Critics Choice Awards 2022: List Of All The Winners And Nominees

The Power of The Dog and Will Smith claim the top awards
The Power of The Dog and Will Smith claim the top awards

The 27th Annual Critics Choice Awards happened on Sunday with many notable names in attendance. Taye Diggs and Nicole Byer turned the hosts for the evening as the best of films and TV were announced. The Power Of The Dog continued its winning streak here at Critics Awards as it bagged a total of four awards.

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In the films categories, Belfast and West Side Story were at the top of the list for maximum nominations. Both the film’s bagged 11 nominations each, however, towards the end of the awards ceremony, The Power Of The Dog emerged as the clear winner. Jane Campion’s film is dominating the awards season this year with a clear vision for Academy Awards where they’ve earned 12 nominations.

Denis Villeneuve’s Dune and Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast closely followed behind nabbing three awards each. Moreover, Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story claimed two awards for this season. In the acting arena, Will Smith claimed the top award for the evening for the film King Richard.

List Of The Winners At The Critics Choice Awards, 2022

Will Smith accepts his award at the ceremony
Will Smith accepts his award at the ceremony

Best Picture

Belfast

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CODA

Don’t Look Up

Dune

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King Richard

Licorice Pizza

Nightmare Alley

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Tick, Tick… Boom!

West Side Story

The Power Of The Dog (Winner)

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Best Actor

Nicolas Cage – Pig

Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog

Peter Dinklage – Cyrano

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Andrew Garfield – Tick, Tick… Boom!

Denzel Washington – The Tragedy Of Macbeth

Will Smith – King Richard (Winner)

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Best Actress

Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter

Lady Gaga – House of Gucci

Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza

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Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos

Kristen Stewart – Spencer

Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye (Winner)

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Best Supporting Actor

Jamie Dornan – Belfast

Ciarán Hinds – Belfast

Troy Kotsur – CODA (Winner)

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Jared Leto – House of Gucci

J.K. Simmons – Being the Ricardos

Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog

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Best Supporting Actress

Caitríona Balfe – Belfast

Ariana DeBose – West Side Story (Winner)

Ann Dowd – Mass

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Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog

Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard

Rita Moreno – West Side Story

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Best Young Actor/Actress

Jude Hill – Belfast (Winner)

Cooper Hoffman – Licorice Pizza

Emilia Jones – CODA

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Woody Norman – C’mon C’mon

Saniyya Sidney – King Richard

Rachel Zegler – West Side Story

Best Acting Ensemble

Belfast (Winner)

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 (Winner)

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 (Winner)

Adam McKay – David Sirota, Don’t Look Up

Aaron Sorkin – Being the Ricardos

Best Adapted Screenplay

Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog (Winner)

Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter

Siân Heder – CODA

Tony Kushner – West Side Story

Jon Spaihts – Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth, Dune

Best Cinematography

Bruno Delbonnel – The Tragedy of Macbeth

Greig Fraser – Dune

Janusz Kaminski – West Side Story

Dan Laustsen – Nightmare Alley

Haris – Belfast

Ari Wegner – The Power of the Dog (Winner)

The television arena witnessed the domination of Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso. The show claimed awards for all four categories in which it was nominated. Following it, HBO’s show Succession bagged a total of three awards including that for Best Drama Series. Moreover, Netflix’s Squid Game made a surprise entry as the lead Lee Jung-Jae was awarded Best Actor in a Drama Series.

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