Winners of the 2026 Critics’ Choice Awards

You know the drill, but if you don’t, the annual Critics’ Choice Awards have rolled out once again. It is an award ceremony decided by the Critics’ Choice Association, which is made up of 600 film critics and Journalists. It was hosted by comedian Chelsea Handler for the fourth time in a row, and on Sunday at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, the awards were tallied and handed out to numerous categories, such as Best Picture, Best Actress, and more. But now, let’s see what the best film-related categories of this year were voted as.

Best Picture

WINNER: One Battle After Another
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good

Best Actor

WINNER: Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
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

WINNER: 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
Emma Stone, Bugonia

Best Supporting Actor

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

Best Supporting Actress

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

Best Young Actor/Actress

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

Best Director

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

Best Cinematography

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

Best Production Design

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

Best Costume Design

WINNER: 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 Animated Feature

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

Best Comedy

WINNER: The Naked Gun
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Eternity
Friendship
Splitsville

Best Foreign Language Film

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

Best Song

WINNER: “Golden,” Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, Ido, 24, and Teddy, KPop Demon Hunters
“Drive,” Ed Sheeran, John Mayer, and Blake Slatkin, F1
“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 Sound

WINNER: F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirāt
Warfare

Best Drama Series

WINNER: The Pitt
Alien: Earth 
Andor
The Diplomat
Paradise
Pluribus

Best Actor in a Drama Series

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

Best Actress in a Drama Series

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

Best Comedy Series

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

Best Animated Series

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

Best Talk Show

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