Every major winner from the 2024 Critics' Choice Awards

The 2024 Critics' Choice Movie Awards took place on Sunday evening and Oppenheimer emerged as the hit of the ceremony.

Each year, the American-Canadian Critics Choice Association decides on the nominations and, ultimately, the winners.

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The ceremony is designed to celebrate the best of film and TV over a range of disciplines from the previous year.

On the movie side of things, Oppenheimer was the big winner, taking home major awards including - Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Robert Downey Jr.), Best Director (Christopher Nolan) and Best Cast Ensemble.

Surprisingly, Cillian Murphy did not claim the win for Best Actor as that honour went to Paul Giamatti for his performance in The Holdovers.

Look at the complete list of winners below:

BEST PICTURE

American Fiction
Barbie
The Color Purple
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer (WINNER)
Past Lives
Poor Things
Saltburn

BEST DIRECTOR

Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer (WINNER)
Alexander Payne – The Holdovers
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon

BEST ACTOR

Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon
Colman Domingo – Rustin
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers (WINNER)
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

BEST ACTRESS

Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Margot Robbie – Barbie
Emma Stone – Poor Things (WINNER)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Sterling K. Brown – American Fiction
Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer (WINNER)
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Charles Melton – May December
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
America Ferrera – Barbie
Jodie Foster – Nyad
Julianne Moore – May December
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers (WINNER)

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS

Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Ariana Greenblatt – Barbie
Calah Lane – Wonka
Milo Machado Graner – Anatomy of a Fall
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers (WINNER)
Madeleine Yuna Voyles – The Creator

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

Air
Barbie
The Color Purple
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer (WINNER)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Samy Burch – May December
Alex Convery – Air
Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer – Maestro
Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach – Barbie (WINNER)
David Hemingson – The Holdovers
Celine Song – Past Lives

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Kelly Fremon Craig – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Andrew Haigh – All of Us Strangers
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction (WINNER)
Tony McNamara – Poor Things
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Eric Roth & Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Matthew Libatique – Maestro
Rodrigo Prieto – Barbie
Rodrigo Prieto – Killers of the Flower Moon
Robbie Ryan – Poor Things
Linus Sandgren – Saltburn
Hoyte van Hoytema – Oppenheimer (WINNER)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Suzie Davies, Charlotte Dirickx – Saltburn
Ruth De Jong, Claire Kaufman – Oppenheimer
Jack Fisk, Adam Willis – Killers of the Flower Moon
Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer – Barbie (WINNER)
James Price, Shona Heath, Szusza Mihalek – Poor Things
Adam Stockhausen, Kris Moran – Asteroid City

BEST EDITING

William Goldenberg – Air
Nick Houy – Barbie
Jennifer Lame – Oppenheimer (WINNER)
Yorgos Mavropsaridis – Poor Things
Thelma Schoonmaker – Killers of the Flower Moon
Michelle Tesoro – Maestro

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Jacqueline Durran – Barbie (WINNER)
Lindy Hemming – Wonka
Francine Jamison-Tanchuck – The Color Purple
Holly Waddington – Poor Things
Jacqueline West – Killers of the Flower Moon
Janty Yates, David Crossman – Napoleon

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP

Barbie (WINNER)
The Color Purple
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Priscilla

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

The Creator
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Oppenheimer (WINNER)
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

BEST COMEDY

American Fiction
Barbie (WINNER)
Bottoms
The Holdovers
No Hard Feelings
Poor Things

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Nimona
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (WINNER)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Wish

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Anatomy of a Fall (WINNER)
Godzilla Minus One
Perfect Days
Society of the Snow
The Taste of Things
The Zone of Interest

BEST SONG

“Dance the Night” – Barbie
“I’m Just Ken” – Barbie (WINNER)
“Peaches” – The Super Mario Bros. Movie
“Road to Freedom” – Rustin
“This Wish” – Wish
“What Was I Made For” – Barbie

BEST SCORE

Jerskin Fendrix – Poor Things
Michael Giacchino – Society of the Snow
Ludwig Göransson – Oppenheimer (WINNER)
Daniel Pemberton – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Robbie Robertson – Killers of the Flower Moon
Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt – Barbie