HOLLYWOOD—The contenders for the 2018 Critics Choice Awards were released on Wednesday, December 6 and leading all nominees is Guillermo Del Toro’s “The Shape of Water” with a total of 14 nominations including Best Picture. The films “Lady Bird,” “Call Me by Your Name” and “The Post” each picked up 8 nominations apiece. The ceremony which has now meshed with TV, saw “Feud: Bette and Joan” pick up a total of 6 nominations including Best Limited Series.
While I don’t rely much on the Critic’s Choice Awards as a precursor to the Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and Oscars, I will note Steven Spielberg’s “The Post” is garnering major attention people. A partial list of this year’s nominees can be viewed below:
Best Picture
-“The Big Sick”
-“Call Me By Your Name”
-“Darkest Hour”
-“Dunkirk”
-“The Florida Project”
-“Get Out”
-“Lady Bird”
-“The Post”
-“The Shape of Water”
-“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Best Actress
-Margot Robbie “I, Tonya”
-Sally Hawkins “The Shape of Water”
-Meryl Streep “The Post”
-Saoirse Ronan “Lady Bird”
-Frances McDormand “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
-Jessica Chastain “Molly’s Game”
Best Actor
-Timothee Chalamet “Call Me by Your Name”
-James Franco “The Disaster Artist”
-Tom Hanks “The Post”
-Daniel Kaluuya “Get Out”
-Gary Oldman “Darkest Hour”
-Daniel Day-Lewis “Phantom Thread”
-Jake Gyllenhaal “Stronger”
Best Supporting Actor
-William Dafoe “The Florida Project”
-Sam Rockwell “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
-Armie Hammer “Call Me by Your Name”
-Michael Stuhlarg “Call Me by Your Name”
-Patrick Stewart “Logan”
-Richard Jenkins “The Shape of Water”
Best Supporting Actress
-Octavia Spencer “The Shape of Water”
-Laurie Metcalf “Lady Bird”
-Allison Janney “I, Tonya”
-Holly Hunter “The Big Sick”
-Tiffany Haddish “Girls Trip”
-Mary J. Blige “Mudbound”
-Hong Chau “Downsizing”
Best Director
-Jordan Peele “Get Out”
-Guillermo del Toro “The Shape of Water”
-Greta Gerwig “Lady Bird”
-Steven Spielberg “The Post”
-Luca Guadagnino “Call Me by Your Name”
-Christopher Nolan “Dunkirk”
-Martin McDonagh “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Best Original Screenplay
-Jordan Peele “Get Out”
-Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor “The Shape of Water”
-Liz Hannah and Josh Singer “The Post”
-Emily V. Gordon and Kumil Nanjiani “The Big Sick”
-Martin McDonagh “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
-Greta Gerwig “Lady Bird”
Best Adapted Screenplay
-Aaron Sorkin “Molly’s Game”
-Jack Thorne, Steve Conrad and Stephen Chbosky “Wonder”
-Virgil Williams and Dee Rees “Mudbound”
-Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber “The Disaster Artist”
-James Ivory “Call Me by Your Name”
Best Drama Series
-“This Is Us”
-“American Gods”
-“Game of Thrones”
-“Stranger Things”
-“The Handmaid’s Tale”
-“The Crown”
Best Comedy Series
-“Patriot”
-“Black-ish”
-“GLOW”
-“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
-“Modern Family”
-“The Big Bang Theory”
Best Actor in a Drama Series
-Bob Odenkirk “Better Call Saul”
-Sterling K. Brown “This is Us”
-Paul Giamatti “Billions”
-Freddie Highmore “Bates Motel”
-Ian McShane “American Gods”
-Liev Schreiber “Ray Donovan”
Best Actress in a Drama Series
-Christine Baranski “The Good Fight”
-Claire Foy “The Crown”
-Tatiana Maslany “Orphan Black”
-Robin Wright “House of Cards”
-Elisabeth Moss “The Handmaid’s Tale”
-Caitriona Balfe “Outlander”
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
-Asia Kate Dillion “Billions”
-Michael McKean “Better Call Saul”
-Bobby Cannavale “Mr. Robot”
-David Harbour “Stranger Things”
-Delroy Lindo “The Good Fight”
-Peter Dinklage “Game of Thrones”
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
-Ann Dowd “The Handmaid’s Tale”
-Gillian Anderson “American Gods”
-Emilia Clarke “Game of Thrones”
-Cush Jumbo “The Good Fight”
-Chrissy Metz “This is Us”
-Margo Martindale “Sneaky Pete”
Best Actress in a Comedy Series
-Alison Brie “GLOW”
-Kristen Bell “The Good Place”
-Constance Wu “Fresh Off the Boat”
-Ellie Kemper “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
-Sutton Foster “Younger”
-Rachel Brosnahan “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Best Actor in a Comedy Series
-Anthony Anderson “Black-ish”
-Hank Azaria “Brockmire”
-Aziz Ansari “Master of None”
-Ted Danson “The Good Place”
-Randall Park “Fresh Off the Boat”
-Thomas Middleditch “Silicon Valley”
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
-Jenifer Lewis “Black-ish”
-Mayim Bialik “The Big Bang Theory”
-Alex Borstein “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
-Rita Moreno “One Day at a Time”
-Alessandra Mastronardi “Master of None”
-Betty Gilpin “GLOW”
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
-Ed O’Neil “Modern Family”
-Titus Burgess “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
-Kumail Nanjiani “Silicon Valley”
-Walton Goggins “Vice Principals”
-Sean Hayes “Will & Grace”
-Marc Maron “GLOW”
Best Limited Series
-“Big Little Lies”
-“Fargo”
-“Feud: Bette and Joan”
-“American Vandal”
-“Godless”
-“The Long Road Home”
The 23rd Annual Critics Choice Awards will be handed out on January 11, 2018 and will air live on The CW Network at 8 p.m. EST.