# 25th Critics' Choice Awards

The 25th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 12, 2020, at the Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport, honoring the finest achievements of filmmaking and television programming in 2019. The ceremony was broadcast on The CW and Taye Diggs returned to host for the second consecutive time. The nominations were announced on December 8, 2019. HBO led with 33 nominations, followed by Netflix with 31.

## Winners and nominees
### Film

| Best Picture Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 1917 Ford v Ferrari The Irishman Jojo Rabbit Joker Little Women Marriage Story Parasite Uncut Gems | Best Director Bong Joon-ho – Parasite (TIE) Sam Mendes – 1917 (TIE) Noah Baumbach – Marriage Story Greta Gerwig – Little Women Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie – Uncut Gems Martin Scorsese – The Irishman Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood |
| Best Actor Joaquin Phoenix – Joker as Arthur Fleck / Joker Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory as Salvador Mallo Robert De Niro – The Irishman as Frank Sheeran Leonardo DiCaprio – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Rick Dalton Adam Driver – Marriage Story as Charlie Barber Eddie Murphy – Dolemite Is My Name as Rudy Ray Moore Adam Sandler – Uncut Gems as Howard Ratner | Best Actress Renée Zellweger – Judy as Judy Garland Awkwafina – The Farewell as Billi Wang Cynthia Erivo – Harriet as Harriet Tubman Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story as Nicole Barber Lupita Nyong'o – Us as Adelaide Wilson / Red Saoirse Ronan – Little Women as Josephine "Jo" March Charlize Theron – Bombshell as Megyn Kelly |
| Best Supporting Actor Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Cliff Booth Willem Dafoe – The Lighthouse as Thomas Wake Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood as Fred Rogers Anthony Hopkins – The Two Popes as Pope Benedict XVI Al Pacino – The Irishman as Jimmy Hoffa Joe Pesci – The Irishman as Russell Bufalino | Best Supporting Actress Laura Dern – Marriage Story as Nora Fanshaw Scarlett Johansson – Jojo Rabbit as Rosie Betzler Jennifer Lopez – Hustlers as Ramona Vega Florence Pugh – Little Women as Amy March Margot Robbie – Bombshell as Kayla Pospisil Zhao Shu-zhen – The Farewell as Nai Nai |
| Best Young Actor/Actress Roman Griffin Davis – Jojo Rabbit as Johannes "Jojo" Betzler Julia Butters – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Trudi Frazer Shahadi Wright Joseph – Us as Zora Wilson / Umbrae Noah Jupe – Honey Boy as Otis Lort (age 12) Thomasin McKenzie – Jojo Rabbit as Elsa Korr Archie Yates – Jojo Rabbit as Yorki | Best Acting Ensemble The Irishman Bombshell Knives Out Little Women Marriage Story Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Parasite |
| Best Original Screenplay Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Noah Baumbach – Marriage Story Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won – Parasite Rian Johnson – Knives Out Lulu Wang – The Farewell | Best Adapted Screenplay Greta Gerwig – Little Women Noah Harpster and Micah Fitzerman-Blue – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Anthony McCarten – The Two Popes Todd Phillips and Scott Silver – Joker Taika Waititi – Jojo Rabbit Steven Zaillian – The Irishman |
| Best Animated Feature Toy Story 4 Abominable Frozen II How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World I Lost My Body Missing Link | Best Action Movie Avengers: Endgame 1917 Ford v Ferrari John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum Spider-Man: Far From Home |
| Best Comedy Dolemite Is My Name Booksmart The Farewell Jojo Rabbit Knives Out | Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie Us Ad Astra Avengers: Endgame Midsommar |
| Best Cinematography Roger Deakins – 1917 Jarin Blaschke – The Lighthouse Phedon Papamichael – Ford v Ferrari Rodrigo Prieto – The Irishman Robert Richardson – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Lawrence Sher – Joker | Best Editing Lee Smith – 1917 Ronald Bronstein and Benny Safdie – Uncut Gems Andrew Buckland and Michael McCusker – Ford v Ferrari Yang Jin-mo – Parasite Fred Raskin – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Thelma Schoonmaker – The Irishman |
| Best Costume Design Ruth E. Carter – Dolemite Is My Name Julian Day – Rocketman Jacqueline Durran – Little Women Arianne Phillips – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Sandy Powell and Christopher Peterson – The Irishman Anna Robbins – Downton Abbey | Best Production Design Barbara Ling and Nancy Haigh – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Mark Friedberg and Kris Moran – Joker Dennis Gassner and Lee Sandales – 1917 Jess Gonchor and Claire Kaufman – Little Women Lee Ha-jun – Parasite Bob Shaw and Regina Graves – The Irishman Donal Woods and Gina Cromwell – Downton Abbey |
| Best Score Hildur Guðnadóttir – Joker Michael Abels – Us Alexandre Desplat – Little Women Randy Newman – Marriage Story Thomas Newman – 1917 Robbie Robertson – The Irishman | Best Song "Glasgow (No Place Like Home)" – Wild Rose (TIE) "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" – Rocketman (TIE) "I'm Standing With You" – Breakthrough "Into the Unknown" – Frozen II "Speechless" – Aladdin "Spirit" – The Lion King "Stand Up" – Harriet |
| Best Hair and Makeup Bombshell Dolemite Is My Name The Irishman Joker Judy Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Rocketman | Best Visual Effects Avengers: Endgame 1917 Ad Astra The Aeronauts Ford v Ferrari The Irishman The Lion King |
| Best Foreign Language Film Parasite • South Korea Atlantics • Belgium / France / Senegal Les Misérables • France Pain and Glory • Spain Portrait of a Lady on Fire • France ||

#### #SeeHer Award

* Kristen Bell

#### Lifetime Achievement Award

* Eddie Murphy

### Television

Best Series :
| Best Comedy Series | Best Drama Series |
| Fleabag (Amazon Prime Video) Barry (HBO) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video) Mom (CBS) One Day at a Time (Netflix) PEN15 (Hulu) Schitt's Creek (Pop TV) | Succession (HBO) The Crown (Netflix) David Makes Man (OWN) Game of Thrones (HBO) The Good Fight (CBS All Access) Pose (FX) This Is Us (NBC) Watchmen (HBO) |
| Best Limited Series | Best TV Movie |
| When They See Us (Netflix) Catch-22 (Hulu) Chernobyl (HBO) Fosse/Verdon (FX) The Loudest Voice (Showtime) Unbelievable (Netflix) Years and Years (HBO) | El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (Netflix) Brexit (HBO) Deadwood: The Movie (HBO) Guava Island (Prime Video) Native Son (HBO) Patsy & Loretta (Lifetime) |
| Best Animated Series | Best Talk Show |
| BoJack Horseman (Netflix) Big Mouth (Netflix) Family Guy (Fox) She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (Netflix) The Simpsons (Fox) Undone (Prime Video) | The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS) (TIE) Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC) (TIE) Desus & Mero (Showtime) Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS) The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBC) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) |
| Best Comedy Special ||
| Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's All in the Family and The Jeffersons (ABC) Amy Schumer: Growing (Netflix) Jenny Slate: Stage Fright (Netflix) Ramy Youssef: Feelings (HBO) Seth Meyers: Lobby Baby (Netflix) Trevor Noah: Son of Patricia (Netflix) Wanda Sykes: Not Normal (Netflix) ||
| Best Acting in a Comedy Series ||
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Bill Hader – Barry as Barry Berkman / Barry Block Ted Danson – The Good Place as Michael Walton Goggins – The Unicorn as Wade Eugene Levy – Schitt's Creek as Johnny Rose Paul Rudd – Living with Yourself as Miles Elliot / Miles Elliot Clone Bashir Salahuddin – Sherman's Showcase as Sherman McDaniel Ramy Youssef – Ramy as Ramy Hassan | Phoebe Waller-Bridge – Fleabag as Fleabag Christina Applegate – Dead to Me as Jen Harding Alison Brie – GLOW as Ruth "Zoya the Destroya" Wilder Rachel Brosnahan – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as Miriam "Midge" Maisel Kirsten Dunst – On Becoming a God in Central Florida as Krystal Stubbs Allison Janney – Mom as Bonnie Plunkett Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep as Selina Meyer Catherine O'Hara – Schitt's Creek as Moira Rose |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Andrew Scott – Fleabag as The Priest Andre Braugher – Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Captain Raymond Holt Anthony Carrigan – Barry as NoHo Hank William Jackson Harper – The Good Place as Chidi Anagonye Dan Levy – Schitt's Creek as David Rose Nico Santos – Superstore as Mateo Fernando Aquino Liwanag Henry Winkler – Barry as Gene Cousineau | Alex Borstein – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as Susie Myerson D'Arcy Carden – The Good Place as Janet Sian Clifford – Fleabag as Claire Betty Gilpin – GLOW as Debbie "Liberty Belle" Eagan Rita Moreno – One Day at a Time as Lydia Riera Annie Murphy – Schitt's Creek as Alexis Rose Molly Shannon – The Other Two as Pat Dubek |
