TOP TEN LISTS FOR 2025. . . awards season

[Chris Knipp]

JACOB ELORDI ACCEPTING SUPPORTING ACTOR AWARD

Critics Choice Awards announced

The first big Hollywood awards event of the year took place Mon., Jan. 5, 2026 and they were all there, with the spectacular and outlandish outfits of such events. For a rundown of the notable snubs and surprises see Gold Derby. Most noted is Jacob Elordi as the "creature" in Frankenstein beating Paul Mescal, Hamnet; Sean Penn, One Battle After Another; Adam Sandler, Jay Kelly; and Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value. Adolpho Veloso for Train Dreams beat out some higher profile films. With The Secret Agent selected as Best Foreign Film Jafar Panahi's It Was Just an Accident was snubbed. I can't comment on the "Best Comedy" noms and win with only having seen The Phoenician Scheme and Splitsville, not yet having enjoyed The Ballad of Wallis Island, Eternity, Friendship, or The Naked Gun. I guess Wake Up Dead Man may be nominated for next year.

WINNERS OF THE 31ST ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS
FILM CATEGORIES
BEST PICTURE
One Battle After Another

BEST ACTOR
Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme

BEST ACTRESS
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Madigan – Weapons

BEST YOUNG ACTOR / ACTRESS
Miles Caton – Sinners

BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Ryan Coogler – Sinners

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another

BEST CASTING AND ENSEMBLE
Francine Maisler – Sinners

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY|
Adolpho Veloso – Train Dreams

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau – Frankenstein

BEST EDITING
Stephen Mirrione – F1

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Kate Hawley – Frankenstein

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey – Frankenstein

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett – Avatar: Fire and Ash

BEST STUNT DESIGN
Wade Eastwood – Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
KPop Demon Hunters

BEST COMEDY
The Naked Gun

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Secret Agent

BEST SONG
“Golden” – Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, Ido, 24, Teddy – KPop Demon Hunters

BEST SCORE
Ludwig Göransson – Sinners

BEST SOUND
Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta, Gareth John – F1