Oppenheimer swept the awards night with eight victories, while The Bear and Beef took the lead in the television categories.
Following its success at the Golden Globes, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer continued its winning streak at the recent Critics Choice Awards, sharing the spotlight with the fellow summer blockbuster Barbie. The event, hosted by actress-comedian Chelsea Handler for the second year in a row, took place at Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport in Los Angeles.
While Billie Eilish and Finneas’ What Was I Made For? claimed victory at the previous week’s event, co-writers Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt secured the Best Song Award for I’m Just Ken from the American-Canadian Critics Choice Association. Notably, the duo had previously penned Shallow from A Star Is Born, which claimed victory five years ago. This has heightened the anticipation for who will emerge victorious at the Oscars.
Here’s the Complete List of Winners for the 2024 Critics Choice Awards
In this age where freedom of expression is greatly practiced, everyone can be a critic. Nevertheless, a designated platform exists for those who engage in professional critique to articulate their discerning evaluations of noteworthy films and television productions: the Critics Choice Awards. Recognized as the largest critics organization in the U.S. and Canada, it is comprised of over 600 media critics and entertainment journalists.
This year, despite earning 12 nominations, Killers of the Flower Moon went home empty-handed while the biopic Oppenheimer won eight awards, including the most coveted Best Picture and Best Director. For TV, The Bear and The Beef brought home four awards each, followed by Succession. Here’s the complete list of winners at the 29th Critics Choice Awards.
Film
- Best Picture: Oppenheimer
- Best Director: Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)
- Best Actor: Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers)
- Best Actress: Emma Stone (Poor Things)
- Best Acting Ensemble: Oppenheimer
- Best Song: I’m Just Ken (Barbie)
- Best Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer)
- Best Supporting Actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers)
- Best Comedy: Barbie
- Best Original Screenplay: Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach (Barbie)
- Best Adapted Screenplay: Cord Jefferson (American Fiction)
- Best Animated Feature: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- Best Foreign Language Film: Anatomy of a Fall
- Best Visual Effects: Oppenheimer
- Best Editing: Jennifer Lame (Oppenheimer)
- Best Cinematography: Hoyte Van Hoytema (Oppenheimer)
- Best Production Design: Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer (Barbie)
- Best Costume Design: Jacqueline Durran (Barbie)
- Best Hair And Makeup: Barbie
- Best Score: Ludwig Göransson (Oppenheimer)
- Best Young Actor/Actress: Dominic Sessa (The Holdovers)
Television
- Best Limited Series: Beef
- Best Drama Series: Succession
- Best Comedy Series: The Bear
- Best Actor in A Drama Series: Kieran Culkin (Succession)
- Best Actress in A Drama Series: Sarah Snook (Succession)
- Best Actor in A Comedy Series: Jeremy Allen White (The Bear)
- Best Actress in A Comedy Series: Ayo Edebiri (The Bear)
- Best Actor in A Limited Series or Movie Made For Television: Steven Yeun (Beef)
- Best Actress in A Limited Series or Movie Made For Television: Ali Wong (Beef)
- Best Supporting Actor in A Comedy Series: Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Bear)
- Best Supporting Actress in A Comedy Series: Meryl Streep (Only Murders in the Building)
- Best Supporting Actor in A Drama Series: Billy Crudup (The Morning Show)
- Best Supporting Actress in A Drama Series: Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown)
- Best Supporting Actress In A Limited Series Or Movie Made For Television: Maria Bello (Beef)
- Best Supporting Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie Made For Television: Jonathan Bailey (Fellow Travelers)
- Best Talk Show: Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
- Best Movie Made for Television: Quiz Lady
- Best Animated Series: Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
- Best Foreign Language Series: Lupin
- Best Comedy Special: John Mulaney: Baby J
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