Critics’ Choice… 2024

 BEST PICTURE


Anora WINNER

The Brutalist

A Complete Unknown

Conclave

Dune: Part 2 

Emilia Pérez

Nickel Boys 

Sing Sing

The Substance

Wicked


 BEST COMEDY


A Real Pain WINNER

Deadpool & Wolverine WINNER

Hit Man

My Old Ass

Saturday Night

Thelma


 BEST ACTOR


Adrien Brody (The Brutalist) WINNER

Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown)

Daniel Craig (Queer) 

Colman Domingo (Sing Sing)

Ralph Fiennes (Conclave) 

Hugh Grant (Heretic) 


 BEST ACTRESS


Cynthia Erivo (Wicked)  

Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez)

Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths) 

Angelina Jolie (Maria)

Mikey Madison (Anora)

Demi Moore (The Substance) WINNER


 BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR


Yura Borisov (Anora) 

Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain) WINNER

Clarence Maclin (Sing Sing) 

Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown)

Guy Pearce (The Brutalist) 

Denzel Washington (Gladiator II) 


 BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS 


Danielle Deadwyler (The Piano Lesson) 

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (Nickel Boys)

Ariana Grande (Wicked)

Margaret Qualley (The Substance) 

Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)

Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez) WINNER


 BEST YOUNG PERFORMER


Alyla Browne (Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga) 

Elliott Heffernan (Blitz) 

Maisy Stella (My Old Ass) WINNER

Izaac Wang (Didi)

Alisha Weir (Abigail) 

Zoe Ziegler (Janet Planet)


 BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE


Anora

Conclave WINNER

Emilia Pérez

Saturday Night

Sing Sing

Wicked


 BEST DIRECTOR


Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pèrez)

Sean Baker (Anora)

Edward Berger (Conclave) 

Brady Corbet (The Brutalist) 

Jon M. Chu (Wicked) WINNER

Coralie Fargeat (The Substance)

RaMell Ross (Nickel Boys)

Denis Villeneuve (Dune: Part Two)


 BEST SCREENPLAY  ADAPTED


Conclave (Peter Straughan) WINNER

Dune: Part Two (Denis Villeneuve & Jon Spaihts)

Emilia Pérez (Jacques Audiard) 

Nickel Boys (RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes)

Sing Sing (Greg Kwedar & Clint Bentley) 

Wicked (Winnie Holzman & Dana Fox) 


 BEST SCREENPLAY  ORIGINAL


Anora (Sean Baker)

The Brutalist (Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold) 

Challengers (Justin Kuritzkes)

A Real Pain (Jessie Eisenberg)

September 5 (Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum & Alex David) 

The Substance (Coralie Fargeat) WINNER


 BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY


The Brutalist (Lol Crawley)

Conclave (Stéphane Fontaine)

Dune: Part Two (Greig Fraser)

Nickel Boys (Jomo Fray) 

Nosferatu (Jarin Blaschke) WINNER

Wicked (Alice Brooks) 


 BEST EDITING


Anora (Sean Baker) 

The Brutalist (David Jancso)

Challengers (Marco Costa) WINNER

Conclave (Nick Emerson) 

Dune: Part Two (Joe Walker) 

September 5 (Hansjörg Weißbrich) 


 BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN


The Brutalist (Judy Becker & Patricia Cuccia) 

Conclave (Suzie Davies) 

Dune: Part Two (Patrice Vermette & Shane Vieau) 

Gladiator II (Arthur Max, Jille Azis & Elli Griff)

Nosferatu (Craig Lathrop)

Wicked (Nathan Crowley & Lee Sandales) WINNER


 BEST COSTUME DESIGN


Conclave (Lisy Christl) 

Dune: Part Two (Jacqueline West)

Gladiator II (Janty Yates & Dave Crossman)

Maria (Massimo Cantini Parrini)

Nosferatu (Linda Muir)

Wicked (Paul Tazewell) WINNER


 BEST HAIR & MAKEUP


Beetlejuice Beetlejuice 

A Different Man

Dune: Part Two

Nosferatu

The Substance WINNER

Wicked


 BEST VISUAL EFFECTS


Better Man

Dune: Part Two WINNER

Gladiator II

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes 

The Substance

Wicked 


 BEST SCORE


The Brutalist (Daniel Blumberg) 

Challengers (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross) WINNER

Conclave (Volker Bertelmann)

Dune: Part Two (Hans Zimmer) 

Emilia Pérez (Clément Ducol & Camille)

The Wild Robot (Kris Bowers)


 BEST SONG


Challengers “Compress/Repress”

Emilia Pérez “El Mal” WINNER

Emilia Pérez “Mi Camino” 

The Last Showgirl “Beautiful That Way”

Will and Harper “Harper and Will Go West”

The Wild Robot “Kiss the Sky”


 BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM


All We Imagine as Light 

Emilia Pérez WINNER

Flow

I’m Still Here

Kneecap 

The Seed of the Sacred Tree 


 BEST ANIMATED FEATURE


Flow

Inside Out 2  

Memoir of a Snail

Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl 

The Wild Robot WINNER


TELEVISION


 BEST DRAMA SERIES


The Day of the Jackal (Peacock)

The Diplomat (Netflix) 

Evil (Paramount+) 

Industry (HBO|Max) 

Interview with the Vampires (AMC)

The Old Man (FX) 

Shōgun (FX|Hulu) WINNER

Slow Horses (Apple TV+)


 BEST ACTOR in a DRAMA SERIES


Jeff Bridges (The Old Man)

Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who)

Eddie Redmayne (The Day of the Jackal) 

Hiroyuki Sanada (Shōgun) WINNER

Rufus Sewell (The Diplomat)

Antony Starr (The Boys)


 BEST ACTRESS in a DRAMA SERIES


Caitriona Balfe (Outlander)

Kathy Bates (Matlock) WINNER

Shanola Hampton (Found)

Keira Knightley (Black Doves)

Keri Russell (The Diplomat) 

Anna Sawai (Shōgun)


 BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR in a DRAMA SERIES


Tadanobu Asano (Shōgun) WINNER

Michael Emerson (Evil) 

Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Found)

Takehiro Hira (Shōgun)

John Lithgow (The Old Man)

Sam Reid (Interview with the Vampire) 


 BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS in a DRAMA SERIES


Moeka Hoshi (Shōgun) WINNER

Allison Janney (The Diplomat)

Nicole Kidman (Special Ops: Lioness)

Skye P. Marshall (Matlock)

Anna Sawai (Pachinko)

Fiona Shaw (Bad Sisters)


 BEST COMEDY SERIES


Abbott Elementary (ABC) 

English Teacher (FX) 

Hacks (HBO|Max) WINNER

Nobody Wants This (Netflix)

Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) 

Somebody Somewhere (HBO|Max)

St. Denis Medical (NBC) 

What We Do in the Shadows (FX)


 BEST ACTOR in a COMEDY SERIES


Brian Jordan Alvarez (English Teacher) 

Adam Brody (Nobody Wants This) WINNER

David Alan Grier (St. Denis Medical) 

Steve Martin (Only Murders in the Building) 

Kayvan Novak (What We Do in the Shadows) 

Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building)


 BEST ACTRESS in a COMEDY SERIES


Kristen Bell (Nobody Wants This)

Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary)

Natasia Demetriou (What We Do in the Shadows) 

Bridget Everett (Somebody Somewhere)

Jean Smart (Hacks) WINNER

Kristen Wiig (Palm Royale) 


 BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR in a COMEDY SERIES


Paul W. Downs (Hacks)

Asher Grodman (Ghosts)

Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows

Brandon Scott Jones (Ghosts)

Michael Urie (Shrinking) WINNER

Tyler James Williams (Abbott Elementary) 


 BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS in a COMEDY SERIES


Liza Colón-Zayas (The Bear) 

Hannah Einbinder (Hacks) WINNER

Janelle James (Abbott Elementary)

Stephanie Koenig  (English Teacher)

Patti LuPone (Agatha All Along) 

Annie Potts (Young Sheldon)


 BEST LIMITED SERIES


Baby Reindeer (Netflix) WINNER

Disclaimer (Apple TV+) 

Masters of the Air (Apple TV+)

Mr Bates vs the Post Office (PBS)

The Penguin (HBO|Max)

Ripley (Netflix) 

True Detective: Night Country (HBO|Max)

We Were the Lucky Ones (Hulu)


 BEST MOVIE made for TV


The Great Lillian Hall (HBO|Max)

It’s What’s Inside (Netflix) 

Música (Prime Video) 

Out of My Mind (Disney+)

Rebel Ridge (Netflix) WINNER

V/H/S/Beyond (Shudder) 


 BEST ACTOR in a MOVIE made for TELEVISION or LIMITED SERIES


Colin Farrell (The Penguin) WINNER

Richard Gadd (Baby Reindeer) 

Tom Hollander (Feud: Capote vs. The Swans)

Kevin Kline (Disclaimer) 

Ewan McGregor  (A Gentleman in Moscow)

Andrew Scott (Ripley) 


 BEST ACTRESS in a MOVIE made for TELEVISION or LIMITED SERIES


Cate Blanchett (Disclaimer) 

Jodie Foster (True Detective: Night Country) 

Jessica Lange (The Great Lillian Hall)

Cristin Milioti (The Penguin) WINNER

Phoebe-Rae Taylor (Out of My Mind) 

Naomi Watts (Feud: Capote vs. The Swans) 


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


Robert Downey Jr. (The Sympathizer) 

Hugh Grant (The Regime)

Ron Cephas Jones (Genius: MLK/X)

Logan Lerman (We Were the Lucky Ones) 

Liev Schreiber (The Perfect Couple) WINNER

Treat Williams (Feud: Capote vs. The Swans)


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


Dakota Fanning (Ripley) 

Leila George (Disclaimer) 

Betty Gilpin (Three Women)

Jessica Gunning (Baby Reindreer) WINNER

Deirdre O’Connell (The Penguin

Kali Reis (True Detective: Night Country)


BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SERIES


Acapulco (Apple TV+)

Citadel: Honey Bunny (Prime Video) 

La Máquina (Hulu)

The Law According to Lidia Poët (Netflix) 

My Brilliant Friend (HBO|Max) 

Pachinko (Apple TV+)

Senna (Netflix) 

Squid Game (Netflix) WINNER


 BEST ANIMATED SERIES


Batman: Caped Crusader (Prime Video)

Bluey (Disney+) 

Bob’s Burgers (Fox)

Invincible (Prime Video) 

The Simpsons (Fox)

X-Men ’97 (Disney+) WINNER


 BEST TALK SHOW


Hot Ones (YouTube)

The Daily Show (Comedy Central)

The Graham Norton Show (BBC America)

John Mulaney Present: Everybody’s in L.A. (Netflix) WINNER

The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBC/Syndicated) 

The Late Show with Shephen Colbert (CBS) 


 BEST COMEDY SPECIAL


Ali Wong: Single Lady (Netflix) WINNER

Jim Gaffigan: The Skinny (Hulu)

Kevin James: Irregardless (Prime Video)  

Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die (HBO|Max) 

Rachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Special (Netflix) 

Ramy Youssef: More Feelings (HBO|Max)


The 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards, which were postponed twice due to the L.A. wildfires, were held Friday, February 8, 2025 and aired live on E! beginning at 7 pm EST.

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