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Critics’ Choice Awards 2016: Complete list of winners (and losers)

Published Jan 18th, 2016 10:00AM EST
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Awards season is in full swing and while interest in awards shows seems to come and go in the blink of an eye these days, it’s still fairly high the morning after big awards shows take place. The best part of awards shows are generally the surprises, though we didn’t see very much that surprised us during the 2016 Golden Globe awards last weekend. This past weekend, however, there were a few more twists and turns in the annual Critics’ Choice Awards, which are also far more extensive than the Golden Globes.

Fan favorite Amy Schumer is apparently also a favorite of the critics, as she walked away with the MVP award in addition to the award for Best Actress in a Comedy, where she edged out big names including Jennifer Lawrence, Tina Fey, Melissa McCarthy and Lily Tomlin. Mad Max: Fury Road was the winningest film with nine total awards, though it lost Best Picture to biographical drama Spotlight.

The complete list of winners (and losers) follows below.

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MOVIE CATEGORIES

BEST PICTURE The Big Short Bridge of Spies Brooklyn Carol Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Room Sicario Spotlight Star Wars: The Force Awakens

BEST ACTOR Bryan Cranston – Trumbo Matt Damon – The Martian Johnny Depp – Black Mass Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl

BEST ACTRESS Cate Blanchett – Carol Brie Larson – Room Jennifer Lawrence – Joy Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight Rooney Mara – Carol Rachel McAdams – Spotlight Helen Mirren – Trumbo Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS Abraham Attah – Beasts of No Nation RJ Cyler – Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Shameik Moore – Dope Milo Parker – Mr. Holmes Jacob Tremblay – Room

BEST DIRECTOR

Todd Haynes – Carol Alejandro González Iñárritu – The Revenant Tom McCarthy – Spotlight George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road Ridley Scott – The Martian Steven Spielberg – Bridge of Spies

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen – Bridge of Spies Alex Garland – Ex Machina Quentin Tarantino – The Hateful Eight Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley – Inside Out Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy – Spotlight

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Charles Randolph and Adam McKay – The Big Short Nick Hornby – Brooklyn Drew Goddard – The Martian Emma Donoghue – Room Aaron Sorkin – Steve Jobs

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Carol – Ed Lachman The Hateful Eight – Robert Richardson Mad Max: Fury Road – John Seale The Martian – Dariusz Wolski The Revenant – Emmanuel Lubezki Sicario – Roger Deakins

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Bridge of Spies – Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo Brooklyn – François Séguin, Jennifer Oman and Louise Tremblay Carol – Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler The Danish Girl – Eve Stewart, Michael Standish Mad Max: Fury Road – Colin Gibson The Martian – Arthur Max, Celia Bobak

BEST EDITING The Big Short – Hank Corwin Mad Max: Fury Road – Margaret Sixel The Martian – Pietro Scalia The Revenant – Stephen Mirrione Spotlight – Tom McArdle

BEST COSTUME DESIGN Brooklyn – Odile Dicks-Mireaux Carol – Sandy Powell Cinderella – Sandy Powell The Danish Girl – Paco Delgado Mad Max: Fury Road – Jenny Beavan

BEST HAIR & MAKEUP Black Mass Carol The Danish Girl The Hateful Eight Mad Max: Fury Road The Revenant

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Ex Machina Jurassic World Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant The Walk

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Anomalisa The Good Dinosaur Inside Out * WINNER  The Peanuts Movie Shaun the Sheep Movie

BEST ACTION MOVIE Furious 7 Jurassic World Mad Max: Fury Road Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation Sicario

BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE Daniel Craig – Spectre Tom Cruise – Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation Tom Hardy – Mad Max: Fury Road Chris Pratt – Jurassic World Paul Rudd – Ant-Man

BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE Emily Blunt – Sicario Rebecca Ferguson – Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation Bryce Dallas Howard – Jurassic World Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST COMEDY The Big Short Inside Out Joy Sisters Spy Trainwreck

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY Christian Bale – The Big Short Steve Carell – The Big Short Robert De Niro – The Intern Bill Hader – Trainwreck Jason Statham – Spy

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY Tina Fey – Sisters Jennifer Lawrence – Joy Melissa McCarthy – Spy Amy Schumer – Trainwreck Lily Tomlin – Grandma

BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE Ex Machina It Follows Jurassic World Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM The Assassin Goodnight Mommy Mustang The Second Mother Son of Saul

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Amy Cartel Land Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief He Named Me Malala The Look of Silence Where to Invade Next

BEST SONG Fifty Shades of Grey – Love Me Like You Do Furious 7 – See You Again The Hunting Ground – Til It Happens To You Love & Mercy – One Kind of Love Spectre – Writing’s on the Wall Youth – Simple Song #3

BEST SCORE Carol – Carter Burwell The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone The Revenant – Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto Sicario – Johann Johannsson Spotlight – Howard Shore

TV CATEGORIES

BEST DRAMA SERIES Empire – Fox Mr. Robot – USA Penny Dreadful – Showtime Rectify – Sundance The Knick – Cinemax The Leftovers – HBO UnREAL – Lifetime

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES Hugh Dancy – Hannibal – NBC Rami Malek – Mr. Robot – USA Clive Owen – The Knick – Cinemax Liev Schreiber – Ray Donovan – Showtime Justin Theroux – The Leftovers – HBO Aden Young – Rectify – Sundance

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES Shiri Appleby – UnREAL – Lifetime Carrie Coon – The Leftovers – HBO Viola Davis – How to Get Away With Murder – ABC Eva Green – Penny Dreadful – Showtime Taraji P. Henson – Empire – Fox Krysten Ritter – Jessica Jones – Netflix

