2025 Critics Choice Awards Film & TV Winners Revealed

It’s already time for the 2025 Critics’ Choice Awards for Film and TV, and the winners were just revealed. It’s been a long and stacked year for film and television, and these awards reflected that. Find the list of winners below.

Best Picture

• Bugonia
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Jay Kelly
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners
• Train Dreams
• Wicked: For Good

Best Actor

• Ethan Hawke for Blue Moon
• Joel Edgerton for Train Dreams
• Leonardo DiCaprio for One Battle After Another
• Michael B. Jordan for Sinners
• Timothée Chalamet for Marty Supreme
• Wagner Moura for The Secret Agent

Best Actress

• Amanda Seyfried for The Testament of Ann Lee
• Chase Infiniti for One Battle After Another
• Emma Stone for Bugonia
• Jessie Buckley for Hamnet
• Renate Reinsve for Sentimental Value
• Rose Byrne for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

Best Supporting Actor

• Adam Sandler for Jay Kelly
• Benicio del Toro for One Battle After Another
• Jacob Elordi for Frankenstein
• Paul Mescal for Hamnet
• Sean Penn for One Battle After Another
• Stellan Skarsgård for Sentimental Value

Best Supporting Actress

• Amy Madigan for Weapons
• Ariana Grande for Wicked: For Good
• Elle Fanning for Sentimental Value
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas for Sentimental Value
• Teyana Taylor for One Battle After Another
• Wunmi Mosaku for Sinners

Best Young Actor/Actress

• Cary Christopher for Weapons
• Everett Blunk for The Plague
• Jacobi Jupe for Hamnet
• Miles Caton for Sinners
• Nina Ye for Left-Handed Girl
• Shannon Mahina Gorman for Rental Family

Best Director

• Chloé Zhao for Hamnet
• Guillermo del Toro for Frankenstein
• Joachim Trier for Sentimental Value
• Josh Safdie for Marty Supreme
• Paul Thomas Anderson for One Battle After Another
• Ryan Coogler for Sinners

Best Original Screenplay

• Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier for Sentimental Value
• Eva Victor for Sorry, Baby
• Noah Baumbach, Emily Mortimer for Jay Kelly
• Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie for Marty Supreme
• Ryan Coogler for Sinners
• Zach Cregger for Weapons

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrel for Hamnet
• Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar for Train Dreams
• Guillermo del Toro for Frankenstein
• Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, Jahye Lee for No Other Choice
• Paul Thomas Anderson for One Battle After Another
• Will Tracy for Bugonia

Best Casting and Ensemble

• Cassandra Kulukundis for One Battle After Another
• Douglas Aibel, Nina Gold for Jay Kelly
• Francine Maisler for Sinners
• Jennifer Venditti for Marty Supreme
• Nina Gold for Hamnet
• Tiffany Little Canfield, Bernard Telsey for Wicked: For Good

Best Cinematography

• Adolpho Veloso for Train Dreams
• Autumn Durald Arkapaw for Sinners
• Claudio Miranda for F1
• Dan Laustsen for Frankenstein
• Łukasz Żal for Hamnet
• Michael Bauman for One Battle After Another

Best Editing

• Andy Jurgensen for One Battle After Another
• Kirk Baxter for A House of Dynamite
• Michael P. Shawver for Sinners
• Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie for Marty Supreme
• Stephen Mirrione for F1
• Viridiana Lieberman for The Perfect Neighbor

Best Production Design

• Fiona Crumble, Alice Felton for Hamnet
• Hannah Beachler, Monique Champagne for Sinners
• Jack Fisk, Adam Willis for Marty Supreme
• Kasra Farahani, Jille Azis for The Fantastic Four: First Steps
• Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales for Wicked: For Good
• Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau for Frankenstein

Best Costume Design

• Colleen Atwood, Christine Cantella for Kiss of the Spider Woman
• Kate Hawley for Frankenstein
• Lindsay Pugh for Hedda
• Malgosia Turzanska for Hamnet
• Paul Tazewell for Wicked: For Good
• Ruth E. Carter for Sinners

Best Hair and Make Up

• Flora Moody, John Nolan for 28 Years Later
• Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier, Laura Blount for Wicked: For Good
• Kazu Hiro, Felix Fox, Mia Neal for The Smashing Machine
• Leo Satkovich, Melizah Wheat, Jason Collins for Weapons
• Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey for Frankenstein
• Siân Richards, Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine, Shunika Terry for Sinners

Best Visual Effects

• Alex Wuttke, Ian Lowe, Jeff Sutherland, Kirstin Hall for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
• Dennis Beradi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, José Granell for Frankenstein
• Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett for Avatar: Fire and Ash
• Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter, Donnie Dean for Sinners
• Ryan Tudhope, Nikeah Forde, Robert Harrington, Nicolas Chevallier, Eric Leven, Edward Price, Keith Dawson for F1
• Stephane Ceretti, Enrico Damm, Stéphane Nazé, Guy Williams for Superman

Best Stunt Design

• Andy Gill for Sinners
• Brian Machleit for One Battle After Another
• Gary Powell, Luciano Bacheta, Craig Dolby for F1
• Stephen Dunlevy, Kyle Gardiner, Jackson Spidell, Jeremy Marinas, Jan Petřina, Domonkos Párdányi, Kinga Kósa-Gavalda for Ballerina
• Giedrius for Warfare
• Wade Eastwood for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

Best Animated Feature

• Arco
• Elio
• In Your Dreams
• K-Pop Demon Hunters
• Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
• Zootopia 2

