Critics Choice Awards 2026 Winners List: Live Updates on Who Won

Awards season in Hollywood is officially in full swing. Following the Palm Springs International Film Festival, the annual Critics Choice Awards kicked off in Santa Monica, California, on Sunday, January 4. Hosted by Chelsea Handler, the 2026 awards show honored some of the best cinematic masterpieces over the past year.

Cast and crew members of Bugonia, Marty Supreme, Frankenstein, One Battle After Another and more were nominated for awards.

Below, Hollywood Life has live updates on who made it big at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards!

Best Picture

Bugonia (Focus Features)

Frankenstein (Netflix)

Hamnet (Focus Features)

Jay Kelly (Netflix)

Marty Supreme (A24)

One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.): WINNER

Sentimental Value (Neon)

Sinners (Warner Bros.)

Train Dreams (Netflix)

Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)

Best Actor

Best Actress

Jessie Buckley – Hamnet: WINNER

Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another

Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value

Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee

Emma Stone – Bugonia

Best Supporting Actor

Benicio del Toro — One Battle After Another

Jacob Elordi — Frankenstein: WINNER

Paul Mescal — Hamnet

Sean Penn — One Battle After Another

Adam Sandler — Jay Kelly

Stellan Skarsgård — Sentimental Value

Best Supporting Actress

Elle Fanning — Sentimental Value

Ariana Grande — Wicked: For Good

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas — Sentimental Value

Amy Madigan — Weapons: WINNER

Wunmi Mosaku — Sinners

Teyana Taylor — One Battle After Another

Best Young Actor/Actress

Everett Blunck — The Plague

Miles Caton — Sinners: WINNER

Cary Christopher — Weapons

Shannon Mahina Gorman — Rental Family

Jacobi Jupe — Hamnet

Nina Ye — Left-Handed Girl

Best Director

Paul Thomas Anderson — One Battle After Another: WINNER

Ryan Coogler — Sinners

Guillermo del Toro — Frankenstein

Josh Safdie — Marty Supreme

Joachim Trier — Sentimental Value

Chloé Zhao — Hamnet

Best Original Screenplay

Jay Kelly — Noah Baumbach & Emily Mortimer

Marty Supreme — Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie

Sinners — Ryan Coogler: WINNER

Weapons — Zach Cregger

Sorry, Baby — Eva Victor

Sentimental Value — Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier

Best Adapted Screenplay

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

Hamnet

Jay Kelly

Marty Supreme

One Battle After Another

Sinners: WINNER

Wicked: For Good

Best Cinematography

F1

Frankenstein

Hamnet

One Battle After Another

Sinners

Train Dreams: WINNER

Best Production Design

The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Frankenstein: WINNER

Hamnet

Marty Supreme

Sinners

Wicked: For Good

Best Editing

A House of Dynamite

F1: WINNER

Marty Supreme

One Battle After Another

The Perfect Neighbor

Sinners

Best Costume Design

Frankenstein: WINNER

Hamnet

Hedda

Kiss of the Spider Woman

Sinners

Wicked: For Good

Best Hair & Makeup

28 Years Later

Frankenstein: WINNER

Sinners

The Smashing Machine

Weapons

Wicked: For Good

Best Visual Effects

Avatar: Fire and Ash: WINNER

F1

Frankenstein

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

Sinners

Superman

Best Stunt Design

Ballerina

F1

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning: WINNER

One Battle After Another

Sinners

Warfare

Best Animated Feature

Arco

Elio

In Your Dreams

KPop Demon Hunters: WINNER

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

Zootopia 2

Best Comedy

The Ballad of Wallis Island

Eternity

Friendship

The Naked Gun: WINNER

The Phoenician Scheme

Splitsville

Best Foreign Language Film

It Was Just an Accident

Left-Handed Girl

No Other Choice

The Secret Agent: WINNER

Sirat

Belén

Best Song

“Drive” – F1

“Golden” – KPop Demon Hunters: WINNER

“I Lied to You” – Sinners

“Clothed by the Sun” – The Testament of Ann Lee

“Train Dreams” – Train Dreams

“The Girl in the Bubble” – Wicked: For Good

Best Score

Hans Zimmer — F1

Alexandre Desplat — Frankenstein

Max Richter — Hamnet

Daniel Lopatin — Marty Supreme

Jonny Greenwood — One Battle After Another

Ludwig Göransson — Sinners: WINNER

Best Sound

F1: WINNER

Frankenstein

One Battle After Another

Sinners

Sirat

Warfare

Best Drama Series

Alien: Earth

Andor

The Diplomat

Paradise

The Pitt: WINNER

Pluribus

Severance

Task

Best Actor in a Drama Series

Sterling K. Brown — Paradise

Diego Luna — Andor

Mark Ruffalo — Task

Adam Scott — Severance

Billy Bob Thornton — Landman

Noah Wyle — The Pitt: WINNER

Best Actress in a Drama Series

Kathy Bates — Matlock

Carrie Coon — The Gilded Age

Britt Lower — Severance

Bella Ramsey — The Last of Us

Keri Russell — The Diplomat

Rhea Seehorn — Pluribus: WINNER

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Patrick Ball — The Pitt

Billy Crudup — The Morning Show

Ato Essandoh — The Diplomat

Wood Harris — Forever

Tom Pelphrey — Task

Tramell Tillman — Severance: WINNER

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Nicole Beharie — The Morning Show

Denée Benton — The Gilded Age

Allison Janney — The Diplomat

Katherine LaNasa — The Pitt: WINNER

Greta Lee — The Morning Show

Skye P. Marshall — Matlock

Best Comedy Series

Abbott Elementary

Elsbeth

Ghosts

Hacks

Nobody Wants This

Only Murders in the Building

The Righteous Gemstones

The Studio: WINNER

Best Actor in a Comedy Series

Adam Brody — Nobody Wants This

Ted Danson — A Man on the Inside

David Alan Grier — St. Denis Medical

Danny McBride — The Righteous Gemstones

Seth Rogen — The Studio: WINNER

Alexander Skarsgård — Murderbot

Best Actress in a Comedy Series

Kristen Bell — Nobody Wants This

Natasha Lyonne — Poker Face

Rose McIver — Ghosts

Edi Patterson — The Righteous Gemstones

Carrie Preston — Elsbeth

Jean Smart — Hacks: WINNER