Critics Choice Awards 2026 Nominations: See the Full List of Nominees

The 2026 Critics Choice Awards nominations have officially kicked off awards season with a packed field of film and television contenders. Ryan Coogler’s Sinners dominated the film categories with 17 nominations, nearly matching nomination records, while Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, Netflix’s Frankenstein and the period drama Hamnet also scored multiple key nods. On the TV side, Adolescence led with six nominations, with popular series like Abbott Elementary, The Diplomat and Severance recognized across categories. Hosted once again by Chelsea Handler, the 31st annual Critics Choice Awards will broadcast live on January 4, 2026, from Santa Monica’s Barker Hangar.

See the full list of nominees below.

Best Picture

Best Actor

• Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
• Leonardo 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 Skarsgård — 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 Actor/Actress

• 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 Original Screenplay

• Jay Kelly — Noah Baumbach & Emily Mortimer

• Marty Supreme — Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie

• Sinners — Ryan Coogler

• Weapons — Zach Cregger

• Sorry, Baby — Eva Victor

• Sentimental Value — Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Paul 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 — Bugonia

• Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell — Hamnet

Best Casting and Ensemble

• Hamnet

• Jay Kelly

• Marty Supreme

• One Battle After Another

• Sinners

• Wicked: For Good

Best Cinematography

• F1

• Frankenstein

• Hamnet

• One Battle After Another

• Sinners

• Train Dreams

Best Production Design

Best Editing

• A House of Dynamite

• F1

• Marty Supreme

• One Battle After Another

• The Perfect Neighbor

• Sinners

Best Costume Design

• Frankenstein

• Hamnet

• Hedda

• Kiss of the Spider Woman

• Sinners

• Wicked: For Good

Best Hair & Makeup

• 28 Years Later

• Frankenstein

• Sinners

• The Smashing Machine

• Weapons

• Wicked: For Good

Best Visual Effects

Best Stunt Design

Best Animated Feature

Best Comedy

Best Foreign Language Film

• It Was Just an Accident

• Left-Handed Girl

• No Other Choice

• The Secret Agent

• Sirat

• Belén

Best Song

• “Drive” – F1

• “Golden” – KPop Demon Hunters

• “I Lied to You” – Sinners

• “Clothed by the Sun” – The Testament of Ann Lee

• “Train Dreams” – Train Dreams

• “The Girl in the Bubble” – Wicked: For Good

Best Score

• Hans Zimmer — F1

• Alexandre Desplat — Frankenstein

• Max Richter — Hamnet

• Daniel Lopatin — Marty Supreme

• Jonny Greenwood — One Battle After Another

• Ludwig Göransson — Sinners

Best Sound

• F1

• Frankenstein

• One Battle After Another

• Sinners

• Sirat

• Warfare

Best Drama Series

• Alien: Earth

• Andor

• The Diplomat

• Paradise

• The Pitt

• Pluribus

• Severance

• Task

Best Actor in a Drama Series

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

• Denée Benton — The Gilded Age

• Allison Janney — The Diplomat

• Katherine LaNasa — The Pitt

• Greta Lee — The Morning Show

• Skye P. Marshall — Matlock

Best Comedy Series

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 Skarsgård — 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