The Critics Choice Association has announced its nominees for its 30th annual Critics Choice Awards. Conclave and Wicked lead the way with 11 nominations each. Dune: Part Two and Emilia Pérez followed with 10 nominations each. Notably, Emilia Pérez received nominations in both the Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film categories.
Winners will be announced in a live broadcast on E! on January 12, 2025.
Disclosure: I'm a member of the Critics Choice Association and voted in the nominee process.
As always, I encourage you to make your own lists, argue about everyone else's choices, and enjoy catching up with all the films you may have missed.
Best Picture
A Complete Unknown
Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Perez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
The Substance
Wicked
Best Actor
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Timothee Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig, Queer
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Hugh Grant, Heretic
Best Actress
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Karla Sofia Gascon, Emilia Perez
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 Saldana, Emilia Perez
Best Young Actor/Actress
Alyla Browne, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Elliott Heffernan, Blitz
Maisy Stella, My Old Ass
Izaac Wing, Didi
Alisha Weir, Abigail
Zoe Ziegler, Janet Planet
Best Acting Ensemble
Anora
Conclave
Emilia Perez
Saturday Night
Sing Sing
Wicked
Best Director
Jacques Audiard, Emilia Perez
Sean Baker, Anora
Edward Berger, Conclave
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Jon M. Chu, Wicked
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 Fastvoid, The Brutalist
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Justin Kuritzkes, Challengers
Best Adapted Screenplay
Jacques Audiard, Emilia Perez
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
Stephanie Fontaine, Conclave
Greig Fraser, Dune: Part Two
Jomo Fray, Nickel Boys
Best Production Design
The Brutalist
Wicked
Conclave
Nosferatu
Gladiator II
Dune: Part II
Best Editing
Anora
Challengers
Conclave
The Brutalist
Dune: Part II
September 5
Best Costume Design
Conclave
Nosferatu
Maria
Wicked
Dune: Part Two
Gladiator II
Best Hair and Makeup
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Dune: Part II
The Substance
Wicked
Nosferatu
A Different Man
Best Visual Effects
Gladiator II
Wicked
Dune: Part Two
Better Man
The Substance
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 Paiin
Deadpool & Wolverine
Hit Man
My Old Ass
Saturday Night
Thelma
Best Foreign-Language Film
All We Imagine As Light
Emilia Perez
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 Saldana, Karla Sofia Gascon, 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
Clement Ducol & Camille, Emilia Pérez
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Challengers
Hans Zimmer, Dune: Part Two
