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Critics Choice Awards 2024 winners list: Oppenheimer wins Best Picture, Barbie wins Best Comedy after Beef, The Bear dominate TV awards

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The cast all smile and hug as they gather in together and pose with their trophy.
Succession's final season won three awards, including best drama.(Getty Images: Kevin Mazur for Critics Choice Association)

Oppenheimer won the top honour at the 2024 Critics Choice Awards, taking out Best Picture to clinch its eight gong of the night.

Barbie won six awards, including Best Comedy and Best Song for Ryan Gosling's power ballad I'm Just Ken.

There were also wins for Australians Elizabeth Debicki and Sarah Snook in the TV categories. 

Here is the full list of winners. Australian nominees are marked with an asterisk.

Best picture

  • WINNER: Oppenheimer
  • American Fiction
  • Barbie
  • The Color Purple
  • The Holdovers
  • Killers of the Flower Moon
  • Maestro
  • Past Lives
  • Poor Things
  • Saltburn

Best director

  • WINNER: Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
  • Bradley Cooper – Maestro
  • Greta Gerwig – Barbie
  • Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
  • Alexander Payne – The Holdovers
  • Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon

Best actor

  • WINNER: Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
  • Bradley Cooper – Maestro
  • Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon
  • Colman Domingo – Rustin
  • Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
  • Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

Best actress

  • WINNER: Emma Stone – Poor Things
  • Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
  • Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall
  • Greta Lee – Past Lives
  • Carey Mulligan – Maestro
  • *Margot Robbie – Barbie
Emma, in a black gown, gestures and smiles on stage as she accepts her award
Emma Stone won best actress for Poor Things.(Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association)

Best limited series 

  • WINNER: Beef (Netflix)
  • Daisy Jones & the Six (Prime Video)
  • Fargo (Stan, SBS On Demand)
  • Fellow Travelers (Paramount+)
  • Lessons in Chemistry (Apple TV+)
  • Love & Death (Binge/Foxtel)
  • A Murder at the End of the World (Disney+)
  • A Small Light (Disney+)

Best drama series 

  • WINNER: Succession (Binge/ Foxtel)
  • The Crown (Netflix)
  • The Diplomat (Netflix)
  • The Last of Us (Binge/ Foxtel)
  • Loki (Disney+)
  • The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
  • Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+)
  • Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (Binge/ Foxtel)

Best hair and makeup

  • WINNER: Barbie
  • The Color Purple
  • Maestro
  • Oppenheimer
  • Poor Things
  • Priscilla

Best visual effects

  • WINNER: Oppenheimer
  • The Creator
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
  • Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
  • Poor Things
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best editing

  • WINNER: Jennifer Lame – Oppenheimer
  • William Goldenberg – Air
  • Nick Houy – Barbie
  • Yorgos Mavropsaridis – Poor Things
  • Thelma Schoonmaker – Killers of the Flower Moon
  • Michelle Tesoro – Maestro

Best comedy series 

  • WINNER: The Bear (Disney+)
  • Abbott Elementary (Disney+)
  • Barry (Binge/Foxtel)
  • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video)
  • Poker Face (Stan)
  • Reservation Dogs (Binge/Foxtel)
  • Shrinking (Apple TV+)
  • What We Do in the Shadows (Binge/Foxtel)

Best actor in a drama series 

  • WINNER: Kieran Culkin – Succession (Binge/Foxtel)
  • Tom Hiddleston – Loki (Disney+)
  • Timothy Olyphant – Justified: City Primeval (Disney+)
  • Pedro Pascal – The Last of Us (Binge/Foxtel)
  • Ramón Rodríguez – Will Trent (Disney+)
  • Jeremy Strong – Succession (Binge/Foxtel)

Best actress in a drama series 

  • *WINNER: Sarah Snook – Succession (Binge/Foxtel)
  • Jennifer Aniston – The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
  • Aunjanue Ellis – Justified: City Primeval (Disney+)
  • Bella Ramsey – The Last of Us (Binge/Foxtel)
  • Keri Russell – The Diplomat (Netflix)
  • Reese Witherspoon – The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
Sarah Snook smiling holding an award in front of a microphone.
Sarah Snook won best actress in a drama series for Succession.

