Critics Choice Awards 2023: All the Winners Between Movies and Tv Series

The Critics Choice Awards event was held on Saturday, January 14, 2023, in Los Angeles, with the delivery of the US and Canadian critics’ awards to films and TV series. Throughout the night, the film Everything Everywhere All at Once, the Breaking Bad spinoff series Better Call Saul and the comedy series Abbott Elementary stood out. After the Golden Globes 2023 awards, of which you can read all the winners, this ceremony represents another important appointment for Hollywood. There was no shortage of awards for the second chapter of Avatar, namely The Way of Water (Avatar 3 will instead concern fire), the thriller Glass Onion – A Knives Out Mystery available on the Netflix platform and Tár, the film with Cate Blanchett in the role of the composer and conductor Lydia Tár.

As for TV series, the lion’s share went to Better Call Saul, with three awards, The Dropout starring Amanda Seyfried, and the Disney+ comedy series Abbott Elementary. If you are curious to discover all the nominees and winners of all categories present at the Critics’ Choice Awards, this is the article for you. Below you can read the complete list, divided between film categories, television categories and special prizes awarded for extraordinary merits. In each category, the winner is the first in the list and is written in bold.

Film Categories: All The Winners Of The 2023 Critics Choice Awards

Best Movie

• Everything Everywhere All at Once (Winner)
• Avatar – The way of water
• Babylon
• The Banshees of Inisherin
• Elvis
• The Fabelmans
• Glass Onion – A Knives Out Mystery
• RRR
• Tar
• Top Gun: Maverick
• Women Talking

Best Actress

• Cate Blanchett – Tar
• Viola Davis – The Woman King
• Danielle Deadwyler-Till
• Margot Robbie – Babylon
• Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans
• Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Actor

• Brendan Fraser – The Whale
• Austin Butler-Elvis
• Tom Cruise – Top Gun: Maverick
• Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin
• Paul Mescal – Aftersun
• Bill Nighy-Living

Best Director

• Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once
• James Cameron – Avatar – The Way of Water
• Damien Chazelle – Babylon
• Todd Field – Tar
• Baz Luhrmann – Elvis
• Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
• Sarah Polley – Women Talking
• Gina Prince-Bythewood – The Woman King
• SS Rajamouli – RRR
• Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans

Best Young Actor/Actress

• Gabriel LaBelle – The Fabelmans
• Frankie Corio – Aftersun
• Jalyn Hall-Till
• Bella Ramsey – Catherine Called Birdy
• Banks Repeta – Armageddon Time
• Sadie Sink – The Whale

Best Comedy Film

• Glass Onion – A Knives Out Mystery 
• The Banshees of Inisherin
• Bros
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Triangle of Sadness
• The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Best Cast of Actors

• Glass Onion – Knives Out 
• The Banshees of Inisherin
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• The Fabelmans
• The Woman King
• Women Talking

Best Makeup and Hair

• Elvis
• Babylon
• The Batman
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• The Whale

Best Visual Effects

• Avatar – The Way of water
• The Batman
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• RRR
• Top Gun: Maverick

Best Editing

• Paul Rogers – Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Stephen Rivkin, David Brenner, John Refoua, James Cameron – Avatar – The Waterway
• Tom Cross-Babylon
• Matt Villa, Jonathan Redmond – Elvis
• Monika Willi – Tar
• Eddie Hamilton – Top Gun: Maverick

Best Scenography

• Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino – Babylon
• Dylan Cole, Ben Procter, Vanessa Cole – Avatar – The Waterway
• Hannah Beachler, Lisa K. Sessions – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, Bev Dunn – Elvis
• Jason Kisvarday, Kelsi Ephraim – Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Rick Carter, Karen O’Hara – The Fabelmans

Best Photography

• Claudio Miranda – Top Gun: Maverick
• Russell Carpenter – Avatar – The Waterway
• Linus Sandgren – Babylon
• Roger Deakins – Empire of Light
• Janusz Kaminski – The Fabelmans
• Florian Hoffmeister – Tar

Best Animated Film

• Pinocchio by Guillermo del Toro
• Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
• Puss in Boots 2 – The Last Wish
• Red
• Wendell & Wild

Best Costumes

• Ruth E. Carter – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• Mary Zophres – Babylon
• Catherine Martin-Elvis
• Shirley Kurata – Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Jenny Eagan – Glass Onion – Knives Out
• Gersha Phillips – The Woman King

Best Song

• “Naatu Naatu” – RRR
• “Lift Me Up” – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• “Ciao Papa” – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
• “Hold My Hand” – Top Gun: Maverick
• “Carolina” – Where the Crawdads Sing
• “New Body Rhumba” – White Noise

Best Soundtrack

• Hildur Guðnadóttir – Tár
• Michael Giacchino – The Batman
• Justin Hurwitz-Babylon
• John Williams – The Fabelmans
• Alexandre Desplat – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
• Hildur Guðnadóttir – Women Talking

Best Original Screenplay

• Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Charlotte Wells – Aftersun
• Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
• Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner – The Fabelmans
• Todd Field – Tar

