Critics Choice Awards 2025: You Won’t Believe the Winners

The 2025 Critics Choice Awards once again honored the most iconic aspects of filmmaking: stellar performances, mesmerizing visuals, and incredible storytelling. This is the year when the industry’s old guard is teaming up with new innovative heroes to take the field. Without further ado, here’s a detailed breakdown of who won which awards.

2025 Critics Choice Awards: Film Nominations and Winners

Best Picture

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

Best Animated Feature

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

Best Comedy

• WINNERS: A Real Pain and Deadpool & Wolverine (A rare tie!)
• 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 Acting Ensemble

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

Best Actor

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

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 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 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 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 Song

• WINNER: “El Mal” – Emilia Pérez (Music by: Clément Ducol, Camille; Lyrics by: Clément Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard)
• “Beautiful That Way” – The Last Showgirl (Music by: Andrew Wyatt; Lyrics by: Andrew Wyatt, Miley Cyrus, Lykke Li)
• “Compress/Repress” – Challengers (Music by: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross; Lyrics by: Trent Reznor, Luca Guadagnino)
• “Harper and Will Go West” – Will & Harper (Sean Douglas, Kristen Wiig)
• “Kiss the Sky” – The Wild Robot (Music & Lyrics by: Delacey, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack, Ali Tamposi)
• “Mi Camino” – Emilia Pérez (Music & Lyrics by: Clément Ducol, Camille)

Best Production Design

• WINNER: Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales – Wicked
• Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia – The Brutalist
• Suzie Davies – Conclave
• Craig Lathrop – 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: Hair and Makeup Team – 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
• Mark Bakowski, Pietro Ponti, Nikki Penny, Neil Corbould – Gladiator II
• Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould, David Shirk – Wicked
• 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

FAQs

1. Which film won Best Picture at the 2025 Critics Choice Awards?

The top honor of Best Picture went to the cinematic gem Anora, which wowed both critics and audiences alike.

2. Who won Best Director?

Jon M. Chu clinched the Best Director award for his outstanding work on Wicked, leaving an indelible mark on the audience.

3. Which movie took home the Best Animated Feature award?

The enchanting film The Wild Robot charmed its way to victory, winning the Best Animated Feature award.

4. Which film had the Best Acting Ensemble?

The incredibly talented cast of Conclave earned the Best Acting Ensemble award, showcasing a powerhouse of performances.

5. Who won Best Supporting Actor?

Kieran Culkin’s remarkable performance in A Real Pain garnered him the Best Supporting Actor accolade.