Deadpool & Wolverine, Thunderbolts, and The Last of Us are having a super good Wednesday.
The pair of Marvel Studios movies lead the film nominations for the fifth annual Critics Choice Super Awards, with six apiece including Best Superhero Movie. That top category is rounded out by Captain America: Brave New World, The People’s Joker, Robot Dreams, and Venom: The Last Dance.
For television, HBO’s zombie apocalypse drama The Last of Us leads the field with six bids, including Best Superhero Series, Limited Series, or Made-for-TV Movie. The other programs competing in that race are Agatha All Along, The Boys, Fallout, The Penguin, and Superman & Lois.
The Critics Choice Super Awards honor films and shows in four separate genres: action, superhero (which includes comic book and video game adaptations), horror, and science fiction/fantasy. While heroes are the stars of the show, there are also two categories for villains. This year’s nominated baddies are: Austin Butler (Dune: Part Two), Emma Corrin (Deadpool & Wolverine), Hugh Grant (Heretic), Jack O’Connell (Sinners), Lewis Pullman (Thunderbolts), and Denzel Washington (Gladiator II) for film; and Vincent D’Onofrio (Daredevil: Born Again), Michael Emerson (Evil), Colin Farrell (The Penguin), Takehiro Hira (Shōgun), Julianne Nicholson (Paradise), and Jesse Plemons (Black Mirror: USS Callister: Into Infinity) for television.
“The Super Awards continue to spotlight the incredible achievements in genre cinema and television. This year’s slate of nominees truly blew us away with their performances and craftsmanship. These selections represent the very best of popular culture, and we can’t wait to see who takes home the honors,” Sean O’Connell, CCA director of the Super Awards, said.
The eligibility period for scripted features and TV series is from Jan. 1, 2024, to July 31, 2025. Content may be delivered to audiences theatrically and/or by broadcast, cable, or online apps and services.
Here are the 2025 Critics Choice Super Awards nominations:
FILM
BEST ACTION MOVIE
Civil War
The Fall Guy
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Monkey Man
Rebel Ridge
Warfare
BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Tom Cruise – Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Taron Egerton – Carry-On
Ryan Gosling – The Fall Guy
Dev Patel – Monkey Man
Aaron Pierre – Rebel Ridge
Jack Quaid – Novocaine
BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Emily Blunt – The Fall Guy
Ana de Armas – From the World of John Wick: Ballerina
Kirsten Dunst – Civil War
Cailee Spaeny – Civil War
June Squibb – Thelma
Anya Taylor-Joy – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
BEST SUPERHERO MOVIE
Captain America: Brave New World
Deadpool & Wolverine
The People’s Joker
Robot Dreams
Thunderbolts
Venom: The Last Dance
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPERHERO MOVIE
David Harbour – Thunderbolts
Tom Hardy – Venom: The Last Dance
Hugh Jackman – Deadpool & Wolverine
Anthony Mackie – Captain America: Brave New World
Lewis Pullman – Thunderbolts
Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool & Wolverine
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPERHERO MOVIE
Emma Corrin – Deadpool & Wolverine
Vera Drew – The People’s Joker
Lady Gaga – Joker: Folie à Deux
Jennifer Garner – Deadpool & Wolverine
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Thunderbolts
Florence Pugh – Thunderbolts
BEST HORROR MOVIE
Bring Her Back
Heretic
Longlegs
Nosferatu
Sinners
The Substance
BEST ACTOR IN A HORROR MOVIE
Nicolas Cage – Longlegs
David Dastmalchian – Late Night With the Devil
Hugh Grant – Heretic
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
Bill Skarsgård – Nosferatu
Justice Smith – I Saw the TV Glow
BEST ACTRESS IN A HORROR MOVIE
Lily-Rose Depp – Nosferatu
Willa Fitzgerald – Strange Darling
Sally Hawkins – Bring Her Back
Demi Moore – The Substance
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Naomi Scott – Smile 2
