2026 Critics Choice Winners

Best Picture

Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Jay Kelly
Marty Supreme
👑 One Battle After Another
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
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
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
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
Paul Mescal — Hamnet
Sean Penn — One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård — Sentimental Value

Best Supporting Actress

👑 Amy Madigan — Weapons
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
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

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
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
Zach Cregger — Weapons

Best Cinematography

👑 Adolpho Veloso — Train Dreams
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
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
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
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

Best Sound

👑 Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta, Gareth John — F1
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
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
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
“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
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

Best Comedy

Eternity
Friendship
Splitsville
The Ballad of Wallis Island
👑 The Naked Gun
The Phoenician Scheme

Best Young Actor/Actress

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