Best Comedy

• Eternity
• Friendship
• The Ballad of Wallis Island
• The Naked Gun
• The Phoenician Scheme
• Splitsville

Best Foreign Language Film

• It Was Just an Accident
• Left-Handed Girl
• No Other Choice
• The Secret Agent
• Sirāt
• Belén

Best Song

• “Clothed by the Sun” by Daniel Blumberg for The Testament of Ann Lee
• “Drive” by Ed Sheeran, John Mayer, Blake Slatkin for F1
• “Golden” by Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, Ido, 24, Teddy for K-Pop Demon Hunters
• “I Lied to You” by Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson for Sinners
• “The Girl in the Bubble” by Stephen Schwartz for Wicked: For Good
• “Train Dreams” by Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner for Train Dreams

Best Score

• Alexandre Desplat for Frankenstein
• Daniel Lopatin for Marty Supreme
• Hans Zimmer for F1
• Jonny Greenwood for One Battle After Another
• Ludwig Göransson for Sinners
• Max Richter for Hamnet

Best Sound

• Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta, Gareth John for F1
• Chris Welcker, Benny Burtt, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker, Felipe Pacheco, David V. Butler for Sinners
• Jose Antonio Garcia, Christopher Scarabosio, Tony Villaflor for One Battle After Another
• Laia Casanovas for Sirāt
• Mitch Low, Glenn Freemantle, Ben Barker, Howard Bargroff, Richard Spooner for Warfare
• Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern, Greg Chapman for Frankenstein

Best Drama Series

• Alien: Earth
• Andor
• The Diplomat
• Paradise
• The Pitt
• Pluribus
• Severance
• Task

Best Actor in a Drama Series

• Adam Scott for Severance
• Billy Bob Thornton for Landman
• Diego Luna for Andor
• Mark Ruffalo for Task
• Noah Wyle for The Pitt
• Sterling K. Brown for Paradise

Best Actress in a Drama Series

• Bella Ramsey for The Last of Us
• Britt Lower for Severance
• Carrie Coon for The Gilded Age
• Kathy Bates for Matlock
• Keri Russell for The Diplomat
• Rhea Seehorn for Pluribus

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Ato Essandoh for The Diplomat
• Billy Crudup for The Morning Show
• Patrick Ball for The Pitt
• Tom Pelphrey for Task
• Tramell Tillman for Severance
• Wood Harris for Forever

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Allison Janney for The Diplomat
• Denée Benton for The Gilded Age
• Greta Lee for The Morning Show
• Katherine LaNasa for The Pitt
• Nicole Beharie for The Morning Show
• Skye P. Marshall for Matlock

Best Comedy Series

• Abbott Elementary
• Elsbeth
• Ghosts
• Hacks
• Nobody Wants This
• Only Murders in the Building
• The Righteous Gemstones
• The Studio

Best Actor in a Comedy Series

• Adam Brody for Nobody Wants This
• Alexander Skarsgård for Murderbot
• Danny McBride for The Righteous Gemstones
• David Alan Grier for St. Denis Medical
• Seth Rogen for The Studio
• Ted Danson for A Man on the Inside

Best Actress in a Comedy Series

• Carrie Preston for Elsbeth
• Edi Patterson for The Righteous Gemstones
• Jean Smart for Hacks
• Kristen Bell for Nobody Wants This
• Natasha Lyonne for Poker Face
• Rose McIver for Ghosts

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Asher Grodman for Ghosts
• Chris Perfetti for Abbott Elementary
• Ike Barinholtz for The Studio
• Oscar Nuñez for The Paper
• Paul W. Downs for Hacks
• Timothy Simons for Nobody Wants This

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Danielle Brooks for Peacemaker
• Ego Nwodim for Saturday Night Live
• Hannah Einbinder for Hacks
• Janelle James for Abbott Elementary
• Justine Lupe for Nobody Wants This
• Rebecca Wisocky for Ghosts

Best Limited Series

• Adolescence
• All Her Fault
• Chief of War
• Death by Lightning
• Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy
• Dope Thief
• Dying for Sex
• The Girlfriend

Best Movie Made for Television

• Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
• Deep Cover
• The Gorge
• Mountainhead
• Nonnas
• Summer of ’69

Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

• Brian Tyree Henry for Dope Thief
• Charlie Hunnam for Monster: The Ed Gein Story
• Matthew Rhys for The Beast in Me
• Michael Chernus for Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy
• Michael Shannon for Death by Lightning
• Stephen Graham for Adolescence

Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

• Jessica Biel for The Better Sister
• Meghann Fahy for Sirens
• Michelle Williams for Dying for Sex
• Renée Zellweger for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
• Robin Wright for The Girlfriend
• Sarah Snook for All Her Fault

Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

• Ashley Walters for Adolescence
• Michael Peña for All Her Fault
• Nick Offerman for Death by Lightning
• Owen Cooper for Adolescence
• Ramy Youssef for Mountainhead
• Wagner Moura for Dope Thief

Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

• Betty Gilpin for Death by Lightning
• Christine Tremarco for Adolescence
• Erin Doherty for Adolescence
• Julianne Moore for Sirens
• Marin Ireland for Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy
• Sophia Lillis for All Her Fault

Best Foreign Language Series

• Acapulco
• Last Samurai Standing
• Mussolini: Son of the Century
• Red Alert
• Squid Game
• When No One Sees Us

Best Animated Series

• Bob’s Burgers
• Harley Quinn
• Long Story Short
• Marvel Zombies
• South Park
• Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

Best Talk Show

• Hot Ones
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!
• Late Night with Seth Meyers
• The Daily Show
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Best Variety Series

• Conan 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

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