The 31st Critics Choice Awards are a few weeks away, celebrating the crème of film and television from the past year—and marking the formal start of Hollywood’s parade of award ceremonies, culminating with the Oscars in March.

So, who’s in the mix at this year’s Critics Choice Awards, and how closely will they mirror either the recent Gotham Awards or the upcoming Golden Globes? Here’s everything we know so far about the 2026 Critics Choice Awards.

When are the 2026 Critics Choice Awards?

The 31st annual Critics Choice Awards are set for Sunday, January 4, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California.

Where can I watch the 2026 Critics Choice Awards?

The ceremony will air live on E! and USA Network from 7–10 p.m. ET.

Who is hosting the 2026 Critics Choice Awards?

Chelsea Handler will return as host, marking her fourth consecutive turn emceeing the ceremony.

Who and what is nominated for a 2026 Critics Choice Award?

Sinners, One Battle After Another, Hamnet, Frankenstein, and Marty Supreme lead the film field, with Sinners racking up 17 nominations, OBAA 14, Hamnet and Frankenstein 11 each, and Marty Supreme eight.

Meanwhile, with six nods, Adolescence is the most-nominated series, followed by Nobody Wants This (with five) and All Her Fault, Death by Lightning, Ghosts, Hacks, Severance, and The Diplomat (with four each).

See the full list of nominations below:

Film nominations

Best Picture

Bugonia Frankenstein Hamnet Jay Kelly Marty Supreme One Battle After Another Sentimental Value Sinners Train Dreams Wicked: For Good

Best Actor

Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another Joel Edgerton, Train Dreams Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon Michael B. Jordan, Sinners Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent

Best Actress

Jessie Buckley, Hamnet 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 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 Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

Best Young Actor / Actress

Everett Blunck, The Plague Miles Caton, Sinners 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 Ryan Coogler, Sinners Guillermo del Toro, Frankenstein Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value Chloé Zhao, Hamnet

Best Original Screenplay

Noah Baumbach, Emily Mortimer, Jay Kelly Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme Ryan Coogler, Sinners Zach Cregger, Weapons Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value

Best Adapted Screenplay

Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another 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

Nina Gold, Hamnet Douglas Aibel, Nina Gold, Jay Kelly Jennifer Venditti, Marty Supreme Cassandra Kulukundis, One Battle After Another Francine Maisler, Sinners Tiffany Little Canfield, Bernard Telsey, Wicked: For Good

Best Cinematography

Claudio Miranda, F1 Dan Laustsen, Frankenstein Łukasz Żal, Hamnet Michael Bauman, One Battle After Another Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners Adolpho Veloso, Train Dreams

Best Production Design

Kasra Farahani, Jille Azis, The Fantastic Four: First Steps Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau, Frankenstein Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton, Hamnet Jack Fisk, Adam Willis, Marty Supreme Hannah Beachler, Monique Champagne, Sinners Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales, Wicked: For Good

Best Editing

Kirk Baxter, A House of Dynamite Stephen Mirrione, F1 Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After Another Viridiana Lieberman, The Perfect Neighbor Michael P. Shawver, Sinners

Best Costume Design

Kate Hawley, Frankenstein Malgosia Turzanska, Hamnet Lindsay Pugh, Hedda Colleen Atwood, Christine Cantella, Kiss of the Spider Woman Ruth E. Carter, Sinners Paul Tazewell, Wicked: For Good

Best Hair and Makeup

Flora Moody, John Nolan, 28 Years Later Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey, Frankenstein 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

Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett, Avatar: Fire and Ash 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

Stephen Dunlevy, Kyle Gardiner, Jackson Spidell, Jeremy Marinas, Jan Petřina, Domonkos Párdányi, Kinga Kósa-Gavalda, Ballerina Gary Powell, Luciano Bacheta, Craig Dolby, F1 Wade Eastwood, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning Brian Machleit, One Battle After Another Andy Gill, Sinners Giedrius Nagys, Warfare

Best Animated Feature

Arco (Neon) Elio (Pixar Animation Studios) In Your Dreams (Netflix) KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix) Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (GKIDS) Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Animation Studios)

Best Comedy

The Ballad of Wallis Island Eternity Friendship The Naked Gun The Phoenician Scheme Splitsville

Best Foreign Language Film

It Was Just an Accident Left-Handed Girl No Other Choice The Secret Agent Sirāt Belén

Best Song

“Drive” – Ed Sheeran, John Mayer, Blake Slatkin – F1 “Golden” – Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, Ido, 24, Teddy – KPop Demon Hunters “I Lied to You” – Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson – Sinners “Clothed by the Sun” – Daniel Blumberg – The Testament of Ann Lee “Train Dreams” – Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner – Train Dreams “The Girl in the Bubble” – Stephen Schwartz – 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

Best Sound

Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta, Gareth John – F1 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

Television nominations

Best Drama Series

Alien: Earth Andor The Diplomat Paradise The Pitt 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

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

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

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 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

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 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

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Ike Barinholtz, The Studio Paul W. Downs, Hacks Asher Grodman, Ghosts Oscar Nuñez, The Paper Chris Perfetti, Abbott Elementary Timothy Simons, Nobody Wants This

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Danielle Brooks, Peacemaker Hannah Einbinder, Hacks Janelle James, Abbott Elementary Justine Lupe, Nobody Wants This Ego Nwodim, Saturday Night Live Rebecca Wisocky, Ghosts

Best Limited Series

Adolescence All Her Fault Chief of War Death by Lightning Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy Dope Thief Dying for Sex The Girlfriend

Best Movie Made for Television

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy Deep Cover The Gorge Mountainhead Nonnas Summer of ’69

Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

Michael Chernus, Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy Stephen Graham, Adolescence Brian Tyree Henry, Dope Thief Charlie Hunnam, Monster: The Ed Gein Story Matthew Rhys, The Beast in Me Michael Shannon, Death by Lightning

Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

Jessica Biel, The Better Sister Meghann Fahy, Sirens Sarah Snook, All Her Fault Michelle Williams, Dying for Sex Robin Wright, The Girlfriend Renée Zellweger, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

Owen Cooper, Adolescence Wagner Moura, Dope Thief Nick Offerman, Death by Lightning Michael Peña, All Her Fault Ashley Walters, Adolescence Ramy Youssef, Mountainhead

Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

Erin Doherty, Adolescence Betty Gilpin, Death by Lightning Marin Ireland, Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy Sophia Lillis, All Her Fault Julianne Moore, Sirens Christine Tremarco, Adolescence

Best Foreign Language Series

Acapulco Last Samurai Standing Mussolini: Son of the Century Red Alert Squid Game When No One Sees Us

Best Animated Series

Bob’s Burgers Harley Quinn Long Story Short Marvel Zombies South Park Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

Best Talk Show

The Daily Show Hot Ones Jimmy Kimmel Live! Late Night with Seth Meyers The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Best Variety Series

Conan O’Brien Must Go Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Saturday Night Live

Best Comedy Special

Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life Caleb Hearon: Model Comedian Leanne Morgan: Unspeakable Things Marc Maron: Panicked Sarah Silverman: PostMortem SNL50: The Anniversary Special