Golden and Sinners Take Home Awards in Music at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards: Complete Winners List

Honors for Film and Television Excellence

In a recent ceremony celebrating cinematic and television achievements, a host of awards were presented across various categories, highlighting standout performances and creations in the industry.

Film Music Categories

Best Score

• Hans Zimmer for F1
• Alexandre Desplat for Frankenstein
• Max Richter for Hamnet
• Daniel Lopatin for Marty Supreme
• Johnny Greenwood for One Battle After Another
• WINNER: Ludwig Göransson for Sinners

Best Song

• “Drive” by Ed Sheeran, John Mayer, Blake Slatkin – F1
• WINNER: “Golden” by Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, Ido, 24, Teddy – KPop Demon Hunters
• “I Lied to You” by Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson – Sinners
• “Clothed by the Sun” by Daniel Blumberg – The Testament of Ann Lee
• “Train Dreams” by Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner – Train Dreams
• “The Girl in the Bubble” by Stephen Schwartz – Wicked: For Good

Other Film Categories

Best Picture

• Bugonia
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Jay Kelly
• Marty Supreme
• WINNER: One Battle After Another
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners
• Train Dreams
• Wicked: For Good

Best Actor

• WINNER: Timothée Chalamet for Marty Supreme
• Leonardo DiCaprio for One Battle After Another
• Joel Edgerton for Train Dreams
• Ethan Hawke for Blue Moon
• Michael B. Jordan for Sinners
• Wagner Moura for The Secret Agent

Best Actress

• WINNER: Jessie Buckley for Hamnet
• Rose Byrne for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
• Chase Infiniti for One Battle After Another
• Renate Reinsve for Sentimental Value
• Amanda Seyfried for The Testament of Ann Lee
• Emma Stone for Bugonia

Best Supporting Actor

• Benecio del Toro for One Battle After Another
• WINNER: Jacob Elordi for Frankenstein
• Paul Mescal for Hamnet
• Sean Penn for One Battle After Another
• Adam Sandler for Jay Kelly
• Stellan Skarsgård for Sentimental Value

Best Supporting Actress

• Elle Fanning for Sentimental Value
• Ariana Grande for Wicked: For Good
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas for Sentimental Value
• WINNER: Amy Madigan for Weapons
• Wunmi Mosaku for Sinners
• Teyana Taylor for One Battle After Another

Best Young Actor/Actress

• Everett Blunck for The Plague
• WINNER: Miles Caton for Sinners
• Cary Christopher for Weapons
• Shannon Mahina Gorman for Rental Family
• Jacobi Jupe for Hamnet
• Nina Ye for Left-Handed Girl

Best Casting/Acting Ensemble

• Hamnet
• Jay Kelly
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• WINNER: Sinners
• Wicked: For Good

Best Director

• WINNER: Paul Thomas Anderson for One Battle After Another
• Ryan Coogler for Sinners
• Guillermo Del Toro for Frankenstein
• Josh Safdie for Marty Supreme
• Joachim Trier for Sentimental Value
• Chloé Zhao for Hamnet

Best Original Screenplay

• Jay Kelly — Noah Baumbach, Emily Mortimer
• Marty Supreme — Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
• WINNER: Sinners — Ryan Coogler
• Weapons — Zach Cregger
• Sorry, Baby — Eva Victor
• Sentimental Value — Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier

Best Adapted Screenplay

• WINNER: One Battle After Another — Paul Thomas Anderson
• Train Dreams — Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar
• No Other Choice — Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don Mckellar, Jahye Lee
• Frankenstein — Guillermo del Toro
• Bugonia — Will Tracy
• Hamnet — Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell

Best Animated Feature

• Arco
• Elio
• In Your Dreams
• WINNER: KPop Demon Hunters
• Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
• Zootopia 2

Best Comedy

• The Ballad of Wallis Island
• Eternity
• Friendship
• WINNER: The Naked Gun
• The Phoenician Scheme
• Splitsville

Best Foreign Language Film

• It Was Just an Accident
• Left-Handed Girl
• No Other Choice
• WINNER: The Secret Agent
• Sirāt
• Belén

Best Cinematography

• F1
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• WINNER: Train Dreams

Best Editing

• A House of Dynamite
• WINNER: F1
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• The Perfect Neighbor
• Sinners

Best Costume Design

• WINNER: Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Hedda
• Kiss of the Spider Woman
• Sinners
• Wicked: For Good

Best Production Design

• The Fantastic Four: First Steps
• WINNER: Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• Sinners
• Wicked: For Good

Best Hair and Makeup

• 28 Years Later
• WINNER: Frankenstein
• Sinners
• The Smashing Machine
• Weapons
• Wicked: For Good

Best Visual Effects

• WINNER: Avatar: Fire and Ash
• F1
• Frankenstein
• Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
• Sinners
• Superman

