The awards, which celebrate the best in cinema and television each year, took place at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.
Chelsea Handler oversaw the night’s proceedings as host for the awards, which are voted on by the Critics Choice Association.
The big winner of the evening was actor Brendan Fraser, who has been lauded for his role in The Whale, and the star gave an emotional speech after being named Best Actor for his portrayal in the Darren Aronofsky-directed drama.
Fraser, who plays a 600-pound gay, reclusive man in the movie, told the audience through tears: “If you’re like Charlie, who I played in this movie, in any way, struggle with obesity, or you just feel like you’re in a dark sea—I want you to know that if you can just get to your feet and go to the light, good things will happen.”
Other notable winners included Everything Everywhere All At Once, which took home Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Ke Huy Quan, Best Director for Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheiner, Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing, and Cate Blanchett, who was awarded Best Actress for her role in Tár.
Better Call Saul, which was snubbed at the 2023 Golden Globes, dominated the television categories, winning Best Drama Series, Best Actor in a Drama Series for Bob Odenkirk, and Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Giancarlo Esposito.
Jennifer Coolidge continued her winning streak for her role as Tanya McQuoid in The White Lotus, taking home another gong for Best Supporting Actress In A Drama Series, while Amanda Seyfried also won yet another Best Actress award for her portrayal of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes in The Dropout.
Meanwhile, on the comedy side of things, Quinta Brunson’s Abbott Elementary was the show to beat, taking home Best Comedy Series and Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Sheryl Lee Ralph.
Newsweek has everything you need to know about who took home a trophy at the 2023 Critics Choice Awards.
Critics Choice 2023 Film Winners
Best Picture
Avatar: The Way of WaterBabylonThe Banshees of InisherinElvisEverything Everywhere All at Once: WINNERThe FabelmansGlass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryRRRTárTop Gun: MaverickWomen Talking
Best Actor
Austin Butler, ElvisTom Cruise, Top Gun: MaverickColin Farrell, The Banshees of InisherinBrendan Fraser, The Whale: WINNERPaul Mescal, AftersunBill Nighy, Living
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, Tár: WINNERViola Davis, The Woman KingDanielle Deadwyler, TillMargot Robbie, BabylonMichelle Williams, The FabelmansMichelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Supporting Actor
Paul Dano, The FabelmansBrendan Gleeson, The Banshees of InisherinJudd Hirsch, The FabelmansBarry Keoghan, The Banshees of InisherinKe Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once: WINNERBrian Tyree Henry, Causeway
Best Supporting Actress
Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever: WINNERJessie Buckley, Women TalkingKerry Condon, The Banshees of InisherinJamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at OnceStephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at OnceJanelle Monáe, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Best Young Actor/Actress
Frankie Corio, AftersunJalyn Hall, TillGabriel LaBelle, The Fabelmans: WINNERBella Ramsey, Catherine Called BirdyBanks Repeta, Armageddon TimeSadie Sink, The Whale
Best Acting Ensemble
The Banshees of InisherinEverything Everywhere All at OnceThe FabelmansGlass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery: WINNERThe Woman KingWomen Talking
Best Director
James Cameron, Avatar: The Way of WaterDamien Chazelle, BabylonTodd Field, TárBaz Luhrmann, ElvisDaniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once: WINNERMartin McDonagh, The Banshees of InisherinSarah Polley, Women TalkingGina Prince-Bythewood, The Woman KingS. S. Rajamouli, RRRSteven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
Best Original Screenplay
Todd Field, TárDaniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once: WINNERMartin McDonagh, The Banshees of InisherinSteven Spielberg, Tony Kushner, The FabelmansCharlotte Wells, Aftersun
