30th Critics Choice Awards Nominations: ‘Conclave,’ ‘Wicked’ Lead with 11

Dune: Part Two and Emilia Pérez follow closely behind with 10 nods apiece

The Critics Choice Association (CCA) announced today the film category nominees for the 30th annual Critics Choice Awards where Conclave and Wicked lead this year’s film contenders, having earned 11 nominations each.

Conclave collected nods for Best Picture and Best Acting Ensemble, with Ralph Fiennes recognized in the Best Actor category and Isabella Rossellini up for Best Supporting Actress. Edward Berger was nominated for Best Director, while Peter Straughan earned a nod for Best Adapted Screenplay and Stéphane Fontaine could take home the trophy for Best Cinematography. Rounding out the nominations for Conclave were Suzie Davies for Best Production Design, Nick Emerson for Best Editing, Lisy Christl for Best Costume Design, and Volker Bertelmann for Best Score.

In addition to Best Picture, Wicked‘s 11 nominations include a nod for Best Acting Ensemble, while castmates Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande racked up nominations for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress respectively. Jon M. Chu is a contender for Best Director, with Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay, and Alice Brooks for Best Cinematography. Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales were recognized in the Best Production Design category, while Paul Tazewell garnered a nod for Best Costume Design. Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuth and Laura Blount received a nomination for Best Hair and Makeup, and Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould and David Shirk were nominated for Best Visual Effects.

Dune: Part Two and Emilia Pérez were closely behind with 10 nods apiece, including Best Picture nominations for both films. Rounding out the Best Picture category are A Complete Unknown,  Anora, The Brutalist, Nickel Boys, Sing Sing, and The Substance.

Dune: Part Two saw Denis Villeneuve earning a nomination for Best Director, as well as Best Adapted Screenplay alongside Jon Spaihts. Greig Fraser received a nod for Best Cinematography, while Patrice Vermette and Shane Vieau are up for Best Production Design and Joe Walker was recognized in the category of Best Editing. Jacqueline West could take home the award for Best Costume Design, and Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer are contending for Best Visual Effects. In addition, Hans Zimmer is nominated for Best Score, and the film garnered a nod for Best Hair and Makeup.

Emilia Pérez garnered a nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, in addition to Best Picture. Karla Sofía Gascón earned a nod for Best Actress, while castmate Zoe Saldaña is up for Best Supporting Actress, and the film was recognized in the category of Best Acting Ensemble. Jacques Audiard was nominated twice, for Best Director and for Best Adapted Screenplay, while two songs, “El Mal” (Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, and Camille) and “Mi Camino” (Selena Gomez) are contenders for Best Song. Clément Ducol & Camille and are also up for Best Score.

After snagging a Golden Globe for his performance in Heretic, Hugh Grant showed up in Best Actor today among the six nominees that included Fiennes, Adrien Brody (The Brutalist), Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown), Colman Domingo (Sing Sing) and Daniel Craig (Queer).

Joining Cynthia Erivo and Karla Sofía Gascon in Best Actress were Angelina Jolie (Maria), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths), Mikey Madison (Anora) and Demi Moore (The Substance), with Nicole Kidman in Babygirl as the most glaring miss.

“This year brought us an incredible wealth of storytelling and performances, leading to indescribably close races for nominations,” said CCA CEO Joey Berlin. “We are honored to be able to celebrate our landmark 30th year of the Critics Choice Awards with this talented group of nominees and are thrilled to bring viewers our best show yet. Knowing how close the balloting for nominations was, we anticipate an exciting evening of high drama on January 12.”

As previously announced, Shōgun (FX / Hulu) leads the television contenders for the 30th annual Critics Choice Awards with six nominations. The show earned a nod for Best Drama Series, while the cast was recognized in multiple categories including Hiroyuki Sanada for Best Actor in a Drama Series and Anna Sawai for Best Actress in a Drama Series. Tadanobu Asano and Takehiro Hira are both up for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, while Moeka Hoshi could take home the Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series award.

