Before the academy gets to vote on the year’s best films and performances, it’s time for the critics to have their own say. Originally scheduled to take place in early January, the 2022 Critics Choice Awards have finally arrived on the awards season calendar and seek to continue a 26-year track record of largely accurate Oscar prognostication.
Since it began, the Critics Choice Awards have presaged numerous Oscar winners — including 15 Best Picture champions, as well as 21 Best Director, 17 Best Actor, 14 Best Actress, 16 Supporting Actor, and 18 Supporting Actress wins. Last year, however, the group’s compass was a bit off: while the more than 400 members of the Critics Choice Association matched the academy on Best Picture and Best Director (with “Nomadland” and director Chloe Zhao), they only correctly anticipated one acting winner, Best Supporting Actor champ Daniel Kaluuya. The other three acting winners at the Critics Choice Awards — Carey Mulligan for Best Actress, Chadwick Boseman for Best Actor, and Maria Bakalova for Best Supporting Actress — failed to receive corresponding hardware from the Oscars.
This year, the group might have had a better compass. The four acting winners — “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” star Jessica Chastain for Best Actress, “King Richard” lead Will Smith for Best Actor, “West Side Story” triple threat Ariana DeBose for Best Supporting Actress, and “CODA” breakout Troy Kotsur for Best Supporting Actor — are all favored to win in their respective categories at the 2022 Oscars. Meanwhile, Best Director winner Jane Campion is considered all but a lock to win at the Academy Awards as well. Campion’s film, “The Power of the Dog” also took home Best Picture, where it remains a safe bet to win at the Oscars as well.
Check out our recap of the show (all times Eastern) and stick around for the full list of 2022 Critics Choice Awards winners.
9:55 p.m.: The final award of the night is Best Picture and the winner is… “The Power of the Dog.” The Oscars front-runner for Best Picture held off a perceived charge from “CODA” to win Jane Campion her third Critics Choice Award of the night after Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. In fact, “CODA” only one a single Critics Choice Award on Sunday night, for Best Supporting Actor Troy Kotsur.
9:47 p.m.: Filmmaker Taika Waititi comes out to give “The Power of the Dog” director Jane Campion her expected award for Best Director.
9:38 p.m.: Tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams take a moment to honor “King Richard” before announcing “Succession” as the winner for Best Drama Series.
9:31 p.m.: Mirroring the Screen Actors Guild Awards, Lee Jung-jae won Best Actor in a Drama Series for “Squid Game,” besting the “Succession” heavyweights Brian Cox and Jeremy Strong.
9:28 p.m.: The biggest cheer of the night? Perhaps when Melanie Lynskey was announced as the winner of Best Actress in a Drama Series for “Yellowjackets.”
9:22 p.m.: “Mare of Easttown” wins Best Limited Series as the Critics Choice Award time crunch sets in with just 38 minutes remaining in the broadcast. As the show heads into a commercial break, major film awards are announced, including that Kenneth Branagh and Jane Campion had won screenwriting awards in the original and adapted categories, respectively. The Campion win is significant as she lost in the same category earlier on Sunday at the BAFTA Awards to Best Picture darkhorse “CODA,” a result that left many wondering if there was a major upset brewing at the Oscars.
9:14 p.m.: The cast of “Squid Game” announces Kate Winslet has won Best Actress in a Limited Series for “Mare of Easttown.”
9:06 p.m.: Fresh off winning at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, Michael Keaton wins Best Actor in a Limited Series for “Dopesick.”
8:49 p.m.: Former Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel is on hand to give fellow former Oscars host Billy Crystal the Critics Choice Awards lifetime achievement award.
8:43 p.m.: Barb and Star go to the Critics Choice Awards. Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo, and Jamie Dornan present Best Comedy Series to “Ted Lasso.”
8:25 p.m.: The lead acting winners in the comedy series categories are the expected Emmy Award winners as well: Jason Sudeikis for “Ted Lasso” and Jean Smart for “Hacks.” The Critics Choice Awards also announced the winners of numerous other categories, including Best Foreign Language Series for “Squid Game.”
