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Critics' Choice 2018 Winners & Nominees

The 23rd Critics' Choice Awards (2018) took place on January 11, 2018. The Shape of Water won Best Picture and 3 more awards. Every winner and nominee in all 25 categories is below.

All 25 categories Most wins
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25
nominations
141
films nominated
43
winners
26
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Best Picture
The Shape of Water
Headline winners

Critics' Choice 2018: The Winners

The Shape of Water won Best Picture against 9 other nominees. Guillermo del Toro (Best Director), Gary Oldman (Best Actor) and James Franco (Best Actor in a Comedy Movie) took the main individual prizes.

The Shape of Water (2017) movie poster Best Picture

Best Picture

The Shape of Water

2017 · Adventure, Drama, Thriller · Echo Score 85 · $195M worldwide

4 wins from 14 nominations at the 23rd Critics' Choice Awards (2018)

  • Best Director
  • Best Production Design
  • Best Score

In 1962 Baltimore, Elisa, a mute woman working as a cleaner, discovers a mysterious aquatic creature being held in a hidden government facility. Drawn to the creature, she forms an unusual bond with it, risking everything to help it escape. As she navigates her growing connection, she must confront a ruthless government agent and the Cold War tensions surrounding the creature’s existence, embarking on a dangerous journey fueled by compassion and an unexpected love.

About The Shape of Water
Scoreboard

Critics' Choice 2018: Which Films Won the Most

The Shape of Water won 4 awards from 14 nominations. 17 films won at least once, while Lady Bird went home empty-handed from 8 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. The Shape of Water (2017) movie poster
    The Shape of Water 4 / 14
    2017 · Adventure, Drama · 4 wins from 14 nominations
  2. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) movie poster
    Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 3 / 6
    2017 · Drama, Comedy · 3 wins from 6 nominations
  3. I, Tonya (2017) movie poster
    I, Tonya 2 / 5
    2017 · Biography, Drama · 2 wins from 5 nominations
  4. Get Out (2017) movie poster
    Get Out 2 / 5
    2017 · Mystery, Thriller · 2 wins from 5 nominations
  5. Darkest Hour (2017) movie poster
    Darkest Hour 2 / 4
    2017 · Biography, Drama · 2 wins from 4 nominations
  6. Coco (2017) movie poster
    Coco 2 / 2
    2017 · Adventure, Mystery · 2 wins from 2 nominations
  7. Call Me by Your Name (2017) movie poster
    Call Me by Your Name 1 / 8
    2017 · Drama, Romance · 1 win from 8 nominations
  8. Dunkirk (2017) movie poster
    Dunkirk 1 / 8
    2017 · Action, Drama · 1 win from 8 nominations
  9. Blade Runner 2049 (2017) movie poster
    Blade Runner 2049 1 / 7
    2017 · Sci-Fi, Drama · 1 win from 7 nominations
  10. Wonder (2017) movie poster
    Wonder 1 / 6
    2017 · Drama, Family · 1 win from 6 nominations
Full results

All 25 Critics' Choice 2018 Categories: Winners & Nominees

25 categories and 141 nominations; Best Picture had the most nominees (10). 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.

25 categories · 141 nominations

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Movie marathon

The Critics' Choice 2018 Best Picture Marathon

All 10 Best Picture nominees at the 23rd Critics' Choice Awards (2018), back to back: 19 hours 6 minutes.

Total running time 19h 6m 19 hours 6 minutes All 10 films
Longest
Call Me by Your Name 2h 12m
Shortest
Lady Bird 1h 34m
By genre

The Genres Behind the Critics' Choice 2018 Winners

Drama led with 123 nominations across 36 films and won 21. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 21 wins · 123 nominations · 17%
  2. Comedy 12 wins · 51 nominations · 24%
  3. Thriller 10 wins · 50 nominations · 20%
  4. Romance 7 wins · 38 nominations · 18%
  5. Biography 5 wins · 30 nominations · 17%
  6. War 8 wins · 28 nominations · 29%
  7. Fantasy 6 wins · 25 nominations · 24%
  8. History 4 wins · 25 nominations · 16%
  9. Adventure 7 wins · 23 nominations · 30%
  10. Horror 8 wins · 21 nominations · 38%
2018 season

How the Rest of the 2018 Awards Season Voted

The other 14 ceremonies of 2018, with the winner of each top prize. The Shape of Water also won the top prize at 2 of them. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri won the most of them: 3.

All 2018 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 2018: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 23rd Critics' Choice Awards (2018), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Picture at the 23rd Critics' Choice Awards (2018)?

The Shape of Water (2017) won Best Picture. The other nominees were The Big Sick, Call Me by Your Name, Darkest Hour, Dunkirk, The Florida Project, Get Out, Lady Bird, The Post and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.

About The Shape of Water

Which film won the most awards at the 23rd Critics' Choice Awards (2018)?

The Shape of Water (2017) won the most: 4 awards from 14 nominations. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri was next with 3 wins.

Which film had the most nominations at the 23rd Critics' Choice Awards (2018)?

The Shape of Water (2017) led with 14 nominations and won 4 of them.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 23rd Critics' Choice Awards (2018)?

Best Director: Guillermo del Toro for The Shape of Water. Best Actor: Gary Oldman for Darkest Hour. Best Actor in a Comedy Movie: James Franco for The Disaster Artist. Best Actress: Frances McDormand for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Best Actress in a Comedy Movie: Margot Robbie for I, Tonya. Best Supporting Actor: Sam Rockwell for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Best Supporting Actress: Allison Janney for I, Tonya.

When was the 23rd Critics' Choice Awards (2018)?

The 23rd Critics' Choice Awards (2018) took place on January 11, 2018. The database has 25 categories and 141 nominations for it.