SANTA MONICA—On Friday, December 5, the nominees for the 2026 Critics Choice Awards were announced. Leading the pack was the film, “Sinners” which toppled the competition with 17 nominations including Best Picture. The movie also earned nominations for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Director. “One Battle After Another” followed closely behind with 14 nominations.

A partial list of this year’s nominees are listed below:

Best Picture

-“Bugonia”
-“Frankenstein”
-“Hamnet”
-“Jay Kelly”
-“Marty Supreme”
-“One Battle After Another”
-“Sentimental Value”
-“Sinners”
-“Train Dreams”
-“Wicked: For Good”

Best 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 Agent”

Best 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 “Bugonia”

Best 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 Value”

Best 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 Another”

Best Younger Actor/Actress

-Everett Blunck “The Plague”
-Miles Caton “Sinners”
-Cary Christopher “Weapons”
-Shannon Mahina Gorman “Rental Family”
-Jacobi Jupe “Hamnet”
-Nina Ye “Left-Handed Girl”

Best 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 “Hamnet”

Best 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 Value”

Best 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 “Hamnet”

The ceremony will be hosted by comedian Chelsea Handler and will be broadcast LIVE on E! and USA Network on Sunday, January 4, 2026 at 7 p.m. EST. The event will be held at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica.