Critics’ Choice Awards Set Christopher Nolan & Oppenheimer Up For Oscar Glory

The 29th Critics’ Choice Awards were presented last night in Santa Monica, California, and saw both Oppenheimer and director Christopher Nolan walking away with the top prize for Best Picture and Best Director, setting them up for potential Oscar glory. Going into the event, Barbie led the nominations on the big screen with a record-breaking eighteen. Oppenheimer and Poor Things followed with thirteen each. As for the small screen, The Morning Show starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon led the nominations with six, followed by the hit HBO series Succession which received five.

The box office and critical behemoth that is Oppenheimer winning both Best Picture and Best Director continues to suggest that the movie will win big at this year’s Academy Awards, with Nolan expected to finally take home two of the biggest prizes when the event happens in March.

Back to the 29th Critics’ Choice Awards, and despite Oppenheimer lead Cillian Murphy winning several awards for his performance, including a Golden Globe, it was The Holdovers star Paul Giamatti who won Best Actor. A result that has led some to speculate that he could emerge as the surprise winner of Best Actor at the Oscars.

Emma Stone, meanwhile, continued to add to her trophy collection, winning Best Actress for her role as Bella Baxter in Poor Things, with Robert Downey Jr. winning the Critics’ Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor for Oppenheimer. Giamatti’s The Holdovers co-star Da’Vine Joy Randolph emerged victorious for Best Supporting Actress.

After leading the nominations, Barbie won six Critics’ Choice Awards, including Best Original Screenplay for Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, and Best Song for “I’m Just Ken.”

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The 29th Critics’ Choice Award Winners & Nominees

On the television side of things, Succession continued to dominate, winning Best Drama Series, Best Actor in a Drama Series for Kieran Culkin, and Best Actress in a Drama Series for Sarah Snook. The hit HBO show has been showered with awards throughout the season, and is expected to win big again at the Emmys.

FX series The Bear, another Emmy favorite, won Best Comedy Series, Best Actor in a Comedy Series for Jeremy Allen White, and Best Actress in a Comedy Series for Ayo Edebiri. The Nextflix series, Beef, walked away with the Critics’ Choice Award for Best Limited Series, with Hulu’s Quiz Lady winning Best Movie Made for Television.

You can check out the big winners at this year’s Critics’ Choice Awards below, and check out the full list here.

Best Picture

• Oppenheimer
• American Fiction
• Barbie
• The Color Purple
• The Holdovers
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Maestro
• Past Lives
• Poor Things
• Saltburn

Best Director

• Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
• Bradley Cooper – Maestro
• Greta Gerwig – Barbie
• Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
• Alexander Payne – The Holdovers
• Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Actor

• Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers as Paul Hunham
• Bradley Cooper – Maestro as Leonard Bernstein
• Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon as Ernest Burkhart
• Colman Domingo – Rustin as Bayard Rustin
• Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer as J. Robert Oppenheimer
• Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction as Thelonious “Monk” Ellison

Best Actress

• Emma Stone – Poor Things as Bella Baxter
• Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon as Mollie Burkhart
• Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall as Sandra Voyter
• Greta Lee – Past Lives as Nora Moon
• Carey Mulligan – Maestro as Felicia Montealegre
• Margot Robbie – Barbie as Barbie

Best Supporting Actor

• Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer as Lewis Strauss
• Sterling K. Brown – American Fiction as Clifford “Cliff” Ellison
• Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon as William King Hale
• Ryan Gosling – Barbie as Ken
• Charles Melton – May December as Joe Yoo
• Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things as Duncan Wedderburn

Best Supporting Actress

• Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers as Mary Lamb
• Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer as Katherine “Kitty” Oppenheimer
• Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple as Sofia
• America Ferrera – Barbie as Gloria
• Jodie Foster – Nyad as Bonnie Stoll
• Julianne Moore – May December as Gracie

Best Young Actor/Actress

• Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers as Angus Tully
• Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret. as Margaret Simon
• Ariana Greenblatt – Barbie as Sasha
• Calah Lane – Wonka as Noodle
• Milo Machado Graner – Anatomy of a Fall as Daniel Maleski
• Madeleine Yuna Voyles – The Creator as Alpha-O / Alphie

Best Original Screenplay

• Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach – Barbie
• Samy Burch – May December
• Alex Convery – Air
• Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer – Maestro
• David Hemingson – The Holdovers
• Celine Song – Past Lives

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
• Kelly Fremon Craig – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
• Andrew Haigh – All of Us Strangers
• Tony McNamara – Poor Things
• Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
• Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Score

• Ludwig Göransson – Oppenheimer
• Jerskin Fendrix – Poor Things
• Michael Giacchino – Society of the Snow
• Daniel Pemberton – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Robbie Robertson – Killers of the Flower Moon (posthumous)
• Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt – Barbie

Best Song

• “I’m Just Ken” – Barbie
• “Dance the Night” – Barbie
• “Peaches” – The Super Mario Bros. Movie
• “Road to Freedom” – Rustin
• “This Wish” – Wish
• “What Was I Made For?” – Barbie

Best Animated Feature

• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• The Boy and the Heron
• Elemental
• Nimona
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
• Wish

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Best Foreign Language Film

• Anatomy of a Fall • France
• Godzilla Minus One • Japan
• Perfect Days • Japan
• Society of the Snow • Spain
• The Taste of Things • France
• The Zone of Interest • United Kingdom

TELEVISION

Best Drama Series

• Succession (HBO / Max)
• The Crown (Netflix)
• The Diplomat (Netflix)
• The Last of Us (HBO / Max)
• Loki (Disney+)
• The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+)
• Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (HBO / Max)

