Chelsea Handler hosts the 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards. Photo: CCA.
Preview:
- Winners of the 31st Critics Choice Awards included ‘One Battle After Another’ and ‘Hamnet.’
- ‘Frankenstein’ and ‘Sinners’ also took home awards.
- The ceremony was hosted by Chelsea Handler.
Though there were few surprises among the big winners at this year’s Critics Choice Awards, where ‘One Battle After Another’ took home a three big trophies (Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay), the ceremony was nevertheless still a lively, energetic affair, hosted once again by Chelsea Handler.
Following a monologue from Handler that took shots at Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav and paid loving tribute to Rob Reiner and Diane Keaton, it was on with the show.
“Some search for battle, others are born into it…”
Release Date: Sep 26, 2025
Run Time: 2 hr 42 min
Budget: $175,000,000
After scoring the most nominations, Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ won four trophies, tying Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein.’
On the acting front, the likes of ‘Marty Supreme’s Timothée Chalamet and ‘Frankenstein’s Jacob Elordi won Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, along with ‘Hamnet’s Jessie Buckley and ‘Weapons’Amy Madigan in their respective categories.
TV-wise, prizes predictably went to ‘The Pitt,’‘Adolescence’ and ‘The Studio,’ though it was welcome to see Rhea Seehorn taking the stage after winning her category for ‘Pluribus.’
Here’s the full list of winners…
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BEST PICTURE
Leonardo Di Caprio as Bob Ferguson in ‘One Battle After Another.’ A Warner Bros. Pictures Release. Photo Credit: Photo Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures.
BEST ACTOR
Timothée Chalamet in ‘Marty Supreme’. Photo: A24.
BEST ACTRESS
(L to R) Jessie Buckley stars as Agnes and Joe Alwyn as Bartholomew in director Chloé Zhao’s ‘Hamnet’, a Focus Features release. Credit: Agata Grzybowska / © 2025 FOCUS FEATURES LLC
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jacob Elordi as The Creature in ‘Frankenstein’. Photo: Ken Woroner/Netflix © 2025.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Madigan as Gladys in New Line Cinema’s ‘Weapons,’ a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Quantrell Colbert. Copyright: © 2025 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
BEST YOUNG ACTOR / ACTRESS
Miles Caton as Sammie Moore in Warner Bros. Pictures’ ‘Sinners,’ a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures. Copyright: © 2025 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
BEST DIRECTOR
(L to R) Leonardo Di Caprio and Director/Writer/Producer Paul Thomas Anderson on the set of ‘One Battle After Another.’ A Warner Bros. Pictures Release. Photo Credit: Merrick Morton.
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Director Ryan Cooler at the New York Premiere of ‘Sinners’. Photo: Warner Bros.
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Benicio del Toro as Sensei St. Carlos in ‘One Battle After Another.’ A Warner Bros. Pictures Release. Photo Credit: Photo Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures
- Paul Thomas Anderson – ‘One Battle After Another’ – WINNER
- Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar – ‘Train Dreams’
- Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, Jahye Lee – ‘No Other Choice’
- Guillermo del Toro – ‘Frankenstein’
- Will Tracy – ‘Bugonia’
- Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell – ‘Hamnet’
BEST CASTING AND ENSEMBLE
(L to R) Jayme Lawson as Pearline, Wunmi Mosaku as Annie, Michael B. Jordan as Smoke, Miles Caton as Sammie Moore, and Li Jun Li as Grace Chow, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ ‘Sinners,’ a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures. Copyright: © 2025 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Joel Edgerton as Robert Grainier in ‘Train Dreams’. Cr: Netflix © 2025.
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
(L to R) Jacob Elordi as The Creature and Oscar Isaac as Dr. Victor Frankenstein on the set of Frankenstein. Photo: Ken Woroner/Netflix © 2025.
BEST EDITING
Brad Pitt as Sonny Hayes in Apple Original Films’ ‘F1’, a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Photo by Scott Garfield. Courtesy Warner Bros Pictures / Apple Original Films. Copyright: © 2025 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Mia Goth as Elizabeth in Frankenstein. Photo: Ken Woroner/Netflix © 2025.
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
Oscar Isaacs in ‘Frankenstein’. Photo: Netflix.
- Flora Moody, John Nolan – ‘28 Years Later’
- Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey – ‘Frankenstein’ – WINNER
- Siân Richards, Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine, Shunika Terry – ‘Sinners’
- Kazu Hiro, Felix Fox, Mia Neal – ‘The Smashing Machine’
- Leo Satkovich, Melizah Wheat, Jason Collins – ‘Weapons’
- Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier, Laura Blount – ‘Wicked: For Good’
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Varang (Oona Chaplin) in 20th Century Studios’ ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.
- Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett – ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ – WINNER
- Ryan Tudhope, Nikeah Forde, Robert Harrington, Nicolas Chevallier, Eric Leven, Edward Price, Keith Dawson – ‘F1’
- Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, José Granell – ‘Frankenstein’
- Alex Wuttke, Ian Lowe, Jeff Sutherland, Kirstin Hall – ‘’Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’
- Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter, Donnie Dean – ‘Sinners’
- Stephane Ceretti, Enrico Damm, Stéphane Nazé, Guy Williams – ‘Superman’
BEST STUNT DESIGN
Tom Cruise plays Ethan Hunt in ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ from Paramount Pictures and Skydance. Photo: Paramount Pictures.
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
‘Kpop Demon Hunters’. ©2025 Netflix.
BEST COMEDY
Liam Neeson plays Frank Drebin Jr. in ‘The Naked Gun’ from Paramount Pictures.
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Wagner Moura in ‘The Secret Agent.’ Photo: Neon.
BEST SONG
‘Kpop Demon Hunters’. ©2025 Netflix.
BEST SCORE
(L to R) Michael B. Jordan as Smoke, Wunami Mosaku as Annie, Hailee Steinfeld as Mary, Michael B. Jordan as Stack, Miles Caton as Sammie and Omar Benson Miller as Cornbread in Warner Bros. Pictures’ ‘Sinners,’ a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures. Copyright: © 2025 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
BEST SOUND
A scene from Apple Original Films’ ‘F1’, a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Photo Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures / Apple Original Films. Copyright: © 2025 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta, Gareth John – ‘F1’ – WINNER
- Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern, Greg Chapman – ‘Frankenstein’
- Jose Antonio Garcia, Christopher Scarabosio, Tony Villaflor – ‘One Battle After Another’
- Chris Welcker, Benny Burtt, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker, Felipe Pacheco, David V. Butler – ‘Sinners’
- Laia Casanovas – ‘Sirāt’
- Mitch Low, Glenn Freemantle, Ben Barker, Howard Bargroff, Richard Spooner – ‘Warfare’
The Critic’s Choice Awards will be January 4th.
