2022 Critics’ Choice Movie Awards Nominees (Full List)

Well, here we are at the second half of this packed awards nomination day, with a brand-new full list of film nominations for the movie portion of the Critics’ Choice Awards in 2022! As previously noted in the Golden Globes piece, this set of nominations/winners has a bit more bearing on where AMPAS is headed as we move steadily towards the Oscar nominations on February 8, so there’s a lot riding on these. Typically, the Critics’ Choice Association (CCA) and the Academy have quite a bit of crossover in the nominations (though winners have varied from time to time, especially in Best Picture).
 
There are some late-breakers still rising through the ranks – Mike Faist in West Side Story still has a significant shot at a nomination from AMPAS, even if he didn’t land here – but it is nice to see such showcases as Nicolas Cage in Pig and Troy Kotsur in CODA reaffirm that they are not to be counted out. There are a million different digressions which I could employ here to discuss how these picks affects the Oscar nominations beyond just those three, but let’s not now waste anymore time in revealing what’s hot in the competition. Here are your nominees for the 27th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards!

​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 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
• Rite Moreno, West Side Story

 
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 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 Original Screenplay:

• Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
• Zach Baylin, King Richard
• Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
• Adam McKay and 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, and Eric Roth, Dune

 
Best Cinematography:

• Bruno Delbonnel, The Tragedy of Macbeth
• Greig Fraser, Dune
• Janusz Kaminski, West Side Story
• Dan Lausten, Nightmare Alley
• Ari Wegner, The Power of the Dog
• Haris Zambarloukos, Belfast

 
Best Production Design:

• Jim Clay and Claire Nia Richards, Belfast
• Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau, Nightmare Alley
• Adam Stockhausen and Rena DeAngelo, The French Dispatch
• Adam Stockhausen and Rena DeAngelo, West Side Story
• Patrice Vermette and Zsuzsanna Sipos, Dune

 
Best 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 Costume Design:

• Jenny Beavan, Cruella
• Luis Sequeira, Nightmare Alley
• Paul Tazewell, West Side Story
• Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan, Dune
• Janty Yates, House of Gucci

 
Best Hair and Makeup:

• Cruella
• Dune
• The Eyes of Tammy Faye
• House of Gucci
• Nightmare Alley

 
Best Visual Effects:

• Dune
• The Matrix Resurrections
• Nightmare Alley
• No Time to Die
• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

 
Best Comedy:

• Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
• Don’t Look Up
• Free Guy
• The French Dispatch
• Licorice Pizza

 
Best Animated Feature:

• Encanto
• Flee
• Luca
• The Mitchells vs. the Machines
• Raya and the Last Dragon

 
Best Foreign Language Film:

• A Hero (Iran)
• Drive My Car (Japan)
• Flee (Denmark)
• The Hand of God (Italy)
• The Worst Person in the World (Norway)

 
Best 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

And those are your nominees for the 27th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards! Any nominees you’re surprised to see? Any that you’re disappointed didn’t make it? What sort of bearing do you think these selections will have on the Oscar nominations? Let me know in the comments section below, and thanks for reading!
 
- The Friendly Film Fan