Critics Choice Awards 2026: Check full list of winners

Awards season has officially started. The 31st annual Critics Choice Awards 2026 were held tonight in Los Angeles, where top films and TV shows were honored.

Director Paul Thomas Anderson won Best Director for his highly praised film One Battle After Another. The movie also won Best Picture, making it one of the biggest winners of the night. Amy Madigan won Best Supporting Actress for her role as Aunt Gladys in Weapons, a performance that impressed critics. Jacob Elordi won Best Supporting Actor for Frankenstein.

On the television side, Seth Rogen’s The Studio had a strong night, winning Best Comedy Series, Best Supporting Actor for Ike Barinholtz (Sal Saperstein), and Best Actor for Seth Rogen. Rhea Seehorn won Best Actress in a Drama Series for Pluribus, beating several big names. Jean Smart continued her winning streak by taking Best Actress in a Comedy Series.

Check out the full list of winners below!

Best Picture

Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Jay Kelly
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another — WINNER
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams
Wicked: For Good

Best Actor

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

Best Actress

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
Emma Stone, Bugonia
Jessie Buckley, Hamnet — WINNER

Best Foreign Language Film

Belén
It Was Just an Accident
Left-Handed Girl
No Other Choice
The Secret Agent — WINNER
Sirāt

Best Director

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

Best Drama Series

Alien: Earth
Andor
The Diplomat
Paradise
The Pitt — WINNER
Pluribus
Severance
Task

Best Actress in a Drama Series

Kathy Bates, Matlock
Carrie Coon, The Gilded Age
Britt Lower, Severance
Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us
Keri Russell, The Diplomat
Rhea Seehorn, Pluribus — WINNER

Best Actor in a Drama Series

Sterling K. Brown, Paradise
Diego Luna, Andor
Mark Ruffalo, Task
Adam Scott, Severance
Billy Bob Thornton, Landman
Noah Wyle, The Pitt — WINNER

Best Supporting Actress

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

Best Supporting Actor

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

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Patrick Ball, The Pitt
Billy Crudup, The Morning Show
Ato Essandoh, The Diplomat
Wood Harris, Forever
Tom Pelphrey, Task
Tramell Tillman, Severance — WINNER

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Nicole Beharie, The Morning Show
Denée Benton, The Gilded Age
Allison Janney, The Diplomat
Katherine LaNasa, The Pitt — WINNER
Greta Lee, The Morning Show
Skye P. Marshall, Matlock

Best Comedy Series

The Studio — WINNER
Abbott Elementary
Elsbeth
Ghosts
Hacks
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders in the Building
The Righteous Gemstones

Best Actress in a Comedy Series

Kristen Bell, Nobody Wants This
Natasha Lyonne, Poker Face
Rose McIver, Ghosts
Edi Patterson, The Righteous Gemstones
Carrie Preston, Elsbeth
Jean Smart, Hacks — WINNER

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Ike Barinholtz, The Studio — WINNER
Paul W. Downs, Hacks
Asher Grodman, Ghosts
Oscar Nuñez, The Paper
Chris Perfetti, Abbott Elementary
Timothy Simons, Nobody Wants This

Best Actor in a Comedy Series

Adam Brody, Nobody Wants This
Ted Danson, A Man on the Inside
David Alan Grier, St. Denis Medical
Danny McBride, The Righteous Gemstones
Seth Rogen, The Studio — WINNER
Alexander Skarsgård, Murderbot

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Danielle Brooks, Peacemaker
Hannah Einbinder, Hacks
Janelle James, Abbott Elementary — WINNER
Justine Lupe, Nobody Wants This
Ego Nwodim, Saturday Night Live
Rebecca Wisocky, Ghosts

Best Talk Show

The Daily Show
Hot Ones
Jimmy Kimmel Live! — WINNER
Late Night With Seth Meyers
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen

Best Casting and Ensemble

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

Best Limited Series

Adolescence — WINNER
All Her Fault
Chief of War
Death by Lightning
Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy
Dope Thief
Dying for Sex
The Girlfriend

Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

Jessica Biel, The Better Sister
Meghann Fahy, Sirens
Sarah Snook, All Her Fault — WINNER
Michelle Williams, Dying for Sex
Robin Wright, The Girlfriend
Renée Zellweger, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

Michael Chernus, Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy
Stephen Graham, Adolescence — WINNER
Brian Tyree Henry, Dope Thief
Charlie Hunnam, Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Matthew Rhys, The Beast in Me
Michael Shannon, Death by Lightning

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

Owen Cooper, Adolescence — WINNER
Wagner Moura, Dope Thief
Nick Offerman, Death by Lightning
Michael Peña, All Her Fault
Ashley Walters, Adolescence
Ramy Youssef, Mountainhead

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

Erin Doherty, Adolescence — WINNER
Betty Gilpin, Death by Lightning
Marin Ireland, Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy
Sophia Lillis, All Her Fault
Julianne Moore, Sirens
Christine Tremarco, Adolescence

Best Young Actor / Actress

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

Best Animated Feature

Arco
Elio
In Your Dreams
KPop Demon Hunters — WINNER
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2

Best Song

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

Best Original Screenplay

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

Best Adapted Screenplay

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

Best Score

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

Best Movie Made for Television

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy — WINNER
Deep Cover
The Gorge
Mountainhead
Nonnas
Summer of ’69

Best Foreign Language Series

Acapulco
Last Samurai Standing
Mussolini: Son of the Century
Red Alert
Squid Game — WINNER
When No One Sees Us

Best Animated Series

Bob’s Burgers
Harley Quinn
Long Story Short
Marvel Zombies
South Park — WINNER
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

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