My Critics’s Choice Awards 2026 Nomination Ballot

Oh, the Critics's Choice nominations are out today. Well then, here is my ballot for the year. One thing about me: I love to be a little stinker. There are about 400 members, and I love to go against the grain and submit movies that I believe are contingency nominations. I like to prop up the underdogs & vote for the films I adore. So as much as I wanted to point other places.....I love Sinners, Sorry, Baby, Hedda, and One Battle After Another so much, I just had to make sure.

Now let's get into my ballot, shall we.

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BEST PICTURE

1. Sorry, Baby

2. Train Dreams

3. It Was Just An Accident

4. The Secret Agent

5. Sinners

Best Actor

1. Wagner Moura - The Secret Agent

2. Lee Byung-hun - No Other Choice

3. Michael B. Jordan - Sinners

Best Actress

1. Chase Infiniti - One Battle After Another

2. Tessa Thompson - Hedda

3. Amanda Seyfried - The Testament of Ann Lee

Best Supporting Actor

1. Jacob Elordi - Frankenstein

2. Delroy Lindo - Sinners

3. Benicio Del Toro - One Battle After Another

Best Supporting Actress

1. Regina Hall -  One Battle After Another

2. Odessa A'zion - Marty Supreme

3. Nina Hoss - Hedda

Best Young Actor/Actress

1. Miles Caton - Sinners

2. Nina Ye - Left-handed Girl

3. Everett Blunck - The Plague

Best Director

1. Nia DaCosta - Hedda

2. Eva Victor - Sorry, Baby

3. Jafar Panahi - It Was Just an Accident

Best Screenwriting, Original

Sinners

Sorry, Baby

It Was Just an Accident

Best Screenwriting, Adapted

Train Dreams

No Other Choice

Hedda

Best Animated Feature

Kpop Demon Hunters

Little Amélie

Boys Go to Jupiter

Best Comedy

Friendship

The Naked Gun

One of Them Days

Best Foreign Language Film

1. Sirat

2. On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

3. It Was Just an Accident

Best Cinematography

1. Darius Khondji – Marty Supreme

2. Autumn Durald Arkapaw – Sinners

3. Adolpho Veloso – Train Dreams

Best Editing

1. Andy Jurgensen – One Battle After Another

2. Amir Etminan – It Was Just an Accident

3. Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme

Best Costume Design

1. Lindsay Pugh – Hedda

2. Colleen Atwood and Christine Cantella – Kiss of the Spider Woman

3. Kate Hawley – Frankenstein

Best Production Design

1. Cara Brower, Stella Fox – Hedda

2. Jack Fisk, Adam Willis – Marty Supreme

3. Hannah Beachler, Monique Champagne – Sinners

Best Score

1. Kangding Ray – Sirāt

2. Daniel Lopatin – Marty Supreme

3. Hildur Guðnadóttir – Hedda

Best Song

1. “Golden” – Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, Ido, 24, Teddy – KPop Demon Hunters

2. “Last Time (I Seen the Sun)” – Alice Smith, Miles Caton, Ludwig Göransson – Sinners

3. “Drive” – Ed Sheeran, John Mayer, Blake Slatkin – F1

Best Hair and Makeup

1. Hedda

2. Kiss of the Spider Woman

3. 28 Years Later

Best Visual Effects

1. Avatar: Fire & Ash (like quit playing)

2. Sinners

3. F1

Best Stunt Design

1. F1

2. The Smashing Machine

3. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

Best Casting and Ensemble

Francine Maisler – Sinners

It Was Just an Accident 

Robin D. Cook (Frankenstein)

BEST SOUND

Sirāt

Warfare

Avatar: Fire & Ash