29th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards Nominations

Only two days after the Golden Globe nominations were announced, we now have the Critics’ Choice Award nominations. Award season is well and truly underway with two of the major precursors announcing their nominations this week and we are already getting an early indication as to who the major players are this season.

The Critics’ Choice give paint a much clearer picture of how many nominations we can expect for a film at the Academy Awards, as they celebrate the below the line categories, including: Production Design, Editing, Cinematography etc. categories which are not awarded at the Golden Globes.,

Following on from its nine nominations at the Globes on Monday, Barbie has racked up a record breaking 18 nominations here. Oppenheimer and Poor Things follow with 13 nominations each and other strong contender Killers of the Flower Moon garnered 12 nominations.

The films that underperformed were the international films, with Anatomy of a Fall and The Zone of Interest missing out on Director, Picture and Screenplay nominations after strong showings at the Globes on Monday.

There are no real surprised here with a few outside contenders sneaking in like Sterling K. Brown for American Fiction and Saltburn for Picture but change ups like this will become expected as the season progresses.

The Critics’ Choice Awards are scheduled to take place on Sunday 14th January. See full list on nominations below:

Best Picture

1. American Fiction
2. Barbie
3. The Colour Purple
4. The Holdovers
5. Killers of the Flower Moon
6. Maestro
7. Oppenheimer
8. Past Lives
9. Poor Things
10. Saltburn

Best Director

1. Bradley Cooper (Maestro)
2. Greta Gerwig (Barbie)
3. Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things)
4. Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)
5. Alexander Payne (The Holdovers)
6. Martin Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon)

Best Actor

1. Bradley Cooper (Maestro)
2. Leonardo DiCaprio (Killers of the Flower Moon)
3. Colman Domingo (Rustin)
4. Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers)
5. Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)
6. Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction)

Best Actress

1. Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon)
2. Sandra Huller (Anatomy of a Fall)
3. Greta Lee (Past Lives)
4. Carey Mulligan (Maestro)
5. Margot Robbie (Barbie)
6. Emma Stone (Poor Things)

Best Supporting Actor

1. Sterling K. Brown (American Fiction)
2. Robert De Niro (Killers of the Flower Moon)
3. Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer)
4. Ryan Gosling (Barbie)
5. Charles Melton (May December)
6. Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things)

Best Supporting Actress

1. Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer)
2. Danielle Brooks (The Colour Purple)
3. America Ferrera (Barbie)
4. Jodie Foster (Nyad)
5. Julianne Moore (May December)
6. Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers)

Best Young Actor/Actress

1. Abby Ryder Fortson (Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret)
2. Ariana Greenblatt (Barbie)
3. Calah Lane (Wonka)
4. Milo Machado-Graner (Anatomy of a Fall)
5. Dominic Sessa (The Holdovers)
6. Madeleine Yuna Voyles (The Creator)

Best Acting Ensemble

1. Air
2. Barbie
3. The Colour Purple
4. The Holdovers
5. Killers of the Flower Moon
6. Oppenheimer

Best Original Screenplay

1. Air
2. Barbie
3. The Holdovers
4. Maestro
5. May December
6. Past Lives

Best Adapted Screenplay

1. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
2. All of Us Strangers
3. American Fiction
4. Killers of the Flower Moon
5. Oppenheimer
6. Poor Things

Best Cinematography

1. Barbie
2. Killers of the Flower Moon
3. Maestro
4. Oppenheimer
5. Poor Things
6. Saltburn

Best Editing

1. Air
2. Barbie
3. Killers of the Flower Moon
4. Maestro
5. Oppenheimer
6. Poor Things

Best Costume Design

1. Barbie
2. The Colour Purple
3. Killers of the Flower Moon
4. Napoleon
5. Poor Things
6. Wonka

Best Production Design

1. Asteroid City
2. Barbie
3. Killers of the Flower Moon
4. Oppenheimer
5. Poor Things
6. Saltburn

Best Score

1. Barbie
2. Killers of the Flower Moon
3. Oppenheimer
4. Poor Things
5. Society of the Snow
6. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Song

1. “Dance the Night” by Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt (Barbie)
2. “I’m Just Ken” by Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt (Barbie)
3. “What Was I Made For” by Billie Eilish and Finneas (Barbie)
4. “Road to Freedom” by Lenny Kravitz (Rustin)
5. “Peaches” by Jack Black, Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Eric Osmond, John Spiker (The Super Mario Bros. Movie)
6. “This Wish” by Julia Michaels and Benjamin Rice (Wish)

Best Hair and Makeup

1. Barbie
2. The Colour Purple
3. Maestro
4. Oppenheimer
5. Poor Things
6. Priscilla

Best Visual Effects

1. The Creator
2. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
3. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
4. Oppenheimer
5. Poor Things
6. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Animated Feature

1. The Boy and the Heron
2. Elemental
3. Nimona
4. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
6. Wish

Best Comedy

1. American Fiction
2. Barbie
3. Bottoms
4. The Holdovers
5. No Hard Feelings
6. Poor Things

Best Foreign Language Film

1. Anatomy of a Fall (France)
2. Godzilla Minus One (Japan)
3. Perfect Days (Japan)
4. Society of the Snow (Spain)
5. The Taste of Things (France)
6. The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom)