Oscar season kicked into high gear last night with the 2026 Critics Choice Awards. My colleagues and I in the Critics Choice Association helped continue an incredible run for One Battle After Another by awarding it Best Picture. Paul Thomas Anderson also took home awards for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. This completes a sweep of all four major critics guilds, including a recent win from the National Society of Film Critics.
In the acting categories, a bit of a surprise as Timothee Chalamet’s ping-pong game helped earn him Best Actor for Marty Supreme. Jessie Buckley took Best Actress for her acclaimed performance in Hamnet. Both are considered major Oscar contenders, and may have become frontrunners ahead of Leonardo DiCaprio and Rose Byrne.
Horror and transformative performances killed it last night, as well, with Jacob Elordi winning Best Supporting Actor for his role as the monster in Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein, while Amy Madigan won Best Supporting Actress for playing the creepy Aunt Lydia in Weapons.
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners led all with a whopping 17 nominations and came away with four victories: Best Ensemble, Best Score, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Young Actor for star Miles Caton.
Global phenomenon Kpop Demon Hunters took the wins for Best Animated Feature and Best Song for “Golden”, a likely precursor to the Oscars. Best Foreign Language Film went to political thriller The Secret Agent.
The full list of winners on the film and TV sides is below! You can learn more about the Critics Choice Association and what we do here.
BEST PICTURE
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Jay Kelly
Marty Supreme
[winner] One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams
Wicked: For Good
BEST ACTOR
[winner] Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Joel Edgerton, Train Dreams
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent
BEST ACTRESS
[winner] Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another
Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
Amanda Seyfried, The Testament of Ann Lee
Emma Stone, Bugonia
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Benecio del Toro, One Battle After Another
[winner] Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Paul Mescal, Hamnet
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Adam Sandler, Jay Kelly
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value
Ariana Grande, Wicked: For Good
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
[winner] Amy Madigan, Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Everett Blunck, The Plague
[winner] Miles Caton, Sinners
Cary Christopher, Weapons
Shannon Mahina Gorman, Rental Family
Jacobi Jupe, Hamnet
Nina Ye, Left-Handed Girl
BEST CASTING/ACTING ENSEMBLE
Hamnet
Jay Kelly
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
[winner] Sinners
Wicked: For Good
BEST DIRECTOR
[winner] Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Guillermo del Toro, Frankenstein
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Jay Kelly — Noah Baumbach, Emily Mortimer
Marty Supreme — Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
[winner] Sinners — Ryan Coogler
Weapons — Zach Cregger
Sorry, Baby — Eva Victor
Sentimental Value — Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
[winner] One Battle After Another — Paul Thomas Anderson
Train Dreams — Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar
No Other Choice — Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don Mckellar, Jahye Lee
Frankenstein — Guillermo del Toro
Bugonia — Will Tracy
Hamnet — Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Arco
Elio
In Your Dreams
[winner] KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2
BEST COMEDY
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Eternity
Friendship
[winner] The Naked Gun
The Phoenician Scheme
Splitsville
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
It Was Just an Accident
Left-Handed Girl
No Other Choice
[winner] The Secret Agent
Sirāt
Belén
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners
[winner] Train Dreams
BEST EDITING
A House of Dynamite
[winner] F1
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Perfect Neighbor
Sinners
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
[winner] Frankenstein
Hamnet
Hedda
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Sinners
Wicked: For Good
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
[winner] Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good
BEST SCORE
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
[winner] Sinners
BEST SONG
“Drive” – Ed Sheeran, John Mayer, Blake Slatkin – F1
[winner] “Golden” – Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, Ido, 24, Teddy – KPop Demon Hunters
“I Lied to You” – Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson – Sinners
“Clothed by the Sun” – Daniel Blumberg – The Testament of Ann Lee
