After two years of destabilisation due to industry strikes, the US road to the Oscars is back in full swing with today’s Critics Choice Awards ceremony.

In their 31st year, the annual awards — led by Warner Bros, soon to be acquired by Netflix — are historically known to be the most accurate predictor of the Academy Award nominations.

Ryan Coogler’s gothic vampire horror Sinners is the hot favourite, taking out the most nominations of any film with 18 nods, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Michael B. Jordan.

One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson’s revolutionary road tale, is not far behind with 14 nominations. 

Multiple Australians are up for awards today including Rose Byrne for Best Actress, Joel Edgerton for Best Actor and Jacob Elordi for Best Supporting Actor. Sarah Snook has already taken out a statue for her performance on thriller limited series All Her Fault.

The Critics Choice Awards also wrap up the gongs for the 2025/26 television season, with Netflix limited series Adolescence already scooping up multiple wins following on from its stellar Emmys run in September.

This list will be updated live as winners come through.

FILM CATEGORIES

Best PictureBugoniaFrankensteinHamnet Jay Kelly Marty Supreme One Battle After AnotherSentimental Value Sinners Train Dreams Wicked: For Good Bugonia

Emma Stone in Bugonia. (Supplied: Focus Features)

Best ActressJessie 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 Two women embrace on a bed.

Renate Reinsve starring in Sentimental Value. (Supplied: Cannes)

Best ActorTimothée Chalamet – Marty SupremeLeonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After AnotherJoel Edgerton – Train DreamsEthan Hawke – Blue MoonMichael B. Jordan – SinnersWagner Moura – The Secret Agent Marty Supreme Hero

Timothée Chalamet in Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme. (Supplied: James Devaney/GC Images)

Best Supporting ActressElle Fanning – Sentimental Value Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value Amy Madigan – Weapons Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners Teyana Taylor – One Battle After AnotherA woman with green skin and long dark hair stands next to a smiling woman with blonde hair and a pink dress.

The real-life friendship between Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo helps magnetise their performances in Wicked: For Good. (Supplied: Universal Pictures)

Best Supporting ActorBenicio del Toro – One Battle After AnotherJacob Elordi – FrankensteinPaul Mescal – Hamnet Sean Penn – One Battle After Another Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value Best Young Actor/ActressEverett Blunck – The PlagueMiles Caton – Sinners – WINNERCary Christopher – Weapons Shannon Mahina Gorman – Rental FamilyJacobi Jupe – Hamnet Nina Ye – Left-Handed Girl Best DirectorPaul Thomas Anderson — One Battle After AnotherRyan Coogler — SinnersGuillermo del Toro — Frankenstein Josh Safdie — Marty SupremeJoachim Trier — Sentimental ValueChloé Zhao — HamnetBest Original ScreenplayNoah Baumbach, Emily Mortimer – Jay KellyRonald Bronstein, Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme Ryan Coogler – SinnersZach Cregger – Weapons Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value Best Adapted ScreenplayPaul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar – Train Dreams Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don Mckellar, Jahye Lee – No Other Choice Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein Will Tracy – BugoniaChloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell – HamnetBest Casting and EnsembleNina Gold — Hamnet Douglas Aibel, Nina Gold – Jay KellyJennifer Venditti – Marty Supreme Cassandra Kulukundis – One Battle After Another Francine Maisler – Sinners – WINNERTiffany Little Canfield, Bernard Telsey – Wicked: For Good A woman in a pink ballgown holds aloft a staff as crowds of happy people watch her.

A scene from the movie Wicked: For Good. (Supplied: Universal Pictures)

Best CinematographyClaudio Miranda — F1 Dan Laustsen – Frankenstein Łukasz Żal – Hamnet Michael Bauman – One Battle After Another Autumn Durald Arkapaw – SinnersAdolpho Veloso – Train Dreams – WINNERBest Production DesignKasra Farahani, Jille Azis — The Fantastic Four: First StepsTamara Deverell, Shane Vieau – Frankenstein Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton – Hamnet Jack Fisk, Adam Willis – Marty Supreme Hannah Beachler, Monique Champagne – Sinners Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales – Wicked: For Good Best EditingKirk Baxter — A House of Dynamite Stephen Mirrione – F1 Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie – Marty SupremeAndy Jurgensen – One Battle After Another Viridiana Lieberman – The Perfect NeighborMichael P Shawver – SinnersBrad wears a white and black racing suit, headphones in, as he stands on the track with tens of crew and bystanders behind him.

