In a primary for the Critics Selection Affiliation (CCA), shortlists in 11 classes for the thirty first Annual Critics Selection Awards have been introduced, narrowing the contenders in these under the road classes of Greatest Casting and Ensemble, Greatest Cinematography, Greatest Costume Design, Greatest Modifying, Greatest Hair and Make-up, Greatest Manufacturing Design, Greatest Rating, Greatest Tune, Greatest Sound, Greatest Stunt Design, and Greatest Visible Results to 12 achievements every, from which the ultimate nominees shall be chosen by your entire membership. . A particular BTL Nominating Committee (FULL DISCLOSURE: I’m a member of CCA and served on the committee) created the shortlists for the 11 below-the-line classes. Write-in votes shall be allowed for movies that weren’t obtainable for viewing previous to November 24, as long as they’re obtainable previous to December 3. Most notably that would come with Avatar: Hearth And Ash which is launching screenings on December 1, and for a choose group of journalists over subsequent weekend. There shall be a particular line on the poll for write in votes.
Sinners with a whopping 13 mentions topped the Critics Selection Awards shortlists and is the one movie to be named on all 11 of the lists, incomes accross the board recognition in each class. Three songs from the movie have been additionally shortlisted for the Greatest Tune class together with “I Lied to You,” “Final Time (I Seen the Solar),” and “Pale, Pale Moon”. F1, Frankenstein, and Depraved: For Good adopted, with every movie being acknowledged in 9 classes whole.
Full nominations for the thirty first Critics Selection Awards shall be introduced at 9:00AM PT on December 5, 2025. The ceremony would be the first of this season’s nationally televised awards exhibits, air on E! and USA Community Sunday January 4, 2026.
31ST ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS BELOW-THE-LINE SHORTLISTS:
BEST CASTING AND ENSEMBLE
Susanne Scheel – A Home of Dynamite (Netflix)
Nina Gold – Hamnet (Focus Options)
Douglas Aibel, Nina Gold – Jay Kelly (Netflix)
Wealthy Delia – The Lengthy Stroll (Lionsgate)
Jennifer Venditti – Marty Supreme (A24)
No Different Selection (Neon)
Cassandra Kulukundis – One Battle After One other (Warner Bros.)
Rebecca Dealy – The Plague (IFC)
Kei Kawamura, Yumi Takada – Rental Household (Searchlight Footage)
Gabriel Domingues – The Secret Agent (Neon)
Francine Maisler – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Tiffany Little Canfield, Bernard Telsey – Depraved: For Good (Common Footage)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Anthony Dod Mantle – 28 Years Later (Sony Footage)
Claudio Miranda – F1 (Apple Authentic Movies/Warner Bros.)
Dan Laustsen – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Łukasz Żal – Hamnet (Focus Options)
Linus Sandgren – Jay Kelly (Netflix)
Darius Khondji – Marty Supreme (A24)
Kim Woo-hyung – No Different Selection (Neon)
David Chambille – Nouvelle Imprecise (Netflix)
Michael Bauman – One Battle After One other (Warner Bros.)
Steven Breckon – The Plague (IFC)
Autumn Durald Arkapaw – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Adolpho Veloso – Prepare Desires (Netflix)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Jeremy Hindle, David Schlesinger – A Home of Dynamite (Netflix)
Ben Munro, Mark Tildesley, Reynan Castro Del Rosario, Andrew McCarthy, Véronique Melery – F1 (Apple Authentic Movies/Warner Bros.)
Kasra Farahani, Jille Azis – The Improbable 4: First Steps (Marvel Studios)
Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton – Hamnet (Focus Options)
Cara Brower, Stella Fox – Hedda (Amazon MGM Studios)
Jack Fisk, Adam Willis – Marty Supreme (A24)
Ryu Seong-hie – No Different Selection (Neon)
Inbal Weinberg, Kendall Anderson – Roofman (Paramount Footage)
Jørgen Stangebye Larsen, Catrine Gormsen – Sentimental Worth (Neon)
Hannah Beachler, Monique Champagne – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales – Depraved: For Good (Common Footage)
BEST EDITING
Kirk Baxter – A Home of Dynamite (Netflix)
Stephen Mirrione – F1 (Apple Authentic Movies/Warner Bros.)
Evan Schiff – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Chloé Zhao, Affonso Gonçalves – Hamnet (Focus Options)
Amir Etminan – It Was Simply an Accident (Neon)
Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme (A24)
Kim Sang-bum, Kim Ho-bin – No Different Selection (Neon)
Andy Jurgensen – One Battle After One other (Warner Bros.)