“Train Dreams” – Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner – Train Dreams
“The Girl in the Bubble” – Stephen Schwartz – Wicked: For Good
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
28 Years Later
[winner] Frankenstein
Sinners
The Smashing Machine
Weapons
Wicked: For Good
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
[winner] Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Frankenstein
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Sinners
Superman
BEST STUNT DESIGN
Ballerina
F1
[winner] Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Warfare
BEST SOUND
[winner] F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirāt
Warfare
TV
BEST DRAMA SERIES
Alien: Earth
Andor
The Diplomat
Paradise
[winner] The Pitt
Pluribus
Severance
Task
BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Sterling K. Brown, Paradise
Diego Luna, Andor
Mark Ruffalo, Task
Adam Scott, Severance
Billy Bob Thornton, Landman
[winner] Noah Wyle, The Pitt
BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Kathy Bates, Matlock
Carrie Coon, The Gilded Age
Britt Lower, Severance
Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us
Keri Russell, The Diplomat
[winner] Rhea Seehorn, Pluribus
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Patrick Ball, The Pitt
Billy Crudup, The Morning Show
Ato Essandoh, The Diplomat
Wood Harris, Forever
Tom Pelphrey, Task
[winner] Tramell Tillman, Severance
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Nicole Beharie, The Morning Show
Denée Benton, The Gilded Age
Allison Janney, The Diplomat
[winner] Katherine LaNasa, The Pitt
Greta Lee, The Morning Show
Skye P. Marshall, Matlock
BEST COMEDY SERIES
Abbott Elementary
Elsbeth
Ghosts
Hacks
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders in the Building
The Righteous Gemstones
[winner] The Studio
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Adam Brody, Nobody Wants This
Ted Danson, A Man on the Inside
David Alan Grier, St. Denis Medical
Danny McBride, The Righteous Gemstones
[winner] Seth Rogen, The Studio
Alexander Skarsgård, Murderbot
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Kristen Bell, Nobody Wants This
Natasha Lyonne, Poker Face
Rose McIver, Ghosts
Edi Patterson, The Righteous Gemstones
Carrie Preston, Elsbeth
[winner] Jean Smart, Hacks
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
[winner] Ike Barinholtz, The Studio
Paul W. Downs, Hacks
Asher Grodman, Ghosts
Oscar Nuñez, The Paper
Chris Perfetti, Abbott Elementary
Timothy Simons, Nobody Wants This
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Danielle Brooks, Peacemaker
Hannah Einbinder, Hacks
[winner] Janelle James, Abbott Elementary
Justine Lupe, Nobody Wants This
Ego Nwodim, Saturday Night Live
Rebecca Wisocky, Ghosts
BEST COMEDY SPECIAL
Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life
Caleb Hearon: Model Comedian
Leanne Morgan: Unspeakable Things
Marc Maron: Panicked
Sarah Silverman: PostMortem
[winner] SNL50: The Anniversary Special
BEST LIMITED SERIES
[winner] Adolescence
All Her Fault
Chief of War
Death by Lightning
Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy
Dope Thief
Dying for Sex
The Girlfriend
BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
[winner] Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Deep Cover
The Gorge
Mountainhead
Nonnas
Summer of ’69
BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Michael Chernus, Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy
[winner] Stephen Graham, Adolescence
Brian Tyree Henry, Dope Thief
Charlie Hunnam, Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Matthew Rhys, The Beast in Me
Michael Shannon, Death by Lightning
BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Jessica Biel, The Better Sister
Meghann Fahy, Sirens
[winner] Sarah Snook, All Her Fault
Michelle Williams, Dying for Sex
Robin Wright, The Girlfriend
Renée Zellweger, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
[winner] Owen Cooper, Adolescence
Wagner Moura, Dope Thief
Nick Offerman, Death by Lightning
Michael Peña, All Her Fault
Ashley Walters, Adolescence
Ramy Youssef, Mountainhead
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
[winner] Erin Doherty, Adolescence
Betty Gilpin, Death by Lightning
Marin Ireland, Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy
Sophia Lillis, All Her Fault
Julianne Moore, Sirens
Christine Tremarco, Adolescence
BEST TALK SHOW
The Daily Show
Hot Ones
[winner] Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Late Night With Seth Meyers
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen
BEST VARIETY SERIES
Conan O’Brien Must Go
[winner] Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Saturday Night Live
BEST ANIMATED SERIES
Bob’s Burgers
Harley Quinn
Long Story Short
Marvel Zombies
[winner] South Park
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE SERIES
Acapulco
Last Samurai Standing
Mussolini: Son of the Century
Red Alert
[winner] Squid Game
When No One Sees Us