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Sarah Polley – Women Talking
• Rian Johnson – Glass Onion – Knives Out
• Kazuo Ishiguro – Living
• Rebecca Lenkiewicz – She Said
• Samuel D. Hunter – The Whale

Best Supporting Actress

• Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• Jessie Buckley – Women Talking
• Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin
• Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Janelle Monáe – Glass Onion – Knives Out

Best Supporting Actor

• Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Paul Dano – The Fabelmans
• Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin
• Judd Hirsch – The Fabelmans
• Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin
• Brian Tyree Henry-Causeway

Best Foreign Language Film

• RRR
• Nothing new on the western front
• Argentina, 1985
• Bardo, the false chronicle of some truths
• Close
• Decision to Leave

TV Series Categories: All The Winners Of The 2023 Critics’ Choice Awards

Best TV Miniseries

• The Dropout
• Gaslit
• The Girl from Plainville
• The Offer
• Pam & Tommy
• Station Eleven
• This is going to hurt
• Under the Banner of Heaven

Best Drama Series

• Better Call Saul
• Andor
• Bad Sisters
• The Crown
• Euphoria
• The Good Fight
• House of the Dragon
• Split
• Yellowstone

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

• Zendaya – Euphoria
• Christine Baranski – The Good Fight
• Sharon Horgan – Bad Sisters
• Laura Linney – Ozark
• Mandy Moore – This Is Us
• Kelly Reilly-Yellowstone

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

• Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul
• Jeff Bridges – The Old Man
• Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us
• Diego Luna – Andor
• Adam Scott – Split
• Antony Starr – The Boys

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Giancarlo Esposito – Better Call Saul
• Andre Braugher – The Good Fight
• Ismael Cruz Córdova – The Lord of the Rings – The Rings of Power
• Michael Emerson – Evil
• John Lithgow – The Old Man
• Matt Smith – House of the Dragon

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Jennifer Coolidge – The White Lotus
• Milly Alcock – House of the Dragon
• Carol Burnett – Better Call Saul
• Julia Garner – Ozark
• Audra McDonald – The Good Fight
• Rhea Seehorn – Better Call Saul

Best Comedy Series

• Abbott Elementary
• Barry
• The Bear
• Better Things
• Ghosts
• Hacks
• Reboot
• Reservation Dogs

Best Actress in a Comedy Series

• Jean Smart- Hacks
• Christina Applegate – Dead to Me
• Quinta Brunson–Abbott Elementary
• Kaley Cuoco – The Flight Attendant – The Flight Attendant
• Renée Elise Goldsberry – Girls5eva
• Devery Jacobs – Reservation Dogs

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

• Jeremy Allen White – The Bear
• Matt Berry – What We Do in the Shadows
• Bill Hader-Barry
• Keegan-Michael Key – Reboot
• Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building
• D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai – Reservation Dogs

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Henry Winkler-Barry
• Brandon Scott Jones – Ghosts
• Leslie Jordan – Call Me Kat
• James Marsden – Dead to Me
• Chris Perfetti – Abbott Elementary
• Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary
• Paulina Alexis – Reservation Dogs
• Ayo Edebiri – The Bear
• Marcia Gay Harden – Uncoupled
• Janelle James – Abbott Elementary
• Annie Potts – Young Sheldon

Best Talk Show

• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
• The Amber Ruffin Show
• Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
• The Kelly Clarkson Show
• Late Night with Seth Meyers
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Best Comedy Special

• Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special
• Fortune Feimster: Good Fortune
• Jerrod CarmichaelRothaniel
• Joel Kim Booster: Psychosexual
• Nikki Glaser – Good Clean Filth
• Would It Kill You to Laugh? Starring Kate Berlant & John Early

Best Foreign Language Series

• Pachinko
• 1899
• Borgen
• Lawyer Woo
• Garcia!
• The Kingdom Exodus
• Cleo
• My brilliant friend
• Tehran

Best Animated Series

• Harley Quinn
• Bluey
• Bob’s Burgers
• Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal
• Star Trek: Lower Decks
• Undone

Best Movie for Television

• Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
• Fresh
• Prey
• Ray Donovan: The Movie
• The Survivor
• Three Months

Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

• Daniel Radcliffe-Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
• Ben Foster – The Survivor
• Andrew Garfield – In heaven’s name
• Samuel L. Jackson – The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
• Sebastian Stan – Pam & Tommy
• Ben Whishaw – This is Going to Hurt

Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Movie Made for Television

• Amanda Seyfried – The Dropout 
• Julia Garner – Inventing Anna
• Lily James – Pam & Tommy
• Amber Midthunder – Prey
• Julia Roberts-Gaslit
• Michelle Pfeiffer – The First Lady

Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Made for Television

• Paul Walter Hauser – Black Bird
• Murray Bartlett – Welcome to Chippendales
• Domhnall Gleeson – The Patient
• Matthew Goode – The Offer
• Ray Liotta – Black Bird
• Shea Whigham-Gaslit

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie Made for Television

• Niecy Nash-Betts – Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
• Claire Danes – Fleishman Is in Trouble
• Dominique Fishback – The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
• Betty Gilpin-Gaslit
• Melanie Lynskey – Candy
• Juno Temple – The Offer