BEST SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY MOVIE
Alien: Romulus
Companion
Dune: Part Two
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Mickey 17
The Wild Robot
BEST ACTOR IN A SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY MOVIE
Austin Butler – Dune: Part Two
Timothée Chalamet – Dune: Part Two
David Jonsson – Alien: Romulus
Robert Pattinson – Mickey 17
Jack Quaid – Companion
Miles Teller – The Gorge
BEST ACTRESS IN A SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY MOVIE
Naomi Ackie – Mickey 17
Lupita Nyong’o – The Wild Robot
Cailee Spaeny – Alien: Romulus
Sophie Thatcher – Companion
Alicia Vikander – The Assessment
Zendaya – Dune: Part Two
BEST VILLAIN IN A MOVIE
Austin Butler – Dune: Part Two
Emma Corrin – Deadpool & Wolverine
Hugh Grant – Heretic
Jack O’Connell – Sinners
Lewis Pullman – Thunderbolts
Denzel Washington – Gladiator II
TELEVISION
BEST ACTION SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
9-1-1
Black Doves
The Day of the Jackal
The Gentlemen
Reacher
Shōgun
BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
Sterling K. Brown – Paradise
Theo James – The Gentlemen
Eddie Redmayne – The Day of the Jackal
Alan Ritchson – Reacher
Hiroyuki Sanada – Shōgun
Ben Whishaw – Black Doves
BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
Angela Bassett – 9-1-1
Viola Davis – G20
Keira Knightley – Black Doves
Lashana Lynch – The Day of the Jackal
Zoe Saldaña – Lioness
Anna Sawai – Shōgun
BEST SUPERHERO SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
Agatha All Along
The Boys
Fallout
The Last of Us
The Penguin
Superman & Lois
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPERHERO SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
Charlie Cox – Daredevil: Born Again
Colin Farrell – The Penguin
Walton Goggins – Fallout
Tyler Hoechlin – Superman & Lois
Pedro Pascal – The Last of Us
Antony Starr – The Boys
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPERHERO SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
Danai Gurira – The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
Kathryn Hahn – Agatha All Along
Cristin Milioti – The Penguin
Erin Moriarty – The Boys
Ella Purnell – Fallout
Bella Ramsey – The Last of Us
BEST HORROR SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire
Evil
From
The Last of Us
True Detective: Night Country
What We Do in the Shadows
BEST ACTOR IN A HORROR SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
Kevin Bacon – The Bondsman
Matt Berry – What We Do in the Shadows
Mike Colter – Evil
Michael Emerson – Evil
Pedro Pascal – The Last of Us
Harold Perrineau – From
BEST ACTRESS IN A HORROR SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
Natasia Demetriou – What We Do in the Shadows
Jodie Foster – True Detective: Night Country
Katja Herbers – Evil
Melanie Lynskey – Yellowjackets
Niecy Nash-Betts – Grotesquerie
Bella Ramsey – The Last of Us
BEST SCIENCE FICTION / FANTASY SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
Andor
Black Mirror
Doctor Who
Dune: Prophecy
Fantasmas
Severance
BEST ACTOR IN A SCIENCE FICTION / FANTASY SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
Ncuti Gatwa – Doctor Who
Walton Goggins – Fallout
Diego Luna – Andor
Adam Scott – Severance
Tramell Tillman – Severance
Julio Torres – Fantasmas
BEST ACTRESS IN A SCIENCE FICTION / FANTASY SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
Adria Arjona – Andor
Caitriona Balfe – Outlander
Kathryn Hahn – Agatha All Along
Britt Lower – Severance
Cristin Milioti – Black Mirror: USS Callister: Into Infinity
Michelle Yeoh – Star Trek: Section 31
BEST VILLAIN IN A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
Vincent D’Onofrio – Daredevil: Born Again
Michael Emerson – Evil
Colin Farrell – The Penguin
Takehiro Hira – Shōgun
Julianne Nicholson – Paradise
Jesse Plemons – Black Mirror: USS Callister: Into Infinity
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