The 31st Critics’ Choice Awards took place on Monday, January 5, 2026, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, celebrating the best in film and television as chosen by critics from around the world. The event attracted notable celebrities, filmmakers and industry professionals, making it one of the most anticipated nights in the entertainment calendar.

Among major accolades, Stephen Graham and Owen Cooper received critical recognition for their performances in the limited series. adolescenceGraham won Best Actor in a Limited Series, while 16-year-old Cooper was awarded Best Supporting Actor in the same category, highlighted by the panel of critics as an emerging talent, Their wins were met with rapturous applause, with both actors expressing their gratitude to the show’s creators and their fellow cast members during heartfelt acceptance speeches,

The Critics’ Choice Awards also honored other outstanding performances and technical achievements. Sarah Snook won Best Actress in a Limited Series for her role it’s all his faultErin Doherty was named Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series, with both actors praised for their compelling portrayals, These wins underlined the importance of strong female leads in contemporary television, reflecting a broader trend toward more nuanced storytelling,

Check out the full list of winners here:

Best Young Actor/Actress
Everett Blunk – The Plague (Independent Film Company)
winner: Miles Caton – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Cary Christopher – Weapon (Warner Bros.)
Shannon Mahina Gorman – Family for Rent (Searchlight Pictures)
Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Nina Yeh – Left Handed Girl (Netflix)

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Patrick Ball – The Pit (HBO Max)
Billy Crudup – The Morning Show (Apple TV)
Ato Essandoh – The Diplomat (Netflix)
Wood Harris – Forever (Netflix)
Tom Pelphrey – Task (HBO Max)
winner: Trammell Tillman – Severance (Apple TV)

best picture
Bugonia (Focus Features)
Frankenstein (Netflix)
Hamnet (Focus Features)
Jay Kelly (Netflix)
Marti Supreme (A24)
winner:One on One Fight (Warner Bros.)
sentimental value (neon)
The Sinner (Warner Bros.)
Train Dreams (Netflix)
Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)

best Actor
winner: Timothee Chalamet – Marty Supreme (A24)
Leonardo DiCaprio – One on One Fight (Warner Bros.)
Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams (Netflix)
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
Michael B. Jordan – Sinner (Warner Bros.)
Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent (Neon)

best Actress
Winner: Jessie Buckley – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (A24)
Chase Infinity – One on One Battle (Warner Bros.)
Renate Reinsway – Sentimental Value (Neon)
Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee (Searchlight Pictures)
Emma Stone – Bugonia (Focus Features)

Best Supporting Actor
Benicio del Toro – One on One Fight (Warner Bros.)
winner: Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Paul Mescal – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Sean Penn – One on One Fight (Warner Bros.)
Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly (Netflix)
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value (Neon)

best Supporting Actress
Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value (Neon)
Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Inga Ibsdotter Lilias – Sentimental Value (Neon)
winner:Amy Madigan – Weapons (Warner Bros.)
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinner (Warner Bros.)
Teyana Taylor – One on One Fight (Warner Bros.)

best director
Winner: Paul Thomas Anderson – One on One Fight (Warner Bros.)
Ryan Coogler – The Sinner (Warner Bros.)
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme (A24)
Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value (Neon)
Chloé Zhao – Hamnet (Focus Features)

Best Casting and Ensemble
Nina Gould – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Douglas Aibel, Nina Gold – Jay Kelly (Netflix)
Jennifer Venditti – Marti Supreme (A24)
Cassandra Kulukundis – One on One Fight (Warner Bros.)
winner:Francine Massler – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Tiffany Little Canfield, Bernard Telsey – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)

best dress design
winner: Kate Hawley – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Malgosia Turzanska – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Lindsay Pugh – Hedda (Amazon MGM Studios)
Colleen Atwood, Christine Cantella – Kiss of the Spider Woman (Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions)
Ruth E. Carter – Sinner (Warner Bros.)
Paul Tazewell – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)

