The Critics Choice Association (CCA) has announced the first round of nominees for the film categories for the 30th annual Critics Choice Awards with “Conclave” and “Wicked” leading the pack with 11 nominations each going into the ceremony happening Sunday, January 12, 2025 at the Barker Hangar in Los Angeles.
The group’s picks for Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Actress were announced by host Carson Daly on “Today” during the NBC morning show’s “Popstart” segment. While love for films like “The Brutalist” and “Emilia Pérez” were expected, with the films respective leads Adrien Brody and Karla Sofía Gascón being nominated as well, there were also some pleasant surprises like “The Substance” earning a Best Picture nod, and a Best Actress nod for Demi Moore. Fellow horror film “Heretic” also earned a Best Actor nomination for star Hugh Grant.
The Critics Choice Association also announced their 2025 TV nominees the previous week, where FX drama “Shōgun” fared the best with six nominations.
The Critic Choice Awards 2025 will once again be hosted by comedian Chelsea Handler, this time airing on live on E! From 7-10 p.m. ET/PT on Sunday, January 12, and then will be available to stream the next day on Peacock.
See the full list of Critics Choice film nominees below.
BEST PICTURE
“A Complete Unknown”
“Anora”
“The Brutalist”
“Conclave”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Nickel Boys”
“Sing Sing”
“The Substance”
“Wicked”
BEST ACTOR
Adrien Brody – “The Brutalist”
Timothée Chalamet – “A Complete Unknown”
Daniel Craig – “Queer”
Colman Domingo – “Sing Sing”
Ralph Fiennes – “Conclave”
Hugh Grant – “Heretic”
BEST ACTRESS
Cynthia Erivo – “Wicked”
Karla Sofía Gascón – “Emilia Pérez”
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 Saldaña – “Emilia Pérez”
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Alyla Browne – “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga”
Elliott Heffernan – “Blitz”
Maisy Stella – “My Old Ass”
Izaac Wang – “Dìdi”
Alisha Weir – “Abigail”
Zoe Ziegler – “Janet Planet”
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
“Anora”
“Conclave”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Saturday Night”
“Sing Sing”
“Wicked”
BEST DIRECTOR
Jacques Audiard – “Emilia Pérez”
Sean Baker – “Anora”
Edward Berger – “Conclave”
Brady Corbet – “The Brutalist”
Jon M. Chu – “Wicked”
Coralie Fargeat – “The Substance”
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 Fastvold – “The Brutalist”
Jesse Eisenberg – “A Real Pain”
Coralie Fargeat – “The Substance”
Justin Kuritzkes – “Challengers”
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Jacques Audiard – “Emilia Pérez”
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”
Stéphane Fontaine – “Conclave”
Greig Fraser – “Dune: Part Two”
Jomo Fray – “Nickel Boys”
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia – “The Brutalist”
Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales – “Wicked”
Suzie Davies – “Conclave”
Craig Lathrop – “Nosferatu”
Arthur Max, Jille Azis, Elli Griff – “Gladiator II”
Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau – “Dune: Part Two”
BEST EDITING
Sean Baker – “Anora”
Marco Costa – “Challengers”
Nick Emerson – “Conclave”
David Jancso – “The Brutalist”
Joe Walker – “Dune: Part Two”
Hansjörg Weißbrich – “September 5”
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Lisy Christl – “Conclave”
Linda Muir – “Nosferatu”
Massimo Cantini Parrini – “Maria”
Paul Tazewell – “Wicked”
Jacqueline West – “Dune: Part Two”
Janty Yates, Dave Crossman – “Gladiator II”
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener, Neal Scanlan – “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”
Hair and Makeup Team – “Dune: Part Two”
Hair and Makeup Team – “The Substance”
Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuth, Laura Blount – “Wicked”
Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton, David White – “Nosferatu”
Mike Marino, Sarah Graalman, Aaron Saucier – “A Different Man”
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Mark Bakowski, Pietro Ponti, Nikki Penny, Neil Corbould – “Gladiator II”
Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould, David Shirk – “Wicked”
Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, Gerd Nefzer – “Dune: Part Two”
Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs – “Better Man”
Visual Effects Team – “The Substance”
Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story, Rodney Burke – “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 Pain”
“Deadpool & Wolverine”
“Hit Man”
“My Old Ass”
“Saturday Night”
“Thelma”
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“All We Imagine as Light”
“Emilia Pérez”
“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 Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, 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”
Clément Ducol & Camille – “Emilia Pérez”
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – “Challengers”
Hans Zimmer – “Dune: Part Two”