Best Stunt Design

• Ballerina
• F1
• WINNER: Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Warfare

Best Sound

• WINNER: F1
• Frankenstein
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Sirāt
• Warfare

TV Categories

Best Drama Series

• Alien: Earth
• Andor
• The Diplomat
• Paradise
• WINNER: The Pitt
• Pluribus
• Severance
• Task

Best Actor in a Drama Series

• Sterling K. Brown for Paradise
• Diego Luna for Andor
• Mark Ruffalo for Task
• Adam Scott for Severance
• Billy Bob Thornton for Landman
• WINNER: Noah Wyle for The Pitt

Best Actress in a Drama Series

• Kathy Bates for Matlock
• Carrie Coon for The Gilded Age
• Britt Lower for Severance
• Bella Ramsey for The Last of Us
• Keri Russell for The Diplomat
• WINNER: Rhea Seehorn for Pluribus

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Patrick Ball for The Pitt
• Billy Crudup for The Morning Show
• Ato Essandoh for The Diplomat
• Wood Harris for Forever
• Tom Pelphrey for Task
• WINNER: Tramell Tillman for Severance

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Nicole Beharie for The Morning Show
• Denée Benton for The Gilded Age
• Allison Janney for The Diplomat
• WINNER: Katherine LaNasa for The Pitt
• Greta Lee for The Morning Show
• Skye P. Marshall for Matlock

Best Comedy Series

• Abbott Elementary
• Elsbeth
• Ghosts
• Hacks
• Nobody Wants This
• Only Murders in the Building
• The Righteous Gemstones
• WINNER: The Studio

Best Actor in a Comedy Series

• Adam Brody for Nobody Wants This
• Ted Danson for A Man on the Inside
• David Alan Grier for St. Denis Medical
• Danny McBride for The Righteous Gemstones
• WINNER: Seth Rogen for The Studio
• Alexander Skarsgård for Murderbot

Best Actress in a Comedy Series

• Kristen Bell for Nobody Wants This
• Natasha Lyonne for Poker Face
• Rose McIver for Ghosts
• Edi Patterson for The Righteous Gemstones
• Carrie Preston for Elsbeth
• WINNER: Jean Smart for Hacks

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• WINNER: Ike Barinholtz for The Studio
• Paul W. Downs for Hacks
• Asher Grodman for Ghosts
• Oscar Nuñez for The Paper
• Chris Perfetti for Abbott Elementary
• Timothy Simons for Nobody Wants This

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Danielle Brooks for Peacemaker
• Hannah Einbinder for Hacks
• WINNER: Janelle James for Abbott Elementary
• Justine Lupe for Nobody Wants This
• Ego Nwodim for Saturday Night Live
• Rebecca Wisocky for Ghosts

Best Comedy 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: SNL50: The Anniversary Special

Best Limited Series

• WINNER: Adolescence
• All Her Fault
• Chief of War
• Death By Lightning
• Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy
• Dope Thief
• Dying for Sex
• The Girlfriend

Best Movie Made For Television

• WINNER: Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
• Deep Cover
• The Gorge
• Mountainhead
• Nonnas
• Summer of ‘69

Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made For Television

• Michael Chernus for Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy
• WINNER: Stephen Graham for Adolescence
• Brian Tyree Henry for Dope Thief
• Charlie Hunnam for Monster: The Ed Gein Story
• Matthew Rhys for The Beast in Me
• Michael Shannon for Death by Lightning

Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made For Television

• Jessica Biel for The Better Sister
• Meghann Fahy for Sirens
• WINNER: Sarah Snook for All Her Fault
• Michelle Williams for Dying for Sex
• Robin Wright for The Girlfriend
• Renée Zellweger for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

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

• WINNER: Owen Cooper for Adolescence
• Wagner Moura for Dope Thief
• Nick Offerman for Death by Lightning
• Michael Peña for All Her Fault
• Ashley Walters for Adolescence
• Ramy Youssef for Mountainhead

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

• WINNER: Erin Doherty for Adolescence
• Betty Gilpin for Death by Lightning
• Marin Ireland for Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy
• Sophia Lillis for All Her Fault
• Julianne Moore for Sirens
• Christine Tremarco for Adolescence

Best Talk Show

• The Daily Show
• Hot Ones
• WINNER: Jimmy Kimmel Live!
• Late Night With Seth Meyers
• The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Best Variety Series

• Conan O’Brien Must Go
• WINNER: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
• Saturday Night Live

Best Animated Series

• Bob’s Burgers
• Harley Quinn
• Long Story Short
• Marvel Zombies
• WINNER: South Park
• Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

Best Foreign Language Series

• Acapulco
• Last Samurai Standing
• Mussolini: Son of the Century
• Red Alert
• WINNER: Squid Game
• When No One Sees Us