Before Oscar or Emmy has its say, the Critics will. The 2022 Critics Choice Award honors the best in the year’s film and television. On the film front, West Side Story and Belfast are ahead of the rest with a 11 nominations a piece. However, Dune and The Power Of The Dog are nipping at their heels, with 10 nominations each.
On smaller screens, with eight nominations, Succession helped HBO nab 20 nominations overall. Its network mate, The Mare Of Eastown, received five, which should keep a specific vape-huffing detective happy. Two of the early awards at least mirrored the BAFTAs across the pond, which were held earlier today (which is why a lot of the real famous people were in London for the Critics Choice Awards), with Ariana Debose winning Best Supporting Actress for West Side Story, Tony Kotsur winning Best Supporting Actor for CODA (one of many trophies for him this season), and Will Smith winning Best Actor for King Richard.
As for the biggest awards of the night, the ones that weren’t inexplicably given out in rapid-fire montages to make up for the fact that even a three-hour show doesn’t have room for 90 categories, Succession was deemed the Best Drama Series, Jane Campion won Best Director (she really ought to clear some shelf space for later this month), and then Campion’s The Power Of The Dog even won Best Picture. Is it unstoppable? We’ll see at the Oscars!
Here are the winners and nominees.
Best Picture
The Power Of The Dog
Belfast
CODA
Don’t Look Up
Dune
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
Nightmare Alley
tick, tick…Boom!
West Side Story
Best Actor
Will Smith (King Richard)
Nicolas Cage (Pig)
Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog)
Peter Dinklage (Cyrano)
Andrew Garfield (tick, tick…Boom!)
Denzel Washington (The Tragedy of Macbeth)
Best Actress
Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye)
Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter)
Lady Gaga (House of Gucci)
Alana Haim (Licorice Pizza)
Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos)
Kristen Stewart (Spencer)
Best Supporting Actress
Ariana DeBose (West Side Story)
Caitríona Balfe (Belfast)
Ann Dowd (Mass)
Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog)
Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard)
Rita Moreno (West Side Story)
Best Supporting Actor
Troy Kotsur – (CODA)
Jamie Dornan (Belfast)
Ciarán Hinds – (Belfast)
Jared Leto (House of Gucci)
J.K. Simmons (Being the Ricardos)
Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog)
Best Director
Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)
Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza)
Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)
Guillermo del Toro (Nightmare Alley)
Steven Spielberg (West Side Story)
Denis Villeneuve (Dune)
Best Drama Series
Succession (HBO)
Evil (Paramount+)
For All Mankind (Apple TV+)
The Good Fight (Paramount+)
Pose (FX)
Squid Game (Netflix)
This Is Us (NBC)
Yellowjackets (Showtime)
Best Actor In A Drama Series
Lee Jung-jae (Squid Game — Netflix)
Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us — NBC)
Mike Colter (Evil — Paramount+)
Brian Cox (Succession — HBO)
Billy Porter (Pose — FX)
Jeremy Strong (Succession — HBO)
Best Actress In A Drama Series
Melanie Lynskey – (Yellowjackets — Showtime)
Uzo Aduba – (In Treatment — HBO)
Chiara Aurelia – (Cruel Summer — Freeform)
Christine Baranski – (The Good Fight — Paramount+)
Katja Herbers – (Evil — Paramount+)
MJ Rodriguez – (Pose — FX)
Best Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
Sarah Snook (Succession — HBO)
Andrea Martin (Evil — Paramount+)
Audra McDonald (The Good Fight — Paramount+)
Christine Lahti (Evil — Paramount+)
J. Smith-Cameron (Succession — HBO)
Susan Kelechi Watson (This Is Us — NBC)
Best Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
Kieran Culkin (Succession — HBO)
Nicholas Braun (Succession — HBO)
Billy Crudup (The Morning Show — Apple TV+)
Justin Hartley (This Is Us — NBC)
Matthew Macfadyen (Succession — HBO)
Mandy Patinkin (The Good Fight — Paramount+)
Best Limited Series
Mare Of Easttown (HBO)
Dopesick (Hulu)
Dr. Death (Peacock)
It’s a Sin (HBO Max)
Maid (Netflix)
Midnight Mass (Netflix)
The Underground Railroad (Amazon Prime Video)
WandaVision (Disney+)
Best Actor In A Limited Series Or A Movie Made For Television
Michael Keaton (Dopesick — Hulu)
Olly Alexander (It’s a Sin — HBO Max)
Paul Bettany (WandaVision — Disney+)
William Jackson Harper (Love Life — HBO Max)
Joshua Jackson (Dr. Death — Peacock)
Hamish Linklater (Midnight Mass — Netflix)
Best Actress In A Limited Series Or A Movie Made For Television
Kate Winslet – Mare Of Easttown (HBO)
