21e Critics' Choice Awards
Datum	17 januari 2016
Locatie	Barker Hangar, Santa Monica
Organisator	Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) & Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA)
Presentator	T.J. Miller
Netwerk	A&E, Lifetime en LMN
Vorige	20e Critics' Choice Movie Awards & 5e Critics' Choice Television Awards
Volgende	22e Critics' Choice Awards
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De uitreiking van de 21e Critics' Choice Awards vond plaats op 17 januari 2016 in de Barker Hangar, een voormalige vliegtuighangar op het vliegveld van Santa Monica in Californië. Er werden prijzen uitgereikt in verschillende categorieën voor films en series uit het jaar 2015 in een ceremonie die voor de eerste keer werd gepresenteerd door T.J. Miller. Het was het eerste jaar dat de prijzen voor film en televisie op dezelfde avond werden uitgereikt.^[1] De genomineerden werden op 14 december 2015 bekendgemaakt.^[2]

De winnaars staan bovenaan in vet lettertype.^[3]

• Spotlight
  • The Big Short
  • Bridge of Spies
  • Brooklyn
  • Carol
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • The Martian
  • The Revenant
  • Room
  • Sicario
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens

• Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
  • Bryan Cranston - Trumbo
  • Matt Damon - The Martian
  • Johnny Depp - Black Mass
  • Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs
  • Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl

• Brie Larson - Room
  • Cate Blanchett - Carol
  • Jennifer Lawrence - Joy
  • Charlotte Rampling - 45 Years
  • Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn
  • Charlize Theron - Mad Max: Fury Road

• Sylvester Stallone - Creed
  • Paul Dano - Love & Mercy
  • Tom Hardy - The Revenant
  • Mark Ruffalo - Spotlight
  • Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies
  • Michael Shannon - 99 Homes

• Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl
  • Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight
  • Rooney Mara - Carol
  • Rachel McAdams - Spotlight
  • Helen Mirren - Trumbo
  • Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs

• Jacob Tremblay - Room
  • Abraham Attah - Beasts of No Nation
  • RJ Cyler - Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
  • Shameik Moore - Dope
  • Milo Parker - Mr. Holmes

• Spotlight
  • The Big Short
  • The Hateful Eight
  • Straight Outta Compton
  • Trumbo

• George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road
  • Todd Haynes - Carol
  • Alejandro González Iñárritu - The Revenant
  • Tom McCarthy - Spotlight
  • Ridley Scott - The Martian
  • Steven Spielberg - Bridge of Spies

• Josh Singer en Tom McCarthy - Spotlight
  • Matt Charman, Ethan Coen en Joel Coen - Bridge of Spies
  • Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve en Josh Cooley - Inside Out
  • Alex Garland - Ex Machina
  • Quentin Tarantino - The Hateful Eight

• Charles Randolph en Adam McKay - The Big Short
  • Emma Donoghue - Room
  • Drew Goddard - The Martian
  • Nick Hornby - Brooklyn
  • Aaron Sorkin - Steve Jobs

• Emmanuel Lubezki - The Revenant
  • Roger Deakins - Sicario
  • Ed Lachman - Carol
  • Robert Richardson - The Hateful Eight
  • John Seale - Mad Max: Fury Road
  • Dariusz Wolski - The Martian

• Colin Gibson en Lisa Thompson - Mad Max: Fury Road
  • Judy Becker en Heather Loeffler - Carol
  • Arthur Max en Celia Bobak - The Martian
  • François Séguin, Jennifer Oman en Louise Tremblay - Brooklyn
  • Eve Stewart en Michael Standish - The Danish Girl
  • Adam Stockhausen en Rena DeAngelo - Bridge of Spies

• Margaret Sixel - Mad Max: Fury Road
  • Hank Corwin - The Big Short
  • Tom McArdle - Spotlight
  • Stephen Mirrione - The Revenant
  • Pietro Scalia - The Martian

• Jenny Beavan - Mad Max: Fury Road
  • Paco Delgado - The Danish Girl
  • Odile Dicks-Mireaux - Brooklyn
  • Sandy Powell - Carol
  • Sandy Powell - Cinderella

• Mad Max: Fury Road
  • Black Mass
  • Carol
  • The Danish Girl
  • The Hateful Eight
  • The Revenant

• Mad Max: Fury Road
  • Ex Machina
  • Jurassic World
  • The Martian
  • The Revenant
  • The Walk

