2025 Critics Choice Awards Winner Predictions

The 30th Critics Choice Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 2024, will be announced tomorrow, February 7, live from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica.

This is the third date for the awards show, which was postponed due to the fires that raged through Los Angeles, including very close to Santa Monica itself, throughout January. Voting on the awards ended on January 10, just after the Golden Globes and their winners but weeks before the Emilia Pérez controversy over problematic tweets from its star Karla Sofía Gascon were found and have been dominating the awards conversation for the last two weeks.

The 30th Critics Choice Awards will be hosted by Chelsea Handler and aired live on E! beginning at 4pm PT. Here are my predictions.

BEST PICTURE 

• Anora – COULD WIN
• The Brutalist – PREDICTED WINNER
• A Complete Unknown
• Conclave
• Dune: Part Two
• Emilia Pérez
• Nickel Boys
• Sing Sing
• The Substance
• Wicked

BEST ACTOR 

• Adrien Brody – The Brutalist – PREDICTED WINNER
• Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown – COULD WIN
• Daniel Craig – Queer
• Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
• Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
• Hugh Grant – Heretic

BEST ACTRESS 

• Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
• Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
• Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
• Angelina Jolie – Maria
• Mikey Madison – Anora – COULD WIN
• Demi Moore – The Substance – PREDICTED WINNER

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR 

• Yura Borisov – Anora
• Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain – PREDICTED WINNER
• Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
• Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown – COULD WIN
• Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
• Denzel Washington – Gladiator II

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS 

• Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson
• Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys
• Ariana Grande – Wicked – COULD WIN
• Margaret Qualley – The Substance
• Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
• Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez – PREDICTED WINNER

BEST YOUNG ACTOR / ACTRESS 

• Alyla Browne – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – PREDICTED WINNER
• Elliott Heffernan – Blitz
• Maisy Stella – My Old Ass
• Izaac Wang – Didi – COULD WIN
• Alisha Weir – Abigail
• Zoe Ziegler – Janet Planet

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE 

• Anora – COULD WIN
• Conclave – PREDICTED WINNER
• Emilia Pérez
• Saturday Night
• Sing Sing
• Wicked

BEST DIRECTOR 

• Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
• Sean Baker – Anora
• Edward Berger – Conclave
• Brady Corbet – The Brutalist – PREDICTED WINNER
• Jon M. Chu – Wicked
• Coralie Fargeat – The Substance – COULD WIN
• RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
• Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 

• Sean Baker – Anora – PREDICTED WINNER
• Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David – September 5
• Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold – The Brutalist
• Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain – COULD WIN
• Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
• Justin Kuritzkes – Challengers

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 

• Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
• Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox – Wicked
• Greg Kwedar, Clint Bentley – Sing Sing
• RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes – Nickel Boys – COULD WIN
• Peter Straughan – Conclave – PREDICTED WINNER
• Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts – Dune: Part Two

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 

• Jarin Blaschke – Nosferatu
• Alice Brooks – Wicked
• Lol Crawley – The Brutalist – PREDICTED WINNER
• Stéphane Fontaine – Conclave
• Greig Fraser – Dune: Part Two
• Jomo Fray – Nickel Boys – COULD WIN

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN 

• Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia – The Brutalist – COULD WIN
• Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales – Wicked – PREDICTED WINNER
• Suzie Davies – Conclave
• Craig Lathrop – Nosferatu
• Arthur Max, Jille Azis, Elli Griff – Gladiator II
• Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau – Dune: Part Two

BEST EDITING 

• Sean Baker – Anora – COULD WIN
• Marco Costa – Challengers – PREDICTED WINNER
• Nick Emerson – Conclave
• David Jancso – The Brutalist
• Joe Walker – Dune: Part Two
• Hansjörg Weißbrich – September 5

BEST COSTUME DESIGN 

• Lisy Christl – Conclave
• Linda Muir – Nosferatu
• Massimo Cantini Parrini – Maria – COULD WIN
• Paul Tazewell – Wicked – PREDICTED WINNER
• Jacqueline West – Dune: Part Two
• Janty Yates, Dave Crossman – Gladiator II

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP 

• Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener, Neal Scanlan – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
• Hair and Makeup Team – Dune: Part Two
• Hair and Makeup Team – The Substance  – PREDICTED WINNER
• Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuth, Laura Blount – Wicked
• Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton, David White – Nosferatu – COULD WIN
• Mike Marino, Sarah Graalman, Aaron Saucier – A Different Man