Danielle Brooks – Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (Lifetime)
Cynthia Erivo – Genius: Aretha (National Geographic)
Thuso Mbedu – The Underground Railroad (Amazon Prime Video)
Elizabeth Olsen – WandaVision (Disney+)
Margaret Qualley – Maid (Netflix)
Best Supporting Actor In A Limited Series Or A Movie Made For Television
Murray Bartlett (The White Lotus —HBO)
Zach Gilford (Midnight Mass — Netflix)
William Jackson Harper (The Underground Railroad — Amazon Prime Video)
Evan Peters (Mare of Easttown — HBO)
Christian Slater (Dr. Death — Peacock)
Courtney B. Vance (Genius: Aretha — National Geographic)
Best Supporting Actress In A Limited Series Or A Movie Made For Television
Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus — HBO)
Kaitlyn Dever (Dopesick — Hulu)
Kathryn Hahn (WandaVision — Disney+)
Melissa McCarthy (Nine Perfect Strangers — Hulu)
Julianne Nicholson (Mare of Easttown — HBO)
Jean Smart (Mare of Easttown — HBO)
Best Visual Effects
Dune
The Matrix Resurrections
Nightmare Alley
No Time to Die
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Best Comedy
Licorice Pizza
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Don’t Look Up
Free Guy
The French Dispatch
Best Animated Feature
The Mitchells vs the Machines
Encanto
Flee
Luca
Raya and the Last Dragon
Best Foreign Language Feature
Drive My Car
A Hero
Flee
The Hand of God
The Worst Person in the World
Best Original Screenplay
Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)
Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza)
Zach Baylin (King Richard)
Adam McKay, David Sirota (Don’t Look Up)
Aaron Sorkin (Being the Ricardos)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)
Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Lost Daughter)
Siân Heder (CODA)
Tony Kushner (West Side Story)
Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth (Dune)
Best Cinematographer
Ari Wegner (The Power of the Dog)
Bruno Delbonnel (The Tragedy of Macbeth)
Greig Fraser (Dune)
Janusz Kaminski (West Side Story)
Dan Laustsen (Nightmare Alley)
Haris Zambarloukos (Belfast)
Best Production Design
Patrice Vermette, Zsuzsanna Sipos (Dune)
Jim Clay, Claire Nia Richards (Belfast)
Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau (Nightmare Alley)
Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo (The French Dispatch)
Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo (West Side Story)
Best Editing
Sarah Broshar and Michael Kahn (West Side Story)
Úna Ní Dhonghaíle (Belfast)
Andy Jurgensen (Licorice Pizza)
Peter Sciberras (The Power of the Dog)
Joe Walker – (Dune)
Best Costume Design
Jenny Beavan (Cruella)
Luis Sequeira (Nightmare Alley)
Paul Tazewell (West Side Story)
Jacqueline West, Robert Morgan (Dune)
Janty Yates (House of Gucci)
Best Song
No Time to Die – No Time to Die
Be Alive – King Richard
Dos Oruguitas – Encanto
Guns Go Bang – The Harder They Fall
Just Look Up – Don’t Look Up
Best Score
Hans Zimmer (Dune)
Nicholas Britell (Don’t Look Up)
Jonny Greenwood (The Power of the Dog)
Jonny Greenwood (Spencer)
Nathan Johnson (Nightmare Alley)
Best Hair and Makeup
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Cruella
Dune
House of Gucci
Nightmare Alley
Best Movie Made For Television
Oslo (HBO)
Come From Away (Apple TV+)
List of a Lifetime (Lifetime)
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (Amazon Prime Video)
Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (Lifetime)
Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas (The Roku Channel)
Best Animated Series
What If…? (Disney+)
Big Mouth (Netflix)
Bluey (Disney Junior)
Bob’s Burgers (Fox)
The Great North (Fox)
Q-Force (Netflix)
Best Foreign Language Series
Squid Game (Netflix)
Acapulco (Apple TV+)
Call My Agent! (Netflix)
Lupin (Netflix)
Money Heist (Netflix)
Narcos: Mexico (Netflix)
Best Talk Show
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
The Amber Ruffin Show (Peacock)
Desus & Mero (Showtime)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBC)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Bravo)
Best Comedy Special
Bo Burnham: Inside (Netflix)
Good Timing with Jo Firestone (Peacock)
James Acaster: Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999 (Vimeo)
Joyelle Nicole Johnson: Love Joy (Peacock)
Nate Bargatze: The Greatest Average American (Netflix)
Trixie Mattel: One Night Only (YouTube)
Best Acting Ensemble
Belfast
Don’t Look Up
The Harder They Fall
Licorice Pizza
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
Best Young Actor/Actress
Jude Hill (Belfast)
Cooper Hoffman (Licorice Pizza)
Emilia Jones (CODA)
Woody Norman (C’mon C’mon)
Saniyya Sidney (King Richard)
Rachel Zegler (West Side Story)