Best Adapted Screenplay
Samuel D. Hunter, The WhaleKazuo Ishiguro, LivingRian Johnson, Glass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryRebecca Lenkiewicz, She SaidSarah Polley, Women Talking: WINNER
Best Cinematography
Russell Carpenter, Avatar: The Way of WaterRoger Deakins, Empire of LightFlorian Hoffmeister, TárJanusz Kaminski, The FabelmansClaudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick: WINNERLinus Sandgren, Babylon
Best Production Design
Hannah Beachler, Lisa K. Sessions, Black Panther: Wakanda ForeverRick Carter, Karen O’Hara, The FabelmansDylan Cole, Ben Procter, Vanessa Cole, Avatar: The Way of WaterJason Kisvarday, Kelsi Ephraim, Everything Everywhere All at OnceCatherine Martin, Karen Murphy, Bev Dunn, ElvisFlorencia Martin, Anthony Carlino, Babylon: WINNER
Best Editing
Tom Cross, BabylonEddie Hamilton, Top Gun: MaverickStephen Rivkin, David Brenner, John Refoua, James Cameron, Avatar: The Way of WaterPaul Rogers, Everything Everywhere All at Once: WINNERMatt Villa, Jonathan Redmond, ElvisMonika Willi, Tár
Best Costume Design
Ruth E. Carter, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever: WINNERJenny Eagan, Glass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryShirley Kurata, Everything Everywhere All at OnceCatherine Martin, ElvisGersha Phillips, The Woman KingMary Zophres, Babylon
Best Hair and Makeup
BabylonThe BatmanBlack Panther: Wakanda ForeverElvis: WINNEREverything Everywhere All at OnceThe Whale
Best Visual Effects
Avatar: The Way of Water: WINNERThe BatmanBlack Panther: Wakanda ForeverEverything Everywhere All at OnceRRRTop Gun: Maverick
Best Comedy
The Banshees of InisherinBrosEverything Everywhere All at OnceGlass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery: WINNERTriangle of SadnessThe Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Best Animated Film
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: WINNERMarcel the Shell with Shoes OnPuss in Boots: The Last WishTurning RedWendell & Wild
Best Foreign Language Film
All Quiet on the Western FrontArgentina, 1985Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of TruthsCloseDecision to LeaveRRR: WINNER
Best Song
“Carolina,” Where the Crawdads Sing"Ciao Papa," Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio"Hold My Hand," Top Gun: Maverick"Lift Me Up," Black Panther: Wakanda Forever"Naatu Naatu," RRR: WINNER"New Body Rhumba," White Noise
Best Score
Alexandre Desplat, Guillermo del Toro’s PinocchioMichael Giacchino, The BatmanHildur Guðnadóttir, Tár: WINNERHildur Guðnadóttir, Women TalkingJustin Hurwitz, BabylonJohn Williams, The Fabelmans
Critics Choice 2023 TV Winners
Best Drama Series
Andor (Disney+)Bad Sisters (Apple TV+)Better Call Saul (AMC): WINNERThe Crown (Netflix)Euphoria (HBO)The Good Fight (Paramount+)House of the Dragon (HBO)Severance (Apple TV+)Yellowstone (Paramount Network)
Best Actor in a Drama Series
Jeff Bridges – The Old Man (FX)Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us (NBC)Diego Luna – Andor (Disney+)Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul (AMC): WINNERAdam Scott – Severance (Apple TV+)Antony Starr – The Boys (Prime Video)
Best Actress In A Drama Series
Christine Baranski – The Good Fight (Paramount+)Sharon Horgan – Bad Sisters (Apple TV+)Laura Linney – Ozark (Netflix)Mandy Moore – This Is Us (NBC)Kelly Reilly – Yellowstone (Paramount Network)Zendaya – Euphoria (HBO): WINNER
Best Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
Andre Braugher – The Good Fight (Paramount+)Ismael Cruz Córdova – The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Prime Video)Michael Emerson – Evil (Paramount+)Giancarlo Esposito – Better Call Saul (AMC): WINNERJohn Lithgow – The Old Man (FX)Matt Smith – House of the Dragon (HBO)
Best Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
Milly Alcock – House of the Dragon (HBO)Carol Burnett – Better Call Saul (AMC)Jennifer Coolidge – The White Lotus (HBO): WINNERJulia Garner – Ozark (Netflix)Audra McDonald – The Good Fight (Paramount+)Rhea Seehorn – Better Call Saul (AMC)
Best Comedy Series