8:12 p.m.: “Insecure” star and creator Issa Rae presents Halle Berry with the SeeHer Award, which the Critics Choice Association gives to “a woman who advocates for gender equality, portrays characters with authenticity, defies stereotypes and pushes boundaries.” Previous winners of this honor include Viola Davis (2017), Gal Gadot (2018), Claire Foy (2019), Kristen Bell (2020), and Zendaya (2021).
8:01 p.m.: Time for the Roy family to eat. Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress go to “Succession” stars Kieran Culkin and Sarah Snook, respectively.
7:54 p.m.: “tick, tick… Boom!” director Lin-Manuel Miranda comes out to award this year’s Best Actress award to Jessica Chastain for “The Eyes of Tammy Faye.” Chastain, who also won Best Actress at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, was not in attendance to accept her award but remains a front-runner for Best Actress at the Oscars. Then, last year’s Best Actress winner, Carey Mulligan, comes out to announce Best Actor for “King Richard” star Will Smith. Smith, who is in attendance in Los Angeles, gives a rousing speech that pays tribute to Venus and Serena Williams and their family.
7:43 p.m.: The awards keep rolling with Brett Goldstein from “Ted Lasso” winning Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. Goldstein accepts the award live from London with a fun and loose speech where he gives praise to his co-star Juno Temple. Then immediately after, another “Ted Lasso” win: Hannah Waddingham wins Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, her second consecutive victory at the Critics Choice Awards. Waddingham, like Goldstein, is also in London.
7:36 p.m.: The love for “Belfast” in the room grows stronger with the announcement that the Focus Features film also won Best Ensemble, an upset over “The Power of the Dog” and “West Side Story.” Stars Jamie Dornan and Jude Hill accept the award on behalf of the cast.
7:32 p.m.: Last year’s Best Young Actor winner Alan Kim comes out to present this year’s award to “Belfast” lead Jude Hill. The young star thanks his family and Kenneth Branagh in a cute acceptance speech that had the Los Angeles attendees smitten.
7:23 p.m.: “Made for Love” star Ray Romano presents Best Supporting Actress to “West Side Story” star Ariana DeBose. The actress accepted her award in London, having won in the same category at the BAFTA Awards earlier on Sunday. Like Kotsur, she is heavily favored to win at the Oscars on March 27.
7:18 p.m.: Last year’s Best Supporting Actress winner, “Borat” star Maria Bakalova, comes on stage and expresses solidarity and support for the people of Ukraine. She then presents Best Supporting Actor to “CODA” star Troy Kotsur, who is in London as he just won at the BAFTA Awards earlier on Sunday. Kotsur’s weekend of victories all but assure he’ll win this award at the Oscars at the end of the month.
7:07 p.m.: Former “Community” co-stars Joel McHale and Ken Jeong present Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series to “The White Lotus” star Murray Bartlett, who defeated Emmy winner Evan Peters as well as Zach Gilford, William Jackson Harper, Christian Slater, and Courtney B. Vance. Then they stuck around to give the Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series award to Bartlett’s “The White Lotus” co-star Jennifer Coolidge.
7:00 p.m.: Hosts Nicole Byer and Taye Diggs open the show highlighting the ceremony’s starry attendees, including Will Smith, Jean Smart, Sandra Oh, and many more.
CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS FULL WINNERS LIST (RESULTS IN BOLD)
FILM
BEST PICTURE
Belfast
CODA
Don’t Look Up
Dune
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
tick, tick…Boom!
West Side Story
BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Guillermo del Toro – Nightmare Alley
Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
Denis Villeneuve – Dune
BEST ACTOR
Nicolas Cage – Pig
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
Peter Dinklage – Cyrano
Andrew Garfield – tick, tick…Boom!