Brad Pitt as Sonny Hayes in F1: The Movie. (Supplied: Warner Bros)

Best Costume DesignKate Hawley — Frankenstein Malgosia Turzanska – Hamnet Lindsay Pugh – Hedda Colleen Atwood, Christine Cantella – Kiss of the Spider Woman Ruth E. Carter – SinnersPaul Tazewell – Wicked: For Good Best Hair and MakeupFlora Moody, John Nolan — 28 Years Later Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey – Frankenstein Siân Richards, Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine, Shunika Terry – SinnersKazu Hiro, Felix Fox, Mia Neal – The Smashing Machine Leo Satkovich, Melizah Wheat, Jason Collins – Weapons Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier, Laura Blount – Wicked: For Good Best Visual EffectsJoe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett — Avatar: Fire and Ash Ryan Tudhope, Nikeah Forde, Robert Harrington, Nicolas Chevallier, Eric Leven, Edward Price, Keith Dawson – F1 Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, José Granell – Frankenstein Alex Wuttke, Ian Lowe, Jeff Sutherland, Kirstin Hall – Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter, Donnie Dean – Sinners Stephane Ceretti, Enrico Damm, Stéphane Nazé, Guy Williams – Superman Superman saving a small girl from an explosion on the street

Superman was nominated for Best Visual Effects.  (Supplied: Warner Bros)

Best Stunt DesignStephen Dunlevy, Kyle Gardiner, Jackson Spidell, Jeremy Marinas, Jan Petřina, Domonkos Párdányi, Kinga Kósa-Gavalda — Ballerina Gary Powell, Luciano Bacheta, Craig Dolby – F1 Wade Eastwood – Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning Brian Machleit – One Battle After Another Andy Gill – Sinners Giedrius Nagys – Warfare Ana de Armas holding a flame thrower wrestles with a man who is also holding a flamethrower.

Ana de Armas in a scene from Ballerina. (Supplied: Lionsgate)

Best Animated FeatureArcoElio In Your Dreams KPop Demon Hunters Little Amélie or the Character of Rain Zootopia 2 Zootopia 2

Zootopia 2 is one of six animated films nominated in the Critics Choice Awards. (Disney)

Best ComedyThe Ballad of Wallis Island Eternity Friendship The Naked Gun – WINNERThe Phoenician Scheme Splitsville Best Foreign Language FilmIt Was Just an Accident Left-Handed Girl No Other ChoiceThe Secret Agent – WINNERSirātBelén Best SongDrive — Ed Sheeran, John Mayer, Blake Slatkin — F1 Golden – Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, Ido, 24, Teddy – KPop Demon Hunters I Lied to You – Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson – Sinners Clothed by the Sun – Daniel Blumberg – The Testament of Ann Lee Train Dreams – Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner – Train Dreams The Girl in the Bubble – Stephen Schwartz – Wicked: For GoodBest ScoreHans Zimmer — F1Alexandre Desplat – Frankenstein Max Richter – Hamnet Daniel Lopatin – Marty Supreme Jonny Greenwood – One Battle After Another Ludwig Göransson – Sinners Best SoundAl Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta, Gareth John — F1Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern, Greg Chapman – Frankenstein Jose Antonio Garcia, Christopher Scarabosio, Tony Villaflor – One Battle After Another Chris Welcker, Benny Burtt, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker, Felipe Pacheco, David V. Butler – Sinners Laia Casanovas – Sirāt Mitch Low, Glenn Freemantle, Ben Barker, Howard Bargroff, Richard Spooner – Warfare 

TELEVISION CATEGORIES

Best Drama SeriesAlien: Earth Andor The Diplomat Paradise The Pitt Pluribus SeveranceTask Adam Scott and Britt Lower side-by-side in a scene in Severance.

