The 2025 Critics Choice Awards Nominees Are Here: ‘Conclave’ & ‘Wicked’ Lead The Way

February is set to be a massive month for the film industry-with a handful of cinema awards coming up including the SAG Awards, PGA Awards, and of course the 30th annual Critics Choice Awards.

The Critics Choice Association has released their nominations for the best film and television nominees for this year’s ceremony. To no surprise, two of the year’s hottest titles Conclave and Wicked led the way with 11 nominatoins each, including Best Picture.

Right behind them are Dune: Part Two and Emilia Pérez followed with 10 noms, while The Brutalist scored 9 nods.

“This year brought us an incredible wealth of storytelling and performances, leading to indescribably close races for nominations,” said CCA CEO Joey Berlin in a press release. “We are honored to be able to celebrate our landmark 30th year of the Critics Choice Awards with this talented group of nominees and are thrilled to bring viewers our best show yet.”

This year’s annual Critics Choice Awards will hosted by Chelsea Handler, broadcasted live on E! on February 7th at 7 pm, and streaming the next day on Peacock.

Check out the full list of nominations below.

Best Picture

• “A Complete Unknown”
• “Anora”
• “The Brutalist”
• “Conclave”
• “Dune: Part Two”
• “Emilia Pérez”
• “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”

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Best Acting Ensemble

• “Anora”
• “Conclave”
• “Emilia Pérez”
• “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 Screenplay

• 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 Screenplay

• 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 Cinematography

• 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”

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Best Editing

• 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 Hair and Makeup

• 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”

Best 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

• “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 Pérez”
• “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
• “El Mal” – “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
• “Mi Camino” – “Emilia Pérez” – Selena Gomez

Best Score

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

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