2026 Critics Choice Nominations

Best Picture

Best Director

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

Best Actor

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

Best Actress

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

Best Supporting Actor

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

Best Supporting Actress

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

Best Casting and Ensemble

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

Best Stunt Design

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

Best Adapted Screenplay

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

Best Original Screenplay

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

Best Cinematography

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

Best Costume Design

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

Best Editing

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

Best Hair and Makeup

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

Best Production Design

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

Best Sound

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

Best Visual Effects

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

Best Score

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

Best Song

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

Best Animated Feature

Best Foreign Language Film

Best Comedy

Best Young Actor/Actress

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