Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble explained

The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Broadcast Film Critics Association.

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2010s

YearWinnersCast members
2010The FighterAmy Adams, Christian Bale, Melissa Leo, Jack McGee, Mark Wahlberg[1]
The Kids Are All RightJulianne Moore, Annette Bening, Yaya DaCosta, Josh Hutcherson, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska
The King's SpeechHelena Bonham Carter, Jennifer Ehle, Colin Firth, Michael Gambon, Derek Jacobi, Guy Pearce, Geoffrey Rush, Timothy Spall
The Social NetworkJesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Armie Hammer, Rooney Mara, Max Minghella, Justin Timberlake
The TownBen Affleck, Chris Cooper, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Blake Lively, Pete Postlethwaite, Jeremy Renner, Titus Welliver
2011The HelpJessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Chris Lowell, Ahna O'Reilly, Sissy Spacek, Octavia Spencer, Mary Steenburgen, Emma Stone, Cicely Tyson, Mike Vogel
The ArtistBérénice Bejo, James Cromwell, Jean Dujardin, John Goodman, Penelope Ann Miller
BridesmaidsRose Byrne, Jill Clayburgh, Ellie Kemper, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Chris O'Dowd, Maya Rudolph, Kristen Wiig
The DescendantsBeau Bridges, George Clooney, Robert Forster, Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard, Shailene Woodley
The Ides of MarchGeorge Clooney, Paul Giamatti, Ryan Gosling, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Jeffrey Wright
2012Silver Linings PlaybookJennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Anupam Kher, Chris Tucker, Jacki Weaver, Julia Stiles
ArgoBen Affleck, Alan Arkin, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman
The Best Exotic Marigold HotelJudi Dench, Celia Imrie, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel, Ronald Pickup, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, Penelope Wilton
Les MisérablesRussell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Amanda Seyfried, Helena Bonham-Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen, Eddie Redmayne
LincolnDaniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Hal Holbrook, Tommy Lee Jones, James Spader, David Strathairn
Moonrise KingdomBob Balaban, Frances McDormand, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Jason Schwartzman, Tilda Swinton, Bruce Willis
2013American HustleAmy Adams, Christian Bale, Jennifer Lawrence, Louis C.K., Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner, Michael Peña
12 Years a SlaveBenedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Paul Giamatti, Lupita Nyong'o, Sarah Paulson, Brad Pitt, Alfre Woodard
August: Osage CountyAbigail Breslin, Chris Cooper, Benedict Cumberbatch, Juliette Lewis, Margo Martindale, Ewan McGregor, Dermot Mulroney, Julianne Nicholson, Julia Roberts, Sam Shepard, Meryl Streep, Misty Upham
The ButlerMariah Carey, John Cusack, Jane Fonda, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Terrence Howard, Lenny Kravitz, James Marsden, David Oyelowo, Alex Pettyfer, Vanessa Redgrave, Alan Rickman, Liev Schreiber, Forest Whitaker, Robin Williams, Oprah Winfrey
NebraskaBruce Dern, Will Forte, Stacy Keach, Bob Odenkirk, June Squibb
The Wolf of Wall StreetLeonardo DiCaprio, Kyle Chandler, Jean Dujardin, Jon Favreau, Jonah Hill, Matthew McConaughey, Rob Reiner, Margot Robbie, Jon Bernthal
2014BirdmanMichael Keaton, Emma Stone, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Ryan, Naomi Watts, Zach Galifianakis
BoyhoodPatricia Arquette, Ellar Coltrane, Ethan Hawke, Lorelei Linklater
The Grand Budapest HotelF. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Ralph Fiennes, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Tony Revolori, Saoirse Ronan, Jason Schwartzman, Léa Seydoux, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Owen Wilson
The Imitation GameMatthew Beard, Benedict Cumberbatch, Charles Dance, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Keira Knightley, Allen Leech, Mark Strong
