The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble was one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Broadcast Film Critics Association. It was eventually replaced by Best Casting and Ensemble in 2025.
2000s Year Movie Cast members 2001 Gosford Park Michael Gambon, Kristin Scott Thomas, Camilla Rutherford, Maggie Smith, Charles Dance, Tom Hollander, Helen Mirren Ocean's Eleven George Clooney, Bernie Mac, Brad Pitt, Elliott Gould, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Eddie Jemison, Don Cheadle, Qin Shaobo, Carl Reiner, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts The Royal Tenenbaums Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow, Luke Wilson, Kumar Pallana, Danny Glover, Owen Wilson 2002 Chicago Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, John C. Reilly, Lucy Liu, Taye Diggs The Hours Nicole Kidman, Stephen Dillane, George Loftus, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Meryl Streep, Ed Harris, Claire Danes My Big Fat Greek Wedding Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Lainie Kazan, Michael Constantine, Andrea Martin, Louis Mandylor, Gerry Mendicino, Joey Fatone, Gia Carides 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Andy Serkis, Ian McKellen, John Rhys-Davies, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan Love Actually Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Liam Neeson, Martine McCutcheon, Colin Firth, Bill Nighy, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Laura Linney, Andrew Lincoln A Mighty Wind Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Harry Shearer, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Jane Lynch, John Michael Higgins Mystic River Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, Jason Kelly, Cameron Bowen, Connor Paolo 2004 Sideways Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh, Marylouise Burke, Jessica Hecht Closer Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Clive Owen, Nick Hobbs, Colin Stinton The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Gambon, Noah Taylor, Bud Cort Ocean's Twelve George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Bernie Mac, Elliott Gould, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Eddie Jemison, Don Cheadle, Shaobo Qin, Carl Reiner, Julia Roberts 2005 Crash Don Cheadle, Sandra Bullock, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Thandiwe Newton, Michael Peña, Ryan Phillippe Good Night, and Good Luck David Strathairn, Patricia Clarkson, George Clooney, Robert Downey Jr., Frank Langella, Jeff Daniels, Tate Donovan, Ray Wise Rent Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Rosario Dawson, Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel, Tracie Thoms, Taye Diggs Sin City Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Brittany Murphy, Josh Hartnett, Devon Aoki, Marley Shelton, Alexis Bledel, Nick Stahl, Jaime King Syriana George Clooney, Amr Waked, Christopher Plummer, Jeffrey Wright, Chris Cooper, Robert Foxworth, Nicky Henson, Nicholas Art, Matt Damon, Amanda Peet, Steven Hinkle, Daisy Tormé 2006 Little Miss Sunshine Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin, Alan Arkin, Bryan Cranston, Beth Grant, Wallace Langham, Matt Winston Babel Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Mohamed Akhzam, Peter Wight, Harriet Walter, Adriana Barraza, Gael García Bernal, Elle Fanning, Rinko Kikuchi, Koji Yakusho, Satoshi Nikaido Bobby Harry Belafonte, Joy Bryant, Nick Cannon, Emilio Estevez, Laurence Fishburne, Dave Fraunces, Jeridan Frye, Spencer Garrett, Brian Geraghty, Heather Graham, Anthony Hopkins, Helen Hunt The Departed Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, Alec Baldwin Dreamgirls Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Danny Glover, Anika Noni Rose, Keith Robinson, Jennifer Hudson, Sharon Leal A Prairie Home Companion Garrison Keillor, Kevin Kline, Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, Lindsay Lohan, Woody Harrelson, John C. Reilly, Tommy Lee Jones, Virginia Madsen, Maya Rudolph 2007 Hairspray John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Amanda Bynes, Brittany Snow, Christopher Walken, James Marsden, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley, Allison Janney Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei, Aleksa Palladino, Michael Shannon, Amy Ryan, Sarah Livingston Gone Baby Gone Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, John Ashton, Amy Ryan, Madeline O'Brien, Amy Madigan Juno Elliot Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Allison Janney, J. K. Simmons, Olivia Thirlby, Eileen Pedde, Rainn Wilson, Valerie Tian, Emily Perkins, Ashley Whillans No Country for Old Men Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald, Garret Dillahunt, Tess Harper, Barry Corbin, Stephen Root, Rodger Boyce Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jamie Campbell Bower, Laura Michelle Kelly, Jayne Wisener, Ed Sanders, Anthony Head, Laura Meakin, Philip Philmar 2008 Milk Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, James Franco, Alison Pill, Victor Garber, Denis O'Hare, Joseph Cross, Brandon Boyce, Stephen Spinella, Lucas Grabeel The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Elle Fanning, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas, Tilda Swinton, Mahershala Ali, Jared Harris The Dark Knight Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Morgan Freeman Doubt Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis, Joseph Foster Rachel Getting Married Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Bill Irwin, Debra Winger, Tunde Adebimpe, Mather Zickel, Anna Deavere Smith, Anisa George, Beau Sia, Tamyra Gray, Sebastian Stan, Annaleigh Ashford 2009 Inglourious Basterds Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Eli Roth, Michael Fassbender, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brühl, Til Schweiger, B. J. Novak, Gedeon Burkhard, Jacky Ido, Omar Doom, Samm Levine, August Diehl, Denis Ménochet, Sylvester GrothNine Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Nicole Kidman, Judi Dench, Kate Hudson, Sophia Loren, Fergie, Ricky TognazziPrecious Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Sherri Shepherd, Lenny Kravitz, Nealla Gordon, Stephanie AndujarStar Trek Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldaña, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Eric Bana, Bruce Greenwood, Ben Cross, Winona Ryder, Clifton Collins Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Jennifer Morrison, Rachel Nichols, Faran TahirUp in the Air George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, Amy Morton, Melanie Lynskey, Danny McBride, Zach Galifianakis, J. K. Simmons, Sam Elliott
2010s