Critics Choice Awards 2026 – The full list of nominations has been revealed!
All the words are uplifting 2026 Critics Choice Awards announced!
The awards show celebrates TV shows and movies and all the nominees were announced on Friday (December 5).
In movie episodes, They are sinners leading to 17 promotions while in the TV categories, Between friendship and adulthood leading to six nudes.
Hosted by Chelsea Handler For the fourth year in a row, The 2026 Critics Choice Awards Will the spirit remain in both e! and USA Network on Sunday, January 4, 2026 from 7:00-10:00 PM ET/PT. The Star-Studded Who Show will also be held at Barker Havalar in Santa Monica, Calif.
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Movie Suggestion:
Excellent picture
A type of bogonia
Frankenstein
Mine
Jay Kelly
Management by association
One battle after another
The sensitivity value
They are sinners
Train the dreams
Bad: good
A very good actor
Timothée Chalamet – marty high
Leonardo dicaprio – one fight after another
Joel Edterton – Dream Trains
Ethan hawke – blue moon
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
Wagner Moura – Secret Agent
A very good actor
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Rose byrne – if I had legs I would kick you
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
Renate Reinsve – The Value of Fascination
Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee
Emma Stone – Bugonia
Best supporting actor
Benicio del toro – one fight after another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Paul Mescal – Hamnet
Sean Penn – One fight after another
Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly
Stellan Skarsgård – The Price of Fascination
Best supporting actor
Elle FANYINININGINE – The Value of Sensitivity
Ariana Grande – Bad: Good
IBSdotter Lilleaas – The Value of Fascination
Amy Madigan – Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
Very good young actor / actress
Everett Blunck – The disease
Miles Caton – Sinners
Cary Christopher – Weapons
Shannon Mahina Gorman – employed family
Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet
You are a seductive girl
A very good director
Paul Thomas Anderson – One battle after another
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
Josh Safdie – Marty High
Joachim Trier – The Value of Fascination
Chloé zhao – hamnet
Excellent original screen
Noah Bambach, Emily Mortimer – Jay Kelly
Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie – Marty High
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Zach Cregger – Weapons
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby
Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier – The Value of Fascination
A very well adapted screenplay
Paul Thomas Anderson – One battle after another
Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar – Dream Trains
Park Chan-Wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, Jahye Lee – No Other Choice
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
Did Tracy – Bugonia
Chloe Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell – Hamnet
Excellent pitching and assembly
Nina Gold – Hamnet
Douglas Aibel, Nina Gold – Jay Kelly
Jennifer Venditti – Marty Wright
Cassandra Kulukundis – One battle after another
Francine Maisler – Sinners
Tiffany Little Council, Bernard Telsey – Bad: Good
Spicy ahead
Claudio Miranda – F1
Dan Laustsen – Frankenstein
Lukasz zal – hamnet
Michael Bauman – One battle after another
Autumn Durald Arkapaw – Sinners
Adolfo Veloso – Coaching Dreams
The best design for production
KASRA Farahani, Jille Azis – The Sweet Fourth: First Steps
Tamara Desvell, Shane Viau – Frankenstein
FIONA Crombie, Alice Felton – Hamnet
Jack fisk, Adam Willis – Marty Prighte
Hannah Beachler, Monique Champagne – Sinners
Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales – Bad: Good
Excellent arrangement
Kirk Baxter – House of Dynamite
Stephen Mirrione – F1
Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie – Marty High
Andy Jurgensen – One Battle After Another
Viridiana Lieberman – The Perfect Neighbor
Michael P. Shawver – Sinners
Best costume design
Kate Hawley – Frankenstein
Malgosia Tursanska – Hamnet
Lindsay Pugh – Hedda
Colleen Atwood, Christine Cantella – spider woman’s kiss
Ruth E. Carter – Sinners
Paul Tazewell – The Bad: Good
Excellent hair and makeup
The hair and makeup team – 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 – hit machine
Leo Satkovich, Meliza Satkoat, Jason Collins – Weapons
Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier, Laura Blount – bad: good
The best visual effects
Joe Letter, Richard Bheham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett – avatar: fire and ashes
Ryan Tudhope, Nikeah Forde, Robert Harrington, Nicolas Chevallier, Eric Leven, Edward Dawson – Keith Dawson – F1
Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, José Granell – Frankenstein
Alex Wuttke, Ian Lowe, Jeff Sutherland, Kirstin Hall – Mission: Impossible – The Final Countdown
Michael Ralla, esrnohl, Guido Wolter, Donnie Dean – Sinners
Stephane Ceretti, Enrico Damm, Stéphane Nazé, Guy Williams – Superman
Great Stunt design
Stephen Dunlevy, Kyle Gardiner, Jackson Spiderh, Jerson Marinas, Jan Petrina, Kingo Kósa-Gavalda – Ballerina
Gary Powell, Luciano Bacheta, Craig Dolby – F1
Wade Eastwood – Mission: Impossible – The Final Countdown
Brian Machleit – One fight after another
Andy Gill – Sinners
Giedrius Nagys – Warfare
A very good feature
A type of modeling hoop
You are drinking
