The Critics Choice Awards (formerly known as the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award) is an awards show presented annually by the American Critics Choice Association (CCA) to honor the finest in cinematic achievement."BFCA" , Critics' Choice Awards. [Accessed May 30, 2019] Written ballots are submitted during a week-long nominating period, and the resulting nominees are announced in December. The winners chosen by subsequent voting are revealed at the annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards ceremony in January. Additionally, special awards are given out at the discretion of the BFCA Board of Directors.
History The awards were originally named simply Critics' Choice Awards. In 2010, the word Movie was added to their name, to differentiate them from the Critics' Choice Television Awards, which were first bestowed the following year by the newly created Broadcast Television Critics Association. The name Critics' Choice Awards now officially refers to the ceremony honoring performances in both film and television.
From 2006 through 2009, the awards ceremony was held in the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. From 2010 through 2012, it took place in the refurbished, historic Hollywood Palladium. Broadcasting the ceremony began with the sixth ceremony on E! Entertainment Television in 2001 for four years, followed by The WB Network for two years, before returning to E! for a year. VH1 took over the broadcast in 2008. The live television broadcast of the event moved from VH1 to The CW in 2013, with the 19th ceremony airing on January 16, 2014, live from the Barker HangarBarker Hangar 3021 Airport Ave #203, Santa Monica, CA – Google Maps in Santa Monica, California. In October 2014, it was announced that the Critics' Choice Movie Awards would move to A&E for 2015 and 2016.
It then returned to The CW for 2017, where it aired until 2024. Traditionally the ceremony has aired in the second week of January, deferring to the Golden Globe Awards, which has long claimed the first Sunday of January to open up the previous year's film awards season. It then claimed the first Sunday of January in 2022 after the Hollywood Foreign Press Association became enshrined in controversy over a lack of membership diversity and other building issues, and after the organization had not done enough, an industry boycott developed to the point where NBC said it would not carry the 2022 ceremony and would not televise it again until the HPFA made significant progress in fixing its issues. The CCA then claimed the first January, and by October 26, 2021, a simulcast agreement with TBS (which is a sister network to The CW through their joint venture between Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery) was announced to broaden its viewership.
The show moved to cable channel E!, with a replay on Peacock, in 2025. In 2026, the show will air on both USA Network and E!.
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Retired
Films with multiple nominations and wins The following films received at least ten nominations:
Nominations Title 18Barbie 16Sinners 14The Shape of WaterThe FavouriteThe IrishmanEverything Everywhere All at OnceOne Battle After Another 13Lincoln12 Years a SlaveAmerican HustleBirdmanMad Max: Fury RoadOppenheimerPoor Things 12Black SwanLa La LandBlack PantherOnce Upon a Time in HollywoodMankKillers of the Flower Moon 11The King's SpeechTrue GritThe ArtistHugoLes MisérablesThe Grand Budapest HotelBelfastWest Side StoryThe FabelmansConclaveWickedFrankensteinHamnet 10Inglourious BasterdsNineInceptionSilver Linings PlaybookGravityArrivalMoonlightFirst ManMinariDuneThe Power of the DogDune: Part TwoEmilia Pérez
The following films received at least 5 awards:
Awards Title 9 Mad Max: Fury Road 8 La La Land Oppenheimer 7 Gravity Birdman 6 Gladiator Avatar Inception Barbie 5 Sideways Slumdog Millionaire Everything Everywhere All at Once
Ceremonies # Date Venue Host Network 1st January 22, 1996 rowspan="9" rowspan="9" rowspan="9" 2nd January 20, 1997 3rd January 20, 1998 4th January 25, 1999 5th January 24, 2000 6th January 22, 2001 7th January 11, 2002 8th January 17, 2003 9th January 10, 2004 10th January 10, 2005 Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles Eric McCormack The WB 11th January 9, 2006 Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica Dennis Miller 12th January 14, 2007 E! 13th January 7, 2008 D. L. Hughley VH1 14th January 8, 2009 15th January 15, 2010 Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles Kristin Chenoweth 16th January 14, 2011 17th January 12, 2012 Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer 18th January 10, 2013 Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica Sam Rubin The CW 19th January 16, 2014 Aisha Tyler 20th January 15, 2015 Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles Michael Strahan A&E 21st January 17, 2016 Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica T.J. Miller A&E, Lifetime and LMN 22nd December 11, 2016 A&E 23rd January 11, 2018 Olivia Munn The CW 24th January 13, 2019 Taye Diggs 25th January 12, 2020 26th March 7, 2021 27th March 13, 2022 Fairmont Century Plaza, Los Angeles Savoy Hotel, London Nicole Byer and Taye Diggs The CW and TBS 28th January 15, 2023 Fairmont Century Plaza, Los Angeles Chelsea Handler The CW 29th January 14, 2024 Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica 30th February 7, 2025 E! 31st January 4, 2026 E! and USA Network
References
External links Official BFCA website 2011 Critics' Choice Movie Awards on VH1