Award season is upon us and up next are the Critics’ Choice Awards.

Held annually since 1996, the Critics’ Choice Awards recognize the finest in cinematic achievement, honoring both films and television. The ceremony is held by the American-Canadian Critics Choice Association.

This year’s leading film nominees are “Conclave” and “Wicked,” each boasting 11 nominations. “Shōgun” leads the television category with six nominations.

This year’s awards ceremony has been rescheduled twice as a result of the California wildfires, but with plans full steam ahead this week, here’s what to know about the 30th annual Critics’ Choice Awards.

When are the Critics’ Choice Awards?

The Critics Choice Awards are at 7 p.m. EST on Friday, Feb. 7. The ceremony is three hours long and held at The Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, California.

How to watch Critics’ Choice Awards

The 30th annual Critics’ Choice Awards will be televised on the E! network at 7 p.m. EST on Friday, Feb. 7. The ceremony will be available to stream on Peacock the next day.

Who is hosting the Critics’ Choice Awards?

Chelsea Handler is hosting the 2025 Critics’ Choice Awards for the third year in a row.

The comedian and actress is known as the host of “Chelsea Lately,” which aired on the E! network between 2007-2014. She is also the focus of the Netflix documentary, “Chelsea Does,” which was released in 2016.

What are the Critics’ Choice Awards film nominations?

Here are the film nominations for the 2025 Critics’ Choice Awards:

Best Picture

• “A Complete Unknown”
• “Anora”
• “The Brutalist”
• “Conclave”
• “Dune: Part Two”
• “Emilia Pérez”
• “Nickel Boys”
• “Sing Sing”
• “The Substance”
• “Wicked”

Best Actor

• Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist”
• Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
• Daniel Craig, “Queer”
• Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing”
• Ralph Fiennes, “Conclave”
• Hugh Grant, “Heretic”

Best Actress

• Cynthia Erivo, “Wicked”
• Karla Sofía Gascón, “Emilia Pérez”
• Marianne Jean-Baptiste, “Hard Truths”
• Angelina Jolie, “Maria”
• Mikey Madison, “Anora”
• Demi Moore, “The Substance”

Best Supporting Actor

• Yura Borisov, “Anora”
• Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain”
• Clarence Maclin, “Sing Sing”
• Edward Norton, “A Complete Unknown”
• Guy Pearce, “The Brutalist”
• Denzel Washington, “Gladiator II”

Best Supporting Actress

• Danielle Deadwyler, “The Piano Lesson”
• Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, “Nickel Boys”
• Ariana Grande, “Wicked”
• Margaret Qualley, “The Substance”
• Isabella Rossellini, “Conclave”
• Zoe Saldaña, “Emilia Pérez”

Best Young Actor/Actress

• Alyla Browne, “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga”
• Elliott Heffernan, “Blitz”
• Maisy Stella, “My Old Ass”
• Izaac Wang, “Didi”
• Alisha Weir, “Abigail”
• Zoe Ziegler, “Janet Planet”

Best Acting Ensemble

• “Anora”
• “Conclave” 
• “Emilia Pérez”
• “Saturday Night” 
• “Sing Sing” 
• “Wicked” 

Best Director

• Jacques Audiard, “Emilia Pérez”
• Sean Baker, “Anora” 
• Edward Berger, “Conclave” 
• Brady Corbet, “The Brutalist” 
• Jon M. Chu, “Wicked” 
• Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance”
• RaMell Ross, “Nickel Boys”
• Denis Villeneuve, “Dune: Part Two” 

Best Original Screenplay

• Sean Baker, “Anora” 
• Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum and Alex David, “September 5” 
• Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold, “The Brutalist”
• Jesse Eisenberg, “A Real Pain” 
• Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance” 
• Justin Kuritzkes, “Challengers”

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Jacques Audiard, “Emilia Pérez”
• Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox, “Wicked”
• Greg Kwedar and Clint Bentley, “Sing Sing”
• RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes, “Nickel Boys”
• Peter Straughan, “Conclave”
• Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts, “Dune: Part Two”

Best Cinematography

• Jarin Blaschke, “Nosferatu”
• Alice Brooks, “Wicked”
• Lol Crawley, “The Brutalist”  
• Stéphane Fontaine, “Conclave”  
• Greig Fraser, “Dune: Part Two”  
• Jomo Fray, “Nickel Boys” 

