See the winners of the 21st Critics' Choice Awards

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Monday, January 18, 2016
Charlize Theron arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of ''Mad Max: Fury Road'' in May.
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The Critics' Choice Awards were Sunday night, and investigative journalism drama Spotlight came out on top with the Best Picture award. Mad Max: Fury Road took home the most awards with nine, including Best Action Movie and Best Director.



On the television side, Master of None and Mr. Robot were awarded the top prize in the comedy and drama categories, respectively.



The awards honor excellence in television and film as chosen by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) and the Broadcast Film Critics Association. Awards show season is heating up, as the Golden Globes took place earlier this month and the Oscars nominations were announced last week ahead of Oscars Sunday on Feb. 28.



Here are highlights of the winners from the 21st annual Critics' Choice Awards.



FILM CATEGORIES

Best Picture


WINNER: Spotlight


The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Sicario





Best Actor


WINNER: Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant


Bryan Cranston in Trumbo


Matt Damon in The Martian


Johnny Depp in Black Mass


Michael Fassbender in Steve Jobs


Eddie Redmayne in The Danish Girl



Best Actress


WINNER: Brie Larson in Room


Cate Blanchett in Carol


Jennifer Lawrence in Joy


Charlotte Rampling in 45 Years


Saoirse Ronan in Brooklyn


Charlize Theron in Mad Max: Fury Road



Best Supporting Actor


WINNER: Sylvester Stallone in Creed


Paul Dano in Love and Mercy


Tom Hardy in The Revenant


Mark Ruffalo in Spotlight


Mark Rylance in Bridge of Spies


Michael Shannon in 99 Homes



Best Supporting Actress


WINNER: Alicia Vikander in The Danish Girl


Jennifer Jason Leigh in The Hateful Eight


Rooney Mara in Carol


Rachel McAdams in Spotlight


Helen Mirren in Trumbo


Kate Winslet in Steve Jobs



Best Comedy


WINNER: The Big Short


Inside Out
Joy
Sisters
Spy
Trainwreck



Best Actor in a Comedy


WINNER: Christian Bale in The Big Short


Steve Carell in The Big Short


Robert De Niro in The Intern


Bill Hader in Trainwreck


Jason Statham in Spy



Best Actress in a Comedy


WINNER: Amy Schumer in Trainwreck


Tina Fey in Sisters


Jennifer Lawrence in Joy


Melissa McCarthy in Spy


Lily Tomlin in Grandma



Best Director


WINNER: George Miller for Mad Max: Fury Road


Todd Haynes for Carol


Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for The Revenant


Tom McCarthy for Spotlight


Ridley Scott for The Martian


Steven Spielberg for Bridge of Spies



Best Original Screenplay


WINNER: Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy for Spotlight


Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen for Bridge of Spies


Alex Garland for Ex Machina


Quentin Tarantino for The Hateful Eight


Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley for Inside Out



Best Adapted Screenplay


WINNER: Charles Randolph and Adam McKay for The Big Short


Nick Hornby for Brooklyn


Drew Goddard for The Martian


Emma Donoghue for Room


Aaron Sorkin for Steve Jobs



Best Original Song


WINNER: "See You Again" from Furious 7


"Love Me Like You Do" from Fifty Shades of Grey


"Til It Happens To You" from The Hunting Ground


"One Kind of Love" from Love & Mercy


"Writing's on the Wall" from Spectre


"Simple Song #3" from Youth



TELEVISION CATEGORIES

Best Drama Series


WINNER: Mr. Robot


Empire


Penny Dreadful


Rectify


The Knick


The Leftovers


UnREAL



Best Comedy Series


WINNER: Master of None


Black-ish


Catastrophe


Jane the Virgin


Transparent


The Last Man on Earth


You're the Worst



Best Movie Made for Television or Limited Series


WINNER: Fargo


Childhood's End


Luther


Saints & Strangers


Show Me a Hero


The Wiz Live!



Best Actor in a Drama Series


WINNER: Rami Malek in Mr. Robot


Hugh Dancy in Hannibal


Clive Owen in The Knick


Liev Schreiber in Ray Donovan


Justin Theroux in The Leftovers


Aden Young in Rectify



Best Actress in a Drama Series


WINNER: Carrie Coon in The Leftovers


Shiri Appleby in UnREAL


Viola Davis in How to Get Away With Murder


Eva Green in Penny Dreadful


Taraji P. Henson in Empire


Krysten Ritter in Jessica Jones



Best Actor in a Comedy Series


WINNER: Jeffrey Tambor in Transparent


Anthony Anderson in Black-ish


Aziz Ansari in Master of None


Will Forte in The Last Man on Earth


Randall Park in Fresh Off the Boat


Fred Savage in The Grinder



Best Actress in a Comedy Series


WINNER: Rachel Bloom in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend


Aya Cash in You're the Worst


Wendi McLendon-Covey in The Goldbergs


Gina Rodriguez in Jane the Virgin


Tracee Ellis Ross in Black-ish


Constance Wu in Fresh Off the Boat



Best Actor in a Movie Made for Television or Limited Series


WINNER: Idris Elba in Luther


Wes Bentley in American Horror Story: Hotel


Martin Clunes in Arthur & George


Oscar Isaac in Show Me a Hero


Vincent Kartheiser in Saints & Strangers


Patrick Wilson in Fargo



Best Actress in a Movie Made for Television or Limited Series


WINNER: Kirsten Dunst in Fargo


Kathy Bates in American Horror Story: Hotel


Sarah Hay in Flesh and Bone


Alyvia Alyn Lind in Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors


Rachel McAdams in True Detective


Shanice Williams in The Wiz Live!



See the full list of television and film nominations on the Critics' Choice Awards website.



The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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