Critics’ Choice… 2025

 BEST PICTURE


Bugonia 

Frankenstein

Hamnet

Jay Kelly

Marty Supreme

One Battle After Another 

Sentimental Value

Sinners 

Train Dreams

Wicked: For Good


 BEST COMEDY


The Ballad of Wallis Island 

Eternity 

Friendship

The Naked Gun

The Phoenician Scheme

Splitsville


 BEST ACTOR


Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)

Leonardio DiCaprio (One Battle After Another) 

Joel Edgerton (Train Dreams)

Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon) 

Michael B. Jordan (Sinners) 

Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent) 


 BEST ACTRESS


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


Benicio Del Toro (One Battle After Another) 

Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein) 

Paul Mescal (Hamnet) 

Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)

Adam Sandler (Jay Kelly) 

Stellan Skarsgard (Sentimental Value) 


 BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS 


Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value) 

Ariana Grande (Wicked: For Good)

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value)

Amy Madigan (Weapons) 

Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners)

Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another) 


 BEST YOUNG PERFORMER


Everett Blunck (The Plague) 

Miles Caton (Sinners) 

Cary Christopher (Weapons)

Shannon Mahina Gorman (Rental Family)

Jacobi Jupe (Hamnet) 

Nina Ye (Left-Handed Girl)


 BEST DIRECTOR


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 SCREENPLAY  ADAPTED


Bugonia (Will Tracy) 

Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro)

Hamnet (Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell) 

No Other Choice (Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don Mckellar & Jahye Lee)

One Battle After Another (Paul Thomas Anderson)

Train Dreams (Greg Kwedar & Clint Bentley) 


 BEST SCREENPLAY  ORIGINAL


Jay Kelly (Noah Baumbach & Emily Mortimer)

Marty Supreme (Josh Safdie) 

Sentimental Value (Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier)

Sinners (Ryan Coogler)

Sorry, Baby (Eva Victor) 

Weapons (Zach Cregger)


 BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY


F1 (Claudio Miranda)

Frankenstein (Dan Laustsen)

Hamnet (Łukasz Żal)

One Battle After Another (Michael Bauman) 

Sinners (Autumn Durald Arkapaw) 

Train Dreams (Adolpho Veloso) 


 BEST EDITING


F1 (Stephen Mirrione) 

A House of Dynamite (Kirk Baxter)

Marty Supreme (Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie) 

One Battle After Another (Andy Jurgensen) 

The Perfect Neighbor (Viridiana Lieberman) 

Sinners (Michael P. Shawver) 


 BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN


The Fantastic Four: First Steps (Kasra Farahani & Jille Azis) 

Frankenstein (Tamara Deverell & Shane Vieau) 

Hamnet (Fiona Crombie & Alice Felton) 

Marty Supreme (Jack Fisk & Adam Willis)

Sinners (Hannah Beachler & Monique Champagne)

Wicked: For Good (Nathan Crowley & Lee Sandales


 BEST COSTUME DESIGN


Frankenstein (Kate Hawley) 

Hamnet (Malgosia Turzanska)

Hedda (Lindsay Pugh)

Kiss of the Spider Woman (Colleen Atwood & Christine Cantella)

Sinners (Ruth E. Carter)

Wicked: For Good (Paul Tazewell) 


 BEST HAIR & MAKEUP


28 Days Later (Flora Moody & John Nolan)

Frankenstein (Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel & Cliona Furey)

Sinners (Siân Richards, Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine & Shunika Terry)

The Smashing Machine (Kazu Hiro, Felix Fox & Mia Neal)

Weapons (Leo Satkovich, Melizah Wheat & Jason Collins)

Wicked: For Good (Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier & Laura Blount)


 BEST VISUAL EFFECTS


Avatar: Fire and Ash (Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon & Daniel Barrett)

F1 (Ryan Tudhope, Nikeah Forde, Robert Harrington, Nicolas Chevallier, Eric Leven, Edward Price & Keith Dawson)

Frankenstein  (Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets & José Granell)

