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The 31st Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 4, 2026, at the Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport in Santa Monica, California, honoring the finest achievements of filmmaking and television programming in 2025.[1][2][3] The ceremony was broadcast on E! and USA Network, and was hosted by comedian Chelsea Handler for the fourth consecutive year.[1][4][5][6] Nominations for both the film and television categories were revealed on cable's E! and USA Network's channels. In addition, the announcement of the nominations were streamed on criticschoice.com, as well as the CCA, E!, E! Online and the USA Network's YouTube channels; the nominations were also unveiled on the CCA's social media channels. The livestream was hosted by television personalities Keltie Knight and Erin Lim Rhodes.[5][7][8] Ryan Coogler's period supernatural horror film Sinners led the film nominations with seventeen, followed by Paul Thomas Anderson's action thriller One Battle After Another with fourteen. For the television categories, Netflix limited series Adolescence led the nominations with six, followed by the romantic comedy series Nobody Wants This with five.

Critical Newness…

Chelsea Handler returned to Santa Monica’s Barker Hanger for the fourth consecutive year to host the annual ceremony sponsored by the Critics’ Choice Association for the 31st Annual Critics’ Choice Awards. The Critics organization has added four new categories to this year’s celebration of the best in film and television. In addition to the Best Casting/Ensemble in film, the other new categories are Best Variety Series, Best Stunt Design and Best Sound. The 31st Annual Critics’ Choice Awards ceremony aired live on E! and USA Network.

One Award After Another…

One Battle After Another and Paul Thomas Anderson won the war for Best Picture and Best Director Sunday night at the 31st Annual Critics’ Choice Awards, while Sinners prayers were answered with four awards for the night, among them, the award for Best Casting/Ensemble, one of the new film categories this year, and went to casting director Francince Maisler, along with the cast of the blockbuster vampire horror film who joined her in accepting the award at the ceremony. Sinners Miles Caton was awarded Best Young Actor/Actress, with writer/director Ryan Coogler winning Best Original Screenplay, and Ludwig Göransson winning Best Score.

Critical Acting…

Among the acting awards handed out in Santa Monica Sunday Night, Timothée Chalamet went home with the Critics’ Choice Award for Best Actor his role as Marty Mauser in Marty Supreme. Irish Actress Jessie Buckley won the award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Agnes Shakespeare in Hamnet, for his portrayal of The Creature in Frankenstein, Jacob Elordi was awarded Best Supporting Actor, and the Critics’ Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress went to Amy Madigan for her role of Gladys in Weapons.

For the drama series category, Noah Wyle and Katherine LaNasa went home with the Critics’ Choice Award for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress for The Pitt, while the limited series Adolesence swept three other acting awards in its category, with Erin Doherty, Stephen Graham and Owen Cooper all winning, while the series also won the award for Best Limited Series. Sarah Snook of All Her Fault went home with the Critics’ Choice Award for Best Actress in a Limited Series. The Studio won for Best Comedy Series, the show’s Seth Rogen and Ike Barinholtz also won for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. Jean Smart of Hacks and Janelle James of Abbott Elementary also won in the comedy acting category.

Below you will find a complete list of the 2026 winners for the 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards

FILM NOMINATIONS:

The Critics Choice Award

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS:

BEST CASTING AND ENSAMBLE:

BEST DIRECTOR:

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:

BEST EDITING:

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP:

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

BEST COMEDY:

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:

BEST SONG:

BEST SCORE:

BEST SOUND:

BEST STUNT DESIGN:

TELEVISION NOMINATIONS:

A Critics Choice Award for the winner in each category. Credit: Christopher Polk/Getty Images

BEST DRAMA SERIES:

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BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES:

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES:

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES:

BEST COMEDY SERIES:

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES:

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES:

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES:

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES:

BEST LIMITED SERIES:

BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION:

BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION:

BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION:

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION:

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION:

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SERIES:

BEST ANIMATED SERIES:

BEST TALK SHOW:

BEST COMEDY SPECIAL:

BEST VARIETY SERIES:

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