A lot of broadly popular films and some box office failures along with films that were both popular and unpopular with critics. They largely make sense and don’t simultaneously.

Nominations Tallies

(6) Superman
(4) The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Masters of the Universe, Obsession, Project Hail Mary, Weapons
(3) 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Backrooms, Bugonia, The Furious
(2) Apex, Avatar: Fire and Ash, Disclosure Day, Exit 8, Frankenstein, Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, I Love Boosters, The Long Walk, Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice, Motor City, The Naked Gun, Normal, Predator: Badlands, The Rip, Send Help, Sisu: Road to Revenge, Supergirl
(1) The Bluff, The Bride!, Demon Slayer: Kimtesu no Yaiba Infinity Castle, Ghost Killer, Hokum, Mortal Kombat II, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, Over Your Dead Body, Pretty Lethal, Together

The Nominations

Best Villain

Oona Chaplin – Avatar: Fire and Ash
Nicholas Hoult – Superman
Michael Johnston – Obsession
Jared Leto – Masters of the Universe
Amy Madigan – Weapons

Best Action Movie

The Furious
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
Motor City
The Naked Gun
Normal
The Rip
Sisu: Road to Revenge

Best Actor in an Action Movie

Matt Damon: The Rip
Taron Egerton – Apex
Xie Miao – The Furious
Bob Odenkirk – Normal
Alan Ritchson – Motor City
Joe Taslim – The Furious
Jorma Tommila – Sisu: Road to Revenge

Best Actress in an Action Movie

Pamela Anderson – The Naked Gun
Priyanka Chopra Jonas – The Bluff
Eiza González – Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
Akari Takaishi – Ghost Killer
Charlize Theron – Apex
Samara Weaving – Over Your Dead Body
Maddie Ziegler – Pretty Lethal

Best Horror Movie

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Backrooms
The Long Walk
Obsession
Send Help
Weapons

Best Actor in a Horror Movie

Josh Brolin – Weapons
Chiwetel Ejiofor – Backrooms
Ralph Fiennes – 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Michael Johnston – Obsession
David Jonsson – The Long Walk
Jack O’Connell – 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Adam Scott – Hokum

Best Actress in a Horror Movie

Alison Brie – Together
Jessie Buckley – The Bride!
Amy Madigan – Weapons
Rachel McAdams – Send Help
Inde Navarrette – Obsession
Renate Reinsve – Backrooms

Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movie

Bugonia
Disclosure Day
Frankenstein
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die
I Love Boosters
Predator: Badlands
Project Hail Mary

Best Actor in a Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movie

Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Ryan Gosling – Project Hail Mary
Matt Johnson – Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
James Ortiz – Project Hail Mary
Jesse Plemons – Bugonia
Sam Rockwell – Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die

Best Actress in a Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movie

Emily Blunt – Disclosure Day
Oona Chaplin – Avatar: Fire and Ash
Elle Fanning – Predator: Badlands
Sandra Hüller – Project Hail Mary
Keke Palmer – I Love Boosters
Emma Stone – Bugonia

Best Superhero Movie

Demon Slayer: Kimtesu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
Exit 8
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Masters of the Universe
Supergirl
Superman

Best Actor in a Superhero Movie

David Corenswet – Superman
Nicholas Galitzine – Masters of the Universe
Edi Gathetgi – Superman
Nicholas Hoult – Superman
Kazunari Ninomiya – Exit 8
Pedro Pescal – The Fantstic Four: First Steps

Best Actress in a Superhero Movie

Milly Alcock – Supergirl
Rachel Brosnahan – Superman
Julia Garner – The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Vanessa Kirby – The Fantstic Four: First Steps
Camila Mendes – Masters of the Universe
Adeline Rudolph – Mortal Kombat II

Critics Choice Association Data

Year Founded: 1995
First Super Awards: 2020 (7)