Awards season has begun!
The 2026 Critics’ Choice Awards were held Sunday night at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif., and recognized the best film and television projects released last year.
The star-studded show, hosted by Chelsea Handler, was attended by A-listers including Timothée Chalamet, Ariana Grande and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Heading into the show’s start, “Sinners” was the most nominated film with 17 nominations, while “Adolescence” led the TV pack with six total nominations.
Scroll down to see the winners of the 31st Annual Critics’ Choice Awards.
film
Best work award
“Bugonia”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Jay Kelly”
“Marty Supreme”
Winner: “One Battle After Another”
“Emotional value”
“Sinners”
“Train Dream”
“Wicked: For Good”
Best Director Award
Winner: Paul Thomas Anderson – “One Battle After Another”
Ryan Coogler – “Sinners”
Guillermo del Toro – “Frankenstein”
Josh Safdie – “Marty Supreme”
Joachim Triem – “Sentimental Value”
Chloe Zhao – “Hamnet”
Best Actor Award
Winner: Timothee Chalamet “Marty Supreme”
Leonardo DiCaprio – “The Next Battle”
Joel Edgerton – “Train Dreams”
Ethan Hawke “Blue Moon”
Michael B. Jordan “Sinners”
Wagner Moura – “Secret Agent”
Best Actress Award
Winner: Jesse Buckley – “Hamnet”
Rose Byrne – “If I had legs I would kick you.”
Chase Infinity – “One Battle After Another”
Renate Reinsve — “Sentimental Value”
Amanda Seyfriend — “Ang Lee’s Testament”
Emma Stone – “Bugonia”
Best Supporting Actor Award
Benicio Del Toro – “The Next Battle”
Winner: Jacob Elordi – “Frankenstein”
Paul Mescal – “Hamnet”
Sean Penn – “The Next Battle”
Adam Sandler – “Jay Kelly”
Stellan Skarsgård – “Sentimental Value”
Best Supporting Actress Award
Ellen Fanning – “Sentimental Value”
Ariana Grande “Wicked: For Good”
Inga Ibsdotter Lileas — “Sentimental Value”
Winner: Amy Madigan – “Weapons”
Shigesaku Kumomi “Sinners”
Teyana Taylor – “The Next Battle”
Best Young Actor/Actress
Everett Blank – “The Plague”
Winner: Myles Caton – “Sinners”
Cary Christopher – “Weapon”
Shannon Mahina Gorman – “Rental Family”
Jacobi Jupe – “Hamnet”
Nina Ye “Left-handed Girl”
Best Animated Work Award
“Arco”
“Elio”
“In your dreams”
Winner: “KPop Demon Hunters”
“Little Amelie, or the rain character”
“Zootopia 2”
tv set
Best drama series
“Alien: Earth”
“Andor”
“Diplomat”
“Paradise”
Winner: “The Pit”
“Pluribus”
“Retirement allowance”
“task”
Best Actor in a Drama Series
Sterling K. Brown – “Paradise”
Diego Luna – “Andor”
Mark Ruffalo – “Tusk”
Adam Scott – “Disconnect”
Billy Bob Thornton – “Landman”
Winner: Noah Wyle “The Pit”
Best Actress in a Drama Series
Kathy Bates – “The Matlock”
Carrie Coon – “The Gilded Age”
Brit Lower – “Disconnect”
Bella Ramsey – “The Last of Us”
Keri Russell – “The Diplomat”
Winner: Rhea Seehorn – “Pluribus”
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Patrick Ball – “The Pit”
Billy Crudup – “The Morning Show”
Ato Essandou – “The Diplomat”
Wood Harris – “Forever”
Tom Pelphrey – “Tusk”
Winner: Tramell Tillman – “Severance”
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Nicole Beharie — “The Morning Show”
Denny Benton – “The Gilded Age”
Allison Janney – “The Diplomat”
Winner: Katherine LaNasa – “The Pit”
Greta Lee – “The Morning Show”
Skye P. Marshall – “Matlock”
best comedy series
“Abbott Elementary School”
“Elsbeth”
“ghost”
“hack”
“No one wants this.”
“Only murders inside the building.”
“Jewel of Justice”
Winner: “The Studio”
Best Actor in a Comedy Series
Adam Brody: “No one wants this”
Ted Danson – “The Man on the Inside”
David Alan Grier — “St. Denis Medical”
Danny McBride – “Jewels of Justice”
Winner: Seth Rogen – “The Studio”
Alexander Skarsgård – “Murderbot”
Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Kristen Bell: “No one wants this”
Natasha Lyonne – “Poker Face”
Rose McIver – “Ghosts”
Eddie Patterson – “Jewel of Justice”
Carrie Preston – “Elsbeth”
Winner: Gene Smart — “Hax”
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Winner: Ike Barinholtz – “The Studio”
Paul W. Downs – “Hack”
Asher Grodman – “Ghost”
Oscar Nuñez – “The Paper”
Chris Perfetti – “Abbott Elementary School”
Timothy Simmons – “No one wants this”
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Daniel Brooks – “Peacemaker”
Hannah Einbinder – “Huck”
Winner: Janelle James – “Abbott Elementary School”
Justin Lupe – “No one wants this”
Ego Nwodim – “Saturday Night Live”
Rebecca Wysocki – “Ghost”
Best limited series
Winning work: “Youth”
“It’s all her fault”
“Secretary of the Army”
“Death by Lightning”
“The Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy”
“Dope thief”
“I’ll die for sex”
“Girlfriend”
Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
Michael Charnas – “The Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy”
Winner: Stephen Graham “Adolescence”
Brian Tyree Henry – “The Dope Thief”
Charlie Hunnam — “Monster: The Ed Gain Story”
Matthew Rhys – “The Beast Inside Me”
Michael Shannon – “Death by Lightning”
Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
Jessica Biel “The Better Sister”
Megan Fahey – “Siren”
Winner: Sarah Snook “All Her Fault”
Michelle Williams – “I would die for sex”
Robin Wright – “The Girlfriend”
Renee Zellweger – “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy”
Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
Winner: Owen Cooper, “Adolescence”
Wagner Moura – “The Dope Thief”
Nick Offerman – “Death by Lightning”
Michael Peña: “It’s all her fault”
Ashley Walters – “Adolescence”
Ramy Youssef – “Mountain Head”
Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
Winner: Erin Doherty – “Adolescence”
Betty Gilpin – “Death by Lightning”
Marin Ireland – “Devin in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy”
Sophia Lillis – “It’s all her fault”
Julianne Moore – “Siren”
Christine Tremarco – “Adolescence”
Best anime series
“Bob’s Burger”
“Harley Quinn”
“Long Story Short”
“Marvel Zombies”
Winner: “South Park”
“Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man”
