joy – Last Night in Soho
Thomasin McKenzie – Last Night in Soho
Agathe Rousselle – Titane
Millicent Simmonds – A Quiet Place Part II
BEST SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY MOVIE
Don’t Look Up
Dune
Free Guy
The Green Knight
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Swan Song
BEST ACTOR IN A SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY MOVIE
Mahershala Ali – Swan Song
Timothée Chalamet – Dune
Leonardo DiCaprio – Don’t Look Up
Tom Hanks – Finch
Dev Patel – The Green Knight
Ryan Reynolds – Free Guy
BEST ACTRESS IN A SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY MOVIE
Cate Blanchett – Don’t Look Up
Jodie Comer – Free Guy
Rebecca Ferguson – Dune
Mckenna Grace – Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Jennifer Lawrence – Don’t Look Up
Alicia Vikander – The Green Knight
BEST VILLAIN IN A MOVIE
Ben Affleck – The Last Duel
Willem Dafoe – Spider-Man: No Way Home
Idris Elba – The Harder They Fall
Tony Leung – Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Marina Mazepa (performer) & Ray Chase (voice) – Malignant
Tony Todd – Candyman
