The 27th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on March 13, 2022, at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles, California, and the Savoy Hotel in London, honoring the finest achievements of filmmaking and television programming in 2021. The ceremony was simulcast on The CW and TBS, and hosted by Nicole Byer and Taye Diggs; this was Diggs' fourth consecutive time as host. The television nominations were announced on December 6, 2021. The film nominations were announced on December 13, 2021.
Belfast and West Side Story led the film nominations with 11 each, followed by Dune and The Power of the Dog with 10 apiece. Succession led the television nominations with eight, followed by Evil and Mare of Easttown with five each. Overall, Netflix received a total of 42 nominations, 24 for film and 18 for television, the most for any studio or network for the fifth year in a row.
On December 22, 2021, the ceremony, originally slated for January 9, 2022, was delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic-related concerns—involving the Omicron variant widespread surge in the United States. On January 13, 2022, it was announced that the ceremony would take place on March 13, 2022.
Winners and nominees
Film
The Power of the Dog Belfast CODA Don't Look Up Dune King Richard Licorice Pizza Nightmare Alley tick, tick... BOOM! West Side Story Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza Kenneth Branagh – Belfast Guillermo del Toro – Nightmare Alley Steven Spielberg – West Side Story Denis Villeneuve – Dune Will Smith – King Richard as Richard Williams Nicolas Cage – Pig as Rob Feld Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog as Phil Burbank Peter Dinklage – Cyrano as Cyrano de Bergerac Andrew Garfield – tick, tick... BOOM! as Jonathan Larson Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth as Lord Macbeth Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye as Tammy Faye Bakker Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter as Leda Caruso Lady Gaga – House of Gucci as Patrizia Reggiani Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza as Alana Kane Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos as Lucille Ball Kristen Stewart – Spencer as Diana, Princess of Wales Troy Kotsur – CODA as Frank Rossi Jamie Dornan – Belfast as Pa Ciarán Hinds – Belfast as Pop Jared Leto – House of Gucci as Paolo Gucci J. K. Simmons – Being the Ricardos as William Frawley Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog as Peter Gordon Ariana DeBose – West Side Story as Anita Caitríona Balfe – Belfast as Ma Ann Dowd – Mass as Linda Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog as Rose Gordon Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard as Oracene "Brandy" Price Rita Moreno – West Side Story as Valentina Jude Hill – Belfast as Buddy Cooper Hoffman – Licorice Pizza as Gary Valentine Emilia Jones – CODA as Ruby Rossi Woody Norman – C'mon C'mon as Jesse Saniyya Sidney – King Richard as Venus Williams Rachel Zegler – West Side Story as María Vasquez Belfast Don't Look Up The Harder They Fall Licorice Pizza The Power of the Dog West Side Story Kenneth Branagh – Belfast Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza Zach Baylin – King Richard Adam McKay and David Sirota – Don't Look Up Aaron Sorkin – Being the Ricardos Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter Sian Heder – CODA Tony Kushner – West Side Story Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts, and Denis Villeneuve – Dune Ari Wegner – The Power of the Dog Bruno Delbonnel – The Tragedy of Macbeth Greig Fraser – Dune Janusz Kamiński – West Side Story Dan Laustsen – Nightmare Alley Haris Zambarloukos – Belfast Sarah Broshar and Michael Kahn – West Side Story Úna Ní Dhonghaíle – Belfast Andy Jurgensen – Licorice Pizza Peter Sciberras – The Power of the Dog Joe Walker – Dune Jenny Beavan – Cruella Robert Morgan and Jacqueline West – Dune Luis Sequeira – Nightmare Alley Paul Tazewell – West Side Story Janty Yates – House of Gucci Zsuzsanna Sipos and Patrice Vermette – Dune Jim Clay and Claire Nia Richards – Belfast Rena DeAngelo and Adam Stockhausen – The French Dispatch Rena DeAngelo and Adam Stockhausen – West Side Story Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau – Nightmare Alley Hans Zimmer – Dune Nicholas Britell – Don't Look Up Jonny Greenwood – The Power of the Dog Jonny Greenwood – Spencer Nathan Johnson – Nightmare Alley "No Time to Die" – No Time to Die "Be Alive" – King Richard "Dos Oruguitas" – Encanto "Guns Go Bang" – The Harder They Fall "Just Look Up" – Don't Look Up The Eyes of Tammy Faye Cruella Dune House of Gucci Nightmare Alley Dune The Matrix Resurrections Nightmare Alley No Time to Die Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings The Mitchells vs. the Machines Encanto Flee Luca Raya and the Last Dragon | valign="top" width="50%"|
Licorice Pizza Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar Don't Look Up Free Guy The French Dispatch Drive My Car • Japan Flee • Denmark The Hand of God • Italy A Hero • France / Iran The Worst Person in the World • Norway
#SeeHer Award Halle Berry
Lifetime Achievement Award Billy Crystal
Television
Succession (HBO) Evil (Paramount+) For All Mankind (Apple TV+) The Good Fight (Paramount+) Pose (FX) Squid Game (Netflix) This Is Us (NBC) Yellowjackets (Showtime) Lee Jung-jae – Squid Game as Seong Gi-hun (Netflix) Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us as Randall Pearson (NBC) Mike Colter – Evil as David Acosta (Paramount+) Brian Cox – Succession as Logan Roy (HBO) Billy Porter – Pose as Pray Tell (FX) Jeremy Strong – Succession as Kendall Roy (HBO) Melanie Lynskey – Yellowjackets as Shauna (Showtime) Uzo Aduba – In Treatment as Dr. Brooke Taylor (HBO) Chiara Aurelia – Cruel Summer as Jeanette Turner (Freeform) Christine Baranski – The Good Fight as Diane Lockhart (Paramount+) Katja Herbers – Evil as Dr. Kristen Bouchard (Paramount+) Michaela Jaé Rodriguez – Pose as Blanca Rodriguez-Evangelista (FX) Kieran Culkin – Succession as Roman Roy (HBO) Nicholas Braun – Succession as Greg Hirsch (HBO) Billy Crudup – The Morning Show as Cory Ellison (Apple TV+) Justin Hartley – This Is Us as Kevin Pearson (NBC) Matthew Macfadyen – Succession as Tom Wambsgans (HBO) Mandy Patinkin – The Good Fight as Hal Wackner (Paramount+) Sarah Snook – Succession as Siobhan "Shiv" Roy (HBO) Christine Lahti – Evil as Sheryl Luria (Paramount+) Andrea Martin – Evil as Sister Andrea (Paramount+) Audra McDonald – The Good Fight as Liz Reddick (Paramount+) J. Smith-Cameron – Succession as Gerri Kellman (HBO) Susan Kelechi Watson – This Is Us as Beth Pearson (NBC) Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) The Great (Hulu) Hacks (HBO Max) Insecure (HBO) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) The Other Two (HBO Max) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso as Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) Iain Armitage – Young Sheldon as Sheldon Cooper (CBS) Nicholas Hoult – The Great as Peter III (Hulu) Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building as Charles-Haden Savage (Hulu) Kayvan Novak – What We Do in the Shadows as Nandor (FX) Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building as Oliver Putnam (Hulu) Jean Smart – Hacks as Deborah Vance (HBO Max) Elle Fanning – The Great as Catherine the Great (Hulu) Renée Elise Goldsberry – Girls5eva as Wickie (Peacock) Selena Gomez – Only Murders in the Building as Mabel Mora (Hulu) Sandra Oh – The Chair as Ji-Yoon Kim (Netflix) Issa Rae – Insecure as Issa Dee (HBO) Brett Goldstein – Ted Lasso as Roy Kent (Apple TV+) Ncuti Gatwa – Sex Education as Eric Effiong (Netflix) Harvey Guillén – What We Do in the Shadows as Guillermo de la Cruz (FX) Brandon Scott Jones – Ghosts as Isaac Higgintoot (CBS) Ray Romano – Made for Love as Herbert Green (HBO Max) Bowen Yang – Saturday Night