Awards season in Hollywood is officially in full swing. Following the Palm Springs International Film Festival, the annual Critics Choice Awards kicked off in Santa Monica, California, on Sunday, January 4. Hosted by Chelsea Handler, the 2026 awards show honored some of the best cinematic masterpieces over the past year.
Cast and crew members of Bugonia, Marty Supreme, Frankenstein, One Battle After Another and more were nominated for awards.
Below, Hollywood Life has live updates on who made it big at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards!
Best Picture
Best Actor
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
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
Benicio del Toro — One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi — Frankenstein
Paul Mescal — Hamnet
Sean Penn — One Battle After Another
Adam Sandler — Jay Kelly
Stellan Skarsgård — Sentimental Value
Best Supporting Actress
Elle Fanning — Sentimental Value
Ariana Grande — Wicked: For Good
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas — Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan — Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku — Sinners
Teyana Taylor — One Battle After Another
Best Young Actor/Actress
Everett Blunck — The Plague
Miles Caton — Sinners
Cary Christopher — Weapons
Shannon Mahina Gorman — Rental Family
Jacobi Jupe — Hamnet
Nina Ye — Left-Handed Girl
Best Director
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 Original Screenplay
Jay Kelly — Noah Baumbach & Emily Mortimer
Marty Supreme — Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
Sinners — Ryan Coogler
Weapons — Zach Cregger
Sorry, Baby — Eva Victor
Sentimental Value — Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier
Best Adapted Screenplay
Paul Thomas Anderson — One Battle After Another
Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar — Train Dreams
Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar & Jahye Lee — No Other Choice
Guillermo del Toro — Frankenstein
Will Tracy — Bugonia
Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell — Hamnet
Best Casting and Ensemble
Hamnet
Jay Kelly
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Wicked: For Good
Best Cinematography
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams
Best Production Design
Best Editing
A House of Dynamite
F1
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Perfect Neighbor
Sinners
Best Costume Design
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Hedda
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Sinners
Wicked: For Good
Best Hair & Makeup
28 Years Later
Frankenstein
Sinners
The Smashing Machine
Weapons
Wicked: For Good
Best Visual Effects
Best Stunt Design
Best Animated Feature
Best Comedy
Best Foreign Language Film
It Was Just an Accident
Left-Handed Girl
No Other Choice
The Secret Agent
Sirat
Belén
Best Song
“Drive” – F1
“Golden” – KPop Demon Hunters
“I Lied to You” – Sinners
“Clothed by the Sun” – The Testament of Ann Lee
“Train Dreams” – Train Dreams
“The Girl in the Bubble” – Wicked: For Good
Best Score
Hans Zimmer — F1
Alexandre Desplat — Frankenstein
Max Richter — Hamnet
Daniel Lopatin — Marty Supreme
Jonny Greenwood — One Battle After Another
Ludwig Göransson — Sinners
Best Sound
F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirat
Warfare
Best Drama Series
Alien: Earth
Andor
The Diplomat
Paradise
The Pitt
Pluribus
Severance
Task
Best Actor in a Drama Series
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
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
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
Greta Lee — The Morning Show
Skye P. Marshall — Matlock
Best Comedy Series
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
Alexander Skarsgård — Murderbot
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