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Alex Wuttke, Ian Lowe, Jeff Sutherland & Kirstin Hall)

Sinners (Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter & Donnie Dean)

Superman (Stephane Ceretti, Enrico Damm, Stéphane Nazé & Guy Williams)


 BEST SCORE


F1 (Hans Zimmer) 

Frankenstein (Alexandre Desplat)

Hamnet (Max Richter)

Marty Supreme (Daniel Lopatin) 

One Battle After Another (Jonny Greenwood)

Sinners (Ludwig Göransson)


 BEST SONG


F1 “Drive” (Ed Sheeran, John Mayer & Blake Slatkin)

KPop Demon Hunters “Golden” (Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, Ido, 24 & Teddy)

Sinners “I Lied to You” (Raphael Saadiq & Ludwig Göransson)

The Testament of Ann Lee “Clothed by the Sun” (Daniel Blumberg)

Train Dreams “Train Dreams” (Nick Cave & Bryce Dessner)

Wicked: For Good “The Girl in the Bubble” (Stephen Schwartz)


 BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM


It Was Just an Accident 

Left-Handed Girl 

No Other Choice

The Secret Agent

Sirat 

Belén 


 BEST ANIMATED FEATURE


Arco

Elio  

In Your Dreams

KPop Demon Hunters 

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain 

Zootopia 2


 BEST SOUND


F1 (Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta, Gareth John)

Frankenstein (Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern, Greg Chapman)

One Battle After Another (Chris Welcker, Benny Burtt, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker, Felipe Pacheco, David V. Butler)

Sinners (Chris Welcker, Benny Burtt, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker, Felipe Pacheco, David V. Butler)

Sirat (Laia Casanovas)

Warfare (Mitch Low, Glenn Freemantle, Ben Barker, Howard Bargroff, Richard Spooner)


 BEST CASTING & ENSEMBLE


Hamnet (Nina Gold)

Jay Kelly (Douglas Aibel & Nina Gold)

Marty Supreme (Jennifer Venditti)

One Battle After Another (Cassandra Kulukundis)

Sinners (Francine Maisler)

Wicked: For Good (Tiffany Little Canfield, Bernard Telsey)


 BEST STUNT DESIGN


Ballerina (Stephen Dunlevy, Kyle Gardiner, Jackson Spidell, Jeremy Marinas, Jan Petřina, Domonkos Párdányi, Kinga Kósa-Gavalda)

F1 (Gary Powell, Luciano Bacheta, Craig Dolby)

 Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Wade Eastwood)

One Battle After Another (Brian Machleit)

Sinners (Andy Gill)

Warfare (Giedrius Nagys)


TELEVISION


 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)

Diego Luna (Andor)

Mark Ruffalo (Task) 

Adam Scott (Severance) 

Billy Bob Thornton (Landman)

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) 

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)

Tramell Tillman (Severance) 


 BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS in a DRAMA SERIES


Nicole Beharie (The Morning Show) 

Denèe Benton (The Gilded Age)

Allison Janney (The Diplomat)

Katherine LaNasa (The Pitt)

Greta Lee (The Morning Show)

Skye P. Marshall (Matlock)


 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) 

Ted Danson (A Man on the Inside) 

David Alan Grier (St. Denis Medical) 

Danny McBride (The Righteous Gemstones) 

Seth Rogen (The Studio)

Alexander Skarsgard (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)

Jean Smart (Hacks) 


 BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR in a COMEDY SERIES


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) 

Janelle James (Abbott Elementary)

Justine Lupe  (Nobody Wants This)

Ego Nwodim (Saturday Night Live) 

Rebecca Wisocky (Ghosts)


 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 TV


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) 

Stephen Graham (Adolescence) 

Bryan 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) 

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


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 MOVIE made for TELEVISION or LIMITED SERIES


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 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 Myers (NBC) 

The Late Show with Shephen Colbert (CBS) 

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Bravo) 


 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)


 BEST VARIETY SERIES


Conan O’Brien Must Go (HBO Max) 

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO Max)

Saturday Night Live (NBC)  


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