2026 Critics’ Choice Awards Complete Winners List: ‘One Battle After Another’ Takes Home the Big Prize

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The 31st Annual Critics’ Choice Awards aired last night on E! and USA Network.

Frankenstein and Sinners took home the most awards in the film categories with four apiece. For television, that honor went to Adolescence, also with four wins.

Keep reading for the complete list of 2026 Critics’ Choice Awards winners (in bold).

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FILM

Best Picture

• Bugonia (Focus Features)
• Frankenstein (Netflix)
• Hamnet (Focus Features)
• Jay Kelly (Netflix)
• Marty Supreme (A24)
• One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.) – WINNER
• Sentimental Value (Neon)
• Sinners (Warner Bros.)
• Train Dreams (Netflix)
• Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)

Best Actor

• Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme (A24) – WINNER
• Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
• Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams (Netflix)
• Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Michael B. Jordan – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
• Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent (Neon)

Best Actress

• Jessie Buckley – Hamnet (Focus Features) – WINNER
• Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (A24)
• Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
• Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value (Neon)
• Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee (Searchlight Pictures)
• Emma Stone – Bugonia (Focus Features)

Best Supporting Actor

• Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
• Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein (Netflix) – WINNER
• Paul Mescal – Hamnet (Focus Features)
• Sean Penn – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
• Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly (Netflix)
• Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value (Neon)

Best Supporting Actress

• Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value (Neon)
• Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value (Neon)
• Amy Madigan – Weapons (Warner Bros.) – WINNER
• Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
• Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)

Best Director

• Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.) – WINNER
• Ryan Coogler – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
• Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein (Netflix)
• Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme (A24)
• Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value (Neon)
• Chloé Zhao – Hamnet (Focus Features)

TELEVISION

Best Drama Series

• Alien: Earth (FX)
• Andor (Disney+)
• The Diplomat (Netflix)
• Paradise (Hulu)
• The Pitt (HBO Max) – WINNER
• Pluribus (Apple TV)
• Severance (Apple TV)
• Task (HBO Max)

Best Actor in a Drama Series

• Sterling K. Brown – Paradise (Hulu)
• Diego Luna – Andor (Disney+)
• Mark Ruffalo – Task (HBO Max)
• Adam Scott – Severance (Apple TV)
• Billy Bob Thornton – Landman (Paramount+)
• Noah Wyle – The Pitt (HBO Max) – WINNER

Best Actress in a Drama Series

• Kathy Bates – Matlock (CBS)
• Carrie Coon – The Gilded Age (HBO Max)
• Britt Lower – Severance (Apple TV)
• Bella Ramsey – The Last of Us (HBO Max)
• Keri Russell – The Diplomat (Netflix)
• Rhea Seehorn – Pluribus (Apple TV) – WINNER

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Patrick Ball – The Pitt (HBO Max)
• Billy Crudup – The Morning Show (Apple TV)
• Ato Essandoh – The Diplomat (Netflix)
• Wood Harris – Forever (Netflix)
• Tom Pelphrey – Task (HBO Max)
• Tramell Tillman – Severance (Apple TV) – WINNER

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Nicole Beharie – The Morning Show (Apple TV)
• Denée Benton – The Gilded Age (HBO Max)
• Allison Janney – The Diplomat (Netflix)
• Katherine LaNasa – The Pitt (HBO Max) – WINNER
• Greta Lee – The Morning Show (Apple TV)
• Skye P. Marshall – Matlock (CBS)

Best Comedy Series

• Abbott Elementary (ABC)
• Elsbeth (CBS)
• Ghosts (CBS)
• Hacks (HBO Max)
• Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
• Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
• The Righteous Gemstones (HBO Max)
• The Studio (Apple TV) – WINNER

Best Actor in a Comedy Series

• Adam Brody – Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
• Ted Danson – A Man on the Inside (Netflix)
• David Alan Grier – St. Denis Medical (NBC)
• Danny McBride – The Righteous Gemstones (HBO Max)
• Seth Rogen – The Studio (Apple TV) – WINNER
• Alexander Skarsgård – Murderbot (Apple TV)

Best Actress in a Comedy Series

• Kristen Bell – Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
• Natasha Lyonne – Poker Face (Peacock)
• Rose McIver – Ghosts (CBS)
• Edi Patterson – The Righteous Gemstones (HBO Max)
• Carrie Preston – Elsbeth (CBS)
• Jean Smart – Hacks (HBO Max) – WINNER

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Ike Barinholtz – The Studio (Apple TV) – WINNER
• Paul W. Downs – Hacks (HBO Max)
• Asher Grodman – Ghosts (CBS)
• Oscar Nuñez – The Paper (Peacock)
• Chris Perfetti – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
• Timothy Simons – Nobody Wants This (Netflix)

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Danielle Brooks – Peacemaker (HBO Max)
• Hannah Einbinder – Hacks (HBO Max)
• Janelle James – Abbott Elementary (ABC) – WINNER
• Justine Lupe – Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
• Ego Nwodim – Saturday Night Live (NBC)
• Rebecca Wisocky – Ghosts (CBS)

Best Limited Series

• Adolescence (Netflix) – WINNER
• All Her Fault (Peacock)
• Chief of War (Apple TV)
• Death by Lightning (Netflix)
• Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy (Peacock)
• Dope Thief (Apple TV)
• Dying for Sex (FX on Hulu)
• The Girlfriend (Prime Video)

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The rest of the winners can be found here.

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