The 31st Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 4, 2026, at the Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport in Santa Monica, California, honoring the finest achievements of filmmaking and television programming in 2025. The ceremony was broadcast on E! and USA Network, and was hosted by comedian Chelsea Handler for the fourth consecutive year.
Nominations for both the film and television categories were announced on cable's E! and USA Network's channels. Additionally, the announcement of the nominations were streamed on criticschoice.com, as well as the CCA, E!, E! Online and the USA Network's YouTube channels; the nominations were also revealed on the CCA's social media channels. The livestream was hosted by television personalities Keltie Knight and Erin Lim Rhodes.
Ryan Coogler's period supernatural horror film Sinners led the film nominations with seventeen, followed by Paul Thomas Anderson's action thriller One Battle After Another with fourteen. For the television categories, the Netflix limited series Adolescence led the nominations with six, followed by the romantic comedy series Nobody Wants This with five.
For the first time, shortlists for eleven "below-the-line" categories were unveiled in November 2025. Sinners received the most mentions with thirteen, being the only film to be named on all eleven of the lists and earning across-the-board recognition in every category. Additionally, four new categories were introduced: three for film (Best Casting and Ensemble, Best Sound, and Best Stunt Design) and one for television (Best Variety Series).
Preceding the ceremony, the red carpet special LIVE from E!: Critics Choice Awards aired live from 2:00âÂÂ4:00 p.m. PT/5:00âÂÂ7:00 p.m. ET on both E! and USA Network. The special was hosted by Keltie Knight and Justin Sylvester, along with Will Marfuggi and Erin Lim Rhodes. Throughout the ceremony, Real Time Recap (a live format that activated on the E! Entertainment Instagram during the commercial breaks) delivered exclusive and instant content as they unfolded.
The following twenty films received multiple nominations:
The following twenty-eight series received multiple nominations:
The following five films received multiple awards:
The following three series received multiple awards: