Critics Choice Awards: ‘Oppenheimer’ Takes Home Best Picture, ‘The Bear’ Continues to Cook Up Wins

The annual Critics Choice Awards happened tonight, with film and television critics having cast their ballots towards the best cinema and television of last year. Chelsea Handler returned to host the ceremony. 

Oppenheimer took home multiple awards tonight, including Best Acting Ensemble, Best Cinematography, Best Supporting Actor, Best Score, Best Visual Effects, Best Director and Best Picture. Barbie also did well, winning Best Song, Best Original Screenplay, Best Costume Design, Best Comedy, Best Hair and Makeup, and [x]. Anatomy of a Fall won the award for Best Foreign Language Film, a notable win since the film was not the one chosen by France to represent the country at the Academy Awards this year. Best Young Actor/Actress went to Dominic Sessa from The Holdovers. The two screenplay awards, Original and Adapted, went to Barbie and American Fiction respectively. Barbie will be competing in Best Adapted Screenplay at the Academy Awards instead, so it will have different competition there. The two lead performance awards went to Emma Stone for her role in Poor Things and Paul Giamatti for his in The Holdovers. Best Director went to [x] for [x] work on [x].

On the television side, Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri took home the awards for Best Actor and Best Actress in a Comedy Series for their work in The Bear, while Steven Yeun and Ali Wong also took home the lead performance awards for their roles in Beef. Kieran Culkin and Sarah Snook then took home the awards for Best Actor and Best Actress in a Drama Series for their roles on Succession, which went on to win Best Drama Series. The Bear won Best Comedy Series and Beef took home Best Limited Series, not too surprising with each of these show’s lead performers winning awards. Lupin won the award for Best Foreign Language Series, while Scott Pilgrim Takes Off took home Best Animated Series. 

Harrison Ford took home a Career Achievement Award at tonight’s ceremony for his long career that includes roles in Blade Runner as well as the Indiana Jones and Star Wars franchises, with his latest role a supporting turn on AppleTV+’s comedy Shrinking. 

Here are the winners for the 2024 Critics Choice Awards:

BEST PICTURE: Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)

BEST DIRECTOR: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)

BEST ACTOR: Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers (Focus Features)

BEST ACTRESS: Emma Stone, Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)

BEST DRAMA SERIES: Succession (HBO)

BEST COMEDY SERIES: The Bear (FX)

BEST LIMITED SERIES: Beef (Netflix)

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES: Ayo Edebiri, The Bear (FX)

BEST SONG: “I’m Just Ken,” Barbie (Warner Bros)

BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION: Steven Yeun, Beef (Netflix)

BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION: Ali Wong, Beef (Netflix)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES: Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear (FX)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES: Meryl Streep, Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES: Billy Crudup, The Morning Show (Apple TV+)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES: Elizabeth Debicki, The Crown (Netflix)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION: Maria Bello, Beef (Netflix)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION: Jonathan Bailey, Fellow Travelers (Showtime)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers (Focus Features)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Anatomy of a Fall (NEON)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Hoyte van Hoytema, Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer,  Barbie (Warner Bros)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures)

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS: Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers (Focus Features)

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE: Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach, Barbie (Warner Bros)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Cord Jefferson, American Fiction  (Amazon MGM)

BEST EDITING: Jennifer Lame, Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Jacqueline Durran, Barbie (Warner Bros)

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP: Barbie (Warner Bros)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)

BEST COMEDY: Barbie (Warner Bros)

BEST SCORE: Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES: Kieran Culkin, Succession (HBO)

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES: Sarah Snook, Succession (HBO)

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES: Jeremy Allen White, The Bear (FX)

BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION: Quiz Lady (Hulu)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SERIES: Lupin (Netflix)

BEST ANIMATED SERIES: Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (Netflix) 

BEST TALK SHOW: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

BEST COMEDY SPECIAL: John Mulaney: Baby J (Netflix)

Photo: Universal Pictures