In your dreams
KPOP demon hunters
Little amélie or rain character
Zootopia 2
Very good jokes
The ballad of Wallis Island
You were eternal
Relationship
A naked gun
Poini system
Splitsville
Foreign Language Film
It was just an accident
The girl on the left
There is no other choice
A secret agent
The woman didn’t think about it
-Selen
It’s the best song
“Drive” – Ed Sheeran, John Mayer, Blake Slatkin – F1
“Gold” – Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, Ido, 24, TEDDY – KPOP Demon Hurders
“I was lying” – Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson – Sinners
“Worn by the Sun” – Daniel Blumberg – Testament of Ann Lee
“Train the dreams” – Nick Cave, Bryce dessner – Train the dreams
“The girl in the bubble” – Stephen Schwartz – bad: good
Excellent score
Hans Zimmer – F1
Alexandre Desplat – Frankenstein
Max Richter – Hamnet
Daniel Lopatin – Marty the High
Jonny Greenwood – One Battle After Another
Ludwig Göransson – Sinners
Very good sound
Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta, Gareth John – F1
Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, Brad Zonnar, Greg Chapman – Frankenstein
Jose Antonio Garcia, Christopher Scarabosio, Tony Villaflor – one fight after another
Chris Welcker, Benny Burttt, BrandOn Proctor, Steve Boeddeker, Felipe Pacheco, David V. Butler – Sinners
Laia Casanovas – Sirat
Mitch low, Glenn Freemantle, Ben Barcher, Howard Bargroff, Richard Spooner – Warfare
TV Names:
Best Drama Series
Alien: Earth
Purpose
We are communicating with countries
Paradise
The pitt
A bullet
It’s too divisive
A given task
Best Actor in a Drama Series
Sterling K. Brown – Paradise
Diego Luna – Andor
Mark RuffAlo – Work
Adam Scott – Isolation
Billy Bob Thornton – Landman
Noah Wyle – The Pitt
The best actor in a drama series
Kathy Bates – Matlock
Carrie Coon – The Shaped Years
Britt Lower – Isolation
Bella Ramsey – The Last of Us
Keri Russell – Coplomat
Rhea Saehorn – Pluribus
Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama Series
Patrick Ball – The Pitt
Billy Crudup – The Morning Show
Ato Essondoh – Coplomat
Wood Harris – Forever
Tom Pelphrey – Work
Tramell Tillman – Deaverance
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Nicole Look – The Morning Show
Denee Benton – Critical Years
Allison Janney – Coplomat
Katherine Lanasa – The Pitt
Greta Lee – The Morning Show
Skye P. Marshall – Matlock
Best Comedy Series
Abbott Elementary
Elsbeth
Pillars
Hacks
Nobody wants this
The only execution in the building
Gemstones are fine
Studio
The best actor in a comic series
Adam Brody – Nobody wants this
Ted Danson – the man inside
David Alan Grier – St. Denis Medical
Danny McBride – Good Gems
Seth Rogen – Studio
Alexander Skarsgård – Matturbot
The best actor in a comic series
Kristen Bell – nobody wants this
Natasha Lyonne – Poker Face
Rose mciver – ghosts
EDI Patterson – Fine gems
Carrie Preston – Elsbeth
Jean Smart – Hacks
Best supporting actor in a comedy series
IKE Barinoltz – Studio
Paul W. Downs – Hacks
Asher Grodman – Ghosts
Oscar Nuñez – Paper
Chris Ferfetti – Abbott Elementary
Timothy Simons – Nobody Wants This
Best supporting actor in a comedy series
Danielle Brooks – Peacemaker
Hana einbinder – hacks
Janelle James – Abbott Elementary
Justine Lupe – Nobody wants this
Ego Nwodim – Saturday Night Live
Rebecca Winocky – Ghosts
The best series ever
Between friendship and adulthood
It’s all his fault
War Chief
Death by lightning
The Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Wacy
Dape Thief
Death by Sex
Maiden
The best movie made for television
Bridget Jones: Crazy about a boy
Deep cover
The good one
The head of the net
Nonnas
Summer of ’69
Best actor in a limited series or movie made for television
Michael Chernus – The Devil in Secret: John Wayne Wacy
Stephen Graham – The Agency
Brian Tyree Henry – Dape Thief
Charlie Hunnan – Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Matthew Rhys – Beast to me
Michael Shannon – Death by Lightning
Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
Jessica Biel – the best sister
Meghnn Fahy – Sirens
Sarah Snook – it’s all her fault
Michelle Williams – Death by Sex
Robin Wright – girlfriend
Renée Zellweger – Bridget Jones: Mad about the boy
Best supporting actor in a limited series or movie made for television
Owen Cooper – Youth
Wagner Moura – Dape Isela
Nick Provider – Death by lightning
Michael Peña – it’s all his fault
Ashley Walters – Youth
Ramy Youssef – Mountainhead
Best supporting actor in a limited series or movie made for television
Erin Doherty – Youth
Betty Gilpin – Death by Lightning
Marin Ireland – Hidden Devil: John Wayne Wacy
Sophia Lillis – it’s all her fault
Julianne Moore – Sirens
Christine Tremarco – Youth
The leading foreign language series
Enter the acculco
The last samurai standing
Mussolini: son of the century
Red Alert
Squid game
When no one sees us
Excellent series
Bob’s Burgers
Harley quinn
Long story short
Marvel Zombies
South park
Your friendly neighbor spider-man
A very good talk show
Daily show
What’s hot
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Late Night with Seti Meyers
The late Stephen Colbert show
Watch what’s happening live with Andy Cohen
The best series ever
Conan O’Brien has to go
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Saturday night live
Best Comedy Special
Brett Goldstein: The Second Greatest Night of Your Life
Caleb Seeron: Model Comedian
Leanne Morgan: Unexplainable Things
Marc Maron: scared
Sarah Silverman: Postmortem
SNL50: A Special Anniversary