Best Hair and Makeup
Hair and Makeup Team – 28 Years Later (Sony Pictures)
winner: Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, Cliona Fury – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Sean Richards, Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine, Shunika Terry – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Kazu Hiro, Felix Fox, Mia Neal – The Smashing Machine (A24)
Leo Satkovich, Meliza Wheat, Jason Collins – Weapons (Warner Bros.)
Francis Hannan, Mark Coulier, Laura Blount – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)

best visual effects
winner: Joe Letteri, Richard Banham, Eric Senden, Daniel Barrett – Avatar: Fire and Ash (20th Century Studios)
Ryan Tudhope, Nike Ford, Robert Harrington, Nicolas Chevalier, Eric Leven, Edward Price, Keith Dawson – F1 (Apple Original Films)
Denis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, Jose Granel – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Alex Wuttke, Ian Lowe, Jeff Sutherland, Kirstin Hall – Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Paramount Pictures)
Michael Raila, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter, Donnie Dean – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Stefan Ceretti, Enrico Damm, Stefan Naz, Guy Williams – Superman (Warner Bros.)

Best Animated Feature
Arco (neon)
Elio (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
winner:In Your Dreams (Netflix)
Kpop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
Little Amalie or Rain’s Character (GKIDS)
Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Animation Studios)

best comedy
Ballad of Wallis Island (Focus Features)
Eternity (A24)
Friendship (A24)
winner:The Naked Gun (Paramount)
Phoenician plan (focus features)
Splitsville (Neon)

Best Foreign Language Film
It was just an accident (Neon)
The Left Handed Girl (Netflix)
No Other Choice (Neon)
winner:Secret Agent (Neon)
Sirat (Neon)
Belen (Amazon MGM Studios)

best song
“Drive” – Ed Sheeran, John Mayer, Blake Slatkin – F1 (Apple Original Films)
Winner: “Golden” – AJ, Mark Sonnenblick, Ido, 24, Teddy – Kpop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
“I Lied To You” – Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Gransson – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
“Clothed by the Sun” – Daniel Blumberg – The Testament of Ann Lee (Searchlight Pictures)
“Train Dreams” – Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner – Train Dreams (Netflix)
“The Girl in the Bubble” – Stephen Schwartz – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)

Best Drama Series
Alien: Earth (FX)
Andor (Disney+)
The Diplomat (Netflix)
Heaven (Hulu)
Winner: The Pit (HBO Max)
Pluribus (Apple TV)
Dissection (Apple TV)
Work (HBO Max)

Best Actor in a Drama Series
Sterling K. Brown – Paradise (Hulu)
Diego Luna – Andor (Disney+)
Mark Ruffalo – Task (HBO Max)
Adam Scott – Severance (Apple TV)
Billy Bob Thornton – Landman (Paramount+)
winner:Noah Wyle – The Pit (HBO Max)

Best Actress in a Drama Series
Kathy Bates – Matlock (CBS)
Carrie Coon – The Gilded Age (HBO Max)
Britt Lower – Severance (Apple TV)
Bella Ramsey – The Last of Us (HBO Max)
Keri Russell – The Diplomat (Netflix)
Winner: Rhea Seehorn – Pluribus (Apple TV)

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Nicole Beharie – The Morning Show (Apple TV)
Dayne Benton – The Gilded Age (HBO Max)
Allison Janney – The Diplomat (Netflix)
winner: Katherine LaNasa – The Pit (HBO Max)
Greta Lee – The Morning Show (Apple TV)
Skye P. Marshall – Matlock (CBS)

Best Comedy Series
Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Elsbeth (CBS)
Ghost (CBS)
Hacks (HBO Max)
Nobody Wants It (Netflix)
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
Righteous Gemstones (HBO Max)
winner:Studio (Apple TV)

Best Actor in a Comedy Series
Adam Brody – Nobody Wants It (Netflix)
Ted Danson – A Man on the Inside (Netflix)
David Alan Grier – St. Denis Medical (NBC)
Danny McBride – The Righteous Gemstones (HBO Max)
winner: Seth Rogen – The Studio (Apple TV)
Alexander Skarsgård – Murderbot (Apple TV)

Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Kristen Bell – Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
Natasha Lyonne – Poker Face (Peacock)
Rose McIver – Ghost (CBS)
Eddie Patterson – The Righteous Gemstones (HBO Max)
Carrie Preston – Elsbeth (CBS)
winner:Gene Smart – Hacks (HBO Max)

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
winner: Ike Barinholtz – The Studio (Apple TV)
Paul W. Downs – Hacks (HBO Max)
Asher Grodman – Ghost (CBS)
Oscar Nuez – The Paper (Peacock)
Chris Perfetti – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Timothy Simmons – Nobody Wants This (Netflix)