On Sunday night in Santa Monica, comedian Chelsea Handler returned to host the 2026 Critics Choice Awards, fêting the most acclaimed films and television series of the last year. So, with projects such as Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, Wicked: For Good, Sinners, and Hamnet jostling for prizes in the film categories and The Pitt, Severance, Hacks, The Studio, and Nobody Wants This in stiff competition in the TV field, who—and what—were the big winners at the Barker Hangar? (And will they set the tone for the rest of awards season?)
Catch up on all the winners at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards right here.
WINNER: One Battle After Another
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Jay Kelly
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams
Wicked: For Good
WINNER: 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
WINNER: 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
WINNER: 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
WINNER: Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Noah Baumbach, Emily Mortimer, Jay Kelly
Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Zach Cregger, Weapons
Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby
Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
WINNER: 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
WINNER: Wade Eastwood, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Stephen Dunlevy, Kyle Gardiner, Jackson Spidell, Jeremy Marinas, Jan Petřina, Domonkos Párdányi, Kinga Kósa-Gavalda, Ballerina
Gary Powell, Luciano Bacheta, Craig Dolby, F1
Brian Machleit, One Battle After Another
Andy Gill, Sinners
Giedrius Nagys, Warfare
WINNER: Ludwig Göransson, Sinners
Hans Zimmer, F1
Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein
Max Richter, Hamnet
Daniel Lopatin, Marty Supreme
Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another
WINNER: Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Deep Cover
The Gorge
Mountainhead
Nonnas
Summer of ’69
WINNER: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Conan O’Brien Must Go
Saturday Night Live
WINNER: KPop Demon Hunters
Arco
Elio
In Your Dreams
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2
WINNER: “Golden” – Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, Ido, 24, Teddy – KPop Demon Hunters
“Drive” – Ed Sheeran, John Mayer, Blake Slatkin – F1
“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
WINNER: The Pitt
Alien: Earth
Andor
The Diplomat
Paradise
Pluribus
Severance
Task
WINNER: Rhea Seehorn, Pluribus
Kathy Bates, Matlock
Carrie Coon, The Gilded Age
Britt Lower, Severance
Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us
Keri Russell, The Diplomat
WINNER: Noah Wyle, The Pitt
Sterling K. Brown, Paradise
Diego Luna, Andor
Mark Ruffalo, Task
Adam Scott, Severance
Billy Bob Thornton, Landman
WINNER: Tramell Tillman, Severance
Patrick Ball, The Pitt
Billy Crudup, The Morning Show
Ato Essandoh, The Diplomat
Wood Harris, Forever
Tom Pelphrey, Task
WINNER: Katherine LaNasa, The Pitt
Nicole Beharie, The Morning Show
Denée Benton, The Gilded Age
Allison Janney, The Diplomat
Greta Lee, The Morning Show
Skye P. Marshall, Matlock
WINNER: Amy Madigan, Weapons
Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value
Ariana Grande, Wicked: For Good
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
WINNER: Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another
Paul Mescal, Hamnet
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Adam Sandler, Jay Kelly
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value
WINNER: The Studio
Abbott Elementary
Elsbeth
Ghosts
Hacks
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders in the Building
The Righteous Gemstones
WINNER: Jean Smart, Hacks
Kristen Bell, Nobody Wants This
Natasha Lyonne, Poker Face
Rose McIver, Ghosts
Edi Patterson, The Righteous Gemstones
Carrie Preston, Elsbeth
WINNER: Seth Rogen, The Studio
Adam Brody, Nobody Wants This
Ted Danson, A Man on the Inside
David Alan Grier, St. Denis Medical
Danny McBride, The Righteous Gemstones
Alexander Skarsgård, Murderbot
WINNER: Ike Barinholtz, The Studio
Paul W. Downs, Hacks
Asher Grodman, Ghosts
Oscar Nuñez, The Paper
Chris Perfetti, Abbott Elementary
Timothy Simons, Nobody Wants This
WINNER: Janelle James, Abbott Elementary
Danielle Brooks, Peacemaker
Hannah Einbinder, Hacks
Justine Lupe, Nobody Wants This
Ego Nwodim, Saturday Night Live
Rebecca Wisocky, Ghosts
WINNER: Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Daily Show
Hot Ones
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
WINNER: Francine Maisler, Sinners
Nina Gold, Hamnet
Douglas Aibel, Nina Gold, Jay Kelly
Jennifer Venditti, Marty Supreme
Cassandra Kulukundis, One Battle After Another
Tiffany Little Canfield, Bernard Telsey, Wicked: For Good
WINNER: Adolescence
All Her Fault
Chief of War
Death by Lightning
Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy
Dope Thief
Dying for Sex
The Girlfriend
WINNER: Sarah Snook, All Her Fault
Jessica Biel, The Better Sister
Meghann Fahy, Sirens
Michelle Williams, Dying for Sex
Robin Wright, The Girlfriend
Renée Zellweger, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
WINNER: Stephen Graham, Adolescence
Michael Chernus, Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy
Brian Tyree Henry, Dope Thief
Charlie Hunnam, Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Matthew Rhys, The Beast in Me
Michael Shannon, Death by Lightning
WINNER: Owen Cooper, Adolescence
Wagner Moura, Dope Thief
Nick Offerman, Death by Lightning
Michael Peña, All Her Fault
Ashley Walters, Adolescence
Ramy Youssef, Mountainhead
WINNER: 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
WINNER: Miles Caton, Sinners
Everett Blunck, The Plague
Cary Christopher, Weapons
Shannon Mahina Gorman, Rental Family
Jacobi Jupe, Hamnet
Nina Ye, Left-Handed Girltt
WINNER: The Secret Agent
It Was Just an Accident
Left-Handed Girl
No Other Choice
Sirāt
Belén
WINNER: The Naked Gun
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Eternity
Friendship
The Phoenician Scheme
Splitsville
WINNER: Squid Game
Acapulco
Last Samurai Standing
Mussolini: Son of the Century
Red Alert
When No One Sees Us
WINNER: South Park
Bob’s Burgers
Harley Quinn
Long Story Short
Marvel Zombies
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
WINNER: Adolpho Veloso, Train Dreams
Claudio Miranda, F1
Dan Laustsen, Frankenstein
Łukasz Żal, Hamnet
Michael Bauman, One Battle After Another
Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners
WINNER: SNL50: The Anniversary Special
Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life
Caleb Hearon: Model Comedian
Leanne Morgan: Unspeakable Things
Marc Maron: Panicked
Sarah Silverman: PostMortem
WINNER: Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau, Frankenstein
Kasra Farahani, Jille Azis, The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton, Hamnet
Jack Fisk, Adam Willis, Marty Supreme
Hannah Beachler, Monique Champagne, Sinners
Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales, Wicked: For Good
WINNER: Stephen Mirrione, F1
Kirk Baxter, A House of Dynamite
Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After Another
Viridiana Lieberman, The Perfect Neighbor
Michael P. Shawver, Sinners
WINNER: 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
WINNER: Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey, Frankenstein
Flora Moody, John Nolan, 28 Years Later
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
WINNER: 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
WINNER: 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
See all the looks at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards here:
