‘The Penguin’ dominates the 2025 Critics Choice Super Awards heading into the Emmys

The Penguin waddled to the front of the pack at the 5th Critics Choice Super Awards.

On Thursday, the Critics Choice Association (CCA) revealed the winners of the awards show that celebrates fan-favorite movies and TV shows in superhero, sci-fi/fantasy, horror, and action genres.

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HBO’s The Penguin was the biggest winner, dominating all four categories for which it was nominated: Best Superhero Program, Colin Farrell for both Best Actor and Best Villain, and Cristin Milioti for Best Actress. This news comes about a month before the 2025 Emmys, where The Penguin is nominated for a whopping 24 awards.

Four movies tied for the most wins at two apiece: Deadpool & Wolverine, Dune: Part Two, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, and Sinners. Additional movie stars that eked out victories include June Squibb (Thelma), Florence Pugh (Thunderbolts), Demi Moore (The Substance), and Hugh Grant (Heretic).

Hiroto Kanai and Hiroyuki Sanada, ShōgunKatie Yu/FX

Emmy favorite Shōgun also impressed on Thursday, winning three prizes for Best Action Program, Hiroyuki Sanada for Best Actor, and Anna Sawai for Best Actress. The eligibility period for scripted features and TV series is from Jan. 1, 2024, to July 31, 2025. Content may be delivered to audiences theatrically and/or by broadcast, cable, or online apps and services.

Here is the complete list of winners for the 2025 Critics Choice Super Awards:

FILM

BEST ACTION MOVIE
Civil War
The Fall Guy
X — WINNER: Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning
Monkey Man
Rebel Ridge
Warfare

BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE
X — WINNER: Tom Cruise — Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning
Taron Egerton — Carry-On
Ryan Gosling — The Fall Guy
Dev Patel — Monkey Man
Aaron Pierre — Rebel Ridge
Jack Quaid — Novocaine

BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Emily Blunt — The Fall Guy
Ana de Armas — From the World of John Wick: Ballerina
Kirsten Dunst — Civil War
Cailee Spaeny — Civil War
X — WINNER: June Squibb — Thelma
Anya Taylor-Joy — Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

BEST SUPERHERO MOVIE
Captain America: Brave New World
X — WINNER: Deadpool & Wolverine
The People’s Joker
Robot Dreams
Thunderbolts
Venom: The Last Dance

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPERHERO MOVIE
David Harbour — Thunderbolts
Tom Hardy — Venom: The Last Dance
X — WINNER: Hugh Jackman — Deadpool & Wolverine
Anthony Mackie — Captain America: Brave New World
Lewis Pullman — Thunderbolts
Ryan Reynolds — Deadpool & Wolverine

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPERHERO MOVIE
Emma Corrin — Deadpool & Wolverine
Vera Drew — The People’s Joker
Lady Gaga — Joker: Folie à Deux
Jennifer Garner — Deadpool & Wolverine
Julia Louis-Dreyfus — Thunderbolts
X — WINNER: Florence Pugh — Thunderbolts

BEST HORROR MOVIE
Bring Her Back
Heretic
Longlegs
Nosferatu
X — WINNER: Sinners
The Substance

BEST ACTOR IN A HORROR MOVIE
Nicolas Cage — Longlegs
David Dastmalchian — Late Night With the Devil
Hugh Grant — Heretic
X — WINNER: Michael B. Jordan — Sinners
Bill Skarsgård — Nosferatu
Justice Smith — I Saw the TV Glow

BEST ACTRESS IN A HORROR MOVIE
Lily-Rose Depp — Nosferatu
Willa Fitzgerald — Strange Darling
Sally Hawkins — Bring Her Back
X — WINNER: Demi Moore — The Substance
Wunmi Mosaku — Sinners
Naomi Scott — Smile 2

BEST SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY MOVIE
Alien: Romulus
Companion
X — WINNER: Dune: Part Two
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Mickey 17
The Wild Robot