Live as Various Characters (NBC) Hannah Waddingham – Ted Lasso as Rebecca Welton (Apple TV+) Kristin Chenoweth – Schmigadoon! as Mildred Layton (Apple TV+) Hannah Einbinder – Hacks as Ava Daniels (HBO Max) Molly Shannon – The Other Two as Pat Dubek (HBO Max) Cecily Strong – Saturday Night Live as Various Characters (NBC) Josie Totah – Saved by the Bell as Lexi Haddad-DeFabrizio (Peacock) Mare of Easttown (HBO) Dopesick (Hulu) Dr. Death (Peacock) It's a Sin (HBO Max) Maid (Netflix) Midnight Mass (Netflix) The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) WandaVision (Disney+) Oslo (HBO) Come from Away (Apple TV+) List of a Lifetime (Lifetime) The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (Prime Video) Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (Lifetime) Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas (The Roku Channel) Michael Keaton – Dopesick as Dr. Samuel Finnix (Hulu) Olly Alexander – It's a Sin as Ritchie Tozer (HBO Max) Paul Bettany – WandaVision as Vision (Disney+) William Jackson Harper – Love Life as Marcus Watkins (HBO Max) Joshua Jackson – Dr. Death as Dr. Christopher Duntsch (Peacock) Hamish Linklater – Midnight Mass as Father Paul Hill (Netflix) Kate Winslet – Mare of Easttown as Marianne "Mare" Sheehan (HBO) Danielle Brooks – Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia as Mahalia Jackson (Showtime) Cynthia Erivo – Genius: Aretha as Aretha Franklin (Nat Geo) Thuso Mbedu – The Underground Railroad as Cora Randall (Prime Video) Elizabeth Olsen – WandaVision as Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch (Disney+) Margaret Qualley – Maid as Alexandra "Alex" Russell (Netflix) Murray Bartlett – The White Lotus as Armond (HBO) Zach Gilford – Midnight Mass as Riley Flynn (Netflix) William Jackson Harper – The Underground Railroad as Royal (Prime Video) Evan Peters – Mare of Easttown as Detective Colin Zabel (HBO) Christian Slater – Dr. Death as Dr. Randall Kirby (Peacock) Courtney B. Vance – Genius: Aretha as C. L. Franklin (Nat Geo) Jennifer Coolidge – The White Lotus as Tanya McQuoid (HBO) Kaitlyn Dever – Dopesick as Betsy Mallum (Hulu) Kathryn Hahn – WandaVision as Agatha Harkness (Disney+) Melissa McCarthy – Nine Perfect Strangers as Frances Welty (Hulu) Julianne Nicholson – Mare of Easttown as Lori Ross (HBO) Jean Smart – Mare of Easttown as Helen Fahey (HBO) What If...? (Disney+) Big Mouth (Netflix) Bluey (Disney Jr.) Bob's Burgers (Fox) The Great North (Fox) Q-Force (Netflix) Squid Game (Netflix) • South Korea Acapulco (Apple TV+) • United States Call My Agent! (Netflix) • France Lupin (Netflix) • France Money Heist (Netflix) • Spain Narcos: Mexico (Netflix) • United States Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) The Amber Ruffin Show (Peacock) Desus & Mero (Showtime) The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBC / Syndicated) Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC) Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Bravo) Bo Burnham: Inside (Netflix) Good Timing with Jo Firestone (Peacock) James Acaster: Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999 (Vimeo) Joyelle Nicole Johnson: Love Joy (Peacock) Nate Bargatze: The Greatest Average American (Netflix) Trixie Mattel: One Night Only (YouTube)
Films with multiple nominations and wins The following twenty-two films received multiple nominations:
Film Nominations Belfast 11 West Side Story Dune 10 The Power of the Dog Licorice Pizza 8 Nightmare Alley Don't Look Up 6 King Richard CODA 4 House of Gucci Being the Ricardos 3 Cruella 2 Encanto The Eyes of Tammy Faye Flee The French Dispatch The Harder They Fall The Lost Daughter No Time to Die Spencer tick, tick... BOOM! The Tragedy of Macbeth
The following five films received multiple awards:
Film Awards The Power of the Dog 4 Belfast 3 Dune The Eyes of Tammy Faye 2 West Side Story
Television programs with multiple nominations and wins The following programs received multiple nominations: