Conclave and Wicked Leads the Way with 11 Nominations for the 30th Critics' Choice Awards

Ladies and gentlemen, the award season for movies is upon us. The 30th Critics' Choice Awards will be awarded on January 12, 2025. This morning, the nominees for the show were announced, and a star-studded list ofmovies and actorsis set to go head-to-head. We share the list of nominees with you below.

As a Critics Choice voting member, I take pride in watching as much as possible to present an accurate ballot. This season, I watched a little over 200 films (and counting) and felt great about my picks. My top movies of 2024 wereDune: Part Two,Nickel Boys, Civil War, Nosferatu,andEmilia Perez,so amongst those movies, I had over 40 nominations on my ballot. Of course, not every one of my picks made it, but I am pretty happy with the nominees who did.

The 30th Critics' Choice Film Nominations

Best Picture

A Complete Unknown
Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
The Substance
Wicked

Best Director

Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker – Anora
Edward Berger – Conclave
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Jon M. Chu – Wicked
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two

Best Actor

Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig – Queer
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Hugh Grant – Heretic

Best Actress

Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
Angelina Jolie – Maria
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance

Best Supporting Actress

Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys
Ariana Grande – Wicked
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

Best Supporting Actor

Yura Borisov – Anora
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Denzel Washington – Gladiator II

Conclavecontinues to make noise with its 11 nominations, including Isabella Rossellini, who has snuck into the Best Supporting Actress category. Rossellini is someone to keep an eye out for because if theConclavelove continues, I would expect to hear her name on Oscar nomination morning.

Wickedcontinues to stack up the nominations along with its massive box office numbers, showing it is a true player this awards season. This movie isn't going anywhere, and now, with the recent run of nominations and wins, we can consider this one of the Best Picture favorites. After the snub by the Golden Globes, Denis Villeneuve showed up in Best Director, along with nine other nominations forDune: Part Two.The film made CCA history by being the first film to repeat the same ten CCA nominations as the first film. I am glad my fellow CCA voters didn't let the movie down.

Check out the rest of thenominees here.

You can watch the 30th Critics' Choice Awards on E! on January 12, 2025

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