Critics Choice Awards: ‘Wicked' & ‘Conclave' Lead With 11 Noms Each

The Critics Choice Association (CCA) has announced the first round of nominees for the film categories for the 30th annual Critics Choice Awards with “Conclave” and “Wicked” leading the way with 11 nominations each. “Dune: Part II,” and “Emilia Perez” had 10. “The Brutalist” racked up 9 noms.

This is a deeply unserious organization. Nominating 8 directors?! Much like the Golden Globes, the CCA just wants stars to show up to the ceremony, and so they’ve decided to stack up every category with as many nominees as possible.

A much-welcome surprise is Hugh Grant being nominated for his playful performance in “Heretic.” Given how stacked every category was, there weren’t that many snubs except for “A Real Pain” which missed Best Picture. Also, how does Nicole Kidman (“Babygirl”) miss Best Actress? It’s one of the best performances of the entire year!

BEST PICTURE

“A Complete Unknown”
“Anora”
“The Brutalist”
“Conclave”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Emilia Pérez”
“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 – “Dìdi”
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 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

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”

The Critic Choice Awards 2025 will be hosted by Chelsea Handler, this time airing on live on E! From 7-10 p.m. ET/PT on Sunday, January 12.