Best talk show 

  • WINNER: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Binge/Foxtel)
  • The Graham Norton Show (BBC)
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC US)
  • The Kelly Clarkson Show (7+)
  • Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC)
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (Paramount+)

Best comedy special 

  • WINNER: John Mulaney: Baby J (Netflix)
  • Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man and the Pool (Netflix)
  • Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits (Prime Video)
  • John Early: Now More Than Ever
  • Trevor Noah: Where Was I (Netflix)
  • Wanda Sykes – I'm an Entertainer (Netflix)

Best foreign language series 

  • WINNER: Lupin (Netflix)
  • Bargain (Paramount+)
  • The Glory (Netflix)
  • The Good Mothers
  • The Interpreter of Silence (Disney+)
  • Mask Girl (Netflix)
  • Moving (Disney+)

Best animated series 

  • WINNER: Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (Netflix)
  • Bluey (ABC)
  • Bob's Burgers (Disney+)
  • Harley Quinn (Binge/Foxtel)
  • Star Trek: Lower Decks (Paramount+)
  • Young Love (Binge/Foxtel)

Best movie made for television 

  • WINNER: Quiz Lady (Disney+)
  • The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial 
  • Finestkind
  • Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie 
  • No One Will Save You (Disney+)
  • Reality 

Best acting ensemble

  • WINNER: Oppenheimer
  • Air
  • Barbie
  • The Color Purple
  • The Holdovers
  • Killers of the Flower Moon

Best comedy

  • WINNER: Barbie
  • American Fiction
  • Bottoms
  • The Holdovers
  • No Hard Feelings
  • Poor Things
Greta and Margot, dressed and white and red gowns respectively, appear thrilled with their trophy after winning
Barbie won Best Comedy but Critics Choice didn't dedicate airtime to a speech, so host Chelsea Handler invited Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie on stage.(Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association)

Best costume design

  • WINNER: Jacqueline Durran – Barbie
  • Lindy Hemming – Wonka
  • Francine Jamison-Tanchuck – The Color Purple
  • Holly Waddington – Poor Things
  • Jacqueline West – Killers of the Flower Moon
  • Janty Yates, David Crossman – Napoleon

Best score

  • WINNER: Ludwig Göransson – Oppenheimer
  • Jerskin Fendrix – Poor Things
  • Michael Giacchino – Society of the Snow
  • Daniel Pemberton – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
  • Robbie Robertson – Killers of the Flower Moon
  • Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt – Barbie

Best adapted screenplay

  • WINNER: Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
  • Kelly Fremon Craig – Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
  • Andrew Haigh – All of Us Strangers
  • *Tony McNamara – Poor Things
  • Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
  • Eric Roth, Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon

Best original screenplay

  • WINNER: Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach – Barbie
  • Samy Burch – May December
  • Alex Convery – Air
  • Bradley Cooper, Josh Singer – Maestro
  • David Hemingson – The Holdovers
  • Celine Song – Past Lives

Best actor in a comedy series 

  • WINNER: Jeremy Allen White – The Bear (Disney+)
  • Bill Hader – Barry (Binge/Foxtel)
  • Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building (Disney+)
  • Kayvan Novak – What We Do in the Shadows (Binge/Foxtel)
  • Drew Tarver – The Other Two (Binge/Foxtel)
  • D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai – Reservation Dogs (Binge/Foxtel)

Best actress in a comedy series 

  • WINNER: Ayo Edebiri – The Bear (Disney+)
  • Rachel Brosnahan – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video)
  • Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary (Disney+)
  • Bridget Everett – Somebody Somewhere (Binge/Foxtel)
  • Devery Jacobs – Reservation Dogs (Binge/Foxtel)
  • Natasha Lyonne – Poker Face (Stan)
Ayo, dressed in an oversized white suit, holds up her speech as she accepts her award on stage.
Ayo Edebiri won best actress in a comedy for The Bear.(Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association)

Best cinematography

  • WINNER: Hoyte van Hoytema – Oppenheimer
  • Matthew Libatique – Maestro
  • Rodrigo Prieto – Barbie
  • Rodrigo Prieto – Killers of the Flower Moon
  • Robbie Ryan – Poor Things
  • Linus Sandgren – Saltburn

Best production design

  • WINNER: Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer – Barbie
  • Suzie Davies, Charlotte Dirickx – Saltburn
  • Ruth De Jong, Claire Kaufman – Oppenheimer
  • Jack Fisk, Adam Willis – Killers of the Flower Moon
  • James Price, Shona Heath, Szusza Mihalek – Poor Things
  • Adam Stockhausen, Kris Moran – Asteroid City

Best foreign language film

  • WINNER: Anatomy of a Fall
  • Godzilla Minus One
  • Perfect Days
  • Society of the Snow
  • The Taste of Things
  • The Zone of Interest