BEST ACTOR IN A SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY MOVIE
Austin Butler — Dune: Part Two
X — WINNER: Timothée Chalamet — Dune: Part Two
David Jonsson — Alien: Romulus
Robert Pattinson — Mickey 17
Jack Quaid — Companion
Miles Teller — The Gorge

BEST ACTRESS IN A SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY MOVIE
Naomi Ackie — Mickey 17
Lupita Nyong’o — The Wild Robot
Cailee Spaeny — Alien: Romulus
X — WINNER: Sophie Thatcher — Companion
Alicia Vikander — The Assessment
Zendaya — Dune: Part Two

BEST VILLAIN IN A MOVIE
Austin Butler — Dune: Part Two
Emma Corrin — Deadpool & Wolverine
X — WINNER: Hugh Grant — Heretic
Jack O’Connell — Sinners
Lewis Pullman — Thunderbolts
Denzel Washington — Gladiator II

TELEVISION

BEST ACTION SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
9-1-1
Black Doves
The Day of the Jackal
The Gentlemen
Reacher
X — WINNER: Shōgun

BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
Sterling K. Brown — Paradise
Theo James — The Gentlemen
Eddie Redmayne — The Day of the Jackal
Alan Ritchson — Reacher
X — WINNER: Hiroyuki Sanada — Shōgun
Ben Whishaw — Black Doves

BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
Angela Bassett — 9-1-1
Viola Davis — G20
Keira Knightley — Black Doves
Lashana Lynch — The Day of the Jackal
Zoe Saldaña — Lioness
X — WINNER: Anna Sawai — Shōgun

BEST SUPERHERO SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
Agatha All Along
The Boys
Fallout
The Last of Us
X — WINNER: The Penguin
Superman & Lois

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPERHERO SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
Charlie Cox — Daredevil: Born Again
X — WINNER: Colin Farrell — The Penguin
Walton Goggins — Fallout
Tyler Hoechlin — Superman & Lois
Pedro Pascal — The Last of Us
Antony Starr — The Boys

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPERHERO SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
Danai Gurira — The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
Kathryn Hahn — Agatha All Along
X — WINNER: Cristin Milioti — The Penguin
Erin Moriarty — The Boys
Ella Purnell — Fallout
Bella Ramsey — The Last of Us

BEST HORROR SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire
Evil
From
X — WINNER: The Last of Us
True Detective: Night Country
What We Do in the Shadows

BEST ACTOR IN A HORROR SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
Kevin Bacon — The Bondsman
Matt Berry — What We Do in the Shadows
Mike Colter — Evil
Michael Emerson — Evil
X — WINNER: Pedro Pascal — The Last of Us
Harold Perrineau — From

BEST ACTRESS IN A HORROR SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
Natasia Demetriou — What We Do in the Shadows
X — WINNER: Jodie Foster — True Detective: Night Country
Katja Herbers — Evil
Melanie Lynskey — Yellowjackets
Niecy Nash-Betts — Grotesquerie
Bella Ramsey — The Last of Us

BEST SCIENCE FICTION / FANTASY SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
X — WINNER: Andor
Black Mirror
Doctor Who
Dune: Prophecy
Fantasmas
Severance

BEST ACTOR IN A SCIENCE FICTION / FANTASY SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
Ncuti Gatwa — Doctor Who
Walton Goggins — Fallout
X — WINNER: Diego Luna — Andor
Adam Scott — Severance
Tramell Tillman — Severance
Julio Torres — Fantasmas

BEST ACTRESS IN A SCIENCE FICTION / FANTASY SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
Adria Arjona — Andor
Caitriona Balfe — Outlander
Kathryn Hahn — Agatha All Along
X — WINNER: Britt Lower — Severance
Cristin Milioti — Black Mirror: USS Callister: Into Infinity
Michelle Yeoh — Star Trek: Section 31

BEST VILLAIN IN A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
Vincent D’Onofrio — Daredevil: Born Again
Michael Emerson — Evil
X — WINNER: Colin Farrell — The Penguin
Takehiro Hira — Shōgun
Julianne Nicholson — Paradise
Jesse Plemons — Blac

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