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES Clayne Crawford – Rectify – Sundance Christopher Eccleston – The Leftovers – HBO Andre Holland – The Knick – Cinemax Jonathan Jackson – Nashville – ABC Rufus Sewell – The Man in the High Castle – Amazon Christian Slater – Mr. Robot – USA 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES Ann Dowd – The Leftovers – HBO Regina King – The Leftovers – HBO Helen McCrory – Penny Dreadful – Showtime Hayden Panettiere – Nashville – ABC Maura Tierney – The Affair – Showtime Constance Zimmer – UnREAL – Lifetime

BEST COMEDY SERIES Black-ish – ABC Catastrophe – Amazon Jane the Virgin – The CW Master of None – Netflix The Last Man on Earth – Fox Transparent – Amazon You’re the Worst – FXX

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES Anthony Anderson – Black-ish – ABC Aziz Ansari – Master of None – Netflix Will Forte – The Last Man on Earth – Fox Randall Park – Fresh Off the Boat – ABC Fred Savage – The Grinder – Fox Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent – Amazon

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES Rachel Bloom – Crazy Ex-Girlfriend – The CW Aya Cash – You’re the Worst – FXX Wendi McLendon-Covey – The Goldbergs – ABC Gina Rodriguez – Jane the Virgin – The CW Tracee Ellis Ross – Black-ish – ABC Constance Wu – Fresh Off the Boat – ABC

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES Andre Braugher – Brooklyn Nine-Nine – Fox Jaime Camil – Jane the Virgin – The CW Jay Duplass – Transparent – Amazon Neil Flynn – The Middle – ABC Keegan-Michael Key – Playing House – USA Mel Rodriguez – Getting On – HBO

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES Mayim Bialik – The Big Bang Theory – CBS Kether Donohue – You’re the Worst – FXX Allison Janney – Mom – CBS Judith Light – Transparent – Amazon Niecy Nash – Getting On – HBO Eden Sher – The Middle – ABC

BEST GUEST ACTOR/ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES Richard Armitage – Hannibal – NBC Justin Kirk – Manhattan – WGN America Patti LuPone – Penny Dreadful – Showtime Margo Martindale – The Good Wife – CBS Marisa Tomei – Empire – Fox B.D. Wong – Mr. Robot – USA

BEST GUEST ACTOR/ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES Ellen Burstyn – Mom – CBS Anjelica Huston – Transparent – Amazon Cherry Jones – Transparent – Amazon Jenifer Lewis – Black-ish – ABC Timothy Olyphant – The Grinder – Fox John Slattery – Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp – Netflix

BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES Childhood’s End – Syfy Fargo – FX Luther – BBC America Saints & Strangers – National Geographic Channel Show Me a Hero – HBO The Wiz Live! – NBC

BEST ACTOR IN A MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES Wes Bentley – American Horror Story: Hotel – FX Martin Clunes – Arthur & George – PBS Idris Elba – Luther – BBC America Oscar Isaac – Show Me a Hero – HBO Vincent Kartheiser – Saints & Strangers – National Geographic Channel Patrick Wilson – Fargo – FX

BEST ACTRESS IN A MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES Kathy Bates – American Horror Story: Hotel – FX Kirsten Dunst – Fargo – FX Sarah Hay – Flesh and Bone – Starz Alyvia Alyn Lind – Dolly Parton‘s Coat of Many Colors – NBC Rachel McAdams – True Detective – HBO Shanice Williams – The Wiz Live! – NBC

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES David Alan Grier – The Wiz Live! – NBC Ne-Yo – The Wiz Live! – NBC Nick Offerman – Fargo – FX Jesse Plemons – Fargo – FX Raoul Trujillo – Saints & Strangers – National Geographic Channel Bokeem Woodbine – Fargo – FX

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES Mary J. Blige – The Wiz Live! – NBC Laura Haddock – Luther – BBC America Cristin Milioti – Fargo – FX Sarah Paulson – American Horror Story: Hotel – FX Winona Ryder – Show Me a Hero – HBO Jean Smart – Fargo – FX

BEST ANIMATION SERIES Bob’s Burgers – Fox BoJack Horseman – Netflix South Park – Comedy Central Star Wars Rebels – Disney XD The Simpsons – Fox

BEST REALITY SHOW – COMPETITION Chopped – Food Network Face Off – Syfy MasterChef Junior – Fox Survivor – CBS The Amazing Race – CBS The Voice – NBC

BEST REALITY SHOW HOST Ted Allen – Chopped – Food Network Phil Keoghan – The Amazing Race – CBS James Lipton – Inside the Actors Studio – Bravo Jane Lynch – Hollywood Game Night – NBC Jeff Probst – Survivor – CBS Gordon Ramsay – Hell’s Kitchen – Fox

BEST STRUCTURED REALITY SHOW Antiques Roadshow – PBS Inside The Actors Studio – Bravo MythBusters – Discovery Project Greenlight – HBO Shark Tank – ABC Undercover Boss – CBS

BEST TALK SHOW Jimmy Kimmel Live! – ABC Last Week Tonight With John Oliver – HBO The Daily Show With Jon Stewart – Comedy Central The Graham Norton Show – BBC America The Late Late Show With James Corden – CBS The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – NBC

BEST UNSTRUCTURED REALITY SHOW Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown – CNN Cops – Spike Deadliest Catch – Discovery Intervention – A&E Naked and Afraid – Discovery Pawn Stars – History

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