Critics’ Choice Awards 2026: Winners List [‘Sinners’, ‘One Battle After Another,’ & More]

Published: Monday 5th Jan 2026 by Sam
Critics' Choice Awards 2026: Winners List

It’s officially award season, and the latest ceremony to assemble Hollywood’s biggest names was the 31st Annual Critics’ Choice Awards. 

Saluting excellence in the realms of film and television, the show took place at The Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.

The night brought with it major wins for Sinners,’ which saw Miles Caton honored as Best Young Talent.

Behind the camera, Ryan Coogler took Best Original Screenplay also for ‘Sinners,’ while Ludwig Göransson brought it home with the Best Score win for the same project.

‘One Battle After Another,’ starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Teyana Taylor, scored Best Picture,

On the TV side, Janelle James landed Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for ‘Abbott Elementary,’ adding another headline moment for the culture.

Check out the memorable moment, as well as the full list of winners, after the jump…

Best Picture

  • One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
  • Bugonia (Focus Features)
  • Frankenstein (Netflix)
  • Hamnet (Focus Features)
  • Jay Kelly (Netflix)
  • Marty Supreme (A24)
  • Sentimental Value (Neon)
  • Sinners (Warner Bros.)
  • Train Dreams (Netflix)
  • Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)

Best Actor

  • Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme (A24)
  • Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
  • Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams (Netflix)
  • Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
  • Michael B. Jordan – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
  • Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent (Neon)

Best Actress

  • Jessie Buckley – Hamnet (Focus Features)
  • Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (A24)
  • Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
  • Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value (Neon)
  • Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee (Searchlight Pictures)
  • Emma Stone – Bugonia (Focus Features)

Best Supporting Actor

  • Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein (Netflix)
  • Benicio Del Toro – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
  • Paul Mescal – Hamnet (Focus Features)
  • Sean Penn – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
  • Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly (Netflix)
  • Stellan Skarsgard – Sentimental Value (Neon)

Best Supporting Actress

  • Amy Madigan – Weapons (Warner Bros.)
  • Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value (Neon)
  • Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
  • Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value (Neon)
  • Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
  • Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)

Best Young Actor / Actress

  • Miles Caton – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
  • Everett Blunck – The Plague (Independent Film Company)
  • Cary Christopher – Weapons (Warner Bros.)
  • Shannon Mahina Gorman – Rental Family (Searchlight Pictures)
  • Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet (Focus Features)
  • Nina Ye – Left-Handed Girl (Netflix)

Best Director

  • Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
  • Ryan Coogler – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
  • Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein (Netflix)
  • Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme (A24)
  • Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value (Neon)
  • Chloé Zhao – Hamnet (Focus Features)

Best Original Screenplay

  • Ryan Coogler – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
  • Noah Baumbach, Emily Mortimer – Jay Kelly (Netflix)
  • Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme (A24)
  • Zach Cregger – Weapons (Warner Bros.)
  • Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby (A24)
  • Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value (Neon)

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
  • Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar – Train Dreams (Netflix)
  • Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don Mckellar, Jahye Lee – No Other Choice (Neon)
  • Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein (Netflix)
  • Will Tracy – Bugonia (Focus Features)
  • Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell – Hamnet (Focus Features)

Best Casting and Ensemble

  • Francine Maisler – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
  • Nina Gold – Hamnet (Focus Features)
  • Douglas Aibel, Nina Gold – Jay Kelly (Netflix)
  • Jennifer Venditti – Marty Supreme (A24)
  • Cassandra Kulukundis – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
  • Tiffany Little Canfield, Bernard Telsey – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)

Best Production Design

  • Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau – Frankenstein (Netflix)
  • Kasra Farahani, Jille Azis – The Fantastic Four: First Steps (Marvel Studios)
  • Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton – Hamnet (Focus Features)
  • Jack Fisk, Adam Willis – Marty Supreme (A24)
  • Hannah Beachler, Monique Champagne – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
  • Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)

Best Editing

  • Stephen Mirrione – F1 (Apple Original Films)
  • Kirk Baxter – A House of Dynamite (Netflix)
  • Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme (A24)
  • Andy Jurgensen – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
  • Viridiana Lieberman – The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix)
  • Michael P. Shawver – Sinners (Warner Bros.)

