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Critics' Choice 2025 Winners & Nominees

The 30th Critics' Choice Awards (2025) took place on February 7, 2025 (Santa Monica, CA, USA). Anora won Best Picture. Wicked, Emilia Pérez and The Substance won the most, 3 each. Every winner and nominee in all 21 categories is below.

categories
21
nominations
129
films nominated
45
winners
22
Held on
Venue
Santa Monica, CA, USA
Best Picture
Anora
Headline winners

Critics' Choice 2025: The Winners

Anora won Best Picture against 9 other nominees. Jon M. Chu (Best Director), Adrien Brody (Best Actor) and Demi Moore (Best Actress) took the main individual prizes.

Anora (2024) movie poster Best Picture

Best Picture

Anora

2024 · Comedy, Drama, Romance · Echo Score 79 · $57.4M worldwide

1 win from 7 nominations at the 30th Critics' Choice Awards (2025)

A young woman working in Brooklyn unexpectedly marries the son of a Russian oligarch, setting off a whirlwind romance. However, the fairytale quickly unravels when his parents travel to New York determined to annul the marriage.

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Scoreboard

Critics' Choice 2025: Which Films Won the Most

Wicked, Emilia Pérez and The Substance won 3 awards each. 13 films won at least once, while Nickel Boys went home empty-handed from 5 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Wicked (2024) movie poster
    Wicked 3 / 11
    2024 · Fantasy, Musical · 3 wins from 11 nominations
  2. Emilia Pérez (2024) movie poster
    2024 · Comedy, Crime · 3 wins from 9 nominations
  3. The Substance (2024) movie poster
    2024 · Drama, Horror · 3 wins from 7 nominations
  4. Conclave (2024) movie poster
    Conclave 2 / 11
    2024 · Thriller · 2 wins from 11 nominations
  5. Challengers (2024) movie poster
    2024 · Drama, Romance · 2 wins from 4 nominations
  6. A Real Pain (2024) movie poster
    2024 · Comedy, Drama · 2 wins from 3 nominations
  7. Dune: Part Two (2024) movie poster
    2024 · Action, Adventure · 1 win from 10 nominations
  8. The Brutalist (2024) movie poster
    2024 · Drama · 1 win from 9 nominations
  9. Anora (2024) movie poster
    Anora 1 / 7
    2024 · Comedy, Drama · 1 win from 7 nominations
  10. Nosferatu (2024) movie poster
    2024 · Fantasy, Horror · 1 win from 4 nominations
Full results

All 21 Critics' Choice 2025 Categories: Winners & Nominees

21 categories and 129 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.

Movie marathon

The Critics' Choice 2025 Best Picture Marathon

All 10 Best Picture nominees at the 30th Critics' Choice Awards (2025), back to back: 24 hours 45 minutes.

Total running time 24h 45m 24 hours 45 minutes All 10 films
Longest
The Brutalist 3h 35m
Shortest
Sing Sing 1h 45m
By genre

The Genres Behind the Critics' Choice 2025 Winners

Drama led with 71 nominations across 24 films and won 10. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 10 wins · 71 nominations · 14%
  2. Comedy 8 wins · 33 nominations · 24%
  3. Thriller 5 wins · 27 nominations · 19%
  4. Romance 6 wins · 25 nominations · 24%
  5. Adventure 3 wins · 24 nominations · 13%
  6. Musical 6 wins · 22 nominations · 27%
  7. Fantasy 4 wins · 21 nominations · 19%
  8. Action 2 wins · 18 nominations · 11%
  9. Sci-Fi 3 wins · 17 nominations · 18%
  10. Horror 4 wins · 14 nominations · 29%
2025 season

How the Rest of the 2025 Awards Season Voted

The other 18 ceremonies of 2025, with the winner of each top prize. Anora also won the top prize at 5 of them.

All 2025 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 2025: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 30th Critics' Choice Awards (2025), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Picture at the 30th Critics' Choice Awards (2025)?

Anora (2024) won Best Picture. The other nominees were The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, Nickel Boys, Sing Sing, The Substance and Wicked.

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Which film won the most awards at the 30th Critics' Choice Awards (2025)?

Wicked, Emilia Pérez and The Substance each won 3 awards.

Which film had the most nominations at the 30th Critics' Choice Awards (2025)?

Wicked (2024) and Conclave (2024) led with 11 nominations each.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 30th Critics' Choice Awards (2025)?

Best Director: Jon M. Chu for Wicked. Best Actor: Adrien Brody for The Brutalist. Best Actress: Demi Moore for The Substance. Best Supporting Actor: Kieran Culkin for A Real Pain. Best Supporting Actress: Zoe Saldana for Emilia Pérez.

When was the 30th Critics' Choice Awards (2025)?

The 30th Critics' Choice Awards (2025) took place on February 7, 2025 (Santa Monica, CA, USA). The database has 21 categories and 129 nominations for it.