2025 Critics Choice Awards Nominations: “Wicked” and “Conclave” Lead Film Nominees

The critics are having their say on the best movies of the year.

On Thursday, Dec. 12, the movie nominations for the 30th annual Critics Choice Awards were unveiled. Conclave and Wicked lead among all movies nominated for this year's Critics Choice Awards, with both movies each receiving 11 nominations. Dune: Part Two and Emilia Perez each received 10 nominations, and each of those four movies are among the awards show's race for best picture alongside A Complete Unknown, Anora, The Brutalist, Nickel Boys, Sing Sing and The Substance.

The Critics Choice Association previously unveiled its television nominees on Dec. 5, with FX's Shōgun leading with six total nominations. Abbott Elementary, Disclaimer, Hacks, The Diplomat, The Penguin and What We Do in the Shadows followed with four nominations each.

Related: 2025 Golden Globe Nominations: Wicked, The Substance, The Bear and Shōgun All Score

The 2025 Critics Choice Awards gala, hosted by Chelsea Handler, will broadcast live on E! on Sunday, Jan. 12 from 7 to 10 p.m. ET from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. The show will be available to stream the next day on Peacock.

See below for the complete list of nominees.

Best picture

A Complete Unknown
Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Perez
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 – Didi
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 Perez
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

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