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Critics' Choice 2010 Winners & Nominees

The 15th Critics' Choice Awards (2010) took place on January 15, 2010. The Hurt Locker won Best Picture and one more award. Avatar won the most, 6 of its 9 nominations. Every winner and nominee in all 24 categories is below.

All 24 categories Most wins
categories
24
nominations
126
films nominated
45
winners
23
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Best Picture
The Hurt Locker
Headline winners

Critics' Choice 2010: The Winners

The Hurt Locker won Best Picture against 8 other nominees. Kathryn Bigelow (Best Director), Jeff Bridges (Best Actor) and Sandra Bullock (Best Actress) took the main individual prizes.

The Hurt Locker (2009) movie poster Best Picture

Best Picture

The Hurt Locker

2009 · Action, Drama, Thriller · $49.3M worldwide

2 wins from 8 nominations at the 15th Critics' Choice Awards (2010)

  • Best Director

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About The Hurt Locker
Scoreboard

Critics' Choice 2010: Which Films Won the Most

Avatar won 6 awards from 9 nominations. 14 films won at least once, while Nine went home empty-handed from 10 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Avatar (2009) movie poster
    Avatar 6 / 9
    2009 · Action, Adventure · 6 wins from 9 nominations
  2. Inglourious Basterds (2009) movie poster
    Inglourious Basterds 3 / 10
    2009 · Drama, Thriller · 3 wins from 10 nominations
  3. The Hurt Locker (2009) movie poster
    The Hurt Locker 2 / 8
    2009 · Action, Drama · 2 wins from 8 nominations
  4. Crazy Heart (2009) movie poster
    Crazy Heart 2 / 2
    2009 · Drama, Romance · 2 wins from 2 nominations
  5. Up in the Air (2009) movie poster
    Up in the Air 1 / 8
    2009 · Drama, Romance · 1 win from 8 nominations
  6. Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (2009) movie poster
    Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire 1 / 6
    2009 · Drama · 1 win from 6 nominations
  7. The Lovely Bones (2009) movie poster
    The Lovely Bones 1 / 6
    2009 · Drama, Thriller · 1 win from 6 nominations
  8. District 9 (2009) movie poster
    District 9 1 / 5
    2009 · Action, Sci-Fi · 1 win from 5 nominations
  9. The Blind Side (2009) movie poster
    The Blind Side 1 / 2
    2009 · Biography, Drama · 1 win from 2 nominations
  10. The Young Victoria (2009) movie poster
    The Young Victoria 1 / 2
    2009 · Biography, Drama · 1 win from 2 nominations
Full results

All 24 Critics' Choice 2010 Categories: Winners & Nominees

24 categories and 126 nominations; Best Picture had the most nominees (9). The winner of each comes first, on a green row. Search for a film or a person, show only the winners, or jump straight to a category.

24 categories · 126 nominations

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Movie marathon

The Critics' Choice 2010 Best Picture Marathon

All 9 Best Picture nominees at the 15th Critics' Choice Awards (2010), back to back: 15 hours 4 minutes for the 7 with a known runtime.

Total running time 15h 4m 15 hours 4 minutes Total for 7 of 9 films · 2 runtimes unknown
Longest
Avatar 2h 42m
Shortest
An Education 1h 40m
By genre

The Genres Behind the Critics' Choice 2010 Winners

Drama led with 92 nominations across 30 films and won 15. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 15 wins · 92 nominations · 16%
  2. Thriller 8 wins · 34 nominations · 24%
  3. Romance 6 wins · 34 nominations · 18%
  4. Action 9 wins · 31 nominations · 29%
  5. Adventure 6 wins · 29 nominations · 21%
  6. Fantasy 7 wins · 23 nominations · 30%
  7. War 5 wins · 21 nominations · 24%
  8. Sci-Fi 7 wins · 20 nominations · 35%
  9. Musical 0 wins · 13 nominations · 0%
  10. Biography 3 wins · 12 nominations · 25%
2010 season

How the Rest of the 2010 Awards Season Voted

The other 11 ceremonies of 2010, with the winner of each top prize. The Hurt Locker also won the top prize at 3 of them.

All 2010 awards
Earlier years

Previous Critics' Choice Ceremonies

The 6 ceremonies before this one, with the winner of each top prize. The Critics' Choice page has every year back to 1996.

Every Critics' Choice ceremony

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Critics' Choice 2010: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 15th Critics' Choice Awards (2010), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Picture at the 15th Critics' Choice Awards (2010)?

The Hurt Locker (2009) won Best Picture. The other nominees were Avatar, An Education, Inglourious Basterds, Invictus, Nine, Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire, A Serious Man and Up in the Air.

About The Hurt Locker

Which film won the most awards at the 15th Critics' Choice Awards (2010)?

Avatar (2009) won the most: 6 awards from 9 nominations. Inglourious Basterds was next with 3 wins.

Which film had the most nominations at the 15th Critics' Choice Awards (2010)?

Inglourious Basterds (2009) and Nine (2009) led with 10 nominations each.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 15th Critics' Choice Awards (2010)?

Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker. Best Actor: Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart. Best Actress: Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side. Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds. Best Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire.

When was the 15th Critics' Choice Awards (2010)?

The 15th Critics' Choice Awards (2010) took place on January 15, 2010. The database has 24 categories and 126 nominations for it.