The 2026 Critics Choice Awards are officially kicked off another awards season on Sunday, January 4. Chelsea Handler returned as Critics Choice Awards host for the fourth year in a row, noting in a November 2025 statement, "Kicking off the year with the Critics Choice Awards feels right - nothing says 'new beginnings' like a room full of critics ready to tell you how you did last year." In a statement of his own, Critics Choice Association CEO Joey Berlin called Handler, 50, "the best awards show host in the world" and "the perfect person to lead the parade" of celebrating Hollywood's finest in film and TV. Though no new decisions were made in regards to the show's host, the CCA did add a handful of new categories for the 2026 ceremony, including Best Variety Series, Best Stunt Design and Best Casting and Ensemble. Critics Choice Awards 2026 Red Carpet: All the Best Looks When nominations were announced in December 2025, Ryan Coogler's Sinners led the film side with a total of 17 nods. Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another followed behind with 14 nominations, ultimately winning trophies for both Best Picture and Best Director. On the TV side, Netflix's Adolescence and Nobody Wants This led with six and five nods, respectively. Scroll down for the complete list of 2026 Critics Choice Awards nominations - and look for the bold names to see who won: Film: Best Picture Bugonia Frankenstein Hamnet Jay Kelly Marty Supreme One Battle After Another Sentimental Value Sinners Train Dreams Wicked: For Good Timothée Chalamet, Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association 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 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 Jacob Elordi Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association 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 Miles Caton Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association Best Young 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 Comedy The Ballad of Wallis Island Eternity Friendship The Naked Gun The Phoenician Scheme Splitsville Leo DiCaprio Reacts to Chelsea Handler's Critics Choice Monologue Yacht Joke Best Casting and Ensemble Hamnet - Nina Gold Jay Kelly - Douglas Aibel and Nina Gold Marty Supreme - Jennifer Venditti One Battle After Another - Cassandra Kulukundis Sinners - Francine Maisler Wicked: For Good - Tiffany Little Canfield and Bernard Telsey Michael B. Jordan Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association Best Original Screenplay Noah Baumbach and Emily Mortimer - Jay Kelly Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie - Marty Supreme Ryan Coogler - Sinners Zach Cregger - Weapons Eva Victor - Sorry, Baby Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value Best Adapted Screenplay Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar - Train Dreams Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar and Jahye Lee - No Other Choice Guillermo del Toro - Frankenstein Will Tracy - Bugonia Chloé Zhao and Maggie O'Farrell - Hamnet Best Cinematography F1 Frankenstein Hamnet One Battle After Another Sinners Train Dreams Best Editing F1 A House of Dynamite Marty Supreme One Battle After Another The Perfect Neighbor Sinners Best Costume Design Frankenstein Hamnet Hedda Kiss of the Spider Woman Sinners Wicked: For Good Best Production Design The Fantastic Four: First Steps Frankenstein Hamnet Marty Supreme Sinners Wicked: For Good Best Score F1 - Hans Zimmer Frankenstein - Alexandre Desplat Hamnet - Max Richter Marty Supreme - Daniel Lopatin One Battle After Another - Jonny Greenwood Sinners - Ludwig Göransson Best Song "Clothed by the Sun" (Daniel Blumberg) - The Testament of Ann Lee "Drive" (Ed Sheeran, John Mayer and Blake Slatkin) - F1 "The Girl in the Bubble" (Stephen Schwartz) - Wicked: For Good "Golden" (Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, Ido, 24 and Teddy) - KPop Demon Hunters "I Lied to You" (Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Göransson) - Sinners "Train Dreams" (Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner) -