Into the WoodsChristine Baranski, Tammy Blanchard, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Lilla Crawford, Johnny Depp, Anna Kendrick, Daniel Huttlestone, Billy Magnussen, MacKenzie Mauzy, Chris Pine, Lucy Punch, Meryl Streep, Frances de la Tour, Tracey Ullman
SelmaCommon, Carmen Ejogo, Cuba Gooding, Jr., David Oyelowo, Lorraine Toussaint, Giovanni Ribisi, Tim Roth, Henry G. Sanders, Martin Sheen, Tessa Thompson, Tom Wilkinson, Oprah Winfrey
2015SpotlightBilly Crudup, Rachel McAdams, Brian d'Arcy James, Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci[2]
The Big ShortChristian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Melissa Leo, Hamish Linklater, John Magaro, Brad Pitt, Rafe Spall, Jeremy Strong, Marisa Tomei, Finn Wittrock
The Hateful EightDemián Bichir, Bruce Dern, Walton Goggins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Madsen, Tim Roth, Kurt Russell, Channing Tatum
Straight Outta ComptonNeil Brown, Jr., Paul Giamatti, Corey Hawkins, Aldis Hodge, O'Shea Jackson, Jr., Jason Mitchell
TrumboAdewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Louis C.K., Bryan Cranston, David James Elliott, Elle Fanning, John Goodman, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, Michael Stuhlbarg, Alan Tudyk
2016MoonlightMahershala Ali, Patrick Decile, Alex R. Hibbert, Naomie Harris, André Holland, Jharrel Jerome, Janelle Monáe, Jaden Piner, Trevante Rhodes, Ashton Sanders
20th Century WomenAnnette Bening, Kirk Bovill, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Billy Crudup, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, Thea Gill, Nathalie Love, Randy Ryan, Alia Shawkat, Laura Slade Wiggins, Waleed Zuaiter, Lucas Jade Zumann
FencesJovan Adepo, Viola Davis, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Russell Hornsby, Saniyya Sidney, Denzel Washington, Mykelti Williamson
Hell or High WaterGil Birmingham, Jeff Bridges, Dale Dickey, Ben Foster, Marin Ireland, Katy Mixon, Melanie Papalia, Chris Pine, Kevin Rankin
Hidden FiguresMahershala Ali, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Rhoda Griffis, Taraji P. Henson, Aldis Hodge, Karan Kendrick, Janelle Monáe, Paige Nicollette, Jim Parsons, Glen Powell, Saniyya Sidney, Octavia Spencer, Gary Weeks
Manchester by the SeaCasey Affleck, Matthew Broderick, Heather Burns, Kyle Chandler, Tate Donovan, Kara Hayward, Lucas Hedges, Gretchen Mol, Erica McDermott, Michelle Williams
2017Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriAbbie Cornish, Peter Dinklage, Woody Harrelson, John Hawkes, Lucas Hedges, Željko Ivanek, Caleb Landry Jones, Frances McDormand, Clarke Peters, Sam Rockwell, Samara Weaving[3]
DunkirkKenneth Branagh, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance, Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles, Aneurin Barnard, James D'Arcy, Barry Keoghan.
Lady Bird
MudboundJonathan Banks, Mary J. Blige, Jason Clarke, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Mitchell, Rob Morgan, Carey Mulligan
The PostBruce Greenwood, Tom Hanks, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, Sarah Paulson, Matthew Rhys, Meryl Streep, Bradley Whitford
2018The FavouriteJoe Alwyn, Olivia Colman, Nicholas Hoult, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz[4]
Black PantherAngela Bassett, Chadwick Boseman, Sterling K. Brown, Winston Duke, Martin Freeman, Danai Gurira, Michael B. Jordan, Daniel Kaluuya, Lupita Nyong'o, Andy Serkis, Forest Whitaker, Letitia Wright
Crazy Rich AsiansAwkwafina, Gemma Chan, Henry Golding, Ken Jeong, Lisa Lu, Harry Shum, Jr., Constance Wu, Michelle Yeoh
ViceAmy Adams, Christian Bale, Steve Carell, LisaGay Hamilton, Justin Kirk, Eddie Marsan, Tyler Perry, Alison Pill, Jesse Plemons, Lily Rabe, Sam Rockwell
WidowsViola Davis, Elizabeth Debicki, Robert Duvall, Cynthia Erivo, Colin Farrell, Brian Tyree Henry, Daniel Kaluuya, Liam Neeson, Michelle Rodriguez
2019The IrishmanRobert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Ray Romano, Bobby Cannavale, Anna Paquin, Stephen Graham, Harvey Keitel, Kathrine Narducci, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Welker White, Jesse Plemons, Jack Huston, Domenick Lombardozzi, Paul Herman, Gary Basaraba, Marin Ireland, Aleksa Palladino, J. C. MacKenzie[5]
BombshellCharlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, John Lithgow, Kate McKinnon, Connie Britton, Malcolm McDowell, Allison Janney, Rob Delaney, Mark Duplass, Alice Eve, Ashley Greene, Alanna Ubach, D'Arcy Carden
Knives OutAna de Armas, Toni Collette, Daniel Craig, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Evans, Don Johnson, Katherine Langford, Riki Lindhome, Jaeden Martell, Edi Patterson, Christopher Plummer, Noah Segan, Michael Shannon, Lakeith Stanfield
Little WomenSaoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern, Timothée Chalamet, Meryl Streep, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, James Norton, Louis Garrel, Chris Cooper, Jayne Houdyshell, Abby Quinn
Marriage StoryScarlett Johansson, Adam Driver, Laura Dern, Alan Alda, Ray Liotta, Julie Hagerty, Merritt Wever, Mark O'Brien, Matthew Shear, Brooke Bloom, Kyle Bornheimer, Mickey Sumner, Wallace Shawn, Martha Kelly
Once Upon a Time in HollywoodLeonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch, Margaret Qualley, Timothy Olyphant, Austin Butler, Dakota Fanning, Bruce Dern, Al Pacino, Brenda Vaccaro, Nicholas Hammond, Samantha Robinson, Rafał Zawierucha, Lorenza Izzo, Costa Ronin, Damon Herriman, Lena Dunham, Madisen Beaty, Mikey Madison, Maya Hawke
ParasiteJang Hye-jin, Jung Hyun-joon, Jung Ji-so, Lee Jung-eun, Song Kang-ho, Park Myung-hoon, Park So-dam, Lee Sun-kyun, Choi Woo-shik, Cho Yeo-jeong

2020s

YearWinnersCast members
2020The Trial of the Chicago 7Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Sacha Baron Cohen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Keaton, Frank Langella, John Carroll Lynch, Eddie Redmayne, Noah Robbins, Mark Rylance, Alex Sharp, Jeremy Strong, Ben Shenkman, Kelvin Harrison, Jr., John Doman, Daniel Flaherty, Caitlin FitzGerald, J. C. MacKenzie, Damian Young, Max Adler, C. J. Wilson[6]
Da 5 BloodsDelroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis, Isiah Whitlock, Jr., Mélanie Thierry, Paul Walter Hauser, Jasper Pääkkönen, Jean Reno, Chadwick Boseman (post-humous nomination), Veronica Ngo, Johnny Trí Nguyễn, Nguyễn Ngọc Lâm, Lê Y Lan, Sandy Hương Phạm
Judas and the Black MessiahDaniel Kaluuya, Lakeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons, Dominique Fishback, Ashton Sanders, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Lil Rel Howery, Algee Smith, Dominique Thorne, Martin Sheen, Amari Cheatom
Ma Rainey's Black BottomViola Davis, Chadwick Boseman (post-humous nomination), Glynn Turman, Colman Domingo, Michael Potts, Jonny Coyne, Taylour Paige, Jeremy Shamos, Dusan Brown, Joshua Harto
MinariSteven Yeun, Han Ye-ri, Alan Kim, Noel Kate Cho, Youn Yuh-jung, Will Patton, Scott Haze, Jacob Wade
One Night in Miami...Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, Leslie Odom, Jr., Lance Reddick, Joaquina Kalukango, Michael Imperioli, Beau Bridges, Lawrence Gilliard, Jr., Nicolette Robinson
2021BelfastCaitríona Balfe, Jamie Dornan, Judi Dench, Jude Hill, Ciarán Hinds, Colin Morgan
Don't Look UpCate Blanchett, Timothée Chalamet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ariana Grande, Jonah Hill, Jennifer Lawrence, Melanie Lynskey, Scott Mescudi, Rob Morgan, Himesh Patel, Ron Perlman, Tyler Perry, Mark Rylance, Meryl Streep
The Harder They FallJonathan Majors, Idris Elba, Zazie Beetz, Regina King, Delroy Lindo, Lakeith Stanfield, RJ Cyler, Danielle Deadwyler, Edi Gathegi, Deon Cole
Licorice PizzaAlana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Bradley Cooper, Sean Penn, Tom Waits, Benny Safdie, Skyler Gisondo, Mary Elizabeth Ellis
The Power of the DogBenedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jesse Plemons, Thomasin McKenzie, Keith Carradine, Genevieve Lemon, Frances Conroy, Peter Carroll
West Side StoryRachel Zegler, Ansel Elgort, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Mike Faist, Rita Moreno, Brian d'Arcy James, Corey Stoll, Ana Isabelle, Andréa Burns, Jamie Harris, Benjamin Cook, Kyle Allen, Myles Erlick, Talia Ryder, Maddie Ziegler
