25th Critics' Choice Awards explained

The 25th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 12, 2020, at the Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport, honoring the finest achievements of filmmaking and television programming in 2019.^[1] The ceremony was broadcast on The CW and Taye Diggs returned to host for the second consecutive time.^[2] The nominations were announced on December 8, 2019.^[3] HBO led with 33 nominations, followed by Netflix with 31.

Winners and nominees

Film

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 1917 Ford v Ferrari The Irishman Jojo Rabbit Joker Little Women Marriage Story Parasite Uncut Gems	Bong Joon-ho – Parasite (TIE) Sam Mendes – 1917 (TIE) Noah Baumbach – Marriage Story Greta Gerwig – Little Women Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie – Uncut Gems Martin Scorsese – The Irishman Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Joaquin Phoenix – Joker as Arthur Fleck / Joker Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory as Salvador Mallo Robert De Niro – The Irishman as Frank Sheeran Leonardo DiCaprio – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Rick Dalton Adam Driver – Marriage Story as Charlie Barber Eddie Murphy – Dolemite Is My Name as Rudy Ray Moore Adam Sandler – Uncut Gems as Howard Ratner	Renée Zellweger – Judy as Judy Garland Awkwafina – The Farewell as Billi Wang Cynthia Erivo – Harriet as Harriet Tubman Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story as Nicole Barber Lupita Nyong'o – Us as Adelaide Wilson / Red Saoirse Ronan – Little Women as Josephine "Jo" March Charlize Theron – Bombshell as Megyn Kelly
Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Cliff Booth Willem Dafoe – The Lighthouse as Thomas Wake Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood as Fred Rogers Anthony Hopkins – The Two Popes as Pope Benedict XVI Al Pacino – The Irishman as Jimmy Hoffa Joe Pesci – The Irishman as Russell Bufalino	Laura Dern – Marriage Story as Nora Fanshaw Scarlett Johansson – Jojo Rabbit as Rosie Betzler Jennifer Lopez – Hustlers as Ramona Vega Florence Pugh – Little Women as Amy March Margot Robbie – Bombshell as Kayla Pospisil Zhao Shu-zhen – The Farewell as Nai Nai
Roman Griffin Davis – Jojo Rabbit as Johannes "Jojo" Betzler Julia Butters – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Trudi Frazer Shahadi Wright Joseph – Us as Zora Wilson / Umbrae Noah Jupe – Honey Boy as Otis Lort (age 12) Thomasin McKenzie – Jojo Rabbit as Elsa Korr Archie Yates – Jojo Rabbit as Yorki	The Irishman Bombshell Knives Out Little Women Marriage Story Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Parasite
Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Noah Baumbach – Marriage Story Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won – Parasite Rian Johnson – Knives Out Lulu Wang – The Farewell	Greta Gerwig – Little Women Noah Harpster and Micah Fitzerman-Blue – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Anthony McCarten – The Two Popes Todd Phillips and Scott Silver – Joker Taika Waititi – Jojo Rabbit Steven Zaillian – The Irishman
Toy Story 4 Abominable Frozen II I Lost My Body Missing Link	1917 Ford v Ferrari
Dolemite Is My Name Booksmart The Farewell Jojo Rabbit Knives Out	Us Ad Astra Midsommar
Roger Deakins – 1917 Jarin Blaschke – The Lighthouse Phedon Papamichael – Ford v Ferrari Rodrigo Prieto – The Irishman Robert Richardson – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Lawrence Sher – Joker	Lee Smith – 1917 Ronald Bronstein and Benny Safdie – Uncut Gems Andrew Buckland and Michael McCusker – Ford v Ferrari Yang Jin-mo – Parasite Fred Raskin – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Thelma Schoonmaker – The Irishman
Ruth E. Carter – Dolemite Is My Name Julian Day – Rocketman Jacqueline Durran – Little Women Arianne Phillips – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Sandy Powell and Christopher Peterson – The Irishman Anna Robbins – Downton Abbey	Barbara Ling and Nancy Haigh – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Mark Friedberg and Kris Moran – Joker Dennis Gassner and Lee Sandales – 1917 Jess Gonchor and Claire Kaufman – Little Women Lee Ha-jun – Parasite Bob Shaw and Regina Graves – The Irishman Donal Woods and Gina Cromwell – Downton Abbey
Hildur Guðnadóttir – Joker Michael Abels – Us Alexandre Desplat – Little Women Randy Newman – Marriage Story Thomas Newman – 1917 Robbie Robertson – The Irishman	"Glasgow (No Place Like Home)" – Wild Rose (TIE) "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" – Rocketman (TIE) "I'm Standing With You" – Breakthrough "Into the Unknown" – Frozen II "Speechless" – Aladdin "Spirit" – The Lion King "Stand Up" – Harriet
Bombshell Dolemite Is My Name The Irishman Joker Judy Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Rocketman	1917 Ad Astra The Aeronauts Ford v Ferrari The Irishman The Lion King
Parasite • South Korea Atlantics • Belgium / France / Senegal Les Misérables • France Pain and Glory • Spain Portrait of a Lady on Fire • France

