2025 Critics Choice Awards

The Critics Choice Association (CCA) announced the winners of the 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards on February 7.

On the movie side, non-genre film Anora won Best Picture, however, sff features Wicked and The Substance captured three trophies.

Wicked’s John Chu was named Best Director, Nathan Crawford and Lee Sandales shared Best Production Design, and Paul Tazewell won Best Costume.

The Substance’s Demi Moore was hailed as Best Actress, Coralie Fargeat was honored for Best Original Screenplay, and the film’s team won the Best Hair and Makeup category.

Nosferatu’s Jarin Blaschke won Best Cinematography. Dune: Part II took the Best Visual Effects category. Deadpool & Wolverine tied for Best Comedy.

The Wild Robot continued its run by winning Best Animated Feature.

On the television side, The Penguin’s Colin Farrell and Cristin Milioti received the top acting awards for a series, Squid Game won Best Foreign Language Series, and X-Men ’97 was named Best Animated Series.

The complete list of winners follows the jump.

FILM AWARDS FOR THE 30TH ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS

BEST PICTURE

  • Anora

BEST ACTOR

  • Adrien Brody – The Brutalist

BEST ACTRESS

  • Demi Moore – The Substance

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

  • Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

  • Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

BEST YOUNG ACTOR / ACTRESS

  • Maisy Stella – My Old Ass

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

  • Conclave

BEST DIRECTOR

  • Jon M. Chu – Wicked

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

  • Coralie Fargeat – The Substance

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

  • Peter Straughan – Conclave

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • Jarin Blaschke – Nosferatu

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

  • Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales – Wicked

BEST EDITING

  • Marco Costa – Challengers

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

  • Paul Tazewell – Wicked

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP

  • Hair and Makeup Team – The Substance

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

  • Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, Gerd Nefzer – Dune: Part Two

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

  • The Wild Robot

BEST COMEDY

[TIE]

  • A Real Pain
  • Deadpool & Wolverine

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

  • Emilia Pérez

BEST SONG

  •  “El Mal” – Emilia Pérez – Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Camille

BEST SCORE

  • Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers

TELEVISION AWARDS FOR THE 30TH ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS

BEST DRAMA SERIES

  • Shōgun (FX / Hulu)

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

  • Hiroyuki Sanada – Shōgun (FX / Hulu)

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

  • Kathy Bates – Matlock (CBS)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

  • Tadanobu Asano – Shōgun (FX / Hulu)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

  • Moeka Hoshi – Shōgun (FX / Hulu)

BEST COMEDY SERIES

  • Hacks (HBO | Max)

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

  • Adam Brody – Nobody Wants This (Netflix)

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

  • Jean Smart – Hacks (HBO | Max)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

  • Michael Urie – Shrinking (Apple TV+)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

  • Hannah Einbinder – Hacks (HBO | Max)

BEST LIMITED SERIES

  • Baby Reindeer (Netflix)

BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION

  • Rebel Ridge (Netflix)

BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION

  • Colin Farrell – The Penguin (HBO | Max)

BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION

  • Cristin Milioti – The Penguin (HBO | Max)

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

  • Liev Schreiber – The Perfect Couple (Netflix)

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

  • Jessica Gunning – Baby Reindeer (Netflix)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SERIES

  • Squid Game (Netflix)

BEST ANIMATED SERIES

  • X-Men ’97 (Disney+)

BEST TALK SHOW

  • John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A. (Netflix)

BEST COMEDY SPECIAL

  • Ali Wong: Single Lady (Netflix)

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