This week’s barrage of awards announcements has been a bit much: Indie Spirits, Gothams, NYFCC, NBR, AFI, and now the Critics Choice Awards nominations.
The nominations are in for the CCAs. “Sinners” scored 17 noms, “One Battle After Another” 14. “Frankenstein” and “Hamnet” 11. Totally snubbed was “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” which was screened at the very last minute, and might have been affected by that.
Other particular snubs include Jesse Plemons (“Bugonia”), Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked: For Good”), Jeremy Allen White (“Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere”), George Clooney (“Jay Kelly”),
A few notes:
Big day for “Train Dreams,” which keeps building momentum.
Chase Infiniti getting in for Best Actress.
“The Testament of Ann Lee” is DOA.
“Wicked: For Good” is still alive.
A big surprise: “The Perfect Neighbor” nominated for Editing.
Another surprise: Wunmi Mosaku (“Sinners”) in Supporting Actress
Will Joel Edgerton get a Best Actor Oscar nomination?
How did “Sentimental Value” miss Foreign Language Film?
Ethan Hawke (“Blue Moon”) still in Oscar contention.
Chelsea Handler will return for a fourth consecutive year to host the telecast, which will air live from Santa Monica on E! and USA Network on Sunday, January 4, 2026, from 7:00–10:00 p.m. ET/PT.
Here are some of the nominees announced this afternoon …
BEST PICTURE
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Jay Kelly
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams
Wicked: For GoodBEST ACTOR
Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
Wagner Moura – The Secret AgentBEST ACTRESS
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee
Emma Stone – BugoniaBEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Paul Mescal – Hamnet
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental ValueBEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan – Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After AnotherBEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
Chloé Zhao – HamnetBEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Noah Baumbach, Emily Mortimer – Jay Kelly
Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Zach Cregger – Weapons
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby
Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier – Sentimental ValueBEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar – Train Dreams
Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don Mckellar, Jahye Lee – No Other Choice
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
Will Tracy – Bugonia
Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell – HamnetBEST CASTING AND ENSEMBLE
Nina Gold – Hamnet
Douglas Aibel, Nina Gold – Jay Kelly
Jennifer Venditti – Marty Supreme
Cassandra Kulukundis – One Battle After Another
Francine Maisler – Sinners
Tiffany Little Canfield, Bernard Telsey – Wicked: For GoodBEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Claudio Miranda – F1
Dan Laustsen – Frankenstein
Łukasz Żal – Hamnet
Michael Bauman – One Battle After Another
Autumn Durald Arkapaw – Sinners
Adolpho Veloso – Train DreamsBEST EDITING
Kirk Baxter – A House of Dynamite
Stephen Mirrione – F1
Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
Andy Jurgensen – One Battle After Another
Viridiana Lieberman – The Perfect Neighbor
Michael P. Shawver – SinnersBEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Arco
Elio
In Your Dreams
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2BEST COMEDY
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Eternity
Friendship
The Naked Gun
The Phoenician Scheme
SplitsvilleBEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
It Was Just an Accident
Left-Handed Girl
No Other Choice
The Secret Agent
Sirāt
BelénBEST SCORE
Hans Zimmer – F1
Alexandre Desplat – Frankenstein
Max Richter – Hamnet
Daniel Lopatin – Marty Supreme
Jonny Greenwood – One Battle After Another
Ludwig Göransson – Sinners
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