5th Annual Critics Choice Super Awards: ‘Deadpool & Wolverine,’ ‘Thunderbolts*’ Lead Nominations

The Critics Choice Association (CCA) announced today the nominees for the 5th annual Critics Choice Super Awards, honoring the most popular, fan-obsessed genres across both television and movies, including Superhero, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Horror, and Action. Winners will be revealed on CriticsChoice.com on Thursday, August 7, 2025 at 9:00am PT. 

Deadpool & Wolverine and Thunderbolts* lead this year’s film nominees, having earned six nominations each including Best Superhero Movie. Both Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds from “Deadpool & Wolverine” were recognized in the category of Best Actor in a Superhero Movie, while Emma Corrin and Jennifer Garner received nods for Best Actress in a Superhero Movie. Emma Corrin also is up for a second award, Best Villain in a Movie.

Thunderbolts* received nominations in the same categories, including nods for both David Harbour and Lewis Pullman for Best Actor in a Superhero Movie. Lewis Pullman is also up for Best Villain in a Movie, while Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Florence Pugh were both nominated for Best Actress in a Superhero Movie. 

“he Last of Us leads this year’s television nominees with 6 nominations overall including Best Superhero Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie and Best Horror Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie. Pedro Pascal received nods for both Best Actor in a Superhero Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie and Best Actor in a Horror Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie, while Bella Ramsey earned nominations for both Best Actress in a Superhero Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie and Best Actress in a Horror Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie. (Superhero categories also include Comic Book and Video Game Inspired series.)

“The Super Awards continue to spotlight the incredible achievements in genre cinema and television,” said Sean O’Connell, CCA Director of the Super Awards. “This year’s slate of nominees truly blew us away with their performances and craftsmanship. These selections represent the very best of popular culture, and we can’t wait to see who takes home the honors.”

The full list of nominees can be found below.

BEST ACTION MOVIE
Civil War
The Fall Guy
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Monkey Man
Rebel Ridge
Warfare

BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Tom Cruise – Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Taron Egerton – Carry-On
Ryan Gosling – The Fall Guy
Dev Patel – Monkey Man
Aaron Pierre – Rebel Ridge
Jack Quaid – Novocaine

BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Emily Blunt – The Fall Guy
Ana de Armas – From the World of John Wick: Ballerina
Kirsten Dunst – Civil War
Cailee Spaeny – Civil War
June Squibb – Thelma
Anya Taylor-Joy – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

BEST SUPERHERO MOVIE*
Captain America: Brave New World
Deadpool & Wolverine
The People’s Joker
Robot Dreams
Thunderbolts*
Venom: The Last Dance

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPERHERO MOVIE*
David Harbour – Thunderbolts*
Tom Hardy – Venom: The Last Dance
Hugh Jackman – Deadpool & Wolverine
Anthony Mackie – Captain America: Brave New World
Lewis Pullman – Thunderbolts*
Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool & Wolverine

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPERHERO MOVIE*
Emma Corrin – Deadpool & Wolverine
Vera Drew – The People’s Joker
Lady Gaga – Joker: Folie à Deux
Jennifer Garner – Deadpool & Wolverine
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Thunderbolts*
Florence Pugh – Thunderbolts*

BEST HORROR MOVIE
Bring Her Back
Heretic
Longlegs
Nosferatu
Sinners
The Substance

BEST ACTOR IN A HORROR MOVIE
Nicolas Cage – Longlegs
David Dastmalchian – Late Night With the Devil
Hugh Grant – Heretic
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
Bill Skarsgård – Nosferatu
Justice Smith – I Saw the TV Glow

BEST ACTRESS IN A HORROR MOVIE
Lily-Rose Depp – Nosferatu
Willa Fitzgerald – Strange Darling
Sally Hawkins – Bring Her Back
Demi Moore – The Substance
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Naomi Scott – Smile 2

BEST SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY MOVIE
Alien: Romulus
Companion
Dune: Part Two
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Mickey 17
The Wild Robot

