Critics’ Choice… 2023

 BEST PICTURE


American Fiction

Barbie

The Color Purple

The Holdovers

Killers of the Flower Moon 

Maestro

Oppenheimer WINNER

Past Lives

Poor Things

Saltburn


 BEST COMEDY


American Fiction 

Barbie WINNER

Bottoms

The Holdovers

No Hard Feelings

Poor Things


 BEST ACTOR


Bradley Cooper (Maestro)

Leonardo DiCaprio (Killers of the Flower Moon)

Colman Domingo (Rustin) 

Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers) WINNER

Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) 

Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction) 


 BEST ACTRESS


Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon)  

Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall)

Greta Lee (Past Lives) 

Carey Mulligan (Maestro)

Margot Robbie (Barbie)

Emma Stone (Poor Things) WINNER


 BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR


Sterling K. Brown (American Fiction) 

Robert DeNiro (Killers of the Flower Moon) 

Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer) WINNER

Ryan Gosling (Barbie)

Charles Melton (May December) 

Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things) 


 BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS 


Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer) 

Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple)

America Ferrera (Barbie)

Jodie Foster (Nyad) 

Julianne Moore (May December)

Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers) WINNER


 BEST YOUNG PERFORMER


Abby Ryder Forston (Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret) 

Ariana Greenblatt (Barbie) 

Calah Lane (Wonka)  

Milo Machado Graner (Anatomy of a Fall)

Dominic Sessa (The Holdovers) WINNER

Madeleine Yuna Voyles (The Creator)


 BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE


Air

Barbie

The Color Purple

The Holdovers

Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer WINNER


 BEST DIRECTOR


Bradley Cooper (Maestro)

Greta Gerwig (Barbie)

Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things) 

Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer) WINNER

 Alexander Payne (The Holdovers) 

Martin Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon)


 BEST SCREENPLAY  ADAPTED


Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret (Kelly Fremon Craig)

All of Us Strangers (Andrew Haigh)

American Fiction (Cord Jefferson) WINNER

Killers of the Flower Moon (Martin Scorsese & Eric Roth)

Poor Things (Tony McNamara) 

Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan) 


 BEST SCREENPLAY  ORIGINAL


Air (Alex Convery)

Barbie (Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach) WINNER

The Holdovers (David Hemingson)

Maestro (Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer)

May December (Samy Burch) 

Past Lives (Celine Song)


 BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY


Barbie (Rodrigo Prieto)

Killers of the Flower Moon (Rodrigo Prieto)

Maestro (Matthew Libatique)

Oppenheimer (Hoyte van Hoytema) WINNER

Poor Things (Robbie Ryan) 

Saltburn (Linus Sandgren) 


 BEST EDITING


Air (William Goldenberg) 

Barbie (Nick Houy)

Killers of the Flower Moon (Thelma Schoonmaker) 

Maestro (Michelle Tesoro) 

Oppenheimer (Jennifer Lame) WINNER

Poor Things (Yorgos Mavropsaridis) 


 BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN


Asteroid City (Adam Stockhausen & Kris Moran) 

Barbie (Sarah Greenwood & Katie Spencer) WINNER

Killers of the Flower Moon (Jack Fisk & Adam Willis) 

Oppenheimer (Ruth De Jong & Claire Kaufman)

Poor Things (James Price, Shona Heath & Szusza Mihalek)

Saltburn (Suzie Davies & Charlotte Dirickx)


 BEST COSTUME DESIGN


Barbie (Jacqueline Durran) WINNER

The Color Purple (Francine Jamison-Tanchuck)

Killers of the Flower Moon (Jacqueline West)

Napoleon (David Crossman & Janty Yates)

Poor Things (Holly Waddington)

Wonka (Lindy Hemming)


 BEST HAIR & MAKEUP


Barbie WINNER

The Color Purple

Maestro

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

Priscilla


 BEST VISUAL EFFECTS


The Creator

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

Oppenheimer WINNER

Poor Things

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 


 BEST SCORE


Barbie (Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt) 

Killers of the Flower Moon (Robbie Robertson)

Oppenheimer (Ludwig Göransson) WINNER

Poor Things (Jerskin Fendrix)

Society of the Snow (Michael Giacchino)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Daniel Pemberton) 


 BEST SONG


Barbie “Dance the Night”

Barbie “I’m Just Ken” WINNER

Barbie “What Was I Made For” 

Rustin “Road to Freedom”

The Super Mario Bros. Movie “Peaches”

Wish “This Wish”


 BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM


Anatomy of a Fall WINNER

Godzilla Minus One

Perfect Days

Society of the Snow

The Taste of Things 

The Zone of Interest 


 BEST ANIMATED FEATURE


The Boy and the Heron

Elemental 

Nimona

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse WINNER

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle: Mutant Mayhem

Wish 


TELEVISION


 BEST DRAMA SERIES


The Crown (Netflix)

The Diplomat (Netflix) 

The Last of Us (HBO/Max) 

Loki (Disney+) 

The Morning Show (Apple TV+)

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+) 

Succession (HBO/Max) WINNER

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (HBO/Max)


 BEST ACTOR in a DRAMA SERIES


Kieran Culkin (Succession) WINNER

Tom Hiddleston (Loki)

Timothy Olyphant (Justified: City Primeval) 

Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us) 

Ramón Rodríguez (Will Trent)

Jeremy Strong (Succession)


 BEST ACTRESS in a DRAMA SERIES


Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show)

Aunjanue Ellis (Justified: City Primeval)

Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us)

Keri Russell (The Diplomat)

Sarah Snook (Succession) WINNER

Reese Witherspoon (The Morning Show)


 BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR in a DRAMA SERIES


Khalid Abdalla (The Crown)

Billy Crudup (The Morning Show) WINNER

Ron Cephas Jones (Truth Be Told)

Matthew MacFadyen (Succession)

Ke Huy Quan (Loki)

Rufus Sewell (The Diplomat) 


 BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS in a DRAMA SERIES


Nicole Beharie (The Morning Show) 

Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown) WINNER

Sophia Di Martino (Loki)

Celia Rose Gooding (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds)

Karen Pittman (The Morning Show)

Christina Ricci (Yellowjackets)


 BEST COMEDY SERIES


Abbott Elementary (ABC) 

Barry (HBO/Max) 

The Bear (FX) WINNER

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video)

Poker Face (Peacock) 

Reservation Dogs (FX)

Shrinking (Apple TV+) 

What We Do in the Shadows (FX)


 BEST ACTOR in a COMEDY SERIES


Bill Hader (Barry) 

Steve Martin (Only Murders in the Building) 

Kayvan Novak (What We Do in the Shadows) 

Drew Tarver (The Other Two) 

Jeremy Allen White (The Bear) WINNER

D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai (Reservation Dogs)


 BEST ACTRESS in a COMEDY SERIES


Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)

Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary)

Ayo Edebiri (The Bear) WINNER

Bridget Everett (Somebody Somewhere)

Devery Jacobs (Reservation Dogs) 

Natasha Lyonne (Poker Face) 


 BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR in a COMEDY SERIES


Phil Dunster (Ted Lasso)

Harrison Ford (Shrinking)

Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows

James Marsden (Jury Duty)

Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Bear) WINNER

Henry Winkler (Barry) 


 BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS in a COMEDY SERIES


Paulina Alexis (Reservation Dogs) 

Alex Borstein (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)

Janelle James (Abbott Elementary)

Sheryl Lee Ralph  (Abbott Elementary)

Meryl Streep (Only Murders in the Building) WINNER

Jessica Williams (Shrinking)


 BEST LIMITED SERIES


Beef (Netflix) WINNER

Daisy Jones & the Six (Prime Video) 

Fargo (FX)

Fellow Travelers (Showtime)

Lessons in Chemistry (Apple TV+)

Love & Death (HBO/Max) 

A Murder at the End of the World (FX)

A Small Light (National Geographic)


 BEST MOVIE made for TV


The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (Showtime)

Finestkind (Paramount+) 

Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie (Peacock) 

No One Will Save You (Hulu)

Quiz Lady (Hulu) WINNER

Reality (HBO/Max) 


 BEST ACTOR in a MOVIE made for TELEVISION or LIMITED SERIES


Matt Bomer (Fellow Travelers) 

Tom Holland (The Crowded Room) 

David Oyelowo (Lawmen: Bass Reeves)

Tony Shaloub (Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie) 

Kiefer Sutherland  (The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial)

Steven Yeun (Beef) WINNER


 BEST ACTRESS in a MOVIE made for TELEVISION or LIMITED SERIES


Kaitlyn Dever (No One Will Save You) 

Brie Larson (Lessons in Chemistry) 

Bel Powley (A Small Light)

Sydney Sweeney (Reality)

Juno Temple (Fargo) 

Ali Wong (Beef) WINNER


 BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR in a MOVIE made for TELEVISION or LIMITED SERIES


Jonathan Bailey (Fellow Travelers) WINNER

Taylor Kitsch (Painkiller)

Jesse Plemons (Love & Death)

Lewis Pullman (Lessons in Chemistry) 

Liev Schreiber (A Small Light)

Justin Theroux (White House Plumbers)


 BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS in a MOVIE made for TELEVISION or LIMITED SERIES


Maria Bello (Beef) WINNER

Billie Boullet (A Small Light) 

Willa Fitzgerald (The Fall of the House of Usher)

Aja Naomi King (Lessons in Chemistry)

Mary McDonnell (The Fall of the House of Usher

Camila Morrone (Daisy Jones & the Six)


BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SERIES


Bargain (Paramount+)

The Glory (Netflix) 

The Good Mothers (Hulu)

The Interpreter of Silence (Hulu) 

Lupin (Netflix) WINNER

Mask Girl (Netflix)

Moving (Hulu) 


 BEST ANIMATED SERIES


Bluey (Disney+)

Bob’s Burgers (Fox) 

Harley Quinn (HBO/Max)

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (Netflix) WINNER

Star Trek: Lower Decks (Paramount+)

Young Love (HBO/Max)


 BEST TALK SHOW


The Graham Norton Show (BBC America)

Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)

The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBC)

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO/Max) WINNER

Late Night with Seth Myers (NBC) 

The Late Show with Shephen Colbert (CBS) 


 BEST COMEDY SPECIAL


Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man and the Pool (Netflix) 

Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits (Prime Video)

John Early: Now More Than Ever (HBO/Max)  

John Mulaney: Baby J (Netflix) WINNER

Trevor Noah: Where Was I (Netflix) 

Wanda Sykes – I’m an Entertainer (Netflix)


 CAREER ACHIEVEMENT


Harrison Ford


 SEE HER AWARD


America Ferrera


The 29th annual Critics Choice Awards was held Sunday, January 14, 2024 and aired live on the CW beginning at 7 pm EST.

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