Critics Choice Awards Winner: ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ For Best Animated Feature

The calendar has turned — and awards season is moving into hyperdrive. The 31st annual Critics Choice Awards are being handed out tonight, and Deadline is posting the winners live as they are announced. See the list so far below, and check out our red carpet interviews and more on X/Twitter.

Warner Bros‘ Sinners comes in with a leading 17 nominations, and Ryan Coogler’s blockbuster took home the first two motion picture statuettes of the night: Best Young Actor or Actress (Miles Caton) and the inaugural Best Casting and Ensemble prize (Francine Maisler).

Netflix’s Frankenstein has a film-leading four CCAs so far, for Best Supporting Actor Jacob Elordi, along with Costume Design, Hair & Makeup and Production Design. The streamer’s KPop Demon Hunters has two for Best Animated Feature and Song, Apple’s F1 has also has a pair for Best Sound and Editing.

Other film winners include WB’s Weapons, 20th Century Studios’ Avatar: Fire and Ash, Neon’s The Secret Agent, Netflix’s Train Dreams and KPop Demon Hunters and Paramount’s The Naked Gun.

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The Pitt won Best Drama Series, and the HBO Max hospital show’s Noah Wyle and Katherine LaNasa took the respective Best Actor and Supporting Actress prizes.

Apple TV’s The Studio took Best Comedy Series, following up on its Emmy win in September. The show’s Seth Rogen and Ike Barinholtz won Best Actor and Supporting Actor, respectively. Jean Smart kept her Hacks awards momentum going with Best Actress in a Comedy for the HBO Max series.

Rhea Seehorn won Best Actress in a Drama Series for Apple TV’s freshman Pluribus.

Netflix’s Adolescence led all small-screen programs with six nominations, and it has a TV-leading four wins for Best Limited Series, Stephen Graham for Best Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie and Owen Cooper and Erin Doherty for Supporting Actor and Actress, respectively.

After its tumultuous, newsmaking year, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! won Best Talk Show. Sarah Snook won Best Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie for Peacock’s All Her Fault. Other TV winners include Comedy Central’s South Park, ABC’s Abbott Elementary, Apple TV’s The Studio and Netflix’s Squid Game.

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Netflix already has a dozen CCAs to lead all distributors and networks/platforms. Apple TV is next with five, followed by HBO Max with four and Warner Bros with three.

Chelsea Handler is back for a fourth consecutive stint as host of the ceremony from Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, and she lauded the late Rob Reiner as “the nicest man in Hollywood.” The Critics Choice Association added four new categories for its 2026 trophy show: Best Sound, Best Stunt Design and Best Casting & Ensemble on the movie side and Best Variety Series among the TV categories.

Here are the winners announced so far, followed by the evening’s remaining nominees:

WINNERS

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE  
KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)

BEST SONG  
“Golden” – Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, Ido, 24, Teddy – KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)

BEST DRAMA SERIES
The Pitt (HBO Max)

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Rhea Seehorn – Pluribus (Apple TV)

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Noah Wyle – The Pitt (HBO Max)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Tramell Tillman – Severance (Apple TV)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Katherine LaNasa – The Pitt (HBO Max)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Madigan – Weapons (Warner Bros.)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein (Netflix)

BEST COMEDY SERIES
The Studio (Apple TV)

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Jean Smart – Hacks (HBO Max)

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Seth Rogen – The Studio (Apple TV)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Ike Barinholtz – The Studio (Apple TV)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Janelle James – Abbott Elementary (ABC)

BEST TALK SHOW
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)

BEST CASTING AND ENSEMBLE
Francine Maisler – Sinners (Warner Bros.)

BEST LIMITED SERIES
Adolescence (Netflix)

BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Sarah Snook – All Her Fault (Peacock)

BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Stephen Graham – Adolescence (Netflix)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Owen Cooper – Adolescence (Netflix)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Erin Doherty – Adolescence (Netflix)

BEST YOUNG ACTOR / ACTRESS
Miles Caton – Sinners (Warner Bros.)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau – Frankenstein (Netflix)

BEST EDITING
Stephen Mirrione – F1 (Apple Original Films)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett – Avatar: Fire and Ash (20th Century Studios)

BEST SOUND  
Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta, Gareth John – F1 (Apple Original Films)

BEST COMEDY  
The Naked Gun (Paramount)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Secret Agent (Neon)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Adolpho Veloso – Train Dreams (Netflix)

BEST ANIMATED SERIES
South Park (Comedy Central)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SERIES
Squid Game (Netflix)

NOMINEES

Motion Pictures

BEST PICTURE
Bugonia (Focus Features)
Frankenstein (Netflix)
Hamnet (Focus Features)
Jay Kelly (Netflix)
Marty Supreme (A24)
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Sentimental Value (Neon)
Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Train Dreams (Netflix)
Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)

BEST ACTOR
Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme (A24)
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams (Netflix)
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent (Neon)

BEST ACTRESS  
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (A24)
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value (Neon)
Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee (Searchlight Pictures)
Emma Stone – Bugonia (Focus Features)

BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Ryan Coogler – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme (A24)
Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value (Neon)
Chloé Zhao – Hamnet (Focus Features)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY  
Noah Baumbach, Emily Mortimer – Jay Kelly (Netflix)
Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme (A24)
Ryan Coogler – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Zach Cregger – Weapons (Warner Bros.)
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby (A24)
Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value (Neon)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY  
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar – Train Dreams (Netflix)
Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don Mckellar, Jahye Lee – No Other Choice (Neon)
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Will Tracy – Bugonia (Focus Features)
Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell – Hamnet (Focus Features)

BEST STUNT DESIGN  
Stephen Dunlevy, Kyle Gardiner, Jackson Spidell, Jeremy Marinas, Jan Petřina, Domonkos Párdányi, Kinga Kósa-Gavalda – Ballerina (Lionsgate)
Gary Powell, Luciano Bacheta, Craig Dolby – F1 (Apple Original Films)
Wade Eastwood – Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Paramount Pictures)
Brian Machleit – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Andy Gill – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Giedrius Nagys – Warfare (A24)

BEST SCORE  
Hans Zimmer – F1 (Apple Original Films)
Alexandre Desplat – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Max Richter – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Daniel Lopatin – Marty Supreme (A24)
Jonny Greenwood – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Ludwig Göransson – Sinners (Warner Bros.)

Television

BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (Peacock)
Deep Cover (Prime Video)
The Gorge (Apple TV)
Mountainhead (HBO Max)
Nonnas (Netflix)
Summer of ’69 (Hulu)

BEST VARIETY SERIES
Conan O’Brien Must Go (HBO Max)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO Max)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)

BEST COMEDY SPECIAL
Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life (HBO Max)
Caleb Hearon: Model Comedian (HBO Max)
Leanne Morgan: Unspeakable Things (Netflix)
Marc Maron: Panicked (HBO Max)
Sarah Silverman: PostMortem (Netflix)
SNL50: The Anniversary Special (NBC)