| Best Acting in a Drama Series ||
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Jeremy Strong – Succession as Kendall Roy Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us as Randall Pearson Mike Colter – Evil as David Acosta Paul Giamatti – Billions as Charles "Chuck" Rhoades Jr. Kit Harington – Game of Thrones as Jon Snow Freddie Highmore – The Good Doctor as Dr. Shaun Murphy Tobias Menzies – The Crown as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Billy Porter – Pose as Pray Tell | Regina King – Watchmen as Angela Abar / Sister Night Christine Baranski – The Good Fight as Diane Lockhart Olivia Colman – The Crown as Queen Elizabeth II Jodie Comer – Killing Eve as Villanelle / Oksana Astankova Nicole Kidman – Big Little Lies as Celeste Wright Michaela Jaé Rodriguez – Pose as Blanca Rodriguez-Evangelista Sarah Snook – Succession as Siobhan "Shiv" Roy Zendaya – Euphoria as Rue Bennett |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Billy Crudup – The Morning Show as Cory Ellison Asante Blackk – This Is Us as Malik Hodges Asia Kate Dillon – Billions as Taylor Amber Mason Peter Dinklage – Game of Thrones as Tyrion Lannister Justin Hartley – This Is Us as Kevin Pearson Delroy Lindo – The Good Fight as Adrian Boseman Tim Blake Nelson – Watchmen as Wade Tillman / Looking Glass | Jean Smart – Watchmen as Laurie Blake Helena Bonham Carter – The Crown as Princess Margaret Gwendoline Christie – Game of Thrones as Brienne of Tarth Laura Dern – Big Little Lies as Renata Klein Audra McDonald – The Good Fight as Liz Lawrence Meryl Streep – Big Little Lies as Mary Louise Wright Susan Kelechi Watson – This Is Us as Beth Pearson |
| Best Acting in a Movie/Limited Series ||
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Jharrel Jerome – When They See Us as Korey Wise Christopher Abbott – Catch-22 as Capt. John Yossarian Mahershala Ali – True Detective as Wayne Hays Russell Crowe – The Loudest Voice as Roger Ailes Jared Harris – Chernobyl as Valery Legasov Sam Rockwell – Fosse/Verdon as Bob Fosse Noah Wyle – The Red Line as Daniel Calder | Michelle Williams – Fosse/Verdon as Gwen Verdon Kaitlyn Dever – Unbelievable as Marie Adler Anne Hathaway – Modern Love as Lexi Megan Hilty – Patsy & Loretta as Patsy Cline Joey King – The Act as Gypsy Blanchard Jessie Mueller – Patsy & Loretta as Loretta Lynn Merritt Wever – Unbelievable as Det. Karen Duvall |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Stellan Skarsgård – Chernobyl as Boris Shcherbina Asante Blackk – When They See Us as Kevin Richardson George Clooney – Catch-22 as Scheisskopf John Leguizamo – When They See Us as Raymond Santana Sr. Dev Patel – Modern Love as Joshua Jesse Plemons – El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie as Todd Alquist Russell Tovey – Years and Years as Daniel Lyons | Toni Collette – Unbelievable as Det. Grace Rasmussen Patricia Arquette – The Act as Dee Dee Blanchard Marsha Stephanie Blake – When They See Us as Linda McCray Niecy Nash – When They See Us as Delores Wise Margaret Qualley – Fosse/Verdon as Ann Reinking Emma Thompson – Years and Years as Vivienne Rook MP Emily Watson – Chernobyl as Ulana Khomyuk |

