2026 Critics Choice Award (CCA) Winners

January 4, 2026 | Lisa Hatzenbeller

31st annual Critics Choice Award (CCA) winners were announced at the ceremony hosted by Chelsea Handler. Frankenstein and Sinners tie with four wins each, while One Battle After Another snags three wins.

Critics Choice Awards winners graphic with some of the winners from the Critics' Choice Awards and the Critics Choice trophy

The Scorecard
Frankenstein4/11 (36%)
Sinners4/17 (24%)
One Battle After Another3/14 (21%)

Full List of Winners:

Best Picture
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Jay Kelly
Marty Supreme
👑 One Battle After Another (Winner)
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams
Wicked: For Good
Best Director
Chloé Zhao – Hamnet
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
👑 Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another (Winner)
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Best Actor
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
👑 Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme (Winner)
Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent
Best Actress
Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
Emma Stone – Bugonia
👑 Jessie Buckley – Hamnet (Winner)
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Best Supporting Actor
Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly
Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
👑 Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein (Winner)
Paul Mescal – Hamnet
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value
Best Supporting Actress
👑 Amy Madigan – Weapons (Winner)
Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good
Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Best Casting and Ensemble
Cassandra Kulukundis – One Battle After Another
Douglas Aibel, Nina Gold – Jay Kelly
👑 Francine Maisler – Sinners (Winner)
Jennifer Venditti – Marty Supreme
Nina Gold – Hamnet
Tiffany Little Canfield, Bernard Telsey – Wicked: For Good
Best Stunt Design
Andy Gill – Sinners
Brian Machleit – One Battle After Another
Gary Powell, Luciano Bacheta, Craig Dolby – F1
Giedrius Nagys – Warfare
Stephen Dunlevy, Kyle Gardiner, Jackson Spidell, Jeremy Marinas, Jan Petřina, Domonkos Párdányi, Kinga Kósa-Gavalda – Ballerina
👑 Wade Eastwood – Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Winner)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell – Hamnet
Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar – Train Dreams
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, Jahye Lee – No Other Choice
👑 Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another (Winner)
Will Tracy – Bugonia
Best Original Screenplay
Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby
Noah Baumbach, Emily Mortimer – Jay Kelly
Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
👑 Ryan Coogler – Sinners (Winner)
Zach Cregger – Weapons
Best Cinematography
👑 Adolpho Veloso – Train Dreams (Winner)
Autumn Durald Arkapaw – Sinners
Claudio Miranda – F1
Dan Laustsen – Frankenstein
Łukasz Żal – Hamnet
Michael Bauman – One Battle After Another
Best Costume Design
Colleen Atwood, Christine Cantella – Kiss of the Spider Woman
👑 Kate Hawley – Frankenstein (Winner)
Lindsay Pugh – Hedda
Malgosia Turzanska – Hamnet
Paul Tazewell – Wicked: For Good
Ruth E. Carter – Sinners
Best Editing
Andy Jurgensen – One Battle After Another
Kirk Baxter – A House of Dynamite
Michael P. Shawver – Sinners
Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
👑 Stephen Mirrione – F1 (Winner)
Viridiana Lieberman – The Perfect Neighbor
Best Hair and Makeup
Flora Moody, John Nolan – 28 Years Later
Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier, Laura Blount – Wicked: For Good
Kazu Hiro, Felix Fox, Mia Neal – The Smashing Machine
Leo Satkovich, Melizah Wheat, Jason Collins – Weapons
👑 Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey – Frankenstein (Winner)
Siân Richards, Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine, Shunika Terry – Sinners
Best Production Design
Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton – Hamnet
Hannah Beachler, Monique Champagne – Sinners
Jack Fisk, Adam Willis – Marty Supreme
Kasra Farahani, Jille Azis – The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales – Wicked: For Good
👑 Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau – Frankenstein (Winner)
Best Sound
👑 Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta, Gareth John – F1 (Winner)
Chris Welcker, Benny Burtt, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker, Felipe Pacheco, David V. Butler – Sinners
Jose Antonio Garcia, Christopher Scarabosio, Tony Villaflor – One Battle After Another
Laia Casanovas – Sirāt
Mitch Low, Glenn Freemantle, Ben Barker, Howard Bargroff, Richard Spooner – Warfare
Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern, Greg Chapman – Frankenstein
Best Visual Effects
Alex Wuttke, Ian Lowe, Jeff Sutherland, Kirstin Hall – Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, José Granell – Frankenstein
👑 Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett – Avatar: Fire and Ash (Winner)
Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter, Donnie Dean – Sinners
Ryan Tudhope, Nikeah Forde, Robert Harrington, Nicolas Chevallier, Eric Leven, Edward Price, Keith Dawson – F1
Stephane Ceretti, Enrico Damm, Stéphane Nazé, Guy Williams – Superman
Best Score
Alexandre Desplat – Frankenstein
Daniel Lopatin – Marty Supreme
Hans Zimmer – F1
Jonny Greenwood – One Battle After Another
👑 Ludwig Göransson – Sinners (Winner)
Max Richter – Hamnet
Best Song
“Clothed by the Sun” – Daniel Blumberg – The Testament of Ann Lee
“Drive” – Ed Sheeran, John Mayer, Blake Slatkin – F1
👑 “Golden” – Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, Ido, 24, Teddy – KPop Demon Hunters (Winner)
“I Lied to You” – Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson – Sinners
“The Girl in the Bubble” – Stephen Schwartz – Wicked: For Good
“Train Dreams” – Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner – Train Dreams
Best Animated Feature
Arco
Elio
In Your Dreams
👑 KPop Demon Hunters (Winner)
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2
Best Foreign Language Film
Belén
It Was Just an Accident
Left-Handed Girl
No Other Choice
Sirāt
👑 The Secret Agent (Winner)
Best Comedy
Eternity
Friendship
Splitsville
The Ballad of Wallis Island
👑 The Naked Gun (Winner)
The Phoenician Scheme
Best Young Actor/Actress
Cary Christopher – Weapons
Everett Blunck – The Plague
Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet
👑 Miles Caton – Sinners (Winner)
Nina Ye – Left-Handed Girl
Shannon Mahina Gorman – Rental Family

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