Critics choice nominations 2026: Sinners scores 17 nods, One Battle After Another earns 14

The gothic vampire period drama Sinners has topped the Critics' Choice Movie Awards, securing 17 nods, followed by One Battle After Another with 14. 

The Ryan Coogler film earned nominations including best picture, director, actor (Michael B. Jordan), supporting actress (Wunmi Mosaku), costume and production design.

Even still, it fell short of the 18 nods Barbie earned two years ago.

Australia's own Jacob Elordi made the cut as best supporting actor for his work in Frankenstein.

Both Frankenstein and Hamnet picked up 11 nominations apiece. 

Adolescence cleaned up this year's television nominees, with the cast securing nods across multiple categories.

In their 31st year, the annual awards — led by Warner Bros, soon to be acquired by Netflix — are historically known to be the most accurate predictor of the Academy Award nominations.

Winners will be revealed at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards gala hosted by Chelsea Handler on January 4 in Santa Monica, with a live broadcast on E! and USA Network.

Check out the full list of nominees below.

• Bugonia
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet 
• Jay Kelly 
• Marty Supreme 
• One Battle After Another
• Sentimental Value 
• Sinners 
• Train Dreams 
• Wicked: For Good 

• Jessie Buckley – Hamnet 
• Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I'd Kick You 
• Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another 
• Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value 
• Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee 
• Emma Stone – Bugonia 

• Timothée 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 

• 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

Critics say the big snub from this list is Cynthia Erivo, who starred as Elphaba in Wicked. 

The actress was left off the list in six slots despite Wicked making it into best picture. 

• Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
• Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
• Paul Mescal – Hamnet 
• Sean Penn – One Battle After Another 
• Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly 
• Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value 

• Everett Blunck – The Plague
• Miles Caton – Sinners 
• Cary Christopher – Weapons 
• Shannon Mahina Gorman – Rental Family
• Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet 
• Nina Ye – Left-Handed Girl 

• Paul Thomas Anderson — One Battle After Another
• Ryan Coogler — Sinners
• Guillermo del Toro — Frankenstein 
• Josh Safdie — Marty Supreme
• Joachim Trier — Sentimental Value
• Chloé Zhao — Hamnet

The director for Wicked also did not make the list. 

• Noah Baumbach, Emily Mortimer – Jay Kelly
• Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme 
• Ryan Coogler – Sinners
• Zach Cregger – Weapons 
• Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby 
• Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value 

• Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another 
• Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar – Train Dreams 
• Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don Mckellar, Jahye Lee – No Other Choice 
• Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein 
• Will Tracy – Bugonia
• Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell – Hamnet

• Nina Gold — Hamnet 
• Douglas Aibel, Nina Gold – Jay Kelly
• Jennifer Venditti – Marty Supreme 
• Cassandra Kulukundis – One Battle After Another 
• Francine Maisler – Sinners 
• Tiffany Little Canfield, Bernard Telsey – Wicked: For Good 

• Claudio Miranda — F1 
• Dan Laustsen – Frankenstein 
• Lukasz Zal – Hamnet 
• Michael Bauman – One Battle After Another 
• Autumn Durald Arkapaw – Sinners
• Adolpho Veloso – Train Dreams

• Kasra Farahani, Jille Azis — The Fantastic Four: First Steps
• Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau – Frankenstein 
• Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton – Hamnet 
• Jack Fisk, Adam Willis – Marty Supreme 
• Hannah Beachler, Monique Champagne – Sinners 
• Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales – Wicked: For Good 

• Kirk Baxter — A House of Dynamite 
• Stephen Mirrione – F1 
• Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
• Andy Jurgensen – One Battle After Another 
• Viridiana Lieberman – The Perfect Neighbor
• Michael P Shawver – Sinners

• Kate Hawley — Frankenstein 
• Malgosia Turzanska – Hamnet 
• Lindsay Pugh – Hedda 
• Colleen Atwood, Christine Cantella – Kiss of the Spider Woman 
• Ruth E. Carter – Sinners
• Paul Tazewell – Wicked: For Good 

• Flora Moody, John Nolan — 28 Years Later 
• Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey – Frankenstein 
• Siân Richards, Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine, Shunika Terry – Sinners
• Kazu Hiro, Felix Fox, Mia Neal – The Smashing Machine 
• Leo Satkovich, Melizah Wheat, Jason Collins – Weapons 
• Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier, Laura Blount – Wicked: For Good 

• Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett — Avatar: Fire and Ash 
• Ryan Tudhope, Nikeah Forde, Robert Harrington, Nicolas Chevallier, Eric Leven, Edward Price, Keith Dawson –F1 
• Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, José Granell – Frankenstein 
• Alex Wuttke, Ian Lowe, Jeff Sutherland, Kirstin Hall – Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning 
• Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter, Donnie Dean – Sinners 
• Stephane Ceretti, Enrico Damm, Stéphane Nazé, Guy Williams – Superman 

• Stephen Dunlevy, Kyle Gardiner, Jackson Spidell, Jeremy Marinas, Jan Petrina, Domonkos Párdányi, Kinga Kósa-Gavalda — Ballerina 
• Gary Powell, Luciano Bacheta, Craig Dolby – F1 
• Wade Eastwood – Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning 
• Brian Machleit – One Battle After Another 
• Andy Gill – Sinners 
• Giedrius Nagys – Warfare 

• Arco
• Elio 
• In Your Dreams 
• KPop Demon Hunters 
• Little Amélie or the Character of Rain 
• Zootopia 2 

• The Ballad of Wallis Island 
• Eternity 
• Friendship 
• The Naked Gun 
• The Phoenician Scheme 
• Splitsville 

• It Was Just an Accident 
• Left-Handed Girl 
• No Other Choice
• The Secret Agent 
• Sirat
• Belén 

• Drive — Ed Sheeran, John Mayer, Blake Slatkin — F1 
• Golden – Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, Ido, 24, Teddy – KPop Demon Hunters 
• I Lied to You – Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson – Sinners 
• Clothed by the Sun – Daniel Blumberg – The Testament of Ann Lee 
• Train Dreams – Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner – Train Dreams 
• The Girl in the Bubble – Stephen Schwartz – Wicked: For Good

• Hans Zimmer — F1
• Alexandre Desplat – Frankenstein 
• Max Richter – Hamnet 
• Daniel Lopatin – Marty Supreme 
• Jonny Greenwood – One Battle After Another 
• Ludwig Göransson – Sinners 

• Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta, Gareth John — F1
• Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern, Greg Chapman – Frankenstein 
• Jose Antonio Garcia, Christopher Scarabosio, Tony Villaflor – One Battle After Another 
• Chris Welcker, Benny Burtt, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker, Felipe Pacheco, David V. Butler – Sinners 
• Laia Casanovas – Sirat 
• Mitch Low, Glenn Freemantle, Ben Barker, Howard Bargroff, Richard Spooner – Warfare 

Critics' Choice Movie Awards CEO Joey Berlin said the critics and entertainment reporters who vote are "the most informed and reliable in the business".