Who Won 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards?

Jon M. Chu

Feb 7, 2025

The 30th Critics Choice Awards were held on February 7, 2025 at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California. The movies "Conclave" and "Wicked" had the most nominations with 11 each, but it was "Anora" that won Best Picture. Chelsea Handler returned for the third time as host.

Best Picture
AnoraAnora
Other Nominees: The Brutalist; A Complete Unknown; Conclave; Dune: Part Two; Emilia Pérez; Nickel Boys; Sing Sing; The Substance; Wicked
Best Director
Jon M. ChuWicked
Wicked
Other Nominees: Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez); Sean Baker (Anora); Edward Berger (Conclave); Brady Corbet (The Brutalist); Coralie Fargeat (The Substance); RaMell Ross (Nickel Boys); Denis Villeneuve (Dune: Part Two)
Best Actor
Adrian BrodyThe Brutalist
The Brutalist
Other Nominees: Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown); Daniel Craig (Queer); Colman Domingo (Sing Sing); Ralph Fiennes (Conclave); Hugh Grant (Heretic)
Best Actress
Demi MooreThe Substance
The Substance
Other Nominees: Cynthia Erivo (Wicked); Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez); Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths); Angelina Jolie (Maria); Mikey Madison (Anora)
Best Supporting Actor
Kieran CulkinA Real Pain
A Real Pain
Other Nominees: Yura Borisov (Anora); Clarence Maclin (Sing Sing); Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown); Guy Pearce (The Brutalist); Denzel Washington (Gladiator II)
Best Supporting Actress
Zoe SaldanaEmilia Pérez
Emilia Pérez
Other Nominees: Danielle Deadwyler (The Piano Lesson); Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (Nickel Boys); Ariana Grande (Wicked); Margaret Qualley (The Substance); Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)
Best Young Actor/Actress
Maisy StellaMy Old Ass
My Old Ass
Other Nominees: Alyla Browne (Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga); Elliott Heffernan (Blitz); Izaac Wang (Dìdi); Alisha Weir (Abigail); Zoe Ziegler (Janet Planet)
Best Acting Ensemble
ConclaveConclave
Other Nominees: Anora; Emilia Pérez; Saturday Night; Sing Sing; Wicked
Best Original Screenplay
Coralie FargeatThe Substance
The Substance
Other Nominees: Anora; September 5; The Brutalist; A Real Pain; Challengers
Best Adapted Screenplay
Peter StraughanConclave
Conclave
Other Nominees: Emilia Pérez; Wicked; Sing Sing; Nickel Boys; Dune: Part Two
Best Cinematography
Jarin BlaschkeNosferatu
Nosferatu
Other Nominees: Wicked; The Brutalist; Conclave; Dune: Part Two; Nickel Boys
Best Production Design
Nathan Crowley and Lee SandalesWicked
Wicked
Other Nominees: The Brutalist; Conclave; Nosferatu; Gladiator II; Dune: Part Two
Best Editing
Marco CostaChallengers
Oppenheimer
Other Nominees: Anora; Conclave; The Brutalist; Dune: Part Two; September 5
Best Costume Design
Paul TazewellWicked
Wicked
Other Nominees: Conclave; Nosferatu; Maria; Dune: Part Two; Gladiator II
Best Hair & Makeup
The SubstanceThe Substance
Other Nominees: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice; Dune: Part Two; Wicked; Nosferatu; A Different Man
Best Visual Effects
Dune: Part TwoDune: Part Two
Other Nominees: Gladiator II; Wicked; Better Man; The Substance; Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Best Comedy Movie (TIE)
Deadpool & WolverineDeadpool & Wolverine
A Real PainA Real Pain
Other Nominees: Hit Man; My Old Ass; Saturday Night; Thelma
Best Animated Feature
The Wild RobotThe Wild Robot
Other Nominees: Flow; Inside Out 2; Memoir of a Snail; Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Best Foreign Language Film
Emilia PérezEmilia Pérez
France
Other Nominees: All We Imagine as Light (India); Flow (Latvia); I'm Still Here (Brazil); Kneecap (Ireland); The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)
Best Score
Trent Reznor and Atticus RossChallengers
Challengers
Other Nominees: Conclave; The Brutalist; The Wild Robot; Emilia Pérez; Dune: Part Two
Best Song
"El Mal"Emilia Perez
Emilia Perez
Other Nominees: "Beautiful That Way" (The Last Showgirl); "Compress/ Repress" (Challengers); "Harper and Will Go West" (Will & Harper); "Kiss the Sky" (The Wild Robot); "Mi Camino" (Emilia Pérez)