Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture
| Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Motion Picture |
| Location | Los Angeles, California |
| Presented by | Critics Choice Association |
| Established | 1995 |
| First award | Sense and Sensibility |
| Currently held by | One Battle After Another (2025) |
| Website | www.criticschoice.com |
The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture is one of the awards given to people working in the film industry by the Critics Choice Association at the annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards.[1]
Winners and nominees
[edit] indicates the winner
1990s
[edit]2000s
[edit]2010s
[edit]2020s
[edit]| ‡ | Also won the Academy Award for Best Picture |
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Records
[edit]- First Best Picture winner
- Sense and Sensibility (1995)
- Films that won Best Picture at the Critics' Choice Awards and Best Picture at the Academy Awards
- American Beauty (1999)
- Gladiator (2000)
- A Beautiful Mind (2001)
- Chicago (2002)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
- The Departed (2006)
- No Country for Old Men (2007)
- Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
- The Hurt Locker (2009)
- The Artist (2011)
- Argo (2012)
- 12 Years a Slave (2013)
- Spotlight (2015)
- The Shape of Water (2017)
- Nomadland (2020)
- Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
- Oppenheimer (2023)
- Anora (2024)
- One Battle After Another (2025)
- First non-English language film to be nominated for Best Picture
- Life is Beautiful (1997), in Italian
- First non-English language film to win Best Picture
- First film by genre to win Best Picture
- Period, Drama: Sense and Sensibility (1995)
- Comedy, Crime: Fargo (1996)
- Neo-noir, Thriller: L.A. Confidential (1997)
- War, Epic: Saving Private Ryan (1998)
- Adventure: Gladiator (2000)
- Biopic: A Beautiful Mind (2001)
- Musical: Chicago (2002)
- Fantasy: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
- Western, Romance: Brokeback Mountain (2005)
- Silent: The Artist (2011)
- Historical: Argo (2012)
- Coming-of-age: Boyhood (2014)
- Independent, Martial arts, Science-fiction: Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
- Screwball: Anora (2024)
- Action: One Battle After Another (2025)
- First horror film to be nominated for Best Picture
- Black Swan (2010)
- First superhero film to be nominated for Best Picture
- The Dark Knight (2008)
- First animated film to be nominated for Best Picture
- Shrek (2001)
- First 3-D film to be nominated for Best Picture
- First streaming service film to be nominated for Best Picture
- Manchester by the Sea (2016), distributed by Amazon Studios
- First streaming service film to win Best Picture
- Film franchises with multiple Best Picture nominations
- The Middle-earth franchise with 3 nominations for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Avatar franchise with 2 nominations for Avatar and Avatar: The Way of Water
- Dune franchise with 2 nominations for Dune and Dune: Part Two
- Wicked franchise with 2 nominations for Wicked and Wicked: For Good
- Highest-grossing film to win Best Picture
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King with $1,147,997,407
- Highest-grossing film to be nominated for Best Picture
- Avatar with $2,923,710,708
- Lowest-grossing film to be nominated for Best Picture
- Lowest-grossing film to win Best Picture
- The Power of the Dog with $417,022[19][20]
- All non-English language films to be nominated for Best Picture
- Only animated films to be nominated for Best Picture
| Year | Film title | Director(s) | Award recipient(s) | Production Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 (7th) |
Shrek | Andrew Adamson Vicky Jenson |
Jeffrey Katzenberg Aron Warner John H. Williams |
DreamWorks Animation | [21] |
| 2003 (7th) |
Finding Nemo | Andrew Stanton | Graham Walters | Pixar Animation Studios | [21] |
| 2008 (14th) |
WALL-E | Andrew Stanton | Jim Morris | Pixar Animation Studios | [21] |
| 2009 (15th) |
Up | Pete Docter | Jonas Rivera | Pixar Animation Studios | [21] |
| 2010 (16th) |
Toy Story 3 | Lee Unkrich | Darla K. Anderson | Pixar Animation Studios | [21] |
- Films to gross over $1 billion to be nominated for Best Picture
- Best Picture winners with the highest prize wins from the "Big Three" (Cannes, Venice, and Berlin)
- Sense and Sensibility (1995) - Golden Bear
- Brokeback Mountain (2005) - Golden Lion
- The Shape of Water (2017) – Golden Lion
- Roma (2018) - Golden Lion
- Nomadland (2020) – Golden Lion
- Anora (2024) – Palme d'Or
- Palme d'Or winning films to be nominated for Best Picture (Best Picture winners designated with ** two asterisks)
- The Pianist (2002)
- The Tree of Life (2011)
- Parasite (2019)
- Anora (2024) **
- Golden Lion winning films to be nominated for Best Picture (Best Picture winners designated with ** two asterisks)
- Brokeback Mountain (2005) **
- The Wrestler (2008)
- The Shape of Water (2017) **
- Roma (2018) **
- Joker (2019)
- Nomadland (2020) **
- Poor Things (2023)
- Golden Bear winning films to be nominated for Best Picture (Best Picture winners designated with ** two asterisks)
- Sense and Sensibility (1995) **
- The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
- The Thin Red Line (1998)
- Magnolia (1999)
Production companies and distributors with multiple nominations and wins
[edit]Universal Pictures, Warner Bros Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, and Fox Searchlight Pictures have the most wins with 4, while Universal Pictures has the most nominations with 52.
