Critics Choice Awards 2025: The full list of nominations

Posted On December 13, 2024December 13, 2024

The nominations for the 30th annual Critics Choice Awards have been unveiled, with Conclave and Wicked storming ahead of the pack with 11 nominations each. The ceremony is set to take place on January 12th 2025.

Wicked and Conclave both received the most nominations, with shouts across 11 categories, including ‘Best Picture’, ‘Best Cinematography’, and ‘Best Production Design’, along with nominations for their cast in respective gender categories. For Wicked, both stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande received nominations in the respective categories of ‘Best Actress’ and ‘Best Supporting Actress’, while Conclave saw Ralph Fiennes get a nomination for ‘Best Actor’.

Following closely behind with ten nominations each were Dune: Part Two and Emilia Pérez. Both also received a ‘Best Picture’ nomination making for a fierce category. Other nominations in the group are A Complete Unknown, Anora, The Brutalist, Nickel Boys, Sing Sing, and The Substance.

The Substance is another film with a strong batch of nominations for across the team. Both Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley received nominations as well as Coralie Fargeat who is up for both Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. The film’s behind-the-scenes team were also recognised as it’s incredible FX makeup and striking visuals got it nominated for ‘Best Hair and Makeup’ and ‘Best Visual Effects’.

Timothee Chalamet is continuing his streak of nominations. Following his nomination for ‘Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama’ at the Golden Globes, his role as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown has also earned him a ‘Best Actor’ nod. Alongside him and Fiennes in that category is Daniel Craig for his role in Queer, Adrien Brody for The Brutalist, Colman Domingo for Sing Sing and Hugh Grant for his creepy lead in Heretic. 

Which major movies were snubbed by the Critics Choice?

Notable, there are no nominations for The Apprentice for the Critic Choice Awards despite the Golden Globes giving the controversial Donald Trump biopic several honours. While both Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong received Golden Globes shouts in acting categories, neither the cast nor crew were acknowledged here.

Joker: Folie à Deux is another name missing from the list, solidifying its position as both a commercial and critical failure. Its cast and team also missed out on any nominations both here and at the Golden Globes.

Who is hosting the Critics Choice Awards?

As another night in the busy awards season calendar, the Critics Choice Awards will be a star-studded affair as many of the nominees will be in attendance at the ceremony in January 2025.

Chelsea Handler, the American TV presenter, will be hosting the gala which will be broadcast live on E! on Sunday, January 12th, 2025 at 7:00 – 10:00pm ET, which is midnight in the UK.

Critics Choice 2025: The full nominees list:

‘Best Picture’

• A Complete Unknown
• Anora
• The Brutalist
• 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 – ChallengersHans Zimmer – Dune: Part Two