Will Smith – King Richard
Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth
BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
Lady Gaga – House of Gucci
Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza
Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos
Kristen Stewart – Spencer
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jamie Dornan – Belfast
Ciarán Hinds – Belfast
Troy Kotsur – CODA
Jared Leto – House of Gucci
J.K. Simmons – Being the Ricardos
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Caitríona Balfe – Belfast
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Ann Dowd – Mass
Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
Rita Moreno – West Side Story
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
Zach Baylin – King Richard
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Adam McKay, David Sirota – Don’t Look Up
Aaron Sorkin – Being the Ricardos
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter
Siân Heder – CODA
Tony Kushner – West Side Story
Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth – Dune
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Bruno Delbonnel – The Tragedy of Macbeth
Greig Fraser – Dune
Janusz Kaminski – West Side Story
Dan Laustsen – Nightmare Alley
Ari Wegner – The Power of the Dog
Haris Zambarloukos – Belfast
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Jenny Beavan – Cruella
Luis Sequeira – Nightmare Alley
Paul Tazewell – West Side Story
Jacqueline West, Robert Morgan – Dune
Janty Yates – House of Gucci
BEST FILM EDITING
Sarah Broshar and Michael Kahn – West Side Story
Úna Ní Dhonghaíle – Belfast
Andy Jurgensen – Licorice Pizza
Peter Sciberras – The Power of the Dog
Joe Walker – Dune
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
Cruella
Dune
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
House of Gucci
Nightmare Alley
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Jim Clay, Claire Nia Richards – Belfast
Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau – Nightmare Alley
Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo – The French Dispatch
Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo – West Side Story
Patrice Vermette, Zsuzsanna Sipos – Dune
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Be Alive – King Richard
Dos Oruguitas – Encanto
Guns Go Bang – The Harder They Fall
Just Look Up – Don’t Look Up
No Time to Die – No Time to Die
BEST SCORE
Nicholas Britell – Don’t Look Up
Jonny Greenwood – The Power of the Dog
Jonny Greenwood – Spencer
Nathan Johnson – Nightmare Alley
Hans Zimmer – Dune
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Dune
The Matrix Resurrections
Nightmare Alley
No Time to Die
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
A Hero
Drive My Car
Flee
The Hand of God
The Worst Person in the World
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Jude Hill – Belfast
Cooper Hoffman – Licorice Pizza
Emilia Jones – CODA
Woody Norman – C’mon C’mon
Saniyya Sidney – King Richard
Rachel Zegler – West Side Story
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Belfast
Don’t Look Up
The Harder They Fall
Licorice Pizza
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
BEST COMEDY
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Don’t Look Up
Free Guy
The French Dispatch
Licorice Pizza
TELEVISION
BEST DRAMA SERIES
Evil (Paramount+)
For All Mankind (Apple TV+)
The Good Fight (Paramount+)
Pose (FX)
Squid Game (Netflix)
Succession (HBO)
This Is Us (NBC)
Yellowjackets (Showtime)
BEST DRAMA ACTOR
Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us (NBC)
Mike Colter – Evil (Paramount+)
Brian Cox – Succession (HBO)
Lee Jung-jae – Squid Game (Netflix)
Billy Porter – Pose (FX)
Jeremy Strong – Succession (HBO)
BEST DRAMA ACTRESS
Uzo Aduba – In Treatment (HBO)
Chiara Aurelia – Cruel Summer (Freeform)
Christine Baranski – The Good Fight (Paramount+)
Katja Herbers – Evil (Paramount+)
Melanie Lynskey – Yellowjackets (Showtime)
MJ Rodriguez – Pose (FX)
BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR
Nicholas Braun – Succession (HBO)
Billy Crudup – The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
Kieran Culkin – Succession (HBO)
Justin Hartley – This Is Us (NBC)
Matthew Macfadyen – Succession (HBO)
Mandy Patinkin – The Good Fight (Paramount+)
BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Andrea Martin – Evil (Paramount+)
Audra McDonald – The Good Fight (Paramount+)
Christine Lahti – Evil (Paramount+)
J. Smith-Cameron – Succession (HBO)
Sarah Snook – Succession (HBO)
Susan Kelechi Watson – This Is Us (NBC)
BEST COMEDY SERIES
The Great (Hulu)
Hacks (HBO Max)
Insecure (HBO)
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
The Other Two (HBO Max)
Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu)
Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
BEST COMEDY ACTOR
Iain Armitage – Young Sheldon (CBS)
Nicholas Hoult – The Great (Hulu)
Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
Kayvan Novak – What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
BEST COMEDY ACTRESS
Elle Fanning – The Great (Hulu)
Renée Elise Goldsberry – Girls5eva (Peacock)
Selena Gomez – Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
Sandra Oh – The Chair (Netflix)
Issa Rae – Insecure (HBO)
Jean Smart – Hacks (HBO Max)
BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ncuti Gatwa – Sex Education (Netflix)
Brett Goldstein – Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
Harvey Guillén – What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
Brandon Scott Jones – Ghosts (CBS)
Ray Romano – Made for Love (HBO Max)
Bowen Yang – Saturday Night Live (NBC)
BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Hannah Einbinder – Hacks (HBO Max)
Kristin Chenoweth – Schmigadoon! (Apple TV+)
Molly Shannon – The Other Two (HBO Max)
Cecily Strong – Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Josie Totah – Saved By the Bell (Peacock)
Hannah Waddingham – Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
BEST LIMITED SERIES
Dopesick (Hulu)
Dr. Death (Peacock)
It’s a Sin (HBO Max)
Maid (Netflix)
Mare of Easttown (HBO)
Midnight Mass (Netflix)
The Underground Railroad (Amazon Prime Video)
WandaVision (Disney+)
BEST TV MOVIE
Come From Away (Apple TV+)
List of a Lifetime (Lifetime)
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (Amazon Prime Video)
Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (Lifetime)
Oslo (HBO)
Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas (The Roku Channel)
BEST LIMITED SERIES/TV MOVIE ACTOR
Olly Alexander – It’s a Sin (HBO Max)
Paul Bettany – WandaVision (Disney+)
William Jackson Harper – Love Life (HBO Max)
Joshua Jackson – Dr. Death (Peacock)
Michael Keaton – Dopesick (Hulu)
Hamish Linklater – Midnight Mass (Netflix)
BEST LIMITED SERIES/TV MOVIE ACTRESS
Danielle Brooks – Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (Lifetime)
Cynthia Erivo – Genius: Aretha (National Geographic)
Thuso Mbedu – The Underground Railroad (Amazon Prime Video)
Elizabeth Olsen – WandaVision (Disney+)
Margaret Qualley – Maid (Netflix)
Kate Winslet – Mare of Easttown (HBO)
BEST LIMITED SERIES/TV MOVIE SUPPORTING ACTOR
Murray Bartlett – The White Lotus (HBO)
Zach Gilford – Midnight Mass (Netflix)
William Jackson Harper – The Underground Railroad (Amazon Prime Video)
Evan Peters – Mare of Easttown (HBO)
Christian Slater – Dr. Death (Peacock)
Courtney B. Vance – Genius: Aretha (National Geographic)
BEST LIMITED SERIES/TV MOVIE SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Coolidge – The White Lotus (HBO)
Kaitlyn Dever – Dopesick (Hulu)
Kathryn Hahn – WandaVision (Disney+)
Melissa McCarthy – Nine Perfect Strangers (Hulu)
Julianne Nicholson – Mare of Easttown (HBO)
Jean Smart – Mare of Easttown (HBO)
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SERIES
Acapulco (Apple TV+)
Call My Agent! (Netflix)
Lupin (Netflix)
Money Heist (Netflix)
Narcos: Mexico (Netflix)
Squid Game (Netflix)
BEST ANIMATED SERIES
Big Mouth (Netflix)
Bluey (Disney+)
Bob’s Burgers (Fox)
The Great North (Fox)
Q-Force (Netflix)
What If…? (Disney+)
BEST TALK SHOW
The Amber Ruffin Show (Peacock)
Desus & Mero (Showtime)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBC)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Bravo)
BEST COMEDY SPECIAL
Bo Burnham: Inside (Netflix)
Good Timing with Jo Firestone (Peacock)
James Acaster: Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999 (Vimeo)
Joyelle Nicole Johnson: Love Joy (Peacock)
Nate Bargatze: The Greatest Average American (Netflix)
Trixie Mattel: One Night Only (YouTube)
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