Best Costume Design

  • Kate Hawley – Frankenstein (Netflix)
  • Malgosia Turzanska – Hamnet (Focus Features)
  • Lindsay Pugh – Hedda (Amazon MGM Studios)
  • Colleen Atwood, Christine Cantella – Kiss of the Spider Woman (Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions)
  • Ruth E. Carter – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
  • Paul Tazewell – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)

Best Hair and Makeup

  • Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey – Frankenstein (Netflix)
  • Flora Moody, John Nolan – 28 Years Later (Sony Pictures)
  • Siân Richards, Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine, Shunika Terry – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
  • Kazu Hiro, Felix Fox, Mia Neal – The Smashing Machine (A24)
  • Leo Satkovich, Melizah Wheat, Jason Collins – Weapons (Warner Bros.)
  • Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier, Laura Blount – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)

Best Visual Effects

  • Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett – Avatar: Fire and Ash (20th Century Studios)
  • Ryan Tudhope, Nikeah Forde, Robert Harrington, Nicolas Chevallier, Eric Leven, Edward Price, Keith Dawson – F1 (Apple Original Films)
  • Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, José Granell – Frankenstein (Netflix)
  • Alex Wuttke, Ian Lowe, Jeff Sutherland, Kirstin Hall – Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Paramount Pictures)
  • Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter, Donnie Dean – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
  • Stephane Ceretti, Enrico Damm, Stéphane Nazé, Guy Williams – Superman (Warner Bros.)

Best Stunt Design

  • Wade Eastwood – Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Paramount Pictures)
  • Stephen Dunlevy, Kyle Gardiner, Jackson Spidell, Jeremy Marinas, Jan Petřina, Domonkos Párdányi, Kinga Kósa-Gavalda – Ballerina (Lionsgate)
  • Gary Powell, Luciano Bacheta, Craig Dolby – F1 (Apple Original Films)
  • Brian Machleit – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
  • Andy Gill – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
  • Giedrius Nagys – Warfare (A24)

Best Animated Feature

  • KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
  • Arco (Neon)
  • Elio (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
  • In Your Dreams (Netflix)
  • Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (GKIDS)
  • Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Animation Studios)

Best Comedy

  • The Naked Gun (Paramount)
  • The Ballad of Wallis Island (Focus Features)
  • Eternity (A24)
  • Friendship (A24)
  • The Phoenician Scheme (Focus Features)
  • Splitsville (Neon)

Best Foreign Language Film

  • The Secret Agent (Neon)
  • It Was Just an Accident (Neon)
  • Left-Handed Girl (Netflix)
  • No Other Choice (Neon)
  • Sirat (Neon)
  • Belén (Amazon MGM Studios)

Best Song

  • “Golden” – Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, Ido, 24, Teddy – KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
  • “Drive” – Ed Sheeran, John Mayer, Blake Slatkin – F1 (Apple Original Films)
  • “I Lied to You” – Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
  • “Clothed by the Sun” – Daniel Blumberg – The Testament of Ann Lee (Searchlight Pictures)
  • “Train Dreams” – Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner – Train Dreams (Netflix)
  • “The Girl in the Bubble” – Stephen Schwartz – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)

Best Score

  • Ludwig Göransson – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
  • Hans Zimmer – F1 (Apple Original Films)
  • Alexandre Desplat – Frankenstein (Netflix)
  • Max Richter – Hamnet (Focus Features)
  • Daniel Lopatin – Marty Supreme (A24)
  • Jonny Greenwood – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)

Best Sound

  • Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta, Gareth John – F1 (Apple Original Films)
  • Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern, Greg Chapman – Frankenstein (Netflix)
  • Jose Antonio Garcia, Christopher Scarabosio, Tony Villaflor – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
  • Chris Welcker, Benny Burtt, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker, Felipe Pacheco, David V. Butler – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
  • Laia Casanovas – Sirat (Neon)
  • Mitch Low, Glenn Freemantle, Ben Barker, Howard Bargroff, Richard Spooner – Warfare (A24)

Best Drama Series

  • The Pitt (HBO Max)
  • Alien: Earth (FX)
  • Andor (Disney+)
  • The Diplomat (Netflix)
  • Paradise (Hulu)
  • Pluribus (Apple TV)
  • Severance (Apple TV)
  • Task (HBO Max)

Best Actor in a Drama Series

  • Noah Wyle – The Pitt (HBO Max)
  • Sterling K. Brown – Paradise (Hulu)
  • Diego Luna – Andor (Disney+)
  • Mark Ruffalo – Task (HBO Max)
  • Adam Scott – Severance (Apple TV)
  • Billy Bob Thornton – Landman (Paramount+)

Best Actress in a Drama Series

  • Rhea Seehorn – Pluribus (Apple TV)
  • Kathy Bates – Matlock (CBS)
  • Carrie Coon – The Gilded Age (HBO Max)
  • Britt Lower – Severance (Apple TV)
  • Bella Ramsey – The Last of Us (HBO Max)
  • Keri Russell – The Diplomat (Netflix)