## Films with multiple nominations and wins

| Film | Nominations |
| The Irishman | 14 |
| Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | 12 |
| Little Women | 9 |
| Marriage Story | 8 |
| 1917 | 8 |
| Jojo Rabbit | 7 |
| Joker | 7 |
| Parasite | 7 |
| Ford v Ferrari | 5 |
| Bombshell | 4 |
| Dolemite Is My Name | 4 |
| The Farewell | 4 |
| Uncut Gems | 4 |
| Us | 4 |
| Avengers: Endgame | 3 |
| Knives Out | 3 |
| Rocketman | 3 |
| Ad Astra | 2 |
| A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood | 2 |
| Downton Abbey | 2 |
| Frozen II | 2 |
| Harriet | 2 |
| Judy | 2 |
| The Lighthouse | 2 |
| The Lion King | 2 |
| Pain and Glory | 2 |
| The Two Popes | 2 |
| Film | Wins |
| Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | 4 |
| 1917 | 3 |
| Avengers: Endgame | 2 |
| Dolemite Is My Name | 2 |
| Joker | 2 |
| Parasite | 2 |

## Television programs with multiple nominations and wins

| Program | Network | Category | Nominations |
| When They See Us | Netflix | Limited | 6 |
| Schitt's Creek | Pop TV | Comedy | 5 |
| This Is Us | NBC | Drama | 5 |
| Barry | HBO | Comedy | 4 |
| Chernobyl | HBO | Limited | 4 |
| The Crown | Netflix | Drama | 4 |
| Fleabag | Amazon Prime Video | Comedy | 4 |
| Fosse/Verdon | FX | Limited | 4 |
| Game of Thrones | HBO | Drama | 4 |
| The Good Fight | CBS All Access | Drama | 4 |
| Unbelievable | Netflix | Limited | 4 |
| Watchmen | HBO | Drama | 4 |
| Big Little Lies | HBO | Drama | 3 |
| Catch-22 | Hulu | Limited | 3 |
| The Good Place | NBC | Comedy | 3 |
| The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Amazon Prime Video | Comedy | 3 |
| Patsy & Loretta | Lifetime | Movie | 3 |
| Pose | FX | Drama | 3 |
| Succession | HBO | Drama | 3 |
| Years and Years | HBO | Limited | 3 |
| The Act | Hulu | Limited | 2 |
| Billions | Showtime | Drama | 2 |
| El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie | Netflix | Movie | 2 |
| GLOW | Netflix | Comedy | 2 |
| The Loudest Voice | Showtime | Limited | 2 |
| Modern Love | Amazon Prime Video | Limited | 2 |
| One Day at a Time | Netflix | Comedy | 2 |
| Program | Network | Category | Wins |
| Fleabag | Amazon Prime Video | Comedy | 3 |
| Succession | HBO | Drama | 2 |
| Watchmen | HBO | Drama | 2 |
| When They See Us | Netflix | Limited | 2 |