“Better Call Saul” & “Everything Everywhere All at Once” Win Big at 2023 Critics’ Choice Awards

Giancarlo Esposito, Melissa Bernstein, Peter Gould, Rhea Seehorn and Bob Odenkirk accept the Best Drama Series award for
Giancarlo Esposito, Melissa Bernstein, Peter Gould, Rhea Seehorn and Bob Odenkirk accept the Best Drama Series award for "Better Call Saul" at the 28th Annual Critics' Choice Awards in January 2023. Photo by John Salangsang/Shutterstock (13713384sj)

This year’s awards season is entering its most exciting stage, and another major ceremony named their winners on Sunday night. Everything Everywhere All at Once picked up five trophies at this year’s Critics’ Choice Awards, while Better Call Saul was the biggest winner in the television field with three.

Everything Everywhere came into the ceremony with record 14 nominations and managed to take five trophies home. It defeated the likes of The Banshees of Inisherin, The Fabelmans, and Avatar: The Way of Water to win the night’s top award: best picture.

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert won two awards for directing and writing this project. Ke Huy Quan cemented his status as the Oscar front-runner by winning another award for best supporting actor, while Paul Rogers was named best editor.

Better Call Saul dominated the TV categories with a total of three wins – drama series, best actor in a drama series (Bob Odenkirk), and best supporting actor in a drama series (Giancarlo Esposito). Abbott Elementary, The Dropout, and Weird: The Al Yankovic Story came in second with two awards each.

The 28th Critics’ Choice Awards were held on January 15 at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, California, with Chelsea Handler hosting the festivities.

FULL LIST OF WINNERS AT THE 2023 CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS:

BEST PICTURE
Everything Everywhere All at Once

BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett – Tár

BEST ACTOR
Brendan Fraser – The Whale

BEST DIRECTOR
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once

BEST LIMITED SERIES
The Dropout (Hulu)

BEST DRAMA SERIES
Better Call Saul (AMC)

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Zendaya – Euphoria (HBO)

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul (AMC)

BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (The Roku Channel)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SERIES
Pachinko (Apple TV+)

BEST TALK SHOW
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

BEST COMEDY SPECIAL
Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special (Netflix)

BEST ANIMATED SERIES
Harley Quinn (HBO Max)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Claudio Miranda – Top Gun: Maverick

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino – Babylon

BEST EDITING
Paul Rogers – Everything Everywhere All at Once

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
Elvis

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar: The Way of Water

BEST COMEDY SERIES
Abbott Elementary (ABC)

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Jean Smart – Hacks (HBO Max)

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Jeremy Allen White – The Bear (FX)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Daniel Radcliffe – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (The Roku Channel)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Henry Winkler – Barry (HBO)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary (ABC)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Paul Walter Hauser – Black Bird (Apple TV+)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Niecy Nash-Betts – Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (Netflix)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Giancarlo Esposito – Better Call Saul (AMC)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Jennifer Coolidge – The White Lotus (HBO)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
RRR

BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Amanda Seyfried – The Dropout (Hulu)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Ruth E. Carter – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

BEST SCORE
Hildur Guðnadóttir – Tár

BEST SONG
Naatu Naatu – RRR

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Sarah Polley – Women Talking

BEST COMEDY
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Gabriel LaBelle – The Fabelmans