The winners will be revealed at the Critics Choice Awards gala hosted by Chelsea Handler, which will broadcast LIVE on E! on Sunday, January 12, 2025 (7:00 – 10:00pm ET / PT) from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. The show will also be available to stream the next day on Peacock.

Here is the complete list of nominations for the 30th Critics Choice Awards.

BEST PICTURE 

• Anora
• The Brutalist
• A Complete Unknown 
• Conclave 
• Dune: Part Two 
• Emilia Pérez 
• Nickel Boys 
• Sing Sing 
• The Substance 
• Wicked

BEST ACTOR 

• Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
• Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
• 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 
• Demi Moore – The Substance 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR 

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

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS 

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

BEST YOUNG ACTOR / ACTRESS 

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

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE 

• Anora 
• Conclave 
• Emilia Pérez 
• Saturday Night 
• Sing Sing 
• Wicked 

BEST DIRECTOR 

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

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 

• Sean Baker – Anora 
• Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David – September 5 
• Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold – The Brutalist
• Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain 
• 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 
• Peter Straughan – Conclave
• Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts – Dune: Part Two 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 

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

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN 

• Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia – The Brutalist 
• Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales – Wicked 
• 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
• Marco Costa – Challengers 
• 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  
• Paul Tazewell – Wicked  
• 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  
• Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuth, Laura Blount – Wicked  
• Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton, David White – Nosferatu  
• 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 
• 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 

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• Flow
• Inside Out 2
• Memoir of a Snail
• Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
• The Wild Robot

BEST COMEDY 

• A Real Pain 
• Deadpool & Wolverine 
• Hit Man 
• My Old Ass 
• Saturday Night
• Thelma 

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM 

• All We Imagine as Light 
• Emilia Pérez 
• Flow 
• 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
• “El Mal” – Emilia Pérez – Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Camille
• “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 
• Kris Bowers – The Wild Robot 
• Clément Ducol & Camille – Emilia Pérez 
• Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers
• Hans Zimmer – Dune: Part Two 

NOMINATIONS BY FILM FOR THE 30TH ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN – 3

Best Picture

Best Actor – Timothée Chalamet

Best Supporting Actor – Edward Norton

A DIFFERENT MAN – 1

Best Hair and Makeup – Mike Marino, Sarah Graalman, Aaron Saucier

A REAL PAIN – 3

Best Supporting Actor – Kieran Culkin

Best Original Screenplay – Jesse Eisenberg

Best Comedy

ABIGAIL – 1

Best Young Actor / Actress – Alisha Weir

ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT – 1

Best Foreign Language Film

ANORA – 7

Best Picture

Best Actress – Mikey Madison

Best Supporting Actor – Yura Borisov

Best Acting Ensemble

Best Director – Sean Baker

Best Original Screenplay – Sean Baker

Best Editing – Sean Baker

BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE – 1

Best Hair and Makeup – Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener, Neal Scanlan

BETTER MAN – 1

Best Visual Effects – Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs

BLITZ – 1

Best Young Actor / Actress – Elliott Heffernan

CHALLENGERS – 4

Best Original Screenplay – Justin Kuritzkes

Best Editing – Marco Costa

Best Song – “Compress / Repress” – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross

Best Score – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross

CONCLAVE – 11

Best Picture

Best Actor – Ralph Fiennes

Best Supporting Actress – Isabella Rossellini

Best Acting Ensemble

Best Director – Edward Berger

Best Adapted Screenplay – Peter Straughan

Best Cinematography – Stéphane Fontaine

Best Production Design – Suzie Davies

Best Editing – Nick Emerson

Best Costume Design – Lisy Christl

Best Score – Volker Bertelmann

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE – 1

Best Comedy

DIDI – 1

Best Young Actor / Actress – Izaac Wang

DUNE: PART TWO – 10

Best Picture

Best Director – Denis Villeneuve

Best Adapted Screenplay – Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts

Best Cinematography – Greig Fraser

Best Production Design – Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau

Best Editing – Joe Walker

Best Costume Design – Jacqueline West

Best Hair and Makeup

Best Visual Effects – Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, Gerd Nefzer