2022Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom, Jr., Kate Hudson, Dave Bautista, Jessica Henwick, Madelyn Cline, Noah Segan, Jackie Hoffman, Dallas Roberts, Ethan Hawke, Hugh Grant, Stephen Sondheim, Natasha Lyonne, Adam Davenport, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Serena Williams, Yo-Yo Ma, Angela Lansbury
The Banshees of InisherinColin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan, Pat Shortt, Gary Lydon, Jon Kenny, Aaron Monaghan, Bríd Ní Neachtain, Sheila Flitton
Everything Everywhere All at OnceMichelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Stephanie Hsu, James Hong, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jenny Slate, Harry Shum, Jr., Tallie Medel
The FabelmansMichelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Gabriel LaBelle, Keely Karsten, Julia Butters, Judd Hirsch, Sophia Kopera, Jeannie Berlin, Robin Bartlett
The Woman KingViola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, John Boyega, Jimmy Odukoya, Masali Baduza, Jayme Lawson, Adrienne Warren
Women TalkingRooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Judith Ivey, Ben Whishaw, Frances McDormand, Sheila McCarthy, Michelle McLeod, Kate Hallett, Liv McNeil, Emily Mitchell, Kira Guloien, Shayla Brown, August Winter
2023OppenheimerCillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Josh Hartnett, Florence Pugh, Benny Safdie, David Krumholtz, Alden Ehrenreich, Rami Malek, Jason Clarke, Casey Affleck [7]
AirMatt Damon, Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Chris Messina, Matthew Maher, Marlon Wayans, Jay Mohr, Chris Tucker, Viola Davis, Gustaf Skarsgård
BarbieMargot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Will Ferrell, America Ferrera, Ariana Greenblatt, Kate McKinnon, Helen Mirren, Rhea Perlman, Issa Rae, Michael Cera, Dua Lipa, Simu Liu, John Cena, Emerald Fennell, Ncuti Gatwa, Emma Mackey, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Scott Evans
The Color PurpleFantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins, Gabrielle Wilson, Halle Bailey, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Batiste, Louis Gossett Jr., David Alan Grier, Deon Cole, Tamela Mann, Elizabeth Marvel, Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, Ciara
The HoldoversPaul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa, Carrie Preston, Gillian Vigman, Tate Donovan, Brady Hepner, Ian Dolley, Jim Kaplan, Michael Provost, Andrew Garman
Killers of the Flower MoonLeonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemons, Tantoo Cardinal, John Lithgow, Brendan Fraser, Cara Jade Myers

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200803054701/http://www.mtv.com/news/2801954/critics-choice-movie-awards-winners/ 'The Social Network' Wins Big At Critics' Choice Movie Awards - MTV
  2. https://www.boston.com/culture/movies/2016/01/17/spotlight-wins-best-acting-ensemble-prize-at-critics-choice-awards 'Spotlight' wins Best Acting Ensemble prize at Critics' Choice Awards|Boston.com
  3. https://www.thewrap.com/critics-choice-awards-2018-complete-winners-list/ Critics' Choice Awards 2018: The Complete Winners List - The Wrap
  4. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2019-critics-choice-awards-winners-list-full-1172261 2019 Critics' Choice Awards Winners: List in Full|Hollywood Reporter
  5. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-critics-choice-awards-winners-list-full-1267901/item/best-action-movie-critics-choice-award-winners-2020-1268203 2020 Critics' Choice Awards Winners: List in Full|Hollywood Reporter
  6. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/2021-critics-choice-awards-winners-list Critics Choice Awards: 'Nomadland' Wins Best Picture|Hollywood Reporter
  7. https://www.screendaily.com/news/oppenheimer-wins-eight-critics-choice-awards-including-film-director/5189405.article 'Oppenheimer' wins eight Critics Choice Awards including film, director|Screen Daily