The Critics Choice Awards 2025 Winners: The Substance, Emilia Pérez, X-Men ’97, and more

The Critics Choice Awards 2025 winners have been revealed, and multiple high-profile shows, films, and more have taken home the prize. From Anora to Shōgun and more, in this article, we will discuss who the winners are this time. 

Film 

Best Picture

• WINNER: Anora
• A Complete Unknown
• The Brutalist
• Conclave
• Nickel Boys
• Sing Sing
• Wicked
• Dune: Part Two
• Emilia Pérez
• The Substance
  

Best Actor 

• WINNER: Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
• Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
• Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
• Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
• Daniel Craig – Queer
• Hugh Grant – Heretic

Best Actress

• WINNER: Demi Moore – The Substance
• Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
• Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
• Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
• Angelina Jolie – Maria
• Mikey Madison – Anora
  

Best Supporting Actor

• WINNER: Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
• Yura Borisov – Anora
• Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
• Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
• Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
• Denzel Washington – Gladiator II

Best Supporting Actress

• WINNER: Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez
• Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson
• Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys
• Ariana Grande – Wicked
• Margaret Qualley – The Substance
• Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
  

Best Young Actor/Actress

• WINNER: Maisy Stella – My Old Ass
• Alyla Browne – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
• Elliott Heffernan – Blitz
• Izaac Wang – Didi
• Alisha Weir – Abigail
• Zoe Ziegler – Janet Planet

Best Acting Ensemble

• WINNER: Conclave
• Anora
• Emilia Pérez
• Saturday Night
• Sing Sing
• Wicked

Best Director

• WINNER: Jon M. Chu – Wicked
• 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 Original Screenplay

• WINNER: Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
• Sean Baker – Anora
• Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David – September 5
• Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold – The Brutalist
• Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain
• Justin Kuritzkes – Challengers

Best Adapted Screenplay

• WINNER: Peter Straughan – Conclave
• Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
• Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox – Wicked
• Greg Kwedar, Clint Bentley – Sing Sing
• RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes – Nickel Boys
• Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts – Dune: Part Two

Best Cinematography

• WINNER: 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

• WINNER: Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales – Wicked
• Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia – The Brutalist
• Suzie Davies, Cynthia Sleiter – Conclave
• Craig Lathrop, Beatrice Brentnerova – Nosferatu
• Arthur Max, Jille Azis, Elli Griff – Gladiator II
• Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau – Dune: Part Two

Best Editing

• WINNER: Marco Costa – Challengers
• Sean Baker – Anora
• Nick Emerson – Conclave
• David Jancso – The Brutalist
• Joe Walker – Dune: Part Two
• Hansjörg Weißbrich – September 5

Best Costume Design

• WINNER: Paul Tazewell – Wicked
• Lisy Christl – Conclave
• Linda Muir – Nosferatu
• Massimo Cantini Parrini – Maria
• Jacqueline West – Dune: Part Two
• Janty Yates, Dave Crossman – Gladiator II

Best Hair and Makeup

• WINNER: Stéphanie Guillon, Frédérique Arguello, Pierre-Olivier Persin – The Substance
• Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener, Neal Scanlan – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
• Hair and Makeup Team – Dune: Part Two
• 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

• WINNER: Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, Gerd Nefzer – Dune: Part Two
• Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs – Better Man
• Bryan Jones, Chervin Shafaghi, Pierre Olivier-Persin, Jean Miel – The Substance
• Mark Bakowski, Pietro Ponti, Nikki Penny, Neil Corbould – Gladiator II
• Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould, David Shirk – Wicked
• Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story, Rodney Burke – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Best Animated Feature

• WINNER: The Wild Robot
• Flow
• Inside Out 2
• Memoir of a Snail
• Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

Best Comedy

• WINNER (TIE): A Real Pain
• WINNER (TIE): Deadpool & Wolverine
• Hit Man
• My Old Ass
• Saturday Night
• Thelma

Best Foreign Language Film

• WINNER: Emilia Pérez
• All We Imagine as Light
• Flow
• I'm Still Here
• Kneecap
• The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Best Song

• WINNER: "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
• "Beautiful That Way" – The Last Showgirl – Andrew Wyatt, Miley Cyrus and Lykke Li
• "Compress / Repress" – Challengers – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Luca Guadagnino
• "Mi Camino" – Emilia Pérez – Selena Gomez

Best Score

• WINNER: Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers
• Volker Bertelmann – Conclave
• Daniel Blumberg – The Brutalist
• Kris Bowers – The Wild Robot
• Clément Ducol & Camille – Emilia Pérez
• Hans Zimmer – Dune: Part Two

Television

Best Drama Series

• WINNER: Shōgun (FX / Hulu)
• The Day of the Jackal (Peacock)
• Industry (HBO | Max)
• Anne Rice's Interview With the Vampire (AMC)
• The Old Man (FX)
• The Diplomat (Netflix)
• Evil (Paramount+)
• Slow Horses (Apple TV+)

Best Actor in a Drama Series

• WINNER: Hiroyuki Sanada – Shōgun (FX / Hulu)
• Eddie Redmayne – The Day of the Jackal (Peacock)
• Rufus Sewell – The Diplomat (Netflix)
• Jeff Bridges – The Old Man (FX)
• Ncuti Gatwa – Doctor Who (Disney+)
• Antony Starr – The Boys (Prime Video)

Best Actress in a Drama Series

• WINNER: Kathy Bates – Matlock (CBS)
• Caitriona Balfe – Outlander (Starz)
• Keri Russell – The Diplomat (Netflix)
• Anna Sawai – Shōgun (FX / Hulu)
• Shanola Hampton – Found (NBC)
• Keira Knightley – Black Doves (Netflix)

