The Critics’ Choice Association has announced the film nominees for the 2025 Critics’ Choice Awards.
secret meeting and evil Each received 11 nominations, leading this year’s nominees, including the top prize of best picture.
Dune: Part 2 and emilia perez Each person nods 10 times, then fauvism With Jiuhe Anora and substance Each has seven nominations.
All seven films are nominated for Best Picture, and they will also compete against five-time nominees nickel boy and Sing and triple nominee Completely unknown.
The Critics Choice Association announced its nominations in the television categories last week, including general Earned the lead with six nods.
Winners in the film and television categories will be announced during the 30th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards presented by Chelsea Handler, scheduled for January 12 at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica and will be broadcast on E! live streaming. The show moves to the NBCUniversal cable network from its previous home on The CW, 7pm-10pm ET/PT.
The full list of this year’s film nominees is below.
best film
Completely unknown
Anora
fauvism
secret meeting
Dune: Part 2
emilia perez
nickel boy
Sing
substance
evil
best actor
Adrien Brody – Brutalism
Timothée Chalamet – completely unknown
Daniel Craig – Queer
Coleman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Hugh Grant – Heretic
best actress
Cynthia Erivo – The Wicked Witch
Carla Sofia Gascón – Emilia Perez
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – The Brutal Truth
Angelina Jolie – Maria
McGee Madison – Anola
Demi Moore – Material
Best Supporting Actor
Yura Borisov – Anola
Kieran Culkin – Real Pain
Clarence McLean – Sing Sing
Edward Norton – a complete unknown
Guy Pearce – Fauvism
Denzo Washington – Gladiator II
Best Supporting Actress
Danielle Deadwyler – Piano Lessons
Anjanu Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys
Ariana Grande – Wicked Witch
Margaret Cooley – Matter
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
Zoe Saldana – Emilia Perez
Best Young Actor/Actress
Alela Brown – “The Legend of Angry Max”
Elliot Heffernan – Blitz
Maisy Stella – My old ass
Izaac Wang – Didi
Alyssa Weir – Abigail
Zoe Ziegler – Janet Planet
Best Ensemble Performance
Anora
secret meeting
emilia perez
saturday night
Sing
evil
best director
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Perez
Sean Baker – Anora
Edward Berger – Conclave
Brady Corbet – Fauvist painter
Jon M. Chu – “Wicked”
Coralie Fargeat – Matter
LaMel Rose – Nick Boy
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part 2
Best Original Screenplay
Sean Baker – Anora
Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David – September 5
Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold – Brutalism
Jesse Eisenberg – Real Pain
Coralie Fargeat – Matter
Justin Kuritzkes – Challenger
Best Adapted Screenplay
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Perez
Winnie Holtzman, Dana Fox – “Wicked”
Greg Cuedal, Clint Bentley – “Sing Sing”
RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes – Nickel Boys
Peter Straughan – Conclave
Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts – Dune: Part 2
Best Photography
Jarin Blaschke – Nosferatu
Alice Brooks – The Wicked Witch
Haha Crowley – Fauvism
Stéphane Fontaine – Conclave
Greg Fraser – Dune: Part 2
Joe Murfrey – Nickel Boys
Best Production Design
Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia – Fauvism
Nathan Crowley, Lee Sanders – “Wicked”
Suzy Davis – Conclave
Craig Lathrop – Nosferatu
Arthur Marks, Gilles Aziz, Eli Grieve – Gladiator II
Patrice Vermette, Sean Viall – Dune: Part 2
best clip
Sean Baker – Anora
Marco Costa – Challenger
Nick Emerson – Conclave
David Jansso – Fauvist painter
Joe Walker – Dune: Part 2
Hansjörg Weißbrich – September 5
Best Costume Design
Lissie Crystal – Conclave
Linda Muir – Nosferatu
Massimo Cantini Parrini – Maria
Paul Tazewell – “Wicked”
Jacqueline West – Dune: Part 2
Jendie Yates, Dave Crossman – Gladiator II
Best Hair and Makeup
Christine Blundell, Lysa Warren, Neil Scanlan – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Hair and Makeup Team – Dune: Part II
Hair and Makeup Team – The Substance
Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuss, Laura Blunt – “Wicked”
Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton, David White – “Nosferatu”
Mike Marino, Sarah Gralman, Aaron Saucier – A Different Person
best visual effects
Mark Barkowsky, Pietro Ponti, Nikki Penny, Neil Corbold – “Gladiator II”
Pablo Herman, Jonathan Faulkner, Paul Cobbold, David Scheck – “Wicked”
Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, Gednefser – Dune: Part 2
Luke Miller, David Clayton, Keith Heft, Peter Stubbs – “Better Man”
Visual Effects Team – The Substance
Eric Winquist, Steven Unterfranch, Paul Story, Rodney Burke – “War for the Planet of the Apes”
Best Animated Feature Film
flow
Brain Teasers 2
Memoirs of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: The Most Revenge
wild robot
best comedy
real pain
Deadpool and Wolverine
killer
my old ass
saturday night
selma
Best Foreign Language Film
Everything we imagine is light
emilia perez
flow
I’m still here
patella
Sacred Fig Seeds
best song
“So Beautiful” – The Last Showgirl – Miley Cyrus
“Compression/Suppression” – Challenger – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
“Wicked” – Emilia Perez – Zoe Saldanha, Carla Sofia Gasco, Camille
“Harper and Will Go West” – Will and Harper – Kristen Wiig
“Kiss the Sky” – Wild Robot – Maren Morris
“My Way” – Emilia Perez – Selena Gomez
Best score
Walker Bateman – Room
Daniel Bloomberg – Brutalist
Chris Powers – Wild Robot
Clemente Ducol and Camille – Emilia Perez
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Challengers
Hans Zimmer – Dune: Part 2
