Critics Choice Awards 2025: See the full winner list

The Critics Choice Awards were initially delayed by the fires that Los Angeles swept last month, on Friday evening in Santa Monicas Barker Hangar around 2025. It was a shift that was found by the host Chelsea handler. “We have gone through a lot lately, not only here in Los Angeles, but in our whole country,” she said in the event’s opening monologue. Do we terrify us. So in times like these it is important to have a distraction, and that’s why I would like to expand my gratitude personally Justin Baldoni And Blake lively. “”

This reference to the legal dispute between the That ends with us The stars indicate the sound for the 30th annual selection of critics, an evening that is characterized by moments of disrespect and perhaps even a bit of self -confidence. An example: if you accept the best actor prize for your role in acceptance The brutalistPresent Adrien Brody“We have been interrupted by someone in the audience who called:” Lately you have done it well! “

“Lately?” Brody reacted from the stage with a grin. “I appreciate it.”

Winner included AnoraPresent Sean BakerThe critical darling that had been excluded by the Golden Globes. Baker accepted the best picture in detail about the importance of theater experience. “We lost a thousand theater during Covid, we lose them almost every day,” said Baker out of the stage. “We love films here. Let’s see films in our local theaters, ok? “

Read on for the full list of critics awards 2025 winners below, and do not miss Vanity fairThe complete coverage of the 2025 Awards season.

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Best picture

WINNER: Anora
A complete unknown
The brutalist
conclave
Dune: Part two
Emilia Pérez
Nickel boy
Sing singing
The substance
Evil

Best actor

Winner: Adrien Brody – The brutalist
Timothée Chalamet – A complete unknown
Daniel Craig – Strange
Colman Domingo – Sing singing
Ralph Fiennes – conclave
Hugh grant – Heretic

Best actress

Winner: Demi Moore – The substance
Cynthia Erivo – Evil
Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
Marianne Jean-Baptiste- Hard truths
Angelina Jolie – Mary
Mikey Madison – Anora

Best supporting actor

Winner: Kieran Culkin – A real pain
Yura Borisov – Anora
Clarence Maclin – Sing singing
Edward Norton – A complete unknown
Guy Pearce – The brutalist
Denzel Washington – Gladiator II

Zoe Saldana at the 30th annual Critics Choice Awards in the Barker Hangar on February 7, 2025 in Santa Monica, California.

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Best supporting actress

Winner: Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez
Danielle Deadwyler – The piano lesson
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Nickel boy
Ariana Grande – Evil
Margaret Qualley – The substance
Isabella Rossellini – conclave

Best young actor/actress

Winner: Maisy Stella – My old ass
Alyla Browne – Furiosa: A crazy Max saga
Elliott Heftfernan – flash
Izaac Wang – Didi
Alisha Weir – Abigail
Zoe Ziegler – Janet Planet

Best drama ensemble

WINNER: conclave
Anora
Emilia Pérez
Saturday evening
Sing singing
Evil

Best director

Winner: Jon M. Chu – Evil
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker – Anora
Edward Berger – conclave
Brady Corbet – The brutalist
Coralie Fargeeat – The substance
Ramell Ross – Nickel boy
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part two

(LR) Coralie Fargeeat receives the best original script price for “The Substance” from Natasha Lyonne Onstage during the 30th annual critic award at Barker Hangar on February 07, 2025 in Santa Monica, California.

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Best original script

Winner: Coralie Fargeeat – The substance
Sean Baker – Anora
Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David – September 5th
Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold – The brutalist
Jesse Eisenberg – A real pain
Justin Kuritzkes – challenger

The best adapted script

Winner: Peter Straughan – conclave
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox – Evil
Greg Kwedar, Clint Bentley – Sing singing
Ramell Ross & Joslyn Barnes – Nickel boy
Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts – Dune: Part two

Best cinematography

Winner: Jarin Blaschke – Nosferatu
Alice Brooks – Evil
LOL Crawley – The brutalist
Stéphane Fontaine – conclave
Greig Fraser – Dune: Part two
Jomo Fray – Nickel boy

Best production design

Winner: Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales – Evil
Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia – The brutalist
Suzie Davies – conclave
Craig Lathrop – Nosferatu
Arthur Max, Jille Azis, Elli handle – Gladiator II
Patrice Mette, Shane Vieau – Dune: Part two

Best editing

Winner: Marco Costa – challenger
Sean Baker – Anora
Nick Emerson – conclave
David Jancso – The brutalist
Joe Walker – Dune: Part two
Hansjörg Weißbrich – September 5th

Best costume design

Winner: Paul Tazewell – Evil
Lisy Christl – conclave
Linda Muir – Nosferatu
Massimo Cantini Parrini – Mary
Jacqueline West – Dune: Part two
Janty Yates, Dave Crossman – Gladiator II

Best hair and make -up

Winner: Hair and Make -up team – The substance
Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener, Neal Scanlan – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Hair and make -up team – Dune: Part two
Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuth, Laura Blount – Evil
Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton, David White- Nosferatu
Mike Marino, Sarah Graalman, Aaron Saucier – Another man

Best visual effects

Winner: Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, Gerd Nefzer – Dune: Part two
Mark Bakowski, Pietro Ponti, Nikki Penny, Neil Corbind – Gladiator II
Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbiard, David Shirk – Evil
Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs – Better man
Team visual effects – The substance
Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story, Rodney Burke – Kingdom of the planet of the monkey

Best animated function

WINNER: The wild robot
Flow
Inside out 2
Memoirs of a snail
Wallace & Gromit: revenge the most poultry

Best comedy

WINNER: A real pain And Deadpool & Wolverine
Comma
My old ass
Saturday evening
Thelma