‘Wicked’ & ‘Emilia Pérez’ Dominate 2025 Critics Choice Awards – Full Winners List!
The 30th annual Critics Choice Awards took place on Friday, February 7, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California. Three films—Wicked, Emilia Pérez, and The Substance—each won three awards. However, none of them claimed the top honor of Best Picture, which went to Anora. Interestingly, Anora didn’t win in any other category that night.
Jon M. Chu, director of Wicked, won Best Director, making him only the third filmmaker to win the award for a musical. The others were Baz Luhrmann for Moulin Rouge! and Damien Chazelle for La La Land. Chazelle later won an Oscar for directing La La Land, but Luhrmann and Chu didn’t even receive Oscar nominations for their films. Wicked also took home awards for Best Production Design and Best Costume Design.
Emilia Pérez won Best Foreign Language Film, Best Original Song for “El Mal”, and Best Supporting Actress for Zoe Saldaña. Saldaña was also the lead singer on “El Mal”.
Meanwhile, The Substance won Best Actress for Demi Moore, as well as Best Original Screenplay and Best Hair & Makeup.
Other multiple-award winners included A Real Pain, Conclave, and Challengers, each earning two prizes.
“El Mal”, written by Clément Ducol, Camille, and Jacques Audiard, also won Best Original Song at the Golden Globes on January 5. With these two major wins, it’s now a strong contender for the same category at the Oscars.
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross won Best Original Score for Challengers, just as they did at the Golden Globes. However, their score won’t be in the running for an Oscar since it wasn’t even nominated. This makes it one of only three film scores to win both the Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award but miss out on an Oscar nomination—the other two were The Aviator (by Howard Shore) and First Man (by Justin Hurwitz).
Chelsea Handler hosted the Critics Choice Awards for the third time. The ceremony was originally scheduled for January 12 but was postponed twice due to severe wildfires in Los Angeles. The three-hour show, covering both film and TV awards, aired live on E! at 7 p.m. ET/PT. It will be available to stream on Peacock the next day.
Below is the complete list of film nominations, with winners highlighted.
Best Picture
- A Complete Unknown
- WINNER: Anora
- The Brutalist
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Emilia Pérez
- Nickel Boys
- Sing Sing
- The Substance
- Wicked
Best Song
- “Beautiful That Way” – The Last Showgirl – Music by: Andrew Wyatt
Lyrics by: Andrew Wyatt, Miley Cyrus, Lykke Li - “Compress/Repress” – Challengers – Music by: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Lyrics by: Trent Reznor, Luca Guadagnino - WINNER: “El Mal” – Emilia Pérez – Music by: Clément Ducol, Camille
Lyrics by: Clément Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard
“Harper and Will Go West” – Will & Harper – Sean Douglas, Kristen Wiig - “Kiss the Sky” – The Wild Robot – Music & Lyrics by: Delacey, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack, Ali Tamposi
- “Mi Camino” – Emilia Pérez – Music & Lyrics by: Clément Ducol, Camille
Best Score
- Volker Bertelmann – Conclave
- Daniel Blumberg – The Brutalist
- Kris Bowers – The Wild Robot
- Clément Ducol & Camille – Emilia Pérez
- WINNER: Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers
- Hans Zimmer – Dune: Part Two
Best Acting Ensemble
- Anora
- WINNER: Conclave
- Emilia Pérez
- Saturday Night
- Sing Sing
- Wicked
Best Actor
- WINNER: 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
- WINNER: Demi Moore – The Substance
Best Supporting Actor
- Yura Borisov – Anora
- WINNER: 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
- WINNER: Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez
Best Young Actor/Actress
- Alyla Browne – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
- Elliott Heffernan – Blitz
- WINNER: Maisy Stella – My Old Ass
- Izaac Wang – Didi
- Alisha Weir – Abigail
- Zoe Ziegler – Janet Planet
Best Director
- Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
- Sean Baker – Anora
- Edward Berger – Conclave
- Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
- WINNER: Jon M. Chu – Wicked
- Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
- RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
- Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
- Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox – Wicked
- Greg Kwedar, Clint Bentley – Sing Sing
- RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes – Nickel Boys
- WINNER: Peter Straughan – Conclave
- Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts – Dune: Part Two
Best Cinematography
- WINNER: 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
- WINNER: 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
- WINNER: 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
- WINNER: 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
- WINNER: 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
- WINNER: 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
- WINNER: The Wild Robot
Best Comedy
- WINNER: A Real Pain
- WINNER: Deadpool & Wolverine
- Hit Man
- My Old Ass
- Saturday Night
- Thelma
Best Foreign Language Film
- All We Imagine as Light
- WINNER: Emilia Pérez
- Flow
- I’m Still Here
- Kneecap
- The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Television
- Best Drama Series
- “Shogun”
- Best Actor, Drama Series
- Hiroyuki Sanada, “Shogun”
- Best Actress, Drama Series
- Kathy Bates, “Matlock”
- Best Supporting Actor, Drama Series
- Tadanobu Asano, “Shogun”
- Best Supporting Actress, Drama Series
- Moeka Hoshi, “Shogun”
- Best Comedy Series
- “Hacks”
- Best Actor, Comedy Series
- Adam Brody, “Nobody Wants This”
- Best Actress, Comedy Series
- Jean Smart, “Hacks”
- Best Supporting Actor, Comedy Series
- Michael Urie, “Shrinking”
- Best Supporting Actress, Comedy Series
- Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks”
- Best Limited Series
- “Baby Reindeer”
- Best TV Movie
- “Rebel Ridge”
- Best Actor, Limited Series or TV Movie
- Colin Farrell, “The Penguin”
- Best Actress, Limited Series or TV Movie
- Cristin Milioti, “The Penguin”
- Best Supporting Actor, Limited Series or TV Movie
- Liev Schreiber, “The Perfect Couple”
- Best Supporting Actress, Limited Series or TV Movie
- Jessica Gunning, “Baby Reindeer”
- Best Foreign Language Series
- “Squid Game”
- Best Animated Series
- “X-Men ’97”
- Best Talk Show
- “John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A.”
- Best Comedy Special
- “Ali Wong: Single Lady”
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