Critics' Choice Awards winners

The Shape of Water dominated the 23rd annual Critics' Choice Awards, taking home honors in four categories. The Critics' Choice Awards represent voting by The Broadcast Film Critics Association, of which I'm a member. Are the Critics' Choice Awards a bellwether for Oscar? They have been. This year? Who knows. The Golden Globe for best picture went to Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Maybe Oscar will surprise us and chart a course of its own. Lady Bird anyone?

So here's the list of those who received awards at Thursday night's ceremony.

Note: Unlike the Oscars, the Critics' Choice Awards include genre categories such as best comedy and best sci-fi/horror, a method that allows for a broader representation of the year's movies than a typical Oscar list.

BEST PICTURE – The Shape of Water
BEST ACTOR – Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
BEST ACTRESS – Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – Allison Janney, I, Tonya
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS – Brooklynn Prince, The Florida Project
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
BEST DIRECTOR – Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY – Jordan Peele, Get Out
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY – James Ivory, Call Me By Your Name
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – Roger Deakins, Blade Runner 2049
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – Paul Denham Austerberry, Shane Vieau, Jeff Melvin, The Shape of Water
BEST EDITING (TIE) – Paul Machliss, Jonathan Amos, Baby Driver and Lee Smith, Dunkirk
BEST COSTUME DESIGN – Mark Bridges, Phantom Thread
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP – Darkest Hour
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS – War for the Planet of the Apes
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE – Coco
BEST ACTION MOVIE – Wonder Woman
BEST COMEDY – The Big Sick
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY – James Franco, The Disaster Artist
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY – Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
BEST SCI-FI OR HORROR MOVIE – Get Out
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM – In The Fade
BEST SONG – Remember Me from Coco
BEST SCORE – Alexandre Desplat, The Shape of Water