References
[edit]- ↑ Pedersen, Erik (2023-01-16). "'Everything Everywhere All At Once' Takes Best Picture At Critics Choice Awards – Complete Winners List". Deadline. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
- ↑ "Critics' Choice Awards Spread The Gold: 'Social Network', Fincher, Firth, Portman". Deadline Hollywood. January 14, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2011.
- ↑ "'The Artist' Best Pic, George Clooney, Viola Davis Top Actors At Critics Choice Awards". Deadline Hollywood. January 12, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
- ↑ "Critics' Choice Movie Awards: 'Argo' Best Picture, Director; Daniel Day-Lewis, Jessica Chastain Take Acting Honors". Deadline Hollywood. January 10, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2013.
- ↑ "Critics' Choice Movie Awards: '12 Years A Slave' Named Best Picture; 'Gravity' Leads Field With 7 Wins". Deadline Hollywood. January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
- ↑ Pedersen, Erik (January 15, 2015). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'Boyhood' Wins Best Picture; 'Birdman' Leads With 7 Nods". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
- ↑ Hipes, Patrick (January 17, 2016). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'Spotlight' Wins Best Picture; 'Mr. Robot' Best Drama Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
- ↑ Lincoln, Ross A.; Grobar, Matt (December 11, 2016). "2016 Critics' Choice Awards: 'La La Land' Leads With 8 Wins Including Best Picture; Donald Glover Unveils Lando Calrissian 'Stache". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
- ↑ Hayes, Dade; Hipes, Patrick (January 11, 2018). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'The Shape Of Water' Wins Best Picture, 'Big Little Lies' Dominates – Full Winners List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
- ↑ de Moraes, Lisa; Blyth, Antonia; Hipes, Patrick (January 13, 2019). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'Roma' Wins Best Picture To Lead Night; 'The Americans' & 'Mrs. Maisel' Top TV – The Complete Winners List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
- ↑ Ramos, Dino-Ray; Boucher, Geoff (January 12, 2020). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' Wins Best Picture, Netflix And HBO Among Top Honorees – Full Winners List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
- ↑ Ramos, Dino-Ray (March 7, 2021). "Critics Choice Awards: 'Nomadland', 'The Crown' Among Top Honorees – Complete Winners List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
- ↑ Jackson, Angelique; Shanfeld, Ethan (March 13, 2022). "Critics Choice Awards 2022: 'The Power of the Dog,' 'Ted Lasso,' 'Succession' Win Big (Full Winners List)". Variety. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
- ↑ Panaligan, EJ; Earl, William (January 15, 2023). "Critics' Choice Awards 2023 Full Winners List: 'Everything Everywhere All at Once,' 'Abbott Elementary' and 'Better Call Saul' Take Top Honors". Variety. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
- ↑ Shanfeld, Ethan (January 14, 2024). "'Oppenheimer' Leads Critics Choice Awards with 8 wins, 'Barbie' Scores 6 — Full Winners List". Variety. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
- ↑ Evans, Greg (December 12, 2024). "Conclave And Wicked Lead Critics Choice Awards Film Nominations – Full List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
- ↑ Lewis, Hilary (December 5, 2025). "Critics Choice Awards Nominations: 'Sinners' Leads With 17 Nods". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
- ↑ "Mank (2020) – Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
- ↑ "The Power of the Dog". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ↑ "The Power of the Dog (2021) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
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