Anora
Anora (Courtesy of NEON)

Sean Baker’s Anora bested a field of 10 nominees to win Best Picture (the film’s only win) at the 30th Critics Choice Awards, with Emilia Pérez, The Substance and Wicked leading the field with three wins each.

Emilia Pérez won Best Foreign Language Film, Best Supporting Actress for Zoe Saldaña and Best Song for El Mal. The Substance won Best Actress for Demi Moore, Best Original Screenplay for Coralie Fargeat, and Best Hair and Makeup. Wicked won Best Director for Jon M. Chu, Best Production Design, and Best Costume Design.

Conclave, A Real Pain and Challengers also won multiple awards, each nabbing 2 wins. Conclave won Best Acting Ensemble and Best Adapted Screenplay for Peter Straughan, A Real Pain won Best Supporting Actor for Kieran Culkinv, and tied with Deadpool & Wolverine for Best Comedy; and Challengers won Best Editing for Marco Costa, plus Best Score for Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross.

2025 Critics Choice Awards Winners

Film

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
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

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) (WINNER)

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) (WINNER)

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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