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS 

• Mark Bakowski, Pietro Ponti, Nikki Penny, Neil Corbould – Gladiator II
• Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould, David Shirk – Wicked
• Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, Gerd Nefzer – Dune: Part Two – PREDICTED WINNER
• Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs – Better Man
• Visual Effects Team – The Substance
• Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story, Rodney Burke – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – COULD WIN

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• Flow – COULD WIN
• Inside Out 2
• Memoir of a Snail
• Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
• The Wild Robot – PREDICTED WINNER

BEST COMEDY 

• A Real Pain – PREDICTED WINNER
• Deadpool & Wolverine
• Hit Man
• My Old Ass – COULD WIN
• Saturday Night
• Thelma

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM 

• All We Imagine as Light
• Emilia Pérez – PREDICTED WINNER
• Flow – COULD WIN
• I’m Still Here
• Kneecap
• The Seed of the Sacred Fig

BEST SONG 

• “Beautiful That Way” – The Last Showgirl – Miley Cyrus
• “Compress / Repress” – Challengers – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross – COULD WIN
• “El Mal” – Emilia Pérez – Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Camille – PREDICTED WINNER
• “Harper and Will Go West” – Will & Harper – Kristen Wiig
• “Kiss the Sky” – The Wild Robot – Maren Morris
• “Mi Camino” – Emilia Pérez – Selena Gomez

BEST SCORE 

• Volker Bertelmann – Conclave
• Daniel Blumberg – The Brutalist – COULD WIN
• Kris Bowers – The Wild Robot
• Clément Ducol & Camille – Emilia Pérez
• Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers – PREDICTED WINNER
• Hans Zimmer – Dune: Part Two

BEST DRAMA SERIES

• The Day of the Jackal (Peacock)
• The Diplomat (Netflix)
• Evil (Paramount+) – COULD WIN
• Industry (HBO | Max)
• Interview with the Vampire (AMC)
• The Old Man (FX)
• Shōgun (FX / Hulu) – PREDICTED WINNER
• Slow Horses (Apple TV+)

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

• Jeff Bridges – The Old Man (FX)
• Ncuti Gatwa – Doctor Who (Disney+)
• Eddie Redmayne – The Day of the Jackal (Peacock) – COULD WIN
• Hiroyuki Sanada – Shōgun (FX / Hulu) – PREDICTED WINNER
• Rufus Sewell – The Diplomat (Netflix)
• Antony Starr – The Boys (Prime Video)

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

• Caitriona Balfe – Outlander (Starz)
• Kathy Bates – Matlock (CBS)
• Shanola Hampton – Found (NBC)
• Keira Knightley – Black Doves (Netflix)
• Keri Russell – The Diplomat (Netflix) – COULD WIN
• Anna Sawai – Shōgun (FX / Hulu) – PREDICTED WINNER

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

• Tadanobu Asano – Shōgun (FX / Hulu) – PREDICTED WINNER
• Michael Emerson – Evil (Paramount+) – COULD WIN
• Mark-Paul Gosselaar – Found (NBC)
• Takehiro Hira – Shōgun (FX / Hulu)
• John Lithgow – The Old Man (FX)
• Sam Reid – Interview with the Vampire (AMC)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

• Moeka Hoshi – Shōgun (FX / Hulu) – COULD WIN
• Allison Janney – The Diplomat (Netflix) – PREDICTED WINNER
• Nicole Kidman – Special Ops: Lioness (Paramount+)
• Skye P. Marshall – Matlock (CBS)
• Anna Sawai – Pachinko (Apple TV+)
• Fiona Shaw – Bad Sisters (Apple TV+)

BEST COMEDY SERIES

• Abbott Elementary (ABC) – COULD WIN
• English Teacher (FX)
• Hacks (HBO | Max) – PREDICTED WINNER
• Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
• Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
• Somebody Somewhere (HBO | Max)
• St. Denis Medical (NBC)
• What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

• Brian Jordan Alvarez – English Teacher (FX) – PREDICTED WINNER
• Adam Brody – Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
• David Alan Grier – St. Denis Medical (NBC)
• Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
• Kayvan Novak – What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
• Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) – COULD WIN

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

• Kristen Bell – Nobody Wants This (Netflix) – COULD WIN
• Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
• Natasia Demetriou – What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
• Bridget Everett – Somebody Somewhere (HBO | Max)
• Jean Smart – Hacks (HBO | Max) – PREDICTED WINNER
• Kristen Wiig – Palm Royale (Apple TV+)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

• Paul W. Downs – Hacks (HBO | Max) – COULD WIN
• Asher Grodman – Ghosts (CBS)
• Harvey Guillén – What We Do in the Shadows (FX) – PREDICTED WINNER
• Brandon Scott Jones – Ghosts (CBS)
• Michael Urie – Shrinking (Apple TV+)
• Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary (ABC)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

• Liza Colón-Zayas – The Bear (FX / Hulu) – COULD WIN
• Hannah Einbinder – Hacks (HBO | Max) – PREDICTED WINNER
• Janelle James – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
• Stephanie Koenig – English Teacher (FX)
• Patti LuPone – Agatha All Along (Disney+)
• Annie Potts – Young Sheldon (CBS)

BEST LIMITED SERIES

• Baby Reindeer (Netflix) – PREDICTED WINNER
• Disclaimer (Apple TV+)
• Masters of the Air (Apple TV+)
• Mr Bates vs the Post Office (PBS)
• The Penguin (HBO | Max) – COULD WIN
• Ripley (Netflix)
• True Detective: Night Country (HBO | Max)
• We Were the Lucky Ones (Hulu)

BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION

• The Great Lillian Hall (HBO | Max)
• It’s What’s Inside (Netflix) – COULD WIN
• Música (Prime Video)
• Out of My Mind (Disney+)
• Rebel Ridge (Netflix) – PREDICTED WINNER
• V/H/S/Beyond (Shudder)

BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION

• Colin Farrell – The Penguin (HBO | Max) – PREDICTED WINNER
• Richard Gadd – Baby Reindeer (Netflix) – COULD WIN
• Tom Hollander – FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans (FX)
• Kevin Kline – Disclaimer (Apple TV+)
• Ewan McGregor – A Gentleman in Moscow (Paramount+)
• Andrew Scott – Ripley (Netflix)

BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION

• Cate Blanchett – Disclaimer (Apple TV+)
• Jodie Foster – True Detective: Night Country (HBO | Max) – COULD WIN
• Jessica Lange – The Great Lillian Hall (HBO | Max)
• Cristin Milioti – The Penguin (HBO | Max) – PREDICTED WINNER
• Phoebe-Rae Taylor – Out of My Mind (Disney+)
• Naomi Watts – FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans (FX)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION

• Robert Downey Jr. – The Sympathizer (HBO | Max) – PREDICTED WINNER
• Hugh Grant – The Regime (HBO | Max)
• Ron Cephas Jones – Genius: MLK/X (National Geographic)
• Logan Lerman – We Were the Lucky Ones (Hulu) – COULD WIN
• Liev Schreiber – The Perfect Couple (Netflix)
• Treat Williams – FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans (FX)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION

• Dakota Fanning – Ripley (Netflix)
• Leila George – Disclaimer (Apple TV+)
• Betty Gilpin – Three Women (Starz)
• Jessica Gunning – Baby Reindeer (Netflix) – PREDICTED WINNER
• Deirdre O’Connell – The Penguin (HBO | Max)
• Kali Reis – True Detective: Night Country (HBO | Max) – COULD WIN

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SERIES

• Acapulco (Apple TV+) – COULD WIN
• Citadel: Honey Bunny (Prime Video)
• La Máquina (Hulu)
• The Law According to Lidia Poët (Netflix)
• My Brilliant Friend (HBO | Max)
• Pachinko (Apple TV+) – PREDICTED WINNER
• Senna (Netflix)
• Squid Game (Netflix)

BEST ANIMATED SERIES

• Batman: Caped Crusader (Prime Video) – COULD WIN
• Bluey (Disney+)
• Bob’s Burgers (Fox)
• Invincible (Prime Video)
• The Simpsons (Fox)
• X-Men ’97 (Disney+) – PREDICTED WINNER

BEST TALK SHOW

• Hot Ones (YouTube) – PREDICTED WINNER
• The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
• The Graham Norton Show (BBC America)
• John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A. (Netflix) – COULD WIN
• The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBC/Syndicated)
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)

BEST COMEDY SPECIAL

• Ali Wong: Single Lady (Netflix) – PREDICTED WINNER
• Jim Gaffigan: The Skinny (Hulu)
• Kevin James: Irregardless (Prime Video)
• Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die (HBO | Max) – COULD WIN
• Rachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Special (Netflix)
• Ramy Youssef: More Feelings (HBO | Max)