Best Production Design

• Judy Becker and Patricia Cuccia, “The Brutalist” 
• Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales, “Wicked” 
• Suzie Davies and Cynthia Sleiter, “Conclave” 
• Craig Lathrop and Beatrice Brentnerova, “Nosferatu”
• Arthur Max, Jille Azis and Elli Griff, “Gladiator II”  
• Patrice Vermette and Shane Vieau, “Dune: Part Two”

Best Editing

• Sean Baker, “Anora”
• Marco Costa, “Challengers” 
• Nick Emerson, “Conclave”  
• David Jancso, “The Brutalist”  
• Joe Walker, “Dune: Part Two”
• Hansjörg Weißbrich, “September 5”

Best Costume Design

• Lisy Christl, “Conclave” 
• Linda Muir, “Nosferatu”  
• Massimo Cantini Parrini, “Maria”  
• Paul Tazewell, “Wicked”  
• Jacqueline West, “Dune: Part Two”  
• Janty Yates, Dave Crossman, “Gladiator II”

Best Hair and Makeup

• Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener and Neal Scanlan, “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”
• Hair and Makeup Team, “Dune: Part Two”
• Stéphanie Guillon, Frédérique Arguello and Pierre-Olivier Persin, “The Substance”  
• Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuth and Laura Blount, “Wicked”  
• Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton and David White, “Nosferatu”  
• Mike Marino, Sarah Graalman and Aaron Saucier, “A Different Man”

Best Visual Effects

• Mark Bakowski, Pietro Ponti, Nikki Penny and Neil Corbould, “Gladiator II”  
• Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould and David Shirk, “Wicked”  
• Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer, “Dune: Part Two” 
• Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs, “Better Man”  
• Bryan Jones, Chervin Shafaghi, Pierre Olivier-Persin and Jean Miel “The Substance”  
• Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story and Rodney Burke, “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” 

Best Animated Feature

• “Flow”
• “Inside Out 2”
• “Memoir of a Snail”
• “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”
• “The Wild Robot”

Best Comedy

• “A Real Pain” 
• “Deadpool & Wolverine” 
• “Hit Man” 
• “My Old Ass” 
• “Saturday Night”
• “Thelma” 

Best Foreign Language Film

• “All We Imagine as Light” 
• “Emilia Pérez” 
• “Flow” 
• “I’m Still Here” 
• “Kneecap” 
• “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” 

Best Song

• “Beautiful That Way” by Andrew Wyatt, Miley Cyrus and Lykke Li, “The Last Showgirl”
• “Compress / Repress” by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Luca Guadagnino, “Challengers”
• “El Mal” by Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón and Camille, “Emilia Pérez”
• “Harper and Will Go West” by Kristen Wiig, “Will & Harper”
• “Kiss the Sky” by Maren Morris, “The Wild Robot”
• “Mi Camino” by Selena Gomez, “Emilia Pérez”

Best Score

• Volker Bertelmann, “Conclave”
• Daniel Blumberg, “The Brutalist”
• Kris Bowers, “The Wild Robot” 
• Clément Ducol & Camille, “Emilia Pérez” 
• Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, “Challengers”
• Hans Zimmer, “Dune: Part Two”

What are the Critics’ Choice Awards television nominations?

Here are the television nominations for the 2025 Critics’ Choice Awards:

Best Drama Series

• “The Day of the Jackal”
• “The Diplomat”
• “Evil”
• “Industry”
• “Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire”
• “The Old Man”
• “Shōgun”
• “Slow Horses”

Best Actor in a Drama Series

• Jeff Bridges, “The Old Man”
• Ncuti Gatwa, “Doctor Who”
• Eddie Redmayne, “The Day of the Jackal”
• Hiroyuki Sanada, “Shōgun”
• Rufus Sewell, “The Diplomat”
• Antony Starr, “The Boys”

Best Actress in Drama Series

• Caitriona Balfe, “Outlander”
• Kathy Bates, “Matlock”
• Shanola Hampton, “Found”
• Keira Knightley, “Black Doves”
• Keri Russell, “The Diplomat”
• Anna Sawai, “Shōgun”

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Tadanobu Asano, “Shōgun”
• Michael Emerson, “Evil”
• Mark-Paul Gosselaar, “Found”
• Takehiro Hira, “Shōgun”
• John Lithgow, “The Old Man”
• Sam Reid, “Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire”

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Moeka Hoshi, “Shōgun”
• Allison Janney, “The Diplomat”
• Nicole Kidman, “Lioness”
• Skye P. Marshall, “Matlock”
• Anna Sawai, “Pachinko”
• Fiona Shaw, “Bad Sisters”

Best Comedy Series

• “Abbott Elementary”
• “English Teacher”
• “Hacks”
• “Nobody Wants This”
• “Only Murders in the Building”
• “Somebody Somewhere”
• “St. Denis Medical”
• “What We Do in the Shadows”

Best Actor in a Comedy Series

• Brian Jordan Alvarez, “English Teacher”
• Adam Brody, “Nobody Wants This”
• David Alan Grier, “St. Denis Medical”
• Steve Martin, “Only Murders in the Building”
• Kayvan Novak, “What We Do in the Shadows”
• Martin Short, “Only Murders in the Building”

Best Actress in a Comedy Series

• Kristen Bell, “Nobody Wants This”
• Quinta Brunson, “Abbott Elementary”
• Natasia Demetriou, “What We Do in the Shadows”
• Bridget Everett, “Somebody Somewhere”
• Jean Smart, “Hacks”
• Kristen Wiig, “Palm Royale”

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Paul W. Downs, “Hacks”
• Asher Grodman, “Ghosts”
• Harvey Guillén, “What We Do in the Shadows”
• Brandon Scott Jones, “Ghosts”
• Michael Urie, “Shrinking”
• Tyler James Williams, “Abbott Elementary”

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Liza Colón-Zayas, “The Bear”
• Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks”
• Janelle James, “Abbott Elementary”
• Stephanie Koenig, “English Teacher”
• Patti LuPone, “Agatha All Along”
• Annie Potts, “Young Sheldon”

Best Limited Series

• “Baby Reindeer”
• “Disclaimer”
• “Masters of the Air”
• “Mr Bates vs the Post Office”
• “The Penguin”
• “Ripley”
• “True Detective: Night Country”
• “We Were the Lucky Ones”

Best Movie Made for Television

• “The Great Lillian Hall”
• “It’s What’s Inside”
• “Música”
• “Out of My Mind”
• “Rebel Ridge”
• “V/H/S/Beyond”

Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

• Colin Farrell, “The Penguin”
• Richard Gadd, “Baby Reindeer”
• Tom Hollander, “FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans”
• Kevin Kline, “Disclaimer”
• Ewan McGregor, “A Gentleman in Moscow”
• Andrew Scott, “Ripley”

Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

• Cate Blanchett, “Disclaimer”
• Jodie Foster, “True Detective: Night Country”
• Jessica Lange, “The Great Lillian Hall”
• Cristin Milioti, “The Penguin”
• Phoebe-Rae Taylor, “Out of My Mind”
• Naomi Watts, “FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans”

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

• Robert Downey Jr., “The Sympathizer”
• Hugh Grant, “The Regime”
• Ron Cephas Jones, “Genius: MLK/X”
• Logan Lerman, “We Were the Lucky Ones”
• Liev Schreiber, “The Perfect Couple”
• Treat Williams, “FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans”

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

• Dakota Fanning, “Ripley”
• Leila George, “Disclaimer”
• Betty Gilpin, “Three Women”
• Jessica Gunning, “Baby Reindeer”
• Deirdre O’Connell, “The Penguin”
• Kali Reis, “True Detective: Night Country”

Best Foreign Language Series

• “Acapulco”
• “Citadel: Honey Bunny”
• “La Máquina”
• “The Law According to Lidia Poët”
• “My Brilliant Friend”
• “Pachinko”
• “Senna”
• “Squid Game”

Best Animated Series

• “Batman: Caped Crusader”
• “Bluey”
• “Bob’s Burgers”
• “Invincible”
• “The Simpsons”
• “X-Men ’97”

Best Talk Show

• “Hot Ones”
• “The Daily Show”
• “The Graham Norton Show”
• “John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A.”
• “The Kelly Clarkson Show”
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”

Best Comedy Special

• “Ali Wong: Single Lady”
• “Jim Gaffigan: The Skinny”
• “Kevin James: Irregardless”
• “Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die”
• “Rachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Special”
• “Ramy Youssef: More Feelings”

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