• Inside Out
  • Anomalisa
  • The Good Dinosaur
  • The Peanuts Movie
  • Shaun the Sheep Movie

• Mad Max: Fury Road
  • Furious 7
  • Jurassic World
  • Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
  • Sicario

• Tom Hardy - Mad Max: Fury Road
  • Daniel Craig - Spectre
  • Tom Cruise - Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
  • Chris Pratt - Jurassic World
  • Paul Rudd - Ant-Man

• Charlize Theron - Mad Max: Fury Road
  • Emily Blunt - Sicario
  • Rebecca Ferguson - Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
  • Bryce Dallas Howard - Jurassic World
  • Jennifer Lawrence - The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

• The Big Short
  • Inside Out
  • Joy
  • Sisters
  • Spy
  • Trainwreck

• Christian Bale - The Big Short
  • Steve Carell - The Big Short
  • Robert De Niro - The Intern
  • Bill Hader - Trainwreck
  • Jason Statham - Spy

• Amy Schumer - Trainwreck
  • Tina Fey - Sisters
  • Jennifer Lawrence - Joy
  • Melissa McCarthy - Spy
  • Lily Tomlin - Grandma

• Ex Machina
  • It Follows
  • Jurassic World
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • The Martian

• Son of Saul
  • The Assassin
  • Goodnight Mommy
  • Mustang
  • The Second Mother

• Amy
  • Cartel Land
  • Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
  • He Named Me Malala
  • The Look of Silence
  • Where to Invade Next

• "See You Again" - Furious 7
  • "Love Me like You Do" - Fifty Shades of Grey
  • "One Kind of Love" - Love & Mercy
  • "Simple Song #3" - Youth
  • "Til It Happens to You" - The Hunting Ground
  • "Writing's on the Wall" - Spectre

• Ennio Morricone - The Hateful Eight
  • Carter Burwell - Carol
  • Jóhann Jóhannsson - Sicario
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto en Alva Noto - The Revenant
  • Howard Shore - Spotlight

De volgende films ontvingen meerdere nominaties:

Nominaties	Film	Awards
13	Mad Max: Fury Road	9
9	Carol
	The Martian
	The Revenant	2
8	Spotlight	3
7	The Big Short	3
6	The Hateful Eight	1
5	Bridge of Spies
	Brooklyn
	The Danish Girl	1
	Jurassic World
	Sicario
4	Room	2
3	Ex Machina	1
	Inside Out
	Joy
	Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
	Spy
	Steve Jobs
	Trainwreck	1
	Trumbo
2	Black Mass
	Furious 7	1
	Love & Mercy
	Sisters
	Spectre

De winnaars staan bovenaan in vet lettertype.^[3]

• Mr. Robot
  • Empire
  • Penny Dreadful
  • Rectify
  • The Knick
  • The Leftovers
  • UnREAL

• Rami Malek - Mr. Robot
  • Hugh Dancy - Hannibal
  • Clive Owen - The Knick
  • Liev Schreiber - Ray Donovan
  • Justin Theroux - The Leftovers
  • Aden Young - Rectify

• Carrie Coon - The Leftovers
  • Shiri Appleby - UnREAL
  • Viola Davis - How to Get Away with Murder
  • Eva Green - Penny Dreadful
  • Taraji P. Henson - Empire
  • Krysten Ritter - Jessica Jones

• Christian Slater - Mr. Robot
  • Clayne Crawford - Rectify
  • Christopher Eccleston - The Leftovers
  • André Holland - The Knick
  • Jonathan Jackson - Nashville
  • Rufus Sewell - The Man in the High Castle

• Constance Zimmer - UnREAL
  • Ann Dowd - The Leftovers
  • Regina King - The Leftovers
  • Helen McCrory - Penny Dreadful
  • Hayden Panettiere - Nashville
  • Maura Tierney - The Affair

• Margo Martindale - The Good Wife
  • Richard Armitage - Hannibal
  • Justin Kirk - Manhattan
  • Patti LuPone - Penny Dreadful
  • Marisa Tomei - Empire
  • B.D. Wong - Mr. Robot

• Master of None
  • Black-ish
  • Catastrophe
  • Jane the Virgin
  • The Last Man on Earth
  • Transparent
  • You're the Worst

• Jeffrey Tambor - Transparent
  • Anthony Anderson - Black-ish
  • Aziz Ansari - Master of None
  • Will Forte - The Last Man on Earth
  • Randall Park - Fresh Off the Boat
  • Fred Savage - The Grinder