BEST ACTOR IN A SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY MOVIE
Austin Butler – Dune: Part Two
Timothée Chalamet – Dune: Part Two
David Jonsson – Alien: Romulus
Robert Pattinson – Mickey 17
Jack Quaid – Companion
Miles Teller – The Gorge

BEST ACTRESS IN A SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY MOVIE
Naomi Ackie – Mickey 17
Lupita Nyong’o – The Wild Robot
Cailee Spaeny – Alien: Romulus
Sophie Thatcher – Companion
Alicia Vikander – The Assessment
Zendaya – Dune: Part Two

BEST VILLAIN IN A MOVIE
Austin Butler – Dune: Part Two
Emma Corrin – Deadpool & Wolverine
Hugh Grant – Heretic
Jack O’Connell – Sinners
Lewis Pullman – Thunderbolts*
Denzel Washington – Gladiator II

* Superhero categories also include Comic Book and Video Game Inspired series


TELEVISION NOMINATIONS FOR THE 5^TH ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE SUPER AWARDS
 

BEST ACTION SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
9-1-1
Black Doves
The Day of the Jackal
The Gentlemen
Reacher
Shōgun

BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
Sterling K. Brown – Paradise
Theo James – The Gentlemen
Eddie Redmayne – The Day of the Jackal
Alan Ritchson – Reacher
Hiroyuki Sanada – Shōgun
Ben Whishaw – Black Doves

BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
Angela Bassett – 9-1-1
Viola Davis – G20
Keira Knightley – Black Doves
Lashana Lynch – The Day of the Jackal
Zoe Saldaña – Lioness
Anna Sawai – Shōgun

BEST SUPERHERO SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE*
Agatha All Along
The Boys
Fallout
The Last of Us
The Penguin
Superman & Lois

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPERHERO SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE*
Charlie Cox – Daredevil: Born Again
Colin Farrell – The Penguin
Walton Goggins – Fallout
Tyler Hoechlin – Superman & Lois
Pedro Pascal – The Last of Us
Antony Starr – The Boys

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPERHERO SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE*
Danai Gurira – The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
Kathryn Hahn – Agatha All Along
Cristin Milioti – The Penguin
Erin Moriarty – The Boys
Ella Purnell – Fallout
Bella Ramsey – The Last of Us

BEST HORROR SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire
Evil
From
The Last of Us
True Detective: Night Country
What We Do in the Shadows

BEST ACTOR IN A HORROR SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
Kevin Bacon – The Bondsman
Matt Berry – What We Do in the Shadows
Mike Colter – Evil
Michael Emerson – Evil
Pedro Pascal – The Last of Us
Harold Perrineau – From

BEST ACTRESS IN A HORROR SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
Natasia Demetriou – What We Do in the Shadows
Jodie Foster – True Detective: Night Country
Katja Herbers – Evil
Melanie Lynskey – Yellowjackets
Niecy Nash-Betts – Grotesquerie
Bella Ramsey – The Last of Us

BEST SCIENCE FICTION / FANTASY SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
Andor
Black Mirror
Doctor Who
Dune: Prophecy
Fantasmas
Severance

BEST ACTOR IN A SCIENCE FICTION / FANTASY SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
Ncuti Gatwa – Doctor Who
Walton Goggins – Fallout
Diego Luna – Andor
Adam Scott – Severance
Tramell Tillman – Severance
Julio Torres – Fantasmas

BEST ACTRESS IN A SCIENCE FICTION / FANTASY SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
Adria Arjona – Andor
Caitriona Balfe – Outlander
Kathryn Hahn – Agatha All Along
Britt Lower – Severance
Cristin Milioti – Black Mirror: USS Callister: Into Infinity
Michelle Yeoh – Star Trek: Section 31

BEST VILLAIN IN A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
Vincent D’Onofrio – Daredevil: Born Again
Michael Emerson – Evil
Colin Farrell – The Penguin
Takehiro Hira – Shōgun
Julianne Nicholson – Paradise
Jesse Plemons – Black Mirror: USS Callister: Into Infinity

* Superhero categories also include Comic Book and Video Game Inspired series