Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Comedy

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

List of winners and nominees

2000s

Year	Winner	Director(s)
2005	The 40-Year-Old Virgin	Judd Apatow
	Kiss Kiss Bang Bang	Shane Black
	Mrs Henderson Presents	Stephen Frears
	The Producers	Susan Stroman
	Wedding Crashers	David Dobkin
2006	Borat	Larry Charles
	The Devil Wears Prada	David Frankel
	For Your Consideration	Christopher Guest
	Little Miss Sunshine	Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
	Thank You for Smoking	Jason Reitman
2007	Juno	Jason Reitman
	Dan in Real Life	Peter Hedges
	Hairspray	Adam Shankman
	Knocked Up	Judd Apatow
	Superbad	Greg Mottola
2008	Tropic Thunder	Ben Stiller
	Burn After Reading	Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
	Forgetting Sarah Marshall	Nicholas Stoller
	Role Models	David Wain
	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	Woody Allen
2009	The Hangover	Todd Phillips
	(500) Days of Summer	Marc Webb
	It's Complicated	Nancy Meyers
	The Proposal	Anne Fletcher
	Zombieland	Ruben Fleischer

2010s

Year	Winner	Director(s)
2010	Easy A	Will Gluck^[1]
	Cyrus	Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass
	Date Night	Shawn Levy
	Get Him to the Greek	Nicholas Stoller
	I Love You Phillip Morris	Glenn Ficarra and John Requa
	The Other Guys	Adam McKay
2011	Bridesmaids	Paul Feig
	Crazy, Stupid, Love	Glenn Ficarra and John Requa
	Horrible Bosses	Seth Gordon
	Midnight in Paris	Woody Allen
	The Muppets	James Bobin
2012	Silver Linings Playbook	David O. Russell
	21 Jump Street	Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
	Bernie	Richard Linklater
	Ted	Seth MacFarlane
	This Is 40	Judd Apatow
2013	American Hustle	David O. Russell
	Enough Said	Nicole Holofcener
	The Heat	Paul Feig
	This Is the End	Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg
	The Way, Way Back	Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
	The World's End	Edgar Wright
2014	The Grand Budapest Hotel	Wes Anderson
	22 Jump Street	Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
	Birdman	Alejandro G. Iñárritu
	St. Vincent	Theodore Melfi
	Top Five	Chris Rock
2015	The Big Short	Adam McKay^[2]
	Inside Out	Pete Docter
	Joy	David O. Russell
	Sisters	Jason Moore
	Spy	Paul Feig
	Trainwreck	Judd Apatow
2016	Deadpool	Tim Miller
	Central Intelligence	Rawson Marshall Thurber
	Don't Think Twice	Mike Birbiglia
	The Edge of Seventeen	Kelly Fremon Craig
	Hail, Caesar!	Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
	The Nice Guys	Shane Black
2017	The Big Sick	Michael Showalter^[3]
	The Disaster Artist	James Franco
	Girls Trip	Malcolm D. Lee
	I, Tonya	Craig Gillespie
	Lady Bird	Greta Gerwig
2018	Crazy Rich Asians	Jon M. Chu^[4]
	Deadpool 2	David Leitch
	The Death of Stalin	Armando Iannucci
	The Favourite	Yorgos Lanthimos
	Game Night	John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein
	Sorry to Bother You	Boots Riley
2019	Dolemite Is My Name	Craig Brewer^[5]
	Booksmart	Olivia Wilde
	The Farewell	Lulu Wang
	Jojo Rabbit	Taika Waititi
	Knives Out	Rian Johnson

2020s

Year	Winner	Director(s)
2020	Palm Springs	Max Barbakow
	Borat Subsequent Moviefilm	Jason Woliner
	The 40-Year-Old Version	Radha Blank
	The King of Staten Island	Judd Apatow
	On the Rocks	Sofia Coppola
	The Prom	Ryan Murphy
2021	Licorice Pizza	Paul Thomas Anderson
	Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar	Josh Greenbaum
	Don't Look Up	Adam McKay
	Free Guy	Shawn Levy
	The French Dispatch	Wes Anderson
2022	Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery	Rian Johnson
	The Banshees of Inisherin	Martin McDonagh
	Bros	Nicholas Stoller
	Everything Everywhere All at Once	Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
	Triangle of Sadness	Ruben Östlund
	The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent	Tom Gormican
2023	Barbie	Greta Gerwig
	American Fiction	Cord Jefferson
	Bottoms	Emma Seligman
	The Holdovers	Alexander Payne
	No Hard Feelings	Gene Stupnitsky
	Poor Things	Yorgos Lanthimos
2024 ^[6] ^[7]	A Real Pain (TIE)	Jesse Eisenberg
	Deadpool & Wolverine (TIE)	Shawn Levy
	Hit Man	Richard Linklater
	My Old Ass	Megan Park
	Saturday Night	Jason Reitman
	Thelma	Josh Margolin
2025	The Naked Gun	Akiva Schaffer
	The Ballad of Wallis Island	James Griffiths
	Eternity	David Freyne
	Friendship	Andrew DeYoung
	The Phoenician Scheme	Wes Anderson
	Splitsville	Michael Angelo Covino

Multiple wins

2 wins

David O. Russell

Multiple nominations

5 nominations

Judd Apatow (one win)

3 nominations

Wes Anderson (one win)
Paul Feig (one win)
Shawn Levy (one win)
Adam McKay (one win)
Jason Reitman (one win)
David O. Russell (two wins)
Nicholas Stoller

2 nominations

References

↑ Enk, Bryan. "'The Social Network' Wins Big At Critics' Choice Movie Awards". MTV News. Archived from the original on August 3, 2020.
↑ staff, T. H. R. (January 17, 2016). "Critics' Choice Awards: The Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter.
↑ "Critics' Choice Awards 2018: The Complete Winners List". January 12, 2018.
↑ Crist, Allison (January 13, 2019). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'Roma,' 'Americans,' 'Mrs. Maisel' Top Winners". The Hollywood Reporter.
↑ Howard, Kimberly Nordyke,Annie; Nordyke, Kimberly; Howard, Annie (January 12, 2020). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' Named Best Picture; Full Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
↑ Evans, Greg (December 12, 2024). "'Conclave' And 'Wicked' Lead Critics Choice Awards Film Nominations – Full List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
↑ Hipes, Patrick (February 7, 2025). "Critics Choice Awards: 'Anora' Takes Best Picture; 'Shōgun', 'Hacks', 'Baby Reindeer' Lead TV – Full Winners List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 8, 2025.

[1] Enk, Bryan. "'The Social Network' Wins Big At Critics' Choice Movie Awards". MTV News. Archived from the original on August 3, 2020.

[2] staff, T. H. R. (January 17, 2016). "Critics' Choice Awards: The Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter.

[3] "Critics' Choice Awards 2018: The Complete Winners List". January 12, 2018.

[4] Crist, Allison (January 13, 2019). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'Roma,' 'Americans,' 'Mrs. Maisel' Top Winners". The Hollywood Reporter.

[5] Howard, Kimberly Nordyke,Annie; Nordyke, Kimberly; Howard, Annie (January 12, 2020). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' Named Best Picture; Full Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[6] Evans, Greg (December 12, 2024). "'Conclave' And 'Wicked' Lead Critics Choice Awards Film Nominations – Full List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 8, 2025.

[7] Hipes, Patrick (February 7, 2025). "Critics Choice Awards: 'Anora' Takes Best Picture; 'Shōgun', 'Hacks', 'Baby Reindeer' Lead TV – Full Winners List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 8, 2025.

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