Viridiana Lieberman – The Excellent Neighbor (Netflix)
Michael P. Shawver – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Bob Ducsay – Wake Up Useless Man: A Knives Out Thriller (Netflix)
Joe Murphy – Weapons (Warner Bros.)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Alexandra Byrne – The Improbable 4: First Steps (Marvel Studios)
Kate Hawley – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Malgosia Turzanska – Hamnet (Focus Options)
Lindsay Pugh – Hedda (Amazon MGM Studios)
Colleen Atwood – Kiss of the Spider Lady (Lionsgate/Roadside Sights)
Miyako Bellizzi – Marty Supreme (A24)
Colleen Atwood – One Battle After One other (Warner Bros.)
Rita Azevedo – The Secret Agent (Neon)
Ruth E. Carter – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Ernesto Martinez – Tune Sung Blue (Focus Options)
Małgorzata Karpiuk – The Testomony of Ann Lee (Searchlight Footage)
Paul Tazewell – Depraved: For Good (Common Footage)
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
28 Years Later (Sony Footage)
Bugonia (Focus Options)
Frankenstein (Netflix)
Hedda – Amazon MGM Studios)
Kiss of the Spider Lady (Lionsgate/Roadside Sights)
Kokuho (Gkids)
Sinners (Warner Bros.)
The Smashing Machine (A24)
Superman (Warner Bros.)
The Ugly Stepsister (IFC)
Weapons (Warner Bros.)
Depraved: For Good (Common Footage)
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
F1 (Apple Authentic Movies/Warner Bros.)
The Improbable 4: First Steps (Marvel Studios)
Frankenstein (Netflix)
Easy methods to Prepare Your Dragon (Common Footage)
Mickey 17 (Warner Bros.)
Mission: Unimaginable – The Last Reckoning (Paramount Footage)
Predator: Badlands (twentieth Century Studios)
Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Sketch (Angel)
Superman (Warner Bros.)
Tron: Ares (Walt Disney Footage)
Depraved: For Good (Common Footage)
BEST STUNT DESIGN
Ballerina (Lionsgate)
F1 (Apple Authentic Movies/Warner Bros.)
Frankenstein (Netflix)
Mission: Unimaginable – The Last Reckoning (Paramount Footage)
One Battle After One other (Warner Bros.)
Predator: Badlands (twentieth Century Studios)
Sinners (Warner Bros.)
The Smashing Machine (A24)
Superman (Warner Bros.)
Thunderbolts* (Marvel Studios)
Warfare (A24)
Depraved: For Good (Common Footage)
BEST SONG
“Clothed by the Solar” – Daniel Blumberg – The Testomony of Ann Lee (Searchlight Footage)
“Pricey Me” – Diane Warren – Diane Warren: Relentless (Greenwich Leisure)
“Drive” – Ed Sheeran, John Mayer, Blake Slatkin – F1 (Apple Authentic Movies/Warner Bros.)
“The Lady within the Bubble” – Stephen Schwartz – Depraved: For Good (Common Footage)
“Golden” – Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, Ido, 24, Teddy – KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
“Highest 2 Lowest” – Howard Drossin, Aiyana-Lee – Highest 2 Lowest (A24/Apple Authentic Movies)
“I Lied to You” – Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
“Final Time (I Seen the Solar)” – Alice Smith, Miles Caton, Ludwig Göransson – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
“Lose My Thoughts” – Don Toliver, Doja Cat, Hans Zimmer, Ryan Tedder, Grant Boutin – F1 (Apple Authentic Movies/Warner Bros.)
“No Place Like Dwelling” – Stephen Schwartz – Depraved: For Good (Common Footage)
“Pale, Pale Moon” – Brittany Howard, Ludwig Göransson – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
“Prepare Desires” – Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner – Prepare Desires (Netflix)
BEST SCORE
Volker Bertelmann – A Home of Dynamite (Netflix)
Jerskin Fendrix – Bugonia (Focus Options)
Hans Zimmer – F1 (Apple Authentic Movies/Warner Bros.)
Alexandre Desplat – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Max Richter – Hamnet (Focus Options)
Hildur Guðnadóttir – Hedda (Amazon MGM Studios)
Daniel Lopatin – Marty Supreme (A24)
Jonny Greenwood – One Battle After One other (Warner Bros.)
Johan Lenox – The Plague (IFC)
Ludwig Göransson – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Kangding Ray – Sirāt (Neon)
9 Inch Nails – Tron: Ares (Walt Disney Footage)
BEST SOUND
A Home of Dynamite (Netflix)
F1 (Apple Authentic Movies/Warner Bros.)
Frankenstein (Netflix)
Hamnet (Focus Options)
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (A24)
The Misplaced Bus (Apple Authentic Movies)
One Battle After One other (Warner Bros.)
Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Sirāt (Neon)
Superman (Warner Bros.)
Warfare (A24)
Depraved: For Good (Common Footage)
