Critics Choice Awards 2025: 'Conclave' and Wicked' lead nominations with 11 nominations

The 30th edition of the Critics Choice Awards revealed the nominations for the film category, with Conclave y Wicked emerging as the most nominated with 11 candidates for each one.

Both were nominated in the best film category along with A Complete Unknown, Anora, The Brutalist, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Perez, Nickel Boys, Sing Sing y The Substance.

The Critics Choice Awards are presented annually to recognize the best achievements in film and television. Bob Bain Productions and Berlin Entertainment will executive produce the show.

The award ceremony will air live on Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 6:00 pm (CDMX time) on E!, with Chelsea Handler returning as host. The next day the gala will be available to stream on Peacock in the United States. In Mexico and the rest of Latin America, its live broadcast will be carried out by TNT and MAX.

FULL LIST OF FILM NOMINEES:

BEST FILM

A Complete Unknown
Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Perez
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 – “Didi”
Alisha Weir – “Abigail”
Zoe Ziegler – “Janet Planet”

BEST CAST

Anora
Conclave
Emilia Perez
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 SCRIPT

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 SCRIPT

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 PHOTOGRAPHY

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 EDITION

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 MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLE

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”

BETTER 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 FILM

“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 Perez
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
Evil – “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
My Way – “Emilia Pérez” – Selena Gomez

BEST SOUNDTRACK

Volker Bertelmann – “Room”
Daniel Blumberg – “The Brutalist”
Kris Bowers – “The Wild Robot”
Clément Ducol & Camille – “Emilia Pérez”
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – “Challengers”
Hans Zimmer – “Dune: Part Two”