Best song

  • WINNER: I'm Just Ken – Barbie
  • Dance the Night – Barbie
  • Peaches – The Super Mario Bros. Movie
  • Road to Freedom – Rustin
  • This Wish – Wish
  • What Was I Made For – Barbie

Best actor in a limited series or movie made for television 

  • WINNER: Steven Yeun – Beef (Netflix)
  • Matt Bomer – Fellow Travelers (Paramount+)
  • Tom Holland – The Crowded Room (Apple TV+)
  • David Oyelowo – Lawmen: Bass Reeves (Paramount+)
  • Tony Shalhoub – Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie 
  • Kiefer Sutherland – The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial 

Best actress in a limited series or movie made for television 

  • WINNER: Ali Wong – Beef (Netflix)
  • Kaitlyn Dever – No One Will Save You (Disney+)
  • Brie Larson – Lessons in Chemistry (Apple TV+)
  • Bel Powley – A Small Light (Disney+)
  • Sydney Sweeney – Reality
  • Juno Temple – Fargo (Stan)
Ali smiles backstage with her trophy.
Ali Wong won best actress in a limited series for Beef.(Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association)

Best supporting actor in a comedy series 

  • WINNER: Ebon Moss-Bachrach – The Bear (Disney+)
  • Phil Dunster – Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
  • Harrison Ford – Shrinking (Apple TV+)
  • Harvey Guillén – What We Do in the Shadows (Binge/Foxtel)
  • James Marsden – Jury Duty (Prime Video)
  • Henry Winkler – Barry (Binge/Foxtel)

Best supporting actress in a comedy series 

  • WINNER: Meryl Streep – Only Murders in the Building (Disney+)
  • Paulina Alexis – Reservation Dogs (Binge/Foxtel)
  • Alex Borstein – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video)
  • Janelle James – Abbott Elementary (Disney+)
  • Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary (Disney+)
  • Jessica Williams – Shrinking (Apple TV+)

Best supporting actor in a drama series

  • WINNER: Billy Crudup – The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
  • Khalid Abdalla – The Crown (Netflix)
  • Ron Cephas Jones – Truth Be Told (Apple TV+)
  • Matthew MacFadyen – Succession (Binge/Foxtel)
  • Ke Huy Quan – Loki (Disney+)
  • Rufus Sewell – The Diplomat (Netflix)
Elizabeth holds up her awards with Billy backstage.
Elizabeth Debicki won best supporting actress for her role as Princess Diana in The Crown.(Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association)

Best supporting actress in a drama series 

  • *WINNER: Elizabeth Debicki – The Crown (Netflix)
  • Nicole Beharie – The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
  • Sophia Di Martino – Loki (Disney+)
  • Celia Rose Gooding – Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+)
  • Karen Pittman – The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
  • Christina Ricci – Yellowjackets (Paramount+)

Best supporting actor in a limited series or movie made for television 

  • WINNER: Jonathan Bailey – Fellow Travelers (Paramount+)
  • Taylor Kitsch – Painkiller (Netflix)
  • Jesse Plemons – Love & Death (Binge/Foxtel)
  • Lewis Pullman – Lessons in Chemistry (Apple TV+)
  • Liev Schreiber – A Small Light (Disney+)
  • Justin Theroux – White House Plumbers (Binge/Foxtel)

Best supporting actress in a limited series or movie made for television 

  • WINNER: Maria Bello – Beef (Netflix)
  • Billie Boullet – A Small Light (Disney+)
  • Willa Fitzgerald – The Fall of the House of Usher (Netflix)
  • Aja Naomi King – Lessons in Chemistry (Apple TV+)
  • Mary McDonnell – The Fall of the House of Usher (Netflix)
  • Camila Morrone – Daisy Jones & the Six (Prime Video)

Best supporting actor

  • WINNER: Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
  • Sterling K. Brown – American Fiction
  • Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
  • Ryan Gosling – Barbie
  • Charles Melton – May December
  • Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things

Best supporting actress

  • WINNER: Da'Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
  • Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
  • Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
  • America Ferrera – Barbie
  • Jodie Foster – Nyad
  • Julianne Moore – May December

Best animated feature

  • WINNER: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
  • The Boy and the Heron
  • Elemental
  • Nimona
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
  • Wish

Best young actor/actress

  • WINNER: Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers
  • Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
  • Ariana Greenblatt – Barbie
  • Calah Lane – Wonka
  • Milo Machado Graner – Anatomy of a Fall
  • Madeleine Yuna Voyles – The Creator
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