'Sinners' Dominates 2026 Critics Choice Awards Nominations with 17 Nominations, Including Score & Song: Complete List

Ryan Cooglers horror hit Sinners dominates the 2026 Critics Choice Awards nominations, securing an impressive 17 nods. Among the nominations are Best Original Score for Ludwig Gransson and Best Original Song for I Lied to You, co-written by Gransson and Raphael Saadiq. The full list of nominations was revealed on Friday, December 5.

Following closely is Paul Thomas Andersons One Battle After Another with 14 nominations, including a nod for Jonny Greenwoods original score. Other leading films include Frankenstein and Hamnet with 11 nominations each, Marty Supreme with eight, F1, Sentimental Value, and Wicked: For Good with seven each, and Train Dreams with five.

Competing for Best Original Score alongside Gransson and Greenwood are Hans Zimmer for F1, Alexandre Desplat for Frankenstein, Max Richter for Hamnet, and Daniel Lopatin for Marty Supreme. The Best Original Song category also features Drive from F1, Golden from KPop Demon Hunters, Clothed by the Sun from The Testament of Ann Lee, Train Dreams from the film of the same name, and The Girl in the Bubble from Wicked: For Good.

On the television side, Netflixs Adolescence leads with six nominations, followed by Nobody Wants This with five. Several series, including All Her Fault, Death by Lightning, Ghosts, Hacks, Severance, and The Pitt, received four nominations each.

The Critics Choice Awards have introduced four new categories this year: Best Stunt Design, Best Casting/Ensemble, Best Sound for film, and Best Variety Series for television. Notably, Saturday Night Live is nominated for Best Variety Series, while SNL50: The Anniversary Special is in the running for Best Comedy Special alongside stand-up specials by Brett Goldstein, Caleb Hearon, Leanne Morgan, Marc Maron, and Sarah Silverman.

The 31st Critics Choice Awards will be hosted by Chelsea Handler for the fourth consecutive year and air live on January 4 on E! and USA Network at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California. The Golden Globes follow a week later on January 11, hosted by Nikki Glaser, airing on CBS and streaming on Paramount+ from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.

Film Nominations Highlights

• Best Picture: Frankenstein, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, Sentimental Value, Train Dreams, Wicked: For Good
• Best Actor: Timothe Chalamet (Marty Supreme), Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another), Joel Edgerton (Train Dreams), Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon), Michael B. Jordan (Sinners), Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent)
• Best Actress: Jessie Buckley (Hamnet), Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs Id Kick You), Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another), Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value), Amanda Seyfried (The Testament of Ann Lee), Emma Stone (Bugonia)
• Best Supporting Actor: Benecio del Toro (One Battle After Another), Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein), Paul Mescal (Hamnet), Sean Penn (One Battle After Another), Adam Sandler (Jay Kelly), Stellan Skarsgrd (Sentimental Value)
• Best Supporting Actress: Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value), Ariana Grande (Wicked: For Good), Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value), Amy Madigan (Weapons), Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners), Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another)

Music and Score Nominations

• Best Original Score: F1 (Hans Zimmer), Frankenstein (Alexandre Desplat), Hamnet (Max Richter), Marty Supreme (Daniel Lopatin), One Battle After Another (Jonny Greenwood), Sinners (Ludwig Gransson)
• Best Original Song: Drive (F1), Golden (KPop Demon Hunters), I Lied to You (Sinners), Clothed by the Sun (The Testament of Ann Lee), Train Dreams (Train Dreams), The Girl in the Bubble (Wicked: For Good)

Television Nominations Highlights

• Best Drama Series: Alien: Earth, The Diplomat
• Best Actor in a Drama Series: Sterling K. Brown (Paradise), Diego Luna (Andor), Mark Ruffalo (Task), Adam Scott (Severance), Billy Bob Thornton (Landman), Noah Wyle (The Pitt)
• Best Actress in a Drama Series: Kathy Bates (Matlock), Carrie Coon (The Gilded Age), Britt Lower (Severance), Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us), Keri Russell (The Diplomat), Rhea Seehorn (Pluribus)
• Best Comedy Series: Abbott Elementary, Nobody Wants This, Only Murders in the Building, The Righteous Gemstones
• Best Actor in a Comedy Series: Adam Brody (Nobody Wants This), Ted Danson (A Man on the Inside), David Alan Grier (St. Denis Medical), Danny McBride (The Righteous Gemstones), Seth Rogen (The Studio), Alexander Skarsgrd (Murderbot)
• Best Actress in a Comedy Series: Kristen Bell (Nobody Wants This), Natasha Lyonne (Poker Face), Rose McIver (Ghosts), Edi Patterson (The Righteous Gemstones), Carrie Preston (Elsbeth), Jean Smart (Hacks)
• Best Variety Series: Conan OBrien Must Go, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Saturday Night Live

Author: Lucas Grant