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• WINNER: Tadanobu Asano – Shōgun (FX / Hulu)
• Michael Emerson – Evil (Paramount+)
• John Lithgow – The Old Man (FX)
• Sam Reid – Anne Rice's Interview With the Vampire (AMC)
• Mark-Paul Gosselaar – Found (NBC)
• Takehiro Hira – Shōgun (FX / Hulu)
  

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• WINNER: Moeka Hoshi – Shōgun (FX / Hulu)
• Skye P. Marshall – Matlock (CBS)
• Anna Sawai – Pachinko (Apple TV+)
• Allison Janney – The Diplomat (Netflix)
• Nicole Kidman – Lioness (Paramount+)
• Fiona Shaw – Bad Sisters (Apple TV+)

Best Comedy Series

• WINNER: Hacks (HBO | Max)
• Abbott Elementary (ABC)
• Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
• Somebody Somewhere (HBO | Max)
• St. Denis Medical (NBC)
• English Teacher (FX)
• Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
• What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

Best Actor in a Comedy Series

• WINNER: Adam Brody – Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
• Brian Jordan Alvarez – English Teacher (FX)
• Kayvan Novak – What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
• Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
• David Alan Grier – St. Denis Medical (NBC)
• Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

Best Actress in a Comedy Series

• WINNER: Jean Smart – Hacks (HBO | Max)
• Natasia Demetriou – What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
• Bridget Everett – Somebody Somewhere (HBO | Max)
• Kristen Bell – Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
• Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
• Kristen Wiig – Palm Royale (Apple TV+)

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• WINNER: Michael Urie – Shrinking (Apple TV+)
• Paul W. Downs – Hacks (HBO | Max)
• Asher Grodman – Ghosts (CBS)
• Harvey Guillén – What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
• Brandon Scott Jones – Ghosts (CBS)
• Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary (ABC)

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• WINNER: Hannah Einbinder – Hacks (HBO | Max)
• Liza Colón-Zayas – The Bear (FX / Hulu)
• Stephanie Koenig – English Teacher (FX)
• Patti LuPone – Agatha All Along (Disney+)
• Janelle James – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
• Annie Potts – Young Sheldon (CBS)

Best Limited Series

• WINNER: Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
• Disclaimer (Apple TV+)
• The Penguin (HBO | Max)
• Ripley (Netflix)
• True Detective: Night Country (HBO | Max)
• Masters of the Air (Apple TV+)
• Mr. Bates vs the Post Office (PBS)
• We Were the Lucky Ones (Hulu)

Best Movie Made for Television

• WINNER: Rebel Ridge (Netflix)
• It's What's Inside (Netflix)
• Música (Prime Video)
• The Great Lillian Hall (HBO | Max)
• Out of My Mind (Disney+)
• V/H/S/Beyond (Shudder)

Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

• WINNER: Colin Farrell – The Penguin (HBO | Max)
• Richard Gadd – Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
• Ewan McGregor – A Gentleman in Moscow (Paramount+)
• Tom Hollander – Feud: Capote vs. The Swans (FX)
• Kevin Kline – Disclaimer (Apple TV+)
• Andrew Scott – Ripley (Netflix)

Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

• WINNER: Cristin Milioti – The Penguin (HBO | Max)
• Cate Blanchett – Disclaimer (Apple TV+)
• Phoebe-Rae Taylor – Out of My Mind (Disney+)
• Jodie Foster – True Detective: Night Country (HBO | Max)
• Jessica Lange – The Great Lillian Hall (HBO | Max)
• Naomi Watts – Feud: Capote vs. The Swans (FX)

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

• WINNER: Liev Schreiber – The Perfect Couple (Netflix)
• Robert Downey Jr. – The Sympathizer (HBO | Max)
• Ron Cephas Jones – Genius: MLK/X (National Geographic)
• Logan Lerman – We Were the Lucky Ones (Hulu)
• Hugh Grant – The Regime (HBO | Max)
• Treat Williams – Feud: Capote vs. The Swans (FX)

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

• WINNER: Jessica Gunning – Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
• Dakota Fanning – Ripley (Netflix)
• Deirdre O'Connell – The Penguin (HBO | Max)
• Leila George – Disclaimer (Apple TV+)
• Betty Gilpin – Three Women (Starz)
• Kali Reis – True Detective: Night Country (HBO | Max)

Best Foreign Language Series

• WINNER: Squid Game (Netflix)Acapulco (Apple TV+)
• Citadel: Honey Bunny (Prime Video)
• La Máquina (Hulu)
• The Law According to Lidia Poët (Netflix)
• My Brilliant Friend (HBO | Max)
• Pachinko (Apple TV+)
• Senna (Netflix)
  

Best Animated Series

• WINNER: X-Men '97 (Disney+)
• Batman: Caped Crusader (Prime Video)
• Bob's Burgers (Fox)
• Invincible (Prime Video)
• Bluey (Disney+)
• The Simpsons (Fox)

Best Talk Show

• WINNER: John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A. (Netflix)Hot Ones (YouTube)
• The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
• The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS)
• The Graham Norton Show (BBC America)
• The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBC/Syndicated)

Best Comedy Special

• WINNER: Ali Wong: Single Lady (Netflix)
• Jim Gaffigan: The Skinny (Hulu)
• Kevin James: Irregardless (Prime Video)
• Nikki Glaser: Someday You'll Die (HBO | Max)
• Rachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Special (Netflix)
• Ramy Youssef: More Feelings (HBO | Max)