1. SeeHer Award

• Kristen Bell^[4]

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Eddie Murphy^[5]

Television

Best Series
Best Comedy Series	Best Drama Series
Fleabag (Amazon Prime Video) Barry (HBO) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video) Mom (CBS) One Day at a Time (Netflix) PEN15 (Hulu) Schitt's Creek (Pop TV)	Succession (HBO) The Crown (Netflix) David Makes Man (OWN) Game of Thrones (HBO) The Good Fight (CBS All Access) Pose (FX) This Is Us (NBC) Watchmen (HBO)
Best Limited Series	Best TV Movie
When They See Us (Netflix) Catch-22 (Hulu) Chernobyl (HBO) Fosse/Verdon (FX) The Loudest Voice (Showtime) Unbelievable (Netflix) Years and Years (HBO)	(Netflix) Brexit (HBO) (HBO) Guava Island (Prime Video) Native Son (HBO) Patsy & Loretta (Lifetime)
Best Animated Series	Best Talk Show
BoJack Horseman (Netflix) Big Mouth (Netflix) Family Guy (Fox) She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (Netflix) The Simpsons (Fox) Undone (Prime Video)	The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS) (TIE) Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC) (TIE) Desus & Mero (Showtime) Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS) The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBC) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Best Comedy Special
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's All in the Family and The Jeffersons (ABC) Amy Schumer: Growing (Netflix) Jenny Slate: Stage Fright (Netflix) Ramy Youssef: Feelings (HBO) Seth Meyers: Lobby Baby (Netflix) Trevor Noah: Son of Patricia (Netflix) Wanda Sykes: Not Normal (Netflix)
Best Acting in a Comedy Series
Best Actor	Best Actress
Bill Hader – Barry as Barry Berkman / Barry Block Ted Danson – The Good Place as Michael Walton Goggins – The Unicorn as Wade Eugene Levy – Schitt's Creek as Johnny Rose Paul Rudd – Living with Yourself as Miles Elliot / Miles Elliot Clone Bashir Salahuddin – Sherman's Showcase as Sherman McDaniel Ramy Youssef – Ramy as Ramy Hassan	Phoebe Waller-Bridge – Fleabag as Fleabag Christina Applegate – Dead to Me as Jen Harding Alison Brie – GLOW as Ruth "Zoya the Destroya" Wilder Rachel Brosnahan – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as Miriam "Midge" Maisel Kirsten Dunst – On Becoming a God in Central Florida as Krystal Stubbs Allison Janney – Mom as Bonnie Plunkett Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep as Selina Meyer Catherine O'Hara – Schitt's Creek as Moira Rose
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Andrew Scott – Fleabag as The Priest Andre Braugher – Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Captain Raymond Holt Anthony Carrigan – Barry as NoHo Hank William Jackson Harper – The Good Place as Chidi Anagonye Dan Levy – Schitt's Creek as David Rose Nico Santos – Superstore as Mateo Fernando Aquino Liwanag Henry Winkler – Barry as Gene Cousineau	Alex Borstein – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as Susie Myerson D'Arcy Carden – The Good Place as Janet Sian Clifford – Fleabag as Claire Betty Gilpin – GLOW as Debbie "Liberty Belle" Eagan Rita Moreno – One Day at a Time as Lydia Riera Annie Murphy – Schitt's Creek as Alexis Rose Molly Shannon – The Other Two as Pat Dubek
Best Acting in a Drama Series
Best Actor	Best Actress
Jeremy Strong – Succession as Kendall Roy Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us as Randall Pearson Mike Colter – Evil as David Acosta Paul Giamatti – Billions as Charles "Chuck" Rhoades Jr. Kit Harington – Game of Thrones as Jon Snow Freddie Highmore – The Good Doctor as Dr. Shaun Murphy Tobias Menzies – The Crown as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Billy Porter – Pose as Pray Tell	Regina King – Watchmen as Angela Abar / Sister Night Christine Baranski – The Good Fight as Diane Lockhart Olivia Colman – The Crown as Queen Elizabeth II Jodie Comer – Killing Eve as Villanelle / Oksana Astankova Nicole Kidman – Big Little Lies as Celeste Wright Michaela Jaé Rodriguez – Pose as Blanca Rodriguez-Evangelista Sarah Snook – Succession as Siobhan "Shiv" Roy Zendaya – Euphoria as Rue Bennett
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Billy Crudup – The Morning Show as Cory Ellison Asante Blackk – This Is Us as Malik Hodges Asia Kate Dillon – Billions as Taylor Amber Mason Peter Dinklage – Game of Thrones as Tyrion Lannister Justin Hartley – This Is Us as Kevin Pearson Delroy Lindo – The Good Fight as Adrian Boseman Tim Blake Nelson – Watchmen as Wade Tillman / Looking Glass	Jean Smart – Watchmen as Laurie Blake Helena Bonham Carter – The Crown as Princess Margaret Gwendoline Christie – Game of Thrones as Brienne of Tarth Laura Dern – Big Little Lies as Renata Klein Audra McDonald – The Good Fight as Liz Lawrence Meryl Streep – Big Little Lies as Mary Louise Wright Susan Kelechi Watson – This Is Us as Beth Pearson
Best Acting in a Movie/Limited Series
Best Actor	Best Actress
Jharrel Jerome – When They See Us as Korey Wise Christopher Abbott – Catch-22 as Capt. John Yossarian Mahershala Ali – True Detective as Wayne Hays Russell Crowe – The Loudest Voice as Roger Ailes Jared Harris – Chernobyl as Valery Legasov Sam Rockwell – Fosse/Verdon as Bob Fosse Noah Wyle – The Red Line as Daniel Calder	Michelle Williams – Fosse/Verdon as Gwen Verdon Kaitlyn Dever – Unbelievable as Marie Adler Anne Hathaway – Modern Love as Lexi Megan Hilty – Patsy & Loretta as Patsy Cline Joey King – The Act as Gypsy Blanchard Jessie Mueller – Patsy & Loretta as Loretta Lynn Merritt Wever – Unbelievable as Det. Karen Duvall
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Stellan Skarsgård – Chernobyl as Boris Shcherbina Asante Blackk – When They See Us as Kevin Richardson George Clooney – Catch-22 as Scheisskopf John Leguizamo – When They See Us as Raymond Santana Sr. Dev Patel – Modern Love as Joshua Jesse Plemons – as Todd Alquist Russell Tovey – Years and Years as Daniel Lyons	Toni Collette – Unbelievable as Det. Grace Rasmussen Patricia Arquette – The Act as Dee Dee Blanchard Marsha Stephanie Blake – When They See Us as Linda McCray Niecy Nash – When They See Us as Delores Wise Margaret Qualley – Fosse/Verdon as Ann Reinking Emma Thompson – Years and Years as Vivienne Rook MP Emily Watson – Chernobyl as Ulana Khomyuk

