31st Critics' Choice Awards

31st Critics' Choice Awards
Official poster
DateJanuary 4, 2026 (2026-01-04)
SiteBarker Hangar, Santa Monica, California, United States
Hosted byChelsea Handler
Highlights
Most winsFilm: Frankenstein / Sinners (4)
Television: Adolescence (4)
Most nominationsFilm: Sinners (17)
Television: Adolescence (6)
Best PictureOne Battle After Another
Best Comedy SeriesThe Studio
Best Drama SeriesThe Pitt
Best Limited SeriesAdolescence
Websitewww.criticschoice.com
Television/radio coverage
NetworkE! / USA Network
Viewership730,000

The 31st Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 4, 2026, at the Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport in Santa Monica, California, honoring the finest achievements of filmmaking and television programming in 2025. The ceremony was broadcast on E! and USA Network, and was hosted by comedian Chelsea Handler for the fourth consecutive year.

Nominations for both the film and television categories were announced on cable's E! and USA Network's channels. Additionally, the announcement of the nominations were streamed on criticschoice.com, as well as the CCA, E!, E! Online and the USA Network's YouTube channels; the nominations were also revealed on the CCA's social media channels. The livestream was hosted by television personalities Keltie Knight and Erin Lim Rhodes.

Ryan Coogler's period supernatural horror film Sinners led the film nominations with seventeen, followed by Paul Thomas Anderson's action thriller One Battle After Another with fourteen. For the television categories, the Netflix limited series Adolescence led the nominations with six, followed by the romantic comedy series Nobody Wants This with five.