• Rachel Bloom - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
  • Aya Cash - You're the Worst
  • Wendi McLendon-Covey - The Goldbergs
  • Gina Rodriguez - Jane the Virgin
  • Tracee Ellis Ross - Black-ish
  • Constance Wu - Fresh Off the Boat

• Andre Braugher - Brooklyn Nine-Nine
  • Jaime Camil - Jane the Virgin
  • Jay Duplass - Transparent
  • Neil Flynn - The Middle
  • Keegan-Michael Key - Playing House
  • Mel Rodriguez - Getting On

• Mayim Bialik - The Big Bang Theory
  • Kether Donohue - You're the Worst
  • Allison Janney - Mom
  • Judith Light - Transparent
  • Niecy Nash - Getting On
  • Eden Sher - The Middle

• Timothy Olyphant - The Grinder
  • Ellen Burstyn - Mom
  • Anjelica Huston - Transparent
  • Cherry Jones - Transparent
  • Jenifer Lewis - Black-ish
  • John Slattery - Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

• Fargo
  • Childhood's End
  • Luther
  • Saints & Strangers
  • Show Me a Hero
  • The Wiz Live!

• Idris Elba - Luther
  • Wes Bentley - American Horror Story: Hotel
  • Martin Clunes - Arthur & George
  • Oscar Isaac - Show Me a Hero
  • Vincent Kartheiser - Saints & Strangers
  • Patrick Wilson - Fargo

• Kirsten Dunst - Fargo
  • Kathy Bates - American Horror Story: Hotel
  • Sarah Hay - Flesh and Bone
  • Alyvia Alyn Lind - Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors
  • Rachel McAdams - True Detective
  • Shanice Williams - The Wiz Live!

• Jesse Plemons - Fargo
  • David Alan Grier - The Wiz Live!
  • Ne-Yo - The Wiz Live!
  • Nick Offerman - Fargo
  • Raoul Trujillo - Saints & Strangers
  • Bokeem Woodbine - Fargo

• Jean Smart - Fargo
  • Mary J. Blige - The Wiz Live!
  • Laura Haddock - Luther
  • Cristin Milioti - Fargo
  • Sarah Paulson - American Horror Story: Hotel
  • Winona Ryder - Show Me a Hero

• BoJack Horseman
  • Bob's Burgers
  • South Park
  • Star Wars Rebels
  • The Simpsons

• The Voice
  • The Amazing Race
  • Chopped
  • Face Off
  • MasterChef Junior
  • Survivor

• Shark Tank
  • Antiques Roadshow
  • Inside the Actors Studio
  • MythBusters
  • Project Greenlight
  • Undercover Boss

• Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
  • Cops
  • Deadliest Catch
  • Intervention
  • Naked and Afraid
  • Pawn Stars

• James Lipton - Inside the Actors Studio
  • Ted Allen - Chopped
  • Phil Keoghan - The Amazing Race
  • Jane Lynch - Hollywood Game Night
  • Jeff Probst - Survivor
  • Gordon Ramsay - Hell's Kitchen

• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!
  • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  • The Graham Norton Show
  • The Late Late Show with James Corden
  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

De volgende series ontvingen meerdere nominaties:

Nominaties	Serie	Awards
8	Fargo	4
6	The Leftovers	1
	Transparent	1
5	The Wiz Live!
4	Black-ish
	Mr. Robot	3
	Penny Dreadful
3	American Horror Story: Hotel	1
	Empire
	Jane the Virgin
	The Knick
	Luther	1
	Rectify
	Saints & Strangers
	Show Me a Hero
	UnREAL	1
	You're the Worst
2	The Amazing Race
	Chopped
	Fresh Off the Boat
	Getting On
	The Grinder	1
	Hannibal
	Inside the Actors Studio	1
	The Last Man on Earth
	Master of None	1
	The Middle
	Mom
	Nashville
	Survivor

• Industrial Light & Magic

• Amy Schumer

Publieksprijs voor het meest bingewatch-waardige televisieprogramma.

• Outlander
  • Empire
  • Friends
  • Game of Thrones
  • Orange Is the New Black
  • The Walking Dead

• Officiële website
• Critics Choice Awards 2016 - film in de Internet Movie Database
• Critics Choice Awards 2016 - televisie in de Internet Movie Database