Abbott Elementary (ABC): WINNERBarry (HBO)The Bear (FX)Better Things (FX)Ghosts (CBS)Hacks (HBO Max)Reboot (Hulu)Reservation Dogs (FX)
Best Actor In A Comedy Series
Matt Berry – What We Do in the Shadows (FX)Bill Hader – Barry (HBO)Keegan-Michael Key – Reboot (Hulu)Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)Jeremy Allen White – The Bear (FX): WINNERD’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai – Reservation Dogs (FX)
Best Actress In A Comedy Series
Christina Applegate – Dead to Me (Netflix)Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary (ABC)Kaley Cuoco – The Flight Attendant (HBO Max)Renée Elise Goldsberry – Girls5eva (Peacock)Devery Jacobs – Reservation Dogs (FX)Jean Smart – Hacks (HBO Max): WINNER
Best Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Brandon Scott Jones – Ghosts (CBS)Leslie Jordan – Call Me Kat (Fox)James Marsden – Dead to Me (Netflix)Chris Perfetti – Abbott Elementary (ABC)Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary (ABC)Henry Winkler – Barry (HBO): WINNER
Best Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
Paulina Alexis – Reservation Dogs (FX)Ayo Edebiri – The Bear (FX)Marcia Gay Harden – Uncoupled (Netflix)Janelle James – Abbott Elementary (ABC)Annie Potts – Young Sheldon (CBS)Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary (ABC): WINNER
Best Limited Series
The Dropout (Hulu): WINNERGaslit (Starz)The Girl from Plainville (Hulu)The Offer (Paramount+)Pam & Tommy (Hulu)Station Eleven (HBO Max)This Is Going to Hurt (AMC+)Under the Banner of Heaven (FX)
Best Movie Made For Television
Fresh (Hulu)Prey (Hulu)Ray Donovan: The Movie (Showtime)The Survivor (HBO)Three Months (Paramount+)Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (The Roku Channel): WINNER
Best Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie Made For Television
Ben Foster – The Survivor (HBO)Andrew Garfield – Under the Banner of Heaven (FX)Samuel L. Jackson – The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (Apple TV+)Daniel Radcliffe – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (The Roku Channel): WINNERSebastian Stan – Pam & Tommy (Hulu)Ben Whishaw – This is Going to Hurt (AMC+)
Best Actress In A Limited Series Or Movie Made For Television
Julia Garner – Inventing Anna (Netflix)Lily James – Pam & Tommy (Hulu)Amber Midthunder – Prey (Hulu)Julia Roberts – Gaslit (Starz)Michelle Pfeiffer – The First Lady (Showtime)Amanda Seyfried – The Dropout (Hulu): WINNER
Best Supporting Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie Made For Television
Murray Bartlett – Welcome to Chippendales (Hulu)Domhnall Gleeson – The Patient (FX)Matthew Goode – The Offer (Paramount+)Paul Walter Hauser – Black Bird (Apple TV+): WINNERRay Liotta – Black Bird (Apple TV+)Shea Whigham – Gaslit (Starz)
Best Supporting Actress In A Limited Series Or Movie Made For Television
Claire Danes – Fleishman Is in Trouble (FX)Dominique Fishback – The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (Apple TV+)Betty Gilpin – Gaslit (Starz)Melanie Lynskey – Candy (Hulu)Niecy Nash-Betts – Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (Netflix): WINNERJuno Temple – The Offer (Paramount+)
Best Foreign Language Series
1899 (Netflix)Borgen (Netflix)Extraordinary Attorney Woo (Netflix)Garcia! (HBO Max)The Kingdom Exodus (MUBI)Kleo (Netflix)My Brilliant Friend (HBO)Pachinko (Apple TV+): WINNERTehran (Apple TV+)
Best Animated Series
Bluey (Disney+)Bob’s Burgers (Fox)Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal (Adult Swim)Harley Quinn (HBO Max): WINNERStar Trek: Lower Decks (Paramount+)Undone (Prime Video)
Best Talk Show
The Amber Ruffin Show (Peacock)Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS)The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBC)Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO): WINNERLate Night with Seth Meyers (NBC)Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Bravo)
Best Comedy Special
Fortune Feimster: Good Fortune (Netflix)Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel (HBO)Joel Kim Booster: Psychosexual (Netflix)Nikki Glaser: Good Clean Filth (HBO)Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special (Netflix): WINNERWould It Kill You to Laugh? Starring Kate Berlant & John Early (Peacock)