The second season of Apple TV’s Severance was one of the most anticipated shows of 2025. (AP/AppleTV+)

Best Actor in a Drama SeriesSterling K. Brown — ParadiseDiego Luna – Andor Mark Ruffalo – Task Adam Scott – Severance Billy Bob Thornton – Landman Noah Wyle – The Pitt Best Actress in a Drama SeriesKathy 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 SeriesPatrick Ball — The PittBilly Crudup – The Morning ShowAto Essandoh – The DiplomatWood Harris – ForeverTom Pelphrey – TaskTramell Tillman – SeveranceBest Supporting Actress in a Drama SeriesNicole Beharie — The Morning Show Denée Benton – The Gilded Age Allison Janney – The Diplomat Katherine LaNasa – The Pitt Greta Lee – The Morning Show Skye P. Marshall – Matlock Best Comedy SeriesAbbott Elementary ElsbethGhostsHacks Nobody Wants This Only Murders in the BuildingThe Righteous GemstonesThe Studio Best Actor in a Comedy SeriesAdam Brody — Nobody Wants This Ted Danson – A Man on the Inside David Alan Grier – St. Denis MedicalDanny McBride – The Righteous Gemstones Seth Rogen – The Studio Alexander Skarsgård – Murderbot A TV still of Seth Rogen, 43, wearing glasses, head tilted upward in thought, on a red carpet, a person filming behind him.

Seth Rogen won multiple Emmys for his show The Studio at the 2025 ceremony. (Supplied: Apple TV)

Best Actress in a Comedy SeriesKristen Bell — Nobody Wants ThisNatasha Lyonne – Poker Face Rose McIver – Ghosts Edi Patterson – The Righteous Gemstones Carrie Preston – Elsbeth Jean Smart – Hacks Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy SeriesIke Barinholtz — The StudioPaul W. Downs – Hacks Asher Grodman – Ghosts Oscar Nuñez – The PaperChris Perfetti – Abbott Elementary Timothy Simons – Nobody Wants This Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy SeriesDanielle Brooks — Peacemaker Hannah Einbinder – Hacks Janelle James – Abbott Elementary Justine Lupe – Nobody Wants ThisEgo Nwodim – Saturday Night LiveRebecca Wisocky – GhostsBest Limited SeriesAdolescence – WINNERAll Her Fault Chief of WarDeath by LightningDevil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy Dope Thief Dying for Sex The Girlfriend Best Movie Made for TelevisionBridget Jones: Mad About the Boy Deep CoverThe GorgeMountainhead Nonnas Summer of ’69A woman stands next to a man, she's laughing he looks happy, his white shirt is soaked wet.

Renee Zellweger reprises her role as Bridget Jones in the fourth film in the franchise, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy. (Supplied: Universal Studios)

Best Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie Made for Television Michael Chernus — Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy Stephen Graham – Adolescence – WINNERBrian Tyree Henry – Dope Thief Charlie Hunnam – Monster: The Ed Gein StoryMatthew Rhys – The Beast in Me Michael Shannon – Death by LightningBest Actress in a Limited Series or Made for Television MovieJessica Biel — The Better SisterMeghann Fahy – SirensSarah Snook – All Her Fault – WINNERMichelle Williams – Dying for SexRobin Wright – The GirlfriendRenée Zellweger – Bridget Jones: Mad About the BoyBest Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Made for Television MovieOwen Cooper — Adolescence — WINNERWagner Moura – Dope Thief Nick Offerman – Death by Lightning Michael Peña – All Her Fault Ashley Walters – Adolescence Ramy Youssef – MountainheadOwen Cooper leans back in a chair and smirks while acting in Adolescence.

The Netflix series Adolescence explores why a young boy would commit a violent crime. (Supplied: Netflix)

Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Made for Television MovieErin Doherty — Adolescence — WINNERBetty Gilpin – Death by LightningMarin Ireland – Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy Sophia Lillis – All Her Fault Julianne Moore – Sirens Christine Tremarco – Adolescence Best Foreign Language SeriesAcapulcoLast Samurai StandingMussolini: Son of the CenturyRed Alert Squid Game – WINNERWhen No One Sees Us Best Animated SeriesBob’s Burgers Harley Quinn Long Story Short Marvel Zombies South Park – WINNERYour Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man Best Talk ShowThe Daily ShowHot OnesJimmy Kimmel Live!Late Night with Seth MeyersThe Late Show with Stephen ColbertWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Best Variety SeriesConan O’Brien Must Go Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Saturday Night Live Best Comedy Special Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life Caleb Hearon: Model Comedian Leanne Morgan: Unspeakable Things Marc Maron: Panicked Sarah Silverman: PostMortem SNL50: The Anniversary Special – WINNER