The Critics’ Choice Awards recently concluded with “Oppenheimer” securing a remarkable eight awards, demonstrating its continued success in the award season. Christopher Nolan and Robert Downey Jr. each won in their respective categories. However, Cillian Murphy did not win Best Actor, which went to Paul Giamatti for his first Critics’ Choice Award. “Barbie” also had a successful night, winning six awards including Best Comedy, with America Ferrera receiving the #SeeHer Award.
The ceremony honored Harrison Ford with the Career Achievement Award for his significant contributions to Hollywood cinema. In the TV category, “Beef” and “The Bear” both performed strongly, each securing four awards, while “Succession” maintained its winning streak in the same categories as the previous year
Best Picture:
- Oppenheimer (Universal) – Winner
- American Fiction (MGM)
- Barbie (Warner Bros.)
- The Color Purple (Warner Bros.)
- The Holdovers (Focus Features)
- Killers of the Flower Moon (Paramount)
- Maestro (Netflix)
- Past Lives (A24)
- Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
- Saltburn (Amazon MGM Studios)
Best Director:
- Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer) – Winner
- Bradley Cooper (Maestro)
- Greta Gerwig (Barbie)
- Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things)
- Alexander Payne (The Holdovers)
- Martin Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon)
Best Actor:
- Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers) – Winner
- Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)
- Bradley Cooper (Maestro)
- Leonardo DiCaprio (Killers of the Flower Moon)
- Colman Domingo (Rustin)
- Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction)
Best Actress:
- Emma Stone (Poor Things) – Winner
- Carey Mulligan (Maestro)
- Greta Lee (Past Lives)
- Margot Robbie (Barbie)
- Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon)
- Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall)
Best Supporting Actor:
- Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer) – Winner
- Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things)
- Ryan Gosling (Barbie)
- Robert De Niro (Killers of the Flower Moon)
- Sterling K. Brown (American Fiction)
- Charles Melton (May December)
Best Supporting Actress:
- Da’Vine Joy Randalph (The Holdovers) – Winner
- Julianne Moore (May December)
- Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer)
- America Ferrera (Barbie)
- Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple)
- Jodie Foster (Nyad)
Best Young Actor/Actress:
- Dominic Sessa (The Holdovers) – Winner
- Ariana Greenblatt (Barbie)
- Madeleine Yuna Voyles (The Creator)
- Calah Lane (Wonka)
- Milo Machado Graner (Anatomy of a Fall)
- Abby Ryder Fortson (Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret)
Best Acting Ensemble:
- Oppenheimer (Universal) – Winner
- The Holdovers (Focus Features)
- Killers of the Flower Moon (Searchlight Pictures)
- Barbie (Warner Bros.)
- The Color Purple (Warner Bros.)
- Air (Amazon Studios)
Best Original Screenplay:
- Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach (Barbie) – Winner
- Celine Song (Past Lives)
- Bradley Cooper, Josh Singer (Maestro)
- David Hemingson (The Holdovers)
- Alex Convery (Air)
- Samy Burch (May December)
Best Adapted Screenplay:
- Cord Jefferson (American Fiction) – Winner
- Eric Roth, Martin Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon)
- Tony McNamara (Poor Things)
- Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)
- Kelly Fremon Craig (Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret.)
- Andrew Haigh (All of Us Strangers)
Best Comedy:
- Barbie (Warner Bros.) – Winner
- No Hard Feelings
- Bottoms
- American Fiction
- The Holdovers
- Poor Things
Best Animated Feature:
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- Wish
- The Boy and the Heron
- Elemental
- Nimona
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Best Foreign Language Film:
- Anatomy of a Fall (France) – Winner
- The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom)
- Godzilla Minus One (Japan)
- The Taste of Things (France)
- Perfect Days (Japan)
- Society of the Snow (Spain)
Best Cinematography:
- Hoyte van Hoytema (Oppenheimer) – Winner
- Linus Sandgren (Saltburn)
- Rodrigo Prieto (Barbie)
- Matthew Libatique (Maestro)
- Robbie Ryan (Poor Things)
- Rodrigo Prieto (Killers of the Flower Moon)
Best Editing:
- Jennifer Lame (Oppenheimer) – Winner
- Michelle Tesoro (Maestro)
- William Goldenberg (Air)
- Thelma Schoonmaker (Killers of the Flower Moon)
- Nick Houy (Barbie)
- Yorgos Mavropsaridis (Poor Things)
Best Costume Design:
- Jacqueline Durran (Barbie) – Winner
- Janty Yates, David Crossman (Napoleon)
- Lindy Hemming (Wonka)
- Jacqueline West (Killers of the Flower Moon)
- Francine Jamison-Tanchuck (The Color Purple)
- Holly Waddington (Poor Things)
Best Production Design:
- Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer (Barbie) – Winner
- Adam Stockhausen, Kris Moran (Asteroid City)
- Suzie Davis, Charlotte Dirickx (Saltburn)
- James Price, Shona Heath, Zsuzsa Mihalek (Poor Things)
- Ruth De Jong, Claire Koffman (Oppenheimer)
- Jack Fisk, Adam Willis (Killers of the Flower Moon)
Best Score:
- Ludwig Göransson (Oppenheimer) – Winner
- Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt (Barbie)
- Jerskin Fendrix (Poor Things)
- Robbie Robertson (Killers of the Flower Moon)
- Michael Giacchino (Society of the Snow)
- Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse)
Best Song:
- ‘I’m Just Ken’ (Barbie) – Winner
- ‘What Was I Made For?’ (Barbie)
- ‘Dance The Night’ (Barbie)
- ‘This Wish’ (Wish)
- ‘Peaches’ (The Super Mario Bros. Movie)
- ‘Road to Freedom (Rustin)
Best Hair and Makeup:
- Barbie – Winner
- Priscilla
- The Color Purple
- Poor Things
- Maestro
- Oppenheimer
Best Visual Effects:
- Oppenheimer – Winner
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- The Creator
- Poor Things
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