The top competitors of the year so far are also the top nominees with the Critics Choice. Conclave and Wicked clearly have piqued their interest while Emilia Pérez continues to perform strongly. A Real Pain didn’t do as well as some other precursors had suggested but otherwise, this list seems on target.

Nominations Tallies

(11) Conclave, Wicked
(10) Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez
(9) The Brutalist
(7) Anora, The Substance
(6) Nickel Boys
(5) Sing Sing
(4) Challengers, Gladiator II, Nosferatu
(3) A Complete Unknown, A Real Pain, The Wild Robot
(2) Flow, Maria, My Old Ass, Saturday Night, September 5
(1) Abigail, All We Imagine as Light, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Better Man, Blitz, Deadpool & Wolverine, Dìdi, A Different Man, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Hard Truths, Heretic, Hit Man, I’m Still Here, Inside Out 2, Janet Planet, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Kneecap, The Last Showgirl, Memoir of a Snail, The Piano Lesson, Queer, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Thelma, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, Will & Harper

The Nominations

Best Picture

Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
The Substance
Wicked

Best Animated Feature

Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

Best Director

Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker – Anora
Edward Berger – Conclave
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Jon M. Chu – Wicked
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two

Best Actor

Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig – Queer
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Hugh Grant – Heretic

Best Actress

Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
Angelina Jolie – Maria
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance

Best Supporting Actor

Yura Borisov – Anora
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Denzel Washington – Gladiator II

Best Supporting Actress

Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys
Ariana Grande-Butera – Wicked
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

Best Original Screenplay

Anora
The Brutalist
Challengers
A Real Pain
September 5
The Substance

Best Adapted Screenplay

Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
Wicked

Best Song

Beautiful That Way – The Last Showgirl
Compress/Repress – Challengers
Harper and Will Go West – Will & Harper
Kiss the Sky – The Wild Robot
El Mal – Emilia Pérez
Mi Camino – Emilia Pérez

Best Score

The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
The Wild Robot

Best Editing

Anora
Challengers
Conclave
The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
September 5

Best Cinematography

The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu
Wicked

Best Production Design

The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Gladiator II
Nosferatu
Wicked

Best Costume Design

Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Gladiator II
Maria
Nosferatu
Wicked

Best Hair & Makeup

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
A Different Man
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked

Best Visual Effects

Better Man
Dune: Part Two
Gladiator II
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
The Substance
Wicked

Best Foreign Language Film

All We Imagine as Light
Emilia Pérez
Flow
I’m Still Here
Kneecap
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Best Young Actor / Actress

Alyla Browne – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Elliott Heffernan – Blitz
Maisy Stella – My Old Ass
Izaac Wang – Dìdi
Alisha Weir – Abigail
Zoe Ziegler – Janet Planet

Best Acting Ensemble

Anora
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Saturday Night
Sing Sing
Wicked

Best Comedy

Deadpool & Wolverine
Hit Man
My Old Ass
A Real Pain
Saturday Night
Thelma

Critics Choice Association Data (Formerly Broadcast Film Critics Association)

Year Founded: 1995
First Awards: 1995 (30)