25th Critics' Choice Awards


The 25th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 12, 2020 at the Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport, together with its television awards, honoring the finest achievements of 2019 filmmaking. The ceremony was broadcast on The CW and Taye Diggs returned to host for the second consecutive time. The nominations were announced on December 8, 2019.

Winners and nominees


  • Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
  • * 1917
  • * Ford v Ferrari
  • * The Irishman
  • * Jojo Rabbit
  • * Joker
  • * Little Women
  • * Marriage Story
  • * Parasite
  • * Uncut Gems
  • Bong Joon-ho – Parasite
  • Sam Mendes – 1917
  • * Noah Baumbach – Marriage Story
  • * Greta Gerwig – Little Women
  • * Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie – Uncut Gems
  • * Martin Scorsese – The Irishman
  • * Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
  • Joaquin Phoenix – Joker as Arthur Fleck / Joker
  • * Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory as Salvador Mallo
  • * Robert De Niro – The Irishman as Frank Sheeran
  • * Leonardo DiCaprio – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Rick Dalton
  • * Adam Driver – Marriage Story as Charlie Barber
  • * Eddie Murphy – Dolemite Is My Name as Rudy Ray Moore
  • * Adam Sandler – Uncut Gems as Howard Ratner
  • Renée Zellweger – Judy as Judy Garland
  • * Awkwafina – The Farewell as Billi Wang
  • * Cynthia Erivo – Harriet as Harriet Tubman
  • * Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story as Nicole Barber
  • * Lupita Nyong'o – Us as Adelaide Wilson / Red
  • * Saoirse Ronan – Little Women as Josephine "Jo" March
  • * Charlize Theron – Bombshell as Megyn Kelly
  • Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Cliff Booth
  • * Willem Dafoe – The Lighthouse as Thomas Wake
  • * Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood as Fred Rogers
  • * Anthony Hopkins – The Two Popes as Pope Benedict XVI
  • * Al Pacino – The Irishman as Jimmy Hoffa
  • * Joe Pesci – The Irishman as Russell Bufalino
  • Laura Dern – Marriage Story as Nora Fanshaw
  • * Scarlett Johansson – Jojo Rabbit as Rosie Betzler
  • * Jennifer Lopez – Hustlers as Ramona Vega
  • * Florence Pugh – Little Women as Amy March
  • * Margot Robbie – Bombshell as Kayla Pospisil
  • * Zhao Shu-zhen – The Farewell as Nai Nai
  • Roman Griffin Davis – Jojo Rabbit as Johannes "Jojo" Betzler
  • * Julia Butters – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Trudi Fraser
  • * Shahadi Wright Joseph – Us as Zora Wilson / Umbrae
  • * Noah Jupe – Honey Boy as Otis Lort
  • * Thomasin McKenzie – Jojo Rabbit as Elsa Korr
  • * Archie Yates – Jojo Rabbit as Yorki
  • The Irishman
  • * Bombshell
  • * Knives Out
  • * Little Women
  • * Marriage Story
  • * Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
  • * Parasite
  • Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
  • * Noah Baumbach – Marriage Story
  • * Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won – Parasite
  • * Rian Johnson – Knives Out
  • * Lulu Wang – The Farewell
  • Greta Gerwig – Little Women
  • * Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
  • * Anthony McCarten – The Two Popes
  • * Todd Phillips and Scott Silver – Joker
  • * Taika Waititi – Jojo Rabbit
  • * Steven Zaillian – The Irishman
  • Roger Deakins – 1917
  • * Jarin Blaschke – The Lighthouse
  • * Phedon Papamichael – Ford v Ferrari
  • * Rodrigo Prieto – The Irishman
  • * Robert Richardson – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
  • * Lawrence Sher – Joker
  • Lee Smith – 1917
  • * Ronald Bronstein and Benny Safdie – Uncut Gems
  • * Andrew Buckland and Michael McCusker – Ford v Ferrari
  • * Yang Jin-mo – Parasite
  • * Fred Raskin – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
  • * Thelma Schoonmaker – The Irishman
  • Ruth E. Carter – Dolemite Is My Name
  • * Julian Day – Rocketman
  • * Jacqueline Durran – Little Women
  • * Arianne Phillips – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
  • * Sandy Powell and Christopher Peterson – The Irishman
  • * Anna Robbins – Downton Abbey
  • Barbara Ling and Nancy Haigh – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
  • * Mark Friedberg and Kris Moran – Joker
  • * Dennis Gassner and Lee Sandales – 1917
  • * Jess Gonchor and Claire Kaufman – Little Women
  • * Lee Ha-jun – Parasite
  • * Bob Shaw and Regina Graves – The Irishman
  • * Donal Woods and Gina Cromwell – Downton Abbey
  • Bombshell
  • * Dolemite Is My Name
  • * The Irishman
  • * Joker
  • * Judy
  • * Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
  • * Rocketman
  • * 1917
  • * Ad Astra
  • * The Aeronauts
  • * Ford v Ferrari
  • * The Irishman
  • * The Lion King
  • Toy Story 4
  • * Abominable
  • * Frozen II
  • * '
  • * I Lost My Body
  • * Missing Link
  • * 1917
  • * Ford v Ferrari
  • * '
  • * '
  • Dolemite Is My Name
  • * Booksmart
  • * The Farewell
  • * Jojo Rabbit
  • * Knives Out
  • Us
  • * Ad Astra
  • * '
  • * Midsommar
  • Hildur Guðnadóttir – Joker
  • * Michael Abels – Us
  • * Alexandre Desplat – Little Women
  • * Randy Newman – Marriage Story
  • * Thomas Newman – 1917
  • * Robbie Robertson – The Irishman
  • "Glasgow " – Wild Rose
  • " Love Me Again" – Rocketman
  • * "I'm Standing With You" – Breakthrough
  • * "Into the Unknown" – Frozen II
  • * "Speechless" – Aladdin
  • * "Spirit" – The Lion King
  • * "Stand Up" – Harriet
  • Parasite • South Korea
  • * Atlantics • Senegal
  • * Les Misérables • France
  • * Pain and Glory • Spain
  • * Portrait of a Lady on Fire • France

    • #SeeHer Award

  • Kristen Bell

    Lifetime Achievement Award

  • Eddie Murphy

    Films by multiple nominations and wins

    • The following twenty-seven films received multiple nominations:
    NominationsFilm
    14
    		The Irishman
    12
    		Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
    9
    		Little Women
    81917
    8Marriage Story
    7Jojo Rabbit
    7Joker
    7Parasite
    5
    		Ford v Ferrari
    4Bombshell
    4Dolemite Is My Name
    4The Farewell
    4Uncut Gems
    4Us
    3'
    3Knives Out
    3Rocketman
    2Ad Astra
    2A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
    2Downton Abbey
    2Frozen II
    2Harriet
    2Judy
    2The Lighthouse
    2The Lion King
    2Pain and Glory
    2The Two Popes

    The following six films received multiple awards:
    WinsFilm
    4Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
    3
    		1917
    2'
    2Dolemite Is My Name
    2Joker
    2Parasite