Just when Roma looked unstoppable…

One day after Alfonso Cuarón‘s passion project swept six different critics groups honors, the actual Critics’ Choice Awards flipped the script. Fueled by a stellar actress trio and a deep bench of craft achievements, The Favourite led the 24th annual Critics’ Choice slate with 14 nominations including Best Picture.

Marvel’s game-changer blockbuster Black Panther was second with 12 nominations, although shockingly that did not include director Ryan Coogler.

A Star Is Born, BlacKkKlansman, Green Book, Vice, First Man, and Roma all received several nominations across multiple categories, including Best Director for all five films where they joined The Favourite‘s Yorgos Lanthimos. Each is also up for Best Picture, along with If Beale Street Could Talk and Mary Poppins Returns.

Other popular possibilities like Crazy Rich Asians and A Quiet Place didn’t make the cut in the major categories but did pop up in the genre slots of Comedy and Horror.

Two of the year’s best acting performances that haven’t gained traction this awards season were also snubbed here: Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal in the 1960-set indie drama Wildlife. Their Oscar hopes are now most likely dashed.

The 24th Annual Critics Choice Awards (chosen by the Broadcast Critics Film Association, a nationwide group of TV and Radio critics) will be broadcast live Sunday night January 13, 2019, on the CW (one week after the Golden Globes on NBC).

NOMINEES FOR
THE 24th ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS
Best in Film for 2018

BEST PICTURE

– Black Panther
– BlacKkKlansman
– The Favourite
– First Man
– Green Book
– If Beale Street Could Talk
– Mary Poppins Returns
– Roma
– A Star Is Born
– Vice

BEST DIRECTOR

– Damien Chazelle, First Man
– Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
– Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
– Peter Farrelly, Green Book
– Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite
– Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman
– Adam McKay, Vice

BEST ACTOR

– Christian Bale, Vice
– Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
– Willem Dafoe, At Eternity’s Gate
– Ryan Gosling, First Man
– Ethan Hawke, First Reformed
– Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
– Viggo Mortensen, Green Book

BEST ACTRESS

– Yalitza Aparicio, Roma
– Emily Blunt, Mary Poppins Returns
– Glenn Close, The Wife
– Toni Collette, Hereditary
– Olivia Colman, The Favourite
– Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born
– Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

– Mahershala Ali, Green Book
– Timothée Chalamet, Beautiful Boy
– Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman
– Sam Elliott, A Star Is Born
– Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
– Michael B. Jordan, Black Panther

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

– Amy Adams, Vice
– Claire Foy, First Man
– Nicole Kidman, Boy Erased
– Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
– Emma Stone, The Favourite
– Rachel Weisz, The Favourite

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS

– Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade
– Thomasin McKenzie, Leave No Trace
– Ed Oxenbould, Wildlife
– Millicent Simmonds, A Quiet Place
– Amandla Stenberg, The Hate U Give
– Sunny Suljic, mid90s

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

– Black Panther
– Crazy Rich Asians
– The Favourite
– Vice
– Widows

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

– Eighth Grade, Bo Burnham
– Roma, Alfonso Cuarón
– The Favourite, Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara
– Vice, Adam McKay
– First Reformed, Paul Schrader
– Green Book, Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly
– A Quiet Place, Bryan Woods, Scott Beck, John Krasinski

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

– Black Panther, Ryan Coogler, Joe Robert Cole
– Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty
– If Beale Street Could Talk, Barry Jenkins
– A Star Is Born, Eric Roth and Bradley Cooper & Will Fetters
– First Man, Josh Singer
– BlacKkKlansman, Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

– Roma, Alfonso Cuarón
– If Beale Street Could Talk, James Laxton
– A Star Is Born, Matthew Libatique
– Black Panther, Rachel Morrison
– The Favourite, Robbie Ryan
– First Man, Linus Sandgren

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

– Black Panther, Hannah Beachler, Jay Hart
– Roma, Eugenio Caballero, Barbara Enriquez
– Crazy Rich Asians, Nelson Coates, Andrew Baseman
– The Favourite, Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton
– First Man, Nathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas
– Mary Poppins Returns, John Myhre, Gordon Sim

BEST EDITING

– A Star Is Born, Jay Cassidy
– Vice, Hank Corwin
– First Man, Tom Cross
– Roma, Alfonso Cuarón, Adam Gough
– The Favourite, Yorgos Mavropsaridis
– Widows, Joe Walker

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

– Mary Queen of Scots, Alexandra Byrne
– Black Panther, Ruth Carter
– Bohemian Rhapsody, Julian Day
– The Favourite, Sandy Powell
– Mary Poppins Returns, Sandy Powell

BEST HAIR & MAKEUP

– Black Panther
– Bohemian Rhapsody
– The Favourite
– Mary Queen of Scots
– Suspiria
– Vice

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

– Avengers: Infinity War
– Black Panther
– First Man
– Mary Poppins Returns
– Mission: Impossible – Fallout
– Ready Player One

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

– The Grinch
– Incredibles 2
– Isle of Dogs
– Mirai
– Ralph Breaks the Internet
– Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

BEST ACTION MOVIE

– Avengers: Infinity War
– Black Panther
– Deadpool 2
– Mission: Impossible – Fallout
– Ready Player One
– Widows

BEST COMEDY

– Crazy Rich Asians
– Deadpool 2
– The Death of Stalin
– The Favourite
– Game Night
– Sorry to Bother You

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY

– Christian Bale, Vice
– Jason Bateman, Game Night
– Viggo Mortensen, Green Book
– John C. Reilly, Stan & Ollie
– Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool 2
– Lakeith Stanfield, Sorry to Bother You

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

– Emily Blunt, Mary Poppins Returns
– Olivia Colman, The Favourite
– Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade
– Rachel McAdams, Game Night
– Charlize Theron, Tully
– Constance Wu, Crazy Rich Asians

BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE

– Annihilation
– Halloween
– Hereditary
– A Quiet Place
– Suspiria

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

– Burning
– Capernaum
– Cold War
– Roma
– Shoplifters

BEST SONG

– “All the Stars” – Black Panther
– “Girl in the Movies” – Dumplin’
– “I’ll Fight” – RBG
– “The Place Where Lost Things Go” – Mary Poppins Returns
– “Shallow” – A Star Is Born
– “Trip a Little Light Fantastic” – Mary Poppins Returns

BEST SCORE

– Green Book, Kris Bowers
– If Beale Street Could Talk, Nicholas Britell
– Isle of Dogs, Alexandre Desplat
– Black Panther, Ludwig Göransson
– First Man, Justin Hurwitz
– Mary Poppins Returns, Marc Shaiman

Click on links below for other Critics Group Awards and Guild Nominees that have been announced so far for the 2018 / 19 season:

Directors Guild of America Nominees
Writers Guild of America Nominees
Golden Globe Winners
National Society of Film Critics
Producers Guild of America Nominees
Boston Society of Film Critics
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association
Screen Actors Guild Nominees
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Toronto Film Critics Association
Philadelphia Film Critics Circle
Chicago Film Critics Association
AFI Film Awards
Detroit Film Critics Society
Atlanta Film Critics Circle
New York Film Critics Circle
The National Board of Review