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

  • Tramell Tillman – Severance (Apple TV)
  • Patrick Ball – The Pitt (HBO Max)
  • Billy Crudup – The Morning Show (Apple TV)
  • Ato Essandoh – The Diplomat (Netflix)
  • Wood Harris – Forever (Netflix)
  • Tom Pelphrey – Task (HBO Max)

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

  • Katherine LaNasa – The Pitt (HBO Max)
  • Nicole Beharie – The Morning Show (Apple TV)
  • Denée Benton – The Gilded Age (HBO Max)
  • Allison Janney – The Diplomat (Netflix)
  • Greta Lee – The Morning Show (Apple TV)
  • Skye P. Marshall – Matlock (CBS)

Best Comedy Series

  • The Studio (Apple TV)
  • Abbott Elementary (ABC)
  • Elsbeth (CBS)
  • Ghosts (CBS)
  • Hacks (HBO Max)
  • Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
  • Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
  • The Righteous Gemstones (HBO Max)

Best Actor in a Comedy Series

  • Seth Rogen – The Studio (Apple TV)
  • Adam Brody – Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
  • Ted Danson – A Man on the Inside (Netflix)
  • David Alan Grier – St. Denis Medical (NBC)
  • Danny McBride – The Righteous Gemstones (HBO Max)
  • Alexander Skarsgard – Murderbot (Apple TV)

Best Actress in a Comedy Series

  • Jean Smart – Hacks (HBO Max)
  • Kristen Bell – Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
  • Natasha Lyonne – Poker Face (Peacock)
  • Rose McIver – Ghosts (CBS)
  • Edi Patterson – The Righteous Gemstones (HBO Max)
  • Carrie Preston – Elsbeth (CBS)

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

  • Ike Barinholtz – The Studio (Apple TV)
  • Paul W. Downs – Hacks (HBO Max)
  • Asher Grodman – Ghosts (CBS)
  • Oscar Nuñez – The Paper (Peacock)
  • Chris Perfetti – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
  • Timothy Simons – Nobody Wants This (Netflix)

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

  • Janelle James – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
  • Danielle Brooks – Peacemaker (HBO Max)
  • Hannah Einbinder – Hacks (HBO Max)
  • Justine Lupe – Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
  • Ego Nwodim – Saturday Night Live (NBC)
  • Rebecca Wisocky – Ghosts (CBS)

Best Limited Series

  • Adolescence (Netflix)
  • All Her Fault (Peacock)
  • Chief of War (Apple TV)
  • Death by Lightning (Netflix)
  • Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy (Peacock)
  • Dope Thief (Apple TV)
  • Dying for Sex (FX on Hulu)
  • The Girlfriend (Prime Video)

Best Movie Made for Television

  • Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (Peacock)
  • Deep Cover (Prime Video)
  • The Gorge (Apple TV)
  • Mountainhead (HBO Max)
  • Nonnas (Netflix)
  • Summer of ’69 (Hulu)

Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

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

Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

  • Sarah Snook – All Her Fault (Peacock)
  • Jessica Biel – The Better Sister (Prime Video)
  • Meghann Fahy – Sirens (Netflix)
  • Michelle Williams – Dying for Sex (FX on Hulu)
  • Robin Wright – The Girlfriend (Prime Video)
  • Renée Zellweger – Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (Peacock)

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

  • Owen Cooper – Adolescence (Netflix)
  • Wagner Moura – Dope Thief (Apple TV)
  • Nick Offerman – Death by Lightning (Netflix)
  • Michael Peña – All Her Fault (Peacock)
  • Ashley Walters – Adolescence (Netflix)
  • Ramy Youssef – Mountainhead (HBO Max)

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

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

Best Foreign Language Series

  • Squid Game (Netflix)
  • Acapulco (Apple TV)
  • Last Samurai Standing (Netflix)
  • Mussolini: Son of the Century (Mubi)
  • Red Alert (Paramount+)
  • When No One Sees Us (HBO Max)

Best Animated Series

  • South Park (Comedy Central)
  • Bob’s Burgers (Fox)
  • Harley Quinn (HBO Max)
  • Long Story Short (Netflix)
  • Marvel Zombies (Disney+)
  • Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (Disney+)

Best Talk Show

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
  • The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
  • Hot Ones (YouTube)
  • Late Night With Seth Meyers (NBC)
  • The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS)
  • Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen (Bravo)

Best Variety Series

  • Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO Max)
  • Conan O’Brien Must Go (HBO Max)
  • Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Best Comedy Special

  • SNL50: The Anniversary Special (NBC)
  • Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life (HBO Max)
  • Caleb Hearon: Model Comedian (HBO Max)
  • Leanne Morgan: Unspeakable Things (Netflix)
  • Marc Maron: Panicked (HBO Max)
  • Sarah Silverman: PostMortem (Netflix)

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