‘Wicked’ and ‘Conclave’ Lead The Critics Choice Film Awards Nominations With 11 Each
‘Dune: Part Two, ‘Emilia Pérez, ‘A Complete Unknown’ and ‘The Substance’ are also up for trophies at the awards, which will be televised in January.
The 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards will air on E! Sunday, January 12th, 2025.
Preview:
- The 30th Annual Critics Choice Film Awards Nominations have been announced.
- ‘Wicked’ and ‘Conclave’ lead the pack with 11 nominations each.
- The ceremony will air on E! on January 12th.
While last year’s crop of Critics Choice Association nominations saw ‘Barbie’ dominate the pack above all else, the latest batch is a little more evenly spread.
That said, ‘Wicked’ and ‘Conclave’ were the clear favorite for the voting members of the group, as the two movies nabbed 11 nominations each, including both showing up on the main Best Picture list.
Nipping at their heels were the likes of Jacques Audiard’s well-liked musical ‘Emilia Pérez’ and Denis Villeneuve’s latest epic trip to the desert planet of Arrakis, ‘Dune: Part Two,’ which both have 10 nominations each.
Notably, ‘Wicked’s Jon M. Chu made the cut for Best Director, unlike the surprise at the Golden Globe nomination, while ‘Gladiator II’ might be looking for vengeance in this life or the next, as it couldn’t make the list for either Best Director or Best Picture, settling for another Best Supporting Actor nod for scene-stealer Denzel Washington and some technical categories.
Here’s the full list…
Critics Choice 2025: Film Nominations
BEST PICTURE
Ralph Fiennes stars as Cardinal Lawrence in director Edward Berger's 'Conclave', a Focus Features release. Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features. © 2024 All Rights Reserved.
- ‘A Complete Unknown’
- ‘Anora’
- ‘The Brutalist’
- ‘Conclave’
- ‘Dune: Part Two’
- ‘Emilia Pérez’
- ‘Nickel Boys’
- ‘Sing Sing’
- ‘The Substance’
- ‘Wicked’
BEST ACTOR
Timothée Chalamet in 'A Complete Unkown'. Photo by Macall Polay, Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.
- Adrien Brody – ‘The Brutalist’
- Timothée Chalamet – ‘A Complete Unknown’
- Daniel Craig – ‘Queer’
- Colman Domingo – ‘Sing Sing’
- Ralph Fiennes – ‘Conclave’
- Hugh Grant – ‘Heretic’
BEST ACTRESS
Mikey Madison as Ani in 'Anora'. Photo: Courtesy of NEON.
- 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
Denzel Washington plays Macrinus in 'Gladiator II' from Paramount Pictures.
- 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
Ariana Grande is Glinda in 'Wicked', directed by Jon M. Chu. Photo: Universal Pictures.
- 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
Elliott Heffernan in 'Blitz,' now in theaters and premiering globally on Apple TV+ on November 22.
- 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
(L to R) Gilda Radner (Ella Hunt), Jane Curtain (Kim Matula), Dick Ebersol (Cooper Hoffman), Rosie Shuster (Rachel Sennott), Garrett Morris (Lamorne Morris), Alan Zweibel (Josh Brener) and Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle) in 'Saturday Night'. Photo: Sony Pictures.
- ‘Anora’
- ‘Conclave’
- ‘Emilia Pérez’
- ‘Saturday Night’
- ‘Sing Sing’
- ‘Wicked’
BEST DIRECTOR
(L to R) Sean Baker and DP Drew Daniels on the set of 'Anora'. Photo: Courtesy of NEON.
- 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
(L to R) Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin on the set of 'A Real Pain'. Photo by Agata Grzybowska, Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures, © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.
- 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
Director Denis Villeneuve on the 'Dune: Part Two' global press tour. Copyright: © 2024 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- Jacques Audiard – ‘Emilia Pérez’
- 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
(L to R) Producer Chris Columbus, director Robert Eggers and director of photography Jarin Blaschke on the set of their film 'Nosferatu', a Focus Features release.
Credit: Aidan Monaghan / © 2024 Focus Features LLC.
- 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
Shiz University in 'Wicked', directed by Jon M. Chu. Photo: Universal Pictures.
- 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
Paramount Pictures’ 'September 5', the film that unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today, set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics. the film that unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today, set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics. Photo: Paramount Pictures.
- 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
(L to R) Connie Nielsen plays Lucilla and Joseph Quinn plays Emperor Geta in 'Gladiator II' from Paramount Pictures.
- 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
Demi Moore in 'The Substance'. Photo: Mubi.
- 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
Noa (voiced by Owen Teague) in 20th Century Studios' 'Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes.' Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2023 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.
- 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
Pixar's 'Inside Out 2'. © 2022 Disney/Pixar. All Rights Reserved.
- ‘Flow’
- ‘Inside Out 2’
- ‘Memoir of a Snail’
- ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’
- ‘The Wild Robot’
BEST COMEDY
(L to R) Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool/Wade Wilson and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine/Logan in 20th Century Studios/Marvel Studios' 'Deadpool & Wolverine'. Photo by Jay Maidment. © 2024 20th Century Studios / © and ™ 2024 MARVEL.
- ‘A Real Pain’
- ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’
- ‘Hit Man’
- ‘My Old Ass’
- ‘Saturday Night’
- ‘Thelma’
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Karla Sofía Gascón as Emilia Pérez in 'Emilia Pérez'. Photo: Netflix.
- ‘All We Imagine as Light’
- ‘Emilia Pérez’
- ‘Flow’
- ‘I’m Still Here’
- ‘Kneecap’
- ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’
BEST SONG
Selena Gomez as Emilia Pérez in 'Emilia Pérez'. Photo: Netflix.
- “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
Roz (Lupita N’yongo) in DreamWorks Animation’s 'The Wild Robot', directed by Chris Sanders. © 2024 DreamWorks Animation. All Rights Reserved.
- 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’
Related Article: ‘Wicked’ ‘Emilia Pérez’, ‘Anora’ and more Earn Golden Globes Nominations As Award Season Heats Up
Critics Choice CEO Speaks
CCA CEO Joey Berlin had this to say about this year’s nominated movies:
“This year brought us an incredible wealth of storytelling and performances, leading to indescribably close races for nominations. We are honored to be able to celebrate our landmark 30th year of the Critics Choice Awards with this talented group of nominees and are thrilled to bring viewers our best show yet. Knowing how close the balloting for nominations was, we anticipate an exciting evening of high drama on January 12.”
When will the Critics Choice Awards be on TV?
The awards ceremony will air live on E! on Sunday, January 12th, hosted by Chelsea Handler.
The 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards will air on E! Sunday, January 12th, 2025.
