The Critics Choice Association — of which Above the Line critics Edward Douglas and J. Don Birnam are both members — announced the winners of its 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024 at a ceremony inside an aircraft hanger, the show also being broadcast on The CW.
Christopher Nolan‘s Oppenheimer was the big movie winner of the night with EIGHT wins, including Best Picture and Director, as well as Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr., Best Score, Cinematography, Editing, Visual Effects, and Best Ensemble.
Greta Gerwig‘s Barbie was not going to be left too far behind, as it won SIX Critics Choice Awards, including Best Comedy, Best Original Screenplay, Best Song (for “I’m Just Ken”), Best Production and Costume Design, as well as Hair and Makeup. (As with Oppenheimer and its Visual Effects win, Barbie‘s hair and make-up wasn’t shortlisted.)
Recent Golden Globe winners Paul Giamatti and Da’vine Joy Ralph continued their awards run, winning in their respective categories for The Holdovers, while Dominic Sesso won for Best Young Actor.
The biggest shocker may have been Emma Stone winning Best Actress for Poor Things over Lily Gladstone for Martin Scorsese‘s Killers of the Flower Moon, which was completely snubbed.
The television categories mostly echoed last week’s Golden Globes with Hulu‘s The Bear nearly sweeping in the Comedy categories, HBO MAX‘s Succession nearly doing the same for Drama, and Netflix‘s Beef winning four awards in the limited series category.
The Bear had three acting wins — Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach — as well for Comedy Series, while Succession won for Drama Series and two acting wins. Beef won three acting awards for Ali Wong, Stephen Yeun, and Maria Bello, as well as for Best Limited Series.
Other shows that received one Critics Choice Award apiece, included The Crown (Netflix), Only Murders in the Building (Hulu), The Morning Show (Apple TV+), as well as Hulu’s Quiz Lady winning for “Movie Made for Television.” Netflix seemed to do the best between its wins for Beef and wins in many of the other characters, including Animated Series (Scott Pilgrim Takes Off), Foreign Language Series (Lupin), and Comedy Special (John Mulaney: Baby J).
What’s interesting about the television winners is that the PrimeTime Emmys take place tonight, January 15, although they were voted on back in July, so if any of the same winners receive an Emmy, it’s not due to any of the speeches they made last night or at the Golden Globes.
America Ferrara received the group’s “SeeHer Award,” presented by Barbie star, Margot Robbie, while Harrison Ford received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny director James Mangold.
You can read the full list of Critics Choice film winners below:
FEATURE FILM WINNERS
Best Picture
Oppenheimer
Best Actor
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Best Actress
Emma Stone – Poor Things
Best Supporting Actor
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Best Supporting Actress
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Best Young Actor or Actress
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers
Best Acting Ensemble
Oppenheimer
Best Director
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Best Adapted Screenplay
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
Best Original Screenplay
Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach – Barbie
Best Cinematography
Hoyte van Hoytema – Oppenheimer
Best Production Design
Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer – Barbie
Best Editing
Jennifer Lame – Oppenheimer
Best Costume Design
Jacqueline Durran – Barbie
Best Hair and Makeup
Barbie
Best Visual Effects
Oppenheimer
Best Comedy
Barbie
Best Animated Film
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best Foreign Language Film
Anatomy of a Fall
Best Song
“I’m Just Ken” – Barbie
Best Score
Ludwig Göransson – Oppenheimer
TELEVISION WINNERS
BEST DRAMA SERIES
Succession (HBO | Max)
BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Kieran Culkin – Succession (HBO | Max)
BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Sarah Snook – Succession (HBO | Max)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Billy Crudup – The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Elizabeth Debicki – The Crown (Netflix)
BEST COMEDY SERIES
The Bear (FX)
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Jeremy Allen White – The Bear (FX)
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Ayo Edebiri – The Bear (FX)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Ebon Moss-Bachrach – The Bear (FX)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Meryl Streep – Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
BEST LIMITED SERIES
Beef (Netflix)
BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Quiz Lady (Hulu)
BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Steven Yeun – Beef (Netflix)
BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Ali Wong – Beef (Netflix)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Jonathan Bailey – Fellow Travelers (Showtime)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Maria Bello – Beef (Netflix)
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SERIES
Lupin (Netflix)
BEST ANIMATED SERIES
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (Netflix)
BEST TALK SHOW
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO | Max)
BEST COMEDY SPECIAL
John Mulaney: Baby J (Netflix)