Best Score – Hans Zimmer

EMILIA PÉREZ – 10

Best Picture

Best Actress – Karla Sofía Gascón

Best Supporting Actress – Zoe Saldaña

Best Acting Ensemble

Best Director – Jacques Audiard

Best Adapted Screenplay – Jacques Audiard

Best Foreign Language Film

Best Song – “El Mal” – Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Camille

Best Song – “Mi Camino” – Selena Gomez

Best Score – Clément Ducol & Camille

FLOW – 2

Best Animated Feature

Best Foreign Language Film

FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA – 1

Best Young Actor / Actress – Alyla Browne

GLADIATOR II – 4

Best Supporting Actor – Denzel Washington

Best Production Design – Arthur Max, Jille Azis, Elli Griff

Best Costume Design – Janty Yates, Dave Crossman

Best Visual Effects – Mark Bakowski, Pietro Ponti, Nikki Penny, Neil Corbould

HARD TRUTHS – 1

Best Actress – Marianne Jean-Baptiste

HERETIC – 1

Best Actor – Hugh Grant

HIT MAN – 1

Best Comedy

I’M STILL HERE – 1

Best Foreign Language Film

INSIDE OUT 2 – 1

Best Animated Feature

JANET PLANET – 1

Best Young Actor / Actress – Zoe Ziegler

KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES – 1

Best Visual Effects – Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story, Rodney Burke

KNEECAP – 1

Best Foreign Language Film

MARIA – 2

Best Actress – Angelina Jolie

Best Costume Design – Massimo Cantini Parrini

MEMOIR OF A SNAIL – 1

Best Animated Feature

MY OLD ASS – 2

Best Young Actor / Actress – Maisy Stella

Best Comedy

NICKEL BOYS – 5

Best Picture

Best Supporting Actress – Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

Best Director – RaMell Ross

Best Adapted Screenplay – RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes

Best Cinematography – Jomo Fray

NOSFERATU – 4

Best Cinematography – Jarin Blaschke

Best Production Design – Craig Lathrop

Best Costume Design – Linda Muir

Best Hair and Makeup – Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton, David White

QUEER – 1

Best Actor – Daniel Craig

SATURDAY NIGHT – 2

Best Acting Ensemble

Best Comedy

SEPTEMBER 5 – 2

Best Original Screenplay – Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David

Best Editing – Hansjörg Weißbrich

SING SING – 5

Best Picture

Best Actor – Colman Domingo

Best Supporting Actor – Clarence Maclin

Best Acting Ensemble

Best Adapted Screenplay – Greg Kwedar, Clint Bentley

THE BRUTALIST – 9

Best Picture

Best Actor – Adrien Brody

Best Supporting Actor – Guy Pearce

Best Director – Brady Corbet

Best Original Screenplay – Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold

Best Cinematography – Lol Crawley

Best Production Design – Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia

Best Editing – David Jancso

Best Score – Daniel Blumberg

THE LAST SHOWGIRL – 1

Best Song – “Beautiful That Way” – Miley Cyrus

THE PIANO LESSON – 1

Best Supporting Actress – Danielle Deadwyler

THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG – 1

Best Foreign Language Film

THE SUBSTANCE – 7

Best Picture

Best Actress – Demi Moore

Best Supporting Actress – Margaret Qualley

Best Director – Coralie Fargeat

Best Original Screenplay – Coralie Fargeat

Best Hair and Makeup

Best Visual Effects

THE WILD ROBOT – 3

Best Animated Feature

Best Song – “Kiss the Sky” – Maren Morris

Best Score – Kris Bowers

THELMA – 1

Best Comedy

WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL – 1

Best Animated Feature

WICKED – 11

Best Picture

Best Actress – Cynthia Erivo

Best Supporting Actress – Ariana Grande

Best Acting Ensemble

Best Director – Jon M. Chu

Best Adapted Screenplay – Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox

Best Cinematography – Alice Brooks

Best Production Design – Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales

Best Costume Design – Paul Tazewell

Best Hair and Makeup – Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuth, Laura Blount

Best Visual Effects – Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould, David Shirk

WILL & HARPER – 1

Best Song – “Harper and Will Go West” – Kristen Wiig

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