Best Actor in a Drama Series

• Kieran Culkin – Succession as Roman Roy (HBO / Max)
• Tom Hiddleston – Loki as Loki (Disney+)
• Timothy Olyphant – Justified: City Primeval as Raylan Givens (FX)
• Pedro Pascal – The Last of Us as Joel (HBO / Max)
• Ramón Rodríguez – Will Trent as Will Trent (ABC)
• Jeremy Strong – Succession as Kendall Roy (HBO / Max)

Best Actress in a Drama Series

• Sarah Snook – Succession as Shiv Roy (HBO / Max)
• Jennifer Aniston – The Morning Show as Alex Levy (Apple TV+)
• Aunjanue Ellis – Justified: City Primeval as Carolyn Wilder (FX)
• Bella Ramsey – The Last of Us as Ellie (HBO / Max)
• Keri Russell – The Diplomat as Kate Wyler (Netflix)
• Reese Witherspoon – The Morning Show as Bradley Jackson (Apple TV+)

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Billy Crudup – The Morning Show as Cory Ellison (Apple TV+)
• Khalid Abdalla – The Crown as Dodi Fayed (Netflix)
• Ron Cephas Jones – Truth Be Told as Lukather “Shreve” Scoville (Apple TV+) (posthumous)
• Matthew Macfadyen – Succession as Tom Wambsgans (HBO / Max)
• Ke Huy Quan – Loki as O.B. / A.D. Doug, Ph.D (Disney+)
• Rufus Sewell – The Diplomat as Hal Wyler (Netflix)

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Elizabeth Debicki – The Crown as Diana, Princess of Wales (Netflix)
• Nicole Beharie – The Morning Show as Christine Hunter (Apple TV+)
• Sophia Di Martino – Loki as Sylvie (Disney+)
• Celia Rose Gooding – Star Trek: Strange New Worlds as Nyota Uhura (Paramount+)
• Karen Pittman – The Morning Show as Mia Jordan (Apple TV+)
• Christina Ricci – Yellowjackets as Misty Quigley (Showtime)

Best Comedy Series

• The Bear (FX)
• Abbott Elementary (ABC)
• Barry (HBO / Max)
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video)
• Poker Face (Peacock)
• Reservation Dogs (FX)
• Shrinking (Apple TV+)
• What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

Best Actor in a Comedy Series

• Jeremy Allen White – The Bear as Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto (FX)
• Bill Hader – Barry as Barry Berkman (HBO / Max)
• Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building as Charles-Haden Savage (Hulu)
• Kayvan Novak – What We Do in the Shadows as Nandor the Relentless (FX)
• Drew Tarver – The Other Two as Cary Dubek (HBO / Max)
• D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai – Reservation Dogs as Bear Smallhill (FX)

Best Actress in a Comedy Series

• Ayo Edebiri – The Bear as Sydney Adamu (FX)
• Rachel Brosnahan – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as Miriam “Midge” Maisel (Prime Video)
• Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary as Janine Teagues (ABC)
• Bridget Everett – Somebody Somewhere as Sam (HBO / Max)
• Devery Jacobs – Reservation Dogs as Elora Danan Postoak (FX)
• Natasha Lyonne – Poker Face as Charlie Cale (Peacock)

The Bear

Creator

Christopher Storer

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Ebon Moss-Bachrach – The Bear as Richard “Richie” Jerimovich (FX)
• Phil Dunster – Ted Lasso as Jamie Tartt (Apple TV+)
• Harrison Ford – Shrinking as Dr. Paul Rhoades (Apple TV+)
• Harvey Guillén – What We Do in the Shadows as Guillermo de la Cruz (FX)
• James Marsden – Jury Duty as Himself (Amazon Freevee)
• Henry Winkler – Barry as Gene Cousineau (HBO / Max)

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Meryl Streep – Only Murders in the Building as Loretta Durkin (Hulu)
• Paulina Alexis – Reservation Dogs as Willie Jack (FX)
• Alex Borstein – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as Susie Myerson (Prime Video)
• Janelle James – Abbott Elementary as Ava Coleman (ABC)
• Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary as Barbara Howard (ABC)
• Jessica Williams – Shrinking as Gaby (Apple TV+)

Best Limited Series

• Beef (Netflix)
• Daisy Jones & the Six (Prime Video)
• Fargo (FX)
• Fellow Travelers (Showtime)
• Lessons in Chemistry (Apple TV+)
• Love & Death (HBO / Max)
• A Murder at the End of the World (FX)
• A Small Light (National Geographic)

Beef

Creator

Lee Sung Jin

Cast

Ione Skye , Joseph Lee , Patti Yasutake , Young Mazino , Andrew Santino

Best Movie Made for Television

• Quiz Lady (Hulu)
• The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (Showtime)
• Finestkind (Paramount+)
• Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie (Peacock)
• No One Will Save You (Hulu)
• Reality (HBO / Max)

Best Animated Series

• Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (Netflix)
• Bluey (Disney+)
• Bob’s Burgers (Fox)
• Harley Quinn (HBO / Max)
• Star Trek: Lower Decks (Paramount+)
• Young Love (HBO / Max)

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

Cast

Michael Cera , Brie Larson , Mary Elizabeth Winstead , Chris Evans , Anna Kendrick , Jason Schwartzman , Aubrey Plaza , Kieran Culkin , Alison Pill , Mae Whitman , Ellen Wong

Studio

Netflix