Critics Choice Results Tighten Oscar Race Between One Battle After Another and Sinners

Collider reports that the Critics Choice Awards have reshaped the early Oscar landscape, elevating One Battle After Another and Sinners while highlighting recent CCA wins for Timothée Chalamet, Jessie Buckley and Jacob Elordi.

One Battle After Another took home Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay at the Critics Choice Awards, positioning it as the Best Picture frontrunner, while Sinners won Best Original Screenplay and Best Casting/Acting Ensemble and remains close in the race.

Chalamet's CCA win solidified him as the leading Best Actor contender over Leonardo DiCaprio, and Buckley's victory likewise strengthened her hold in Best Actress; the piece notes Jacob Elordi's CCA victory has made him a likely Oscar nominee and a genuine threat in Best Supporting Actor, whereas Jay Kelly's quiet night reduced that film's Oscar prospects.

Updated January 6, 2026, the article says Actor Awards nominations will be unveiled on Wednesday, January 7 and the Golden Globes follow on Sunday, January 11, and Perri Nemiroff's predictions hub will continue to update as the odds evolve.

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