The awards season has begun, and the next event on the calendar is the Critics’ Choice Awards.

Launched in 1996, the Critics’ Choice Awards commend outstanding work in both film and television, arranged by the American-Canadian Critics Choice Association.

This year, the standout films are “Conclave” and “Wicked,” with each receiving 11 nominations. For television, “Shōgun” leads the pack with six nominations.

Due to the wildfires in California, this year’s ceremony faced two postponements. Nonetheless, the event is confirmed to take place this week as scheduled. Here’s the essential information about the 30th Critics’ Choice Awards.

When are the Critics’ Choice Awards scheduled?

The Critics’ Choice Awards are set to take place at 7 p.m. EST on Friday, February 7, and will run for three hours at The Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, California.

Where to Watch the Critics’ Choice Awards

You can catch the 30th Critics’ Choice Awards live on the E! network at 7 p.m. EST on February 7. Additionally, the ceremony will be available to stream on Peacock the next day.

Who will host the Critics’ Choice Awards?

Chelsea Handler will be returning as host for the 2025 Critics’ Choice Awards, marking her third consecutive year in this position.

Handler is well-known for her role on “Chelsea Lately,” a talk show that aired on E! from 2007 to 2014. She was also featured in the 2016 Netflix documentary “Chelsea Does.”

What are the Film Nominations for the Critics’ Choice Awards?

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

Best Actress

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

Best Supporting Actor

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

Best Supporting Actress

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

Best Young Actor/Actress

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

Best Acting Ensemble

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

Best Director

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

Best Original Screenplay

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

Best Adapted Screenplay

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

Best Cinematography

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

Best Production Design

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

Best Editing

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

Best Costume Design

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

Best Hair and Makeup

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

Best Visual Effects

• Mark Bakowski, Pietro Ponti, Nikki Penny, and Neil Corbould for “Gladiator II”
• Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould, and David
• Shirk for “Wicked”
• Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, and Gerd Nefzer for “Dune: Part Two”
• Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, and Peter Stubbs for “Better Man”
• Bryan Jones, Chervin Shafaghi, Pierre Olivier-Persin, and Jean Miel for “The Substance”
• Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story, and Rodney Burke for “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” featuring Andrew Wyatt, Miley Cyrus, and Lykke Li from “The Last Showgirl”
• “Compress / Repress” by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Luca Guadagnino from “Challengers”
• “El Mal” performed by Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, and Camille from “Emilia Pérez”
• “Harper and Will Go West” by Kristen Wiig from “Will & Harper”
• “Kiss the Sky” by Maren Morris from “The Wild Robot”
• “Mi Camino” by Selena Gomez from “Emilia Pérez”

Best Score

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

What are the nominations for the Critics’ Choice Awards in television?

Below are the nominations for the 2025 Critics’ Choice Awards in television:

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

Best Actress in Drama Series

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

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

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

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Moeka Hoshi for “Shōgun”
• Allison Janney for “The Diplomat”
• Nicole Kidman for “Lioness”
• Skye P. Marshall for “Matlock”
• Anna Sawai for “Pachinko”
• Fiona Shaw for “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 for “English Teacher”
• Adam Brody for “Nobody Wants This”
• David Alan Grier for “St. Denis Medical”
• Steve Martin for “Only Murders in the Building”
• Kayvan Novak for “What We Do in the Shadows”
• Martin Short for “Only Murders in the Building”

Best Actress in a Comedy Series

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

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

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

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Liza Colón-Zayas for “The Bear”
• Hannah Einbinder for “Hacks”
• Janelle James for “Abbott Elementary”
• Stephanie Koenig for “English Teacher”
• Patti LuPone for “Agatha All Along”
• Annie Potts for “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 for “The Penguin”
• Richard Gadd for “Baby Reindeer”
• Tom Hollander for “FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans”
• Kevin Kline for “Disclaimer”
• Ewan McGregor for “A Gentleman in Moscow”
• Andrew Scott for “Ripley”

Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

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

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

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

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

• Dakota Fanning for “Ripley”
• Leila George for “Disclaimer”
• Betty Gilpin for “Three Women”
• Jessica Gunning for “Baby Reindeer”
• Deirdre O’Connell for “The Penguin”
• Kali Reis for “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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