Films with multiple nominations and wins

The following twenty-seven films received multiple nominations:

Film	Nominations
The Irishman	14
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood	12
Little Women	9
Marriage Story	8
1917
Jojo Rabbit	7
Joker
Parasite
Ford v Ferrari	5
Bombshell	4
Dolemite Is My Name
The Farewell
Uncut Gems
Us
	3
Knives Out
Rocketman
Ad Astra	2
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Downton Abbey
Frozen II
Harriet
Judy
The Lighthouse
The Lion King
Pain and Glory
The Two Popes

The following six films received multiple awards:

Film	Wins
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood	4
1917	3
	2
Dolemite Is My Name
Joker
Parasite

Television programs with multiple nominations and wins

The following programs received multiple nominations:

Program	Network	Category	Nominations
When They See Us	Netflix	Limited	6
Schitt's Creek	Pop TV	Comedy	5
This Is Us	NBC	Drama
Barry	HBO	Comedy	4
Chernobyl		Limited
The Crown	Netflix	Drama
Fleabag	Amazon Prime Video	Comedy
Fosse/Verdon	FX	Limited
Game of Thrones	HBO	Drama
The Good Fight	CBS All Access
Unbelievable	Netflix	Limited
Watchmen	HBO	Drama
Big Little Lies			3
Catch-22	Hulu	Limited
The Good Place	NBC	Comedy
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	Amazon Prime Video
Patsy & Loretta	Lifetime	Movie
Pose	FX	Drama
Succession	HBO
Years and Years		Limited
The Act	Hulu		2
Billions	Showtime	Drama
	Netflix	Movie
GLOW		Comedy
The Loudest Voice	Showtime	Limited
Modern Love	Amazon Prime Video
One Day at a Time	Netflix	Comedy

The following programs received multiple awards:

Program	Network	Category	Wins
Fleabag	Amazon Prime Video	Comedy	3
Succession	HBO	Drama	2
Watchmen
When They See Us	Netflix	Limited

External links

• 25th Annual Critics Choice Awards – Winners

Notes and References

1. Web site: Critics' Choice Awards: 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' Wins Best Picture, Netflix And HBO Among Top Honorees – Full Winners List . Boucher . Ramos . Geoff . Dino-Ray . January 12, 2020 . . January 12, 2020.
2. Web site: Critics' Choice Awards Returns To The CW In 2020 For Silver Anniversary Show . Hipes . Patrick . April 8, 2019 . . April 8, 2019.
3. Web site: 'The Irishman', 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' Lead Critics' Choice Nominations; Netflix Dominates With 61 Noms In Movies And TV . Hammond . Pete . December 8, 2019 . . December 8, 2019.
4. Web site: Critics' Choice Awards: #SeeHer Winner Kristen Bell on What It Means "to Be a Woman Today" . Crist . Allison . January 12, 2020 . . January 12, 2020.
5. Web site: Eddie Murphy Reflects on Varied Career While Accepting Lifetime Achievement Award . Crist . Allison . January 12, 2020 . . January 12, 2020.