Critics Selection Awards 2026 Nominations: See the Full Checklist of Nominees

The 2026 Critics Selection Awards nominations have formally kicked off awards season with a packed area of movie and tv contenders. Ryan Coogler’s Sinners dominated the movie classes with 17 nominations, almost matching nomination data, whereas Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After One other, Netflix’s Frankenstein and the interval drama Hamnet additionally scored a number of key nods. On the TV facet, Adolescence led with six nominations, with widespread collection like Abbott Elementary, The Diplomat and Severance acknowledged throughout classes. Hosted as soon as once more by Chelsea Handler, the thirty first annual Critics Selection Awards will broadcast reside on January 4, 2026, from Santa Monica’s Barker Hangar.

See the complete listing of nominees beneath.

Finest Image

Finest Actor

• Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
• Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After One other
• Joel Edgerton – Practice Goals
• Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
• Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
• Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent

Finest Actress

• Jessie Buckley – Hamnet

• Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

• Chase Infiniti – One Battle After One other

• Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Worth

• Amanda Seyfried – The Testomony of Ann Lee

• Emma Stone – Bugonia

Finest Supporting Actor

• Benicio del Toro — One Battle After One other

• Jacob Elordi — Frankenstein

• Paul Mescal — Hamnet

• Sean Penn — One Battle After One other

• Adam Sandler — Jay Kelly

• Stellan Skarsgård — Sentimental Worth

Finest Supporting Actress

• Elle Fanning — Sentimental Worth

• Ariana Grande — Depraved: For Good

• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas — Sentimental Worth

• Amy Madigan — Weapons

• Wunmi Mosaku — Sinners

• Teyana Taylor — One Battle After One other

Finest Younger Actor/Actress

• Everett Blunck — The Plague

• Miles Caton — Sinners

• Cary Christopher — Weapons

• Shannon Mahina Gorman — Rental Household

• Jacobi Jupe — Hamnet

• Nina Ye — Left-Handed Lady

Finest Director

• Paul Thomas Anderson — One Battle After One other

• Ryan Coogler — Sinners

• Guillermo del Toro — Frankenstein

• Josh Safdie — Marty Supreme

• Joachim Trier — Sentimental Worth

• Chloé Zhao — Hamnet

Finest Unique Screenplay

• Jay Kelly — Noah Baumbach & Emily Mortimer

• Marty Supreme — Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie

• Sinners — Ryan Coogler

• Weapons — Zach Cregger

• Sorry, Child — Eva Victor

• Sentimental Worth — Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier

Finest Tailored Screenplay

• Paul Thomas Anderson — One Battle After One other

• Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar — Practice Goals

• Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar & Jahye Lee — No Different Selection

• Guillermo del Toro — Frankenstein

• Will Tracy — Bugonia

• Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell — Hamnet

Finest Casting and Ensemble

• Hamnet

• Jay Kelly

• Marty Supreme

• One Battle After One other

• Sinners

• Depraved: For Good

Finest Cinematography

• F1

• Frankenstein

• Hamnet

• One Battle After One other

• Sinners

• Practice Goals

Finest Manufacturing Design

Finest Modifying

• A Home of Dynamite

• F1

• Marty Supreme

• One Battle After One other

• The Good Neighbor

• Sinners

Finest Costume Design

• Frankenstein

• Hamnet

• Hedda

• Kiss of the Spider Lady

• Sinners

• Depraved: For Good

Finest Hair & Make-up

• 28 Years Later

• Frankenstein

• Sinners

• The Smashing Machine

• Weapons

• Depraved: For Good

Finest Visible Results

Finest Stunt Design

Finest Animated Function

Finest Comedy

Finest Overseas Language Movie

• It Was Simply an Accident

• Left-Handed Lady

• No Different Selection

• The Secret Agent

• Sirat

• Belén

Finest Music

• “Drive” – F1

• “Golden” – KPop Demon Hunters

• “I Lied to You” – Sinners

• “Clothed by the Solar” – The Testomony of Ann Lee

• “Practice Goals” – Practice Goals

• “The Lady within the Bubble” – Depraved: For Good

Finest Rating

• Hans Zimmer — F1

• Alexandre Desplat — Frankenstein

• Max Richter — Hamnet

• Daniel Lopatin — Marty Supreme

• Jonny Greenwood — One Battle After One other

• Ludwig Göransson — Sinners

Finest Sound

• F1

• Frankenstein

• One Battle After One other

• Sinners

• Sirat

• Warfare

Finest Drama Sequence

• Alien: Earth

• Andor

• The Diplomat

• Paradise

• The Pitt

• Pluribus

• Severance

• Job

Finest Actor in a Drama Sequence

Finest Actress in a Drama Sequence

• Kathy Bates — Matlock

• Carrie Coon — The Gilded Age

• Britt Decrease — Severance

• Bella Ramsey — The Final of Us

• Keri Russell — The Diplomat

• Rhea Seehorn — Pluribus

Finest Supporting Actor in a Drama Sequence

• Patrick Ball — The Pitt

• Billy Crudup — The Morning Present

• Ato Essandoh — The Diplomat

• Wooden Harris — Eternally

• Tom Pelphrey — Job

• Tramell Tillman — Severance

Finest Supporting Actress in a Drama Sequence

• Nicole Beharie — The Morning Present

• Denée Benton — The Gilded Age

• Allison Janney — The Diplomat

• Katherine LaNasa — The Pitt

• Greta Lee — The Morning Present

• Skye P. Marshall — Matlock

Finest Comedy Sequence

Finest Actor in a Comedy Sequence

• Adam Brody — No person Needs This

• Ted Danson — A Man on the Inside

• David Alan Grier — St. Denis Medical

• Danny McBride — The Righteous Gems

• Seth Rogen — The Studio

• Alexander Skarsgård — Murderbot

Finest Actress in a Comedy Sequence

• Kristen Bell — No person Needs This

• Natasha Lyonne — Poker Face

• Rose McIver — Ghosts

• Edi Patterson — The Righteous Gems

• Carrie Preston — Elsbeth

• Jean Good — Hacks