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 of movies and actors is 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 were Dune: Part Two, Nickel Boys, Civil War, Nosferatu, and Emilia 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 

Conclave continues 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 the Conclave love continues, I would expect to hear her name on Oscar nomination morning.

Wicked continues 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 for Dune: 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 the nominees here.

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

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