Critics Choice Awards 2025: Complete Winners List from Demi Moore to Emilia Perez

February 8, 2025: The 30th Critics Choice Awards, held on February 7 in Los Angeles, saw several notable victories, including Anora winning Best Picture and Jon M. Chu taking home Best Director for Wicked. Some surprising moments emerged, such as Ariana Grande losing out on Best Supporting Actress to Zoe Saldana for Emilia Perez. Adrien Brody secured Best Actor for The Brutalist, while Kieran Culkin won Best Supporting Actor for A Real Pain.

Noteworthy awards included Best Animated Feature for The Wild Robot and Best Foreign Language Film for Emilia Perez. The Best Comedy category saw a rare tie between A Real Pain and Deadpool & Wolverine.

Here’s a quick recap of key winners:

1. Best Director
   Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
   Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
   Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two
   Edward Berger – Conclave
   Jacques Audiard – Emilia Perez
   Jon M. Chu – Wicked (WINNER)
   RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
   Sean Baker – Anora
2. Best Picture
   A Complete Unknown
   Anora (WINNER)
   Conclave
   Dune: Part Two
   Emilia Perez
   Nickel Boys
   Sing Sing
   The Brutalist
   The Substance
   Wicked
3. Best Actress
   Angelina Jolie – Maria
   Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
   Demi Moore – The Substance (WINNER)
   Karla Sofia Gascon – Emilia Perez
   Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
   Mikey Madison – Anora
4. Best Actor
   Adrien Brody – The Brutalist (WINNER)
   Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
   Daniel Craig – Queer
   Hugh Grant – Heretic
   Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
   Timothee Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
5. Best Supporting Actress
   Ariana Grande – Wicked
   Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys
   Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson
   Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
   Margaret Qualley – The Substance
   Zoe Saldana – Emilia Perez (WINNER)
6. Best Supporting Actor
   Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
   Denzel Washington – Gladiator II
   Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
   Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
   Keiran Culkin – A Real Pain (WINNER)
   Yura Borisov – Anora
7. Best Young Actor/Actress
   Alisha Weir – Abigail
   Alyla Browne – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
   Elliott Heffernan – Blitz
   Izaac Wang – Didi
   Maisy Stella – My Old Ass (WINNER)
   Zoe Ziegler – Janet Planet
8. Best Acting Ensemble
   Anora
   Conclave (WINNER)
   Emilia Perez
   Saturday Night
   Sing Sing
   Wicked
9. Best Comedy
   A Real Pain (JOINT WINNER)
   Deadpool & Wolverine (JOINT WINNER)
   Hit Man
   My Old Ass
   Saturday Night
   Thelma
10. Best Foreign Language Film
    All We Imagine as Light
    Emilia Perez (WINNER)
    Flow
    I’m Still Here
    Kneecap
    The Seed of the Sacred Fig
11. Best Production Design
    Arthur Max, Jille Azis, Elli Griff – Gladiator II
    Craig Latrop – Nosferatu
    Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia – The Brutalist
    Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales – Wicked (WINNER)
    Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau – Dune: Part Two
    Suzia Davies – Conclave
12. Best Original Screenplay
    Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold – The Brutalist
    Coralie Fargeat – The Substance (WINNER)
    Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain
    Justin Kuritzkes – Challengers
    Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David – September 5
    Sean Baker – Anora
13. Best Adapted Screenplay
    Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts – Dune: Part Two
    Greg Kwedar, Clint Bentley – Sing Sing
    Jacques Audiard – Emilia Perez
    Peter Straughan – Conclave (WINNER)
    RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes – Nickel Boys
    Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox – Wicked
14. Best Animated Feature
    Flow
    Inside Out 2
    Memoir of a Snail
    The Wild Robot (WINNER)
    Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
15. Best Cinematography
    Alice Brooks – Wicked
    Greig Fraser – Dune: Part Two
    Jarin Blaschke – Nosferatu (WINNER)
    Jomo Fray – Nickel Boys
    Lol Crawley – The Brutalist
    Stephane Fontaine – Conclave
16. Best Song
    Beautiful That Way – The Last Showgirl – Miley Cyrus
    Compress/Repress – Challengers – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
    El Mal – Emilia Perez – Zoe Saldana, Karla Sofia Gascon, Camille (WINNER)
    Harper and Will Go West – Will & Harper – Kristen Wiig
    Kiss the Sky – The Wild Robot – Maren Morris
    Mi Camino – Emilia Perez – Selena Gomez
17. Best Editing
    David Jancso – The Brutalist
    Hansjorg Weissbrich – September 5
    Joe Walker – Dune: Part Two
    Marco Costa – Challengers (WINNER)
    Nick Emerson – Conclave
    Sean Baker – Anora
18. Best Visual Effects
    Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story, Rodney Burke – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
    Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs – Better Man
    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 (WINNER)
    Visual Effects Team – The Substance
19. Best Costume Design
    Jacqueline West – Dune: Part Two
    Janty Yates, Dave Crossman – Gladiator II
    Linda Muir – Nosferatu
    Lisy Christyl – Conclave
    Massimo Cantini Parrini – Maria
    Paul Tazewell – Wicked (WINNER)
20. Best Hair and Makeup
    Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener, Neal Scanlan – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
    Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuth, Laura Blount – Wicked
    Hair and Makeup Team – Dune: Part Two
    Hair and Makeup Team – The Substance (WINNER)
    Mike Marino, Sarah Graalman, Aaron Saucier – A Different Man
    Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton, David White – Nosferatu

This year’s ceremony was filled with excitement, celebrating achievements across film and television.