The Critics Choice Association announced the winners of its sixth annual Critics Choice Super Awards on August 6, 2026, recognising action, superhero, horror and science-fiction/fantasy work across film and television.
There was no single film that controlled the entire list. Obsession, Project Hail Mary, Superman and The Furious led the movie categories with two awards each. Television produced clearer sweeps: The Boys and Widow’s Bay collected three wins apiece.
Below is the complete verified winners list, followed by Flicklevel’s assessment of what the results actually mean for viewers.
What are the Critics Choice Super Awards?
The Super Awards are presented by the Critics Choice Association, an organisation representing more than 500 media critics and entertainment journalists. Unlike the main Critics Choice Awards, this event concentrates on popular genres that are often divided across many categories—or overlooked entirely—during the traditional awards season.
The 2026 awards cover action, superhero and comic-book entertainment, horror, and science fiction/fantasy. Winners are selected by members of the association.
An award is not proof that every viewer will prefer a particular film or performance. It is better understood as informed recognition from a voting group and a useful guide to work that attracted critical attention.
Major results at a glance
Leading films: Obsession, Project Hail Mary, Superman and The Furious — two wins each
Leading television titles: The Boys and Widow’s Bay — three wins each
Best Action Movie: The Furious
Best Superhero Movie: Superman
Best Horror Movie: Obsession
Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie: Project Hail Mary
Best Action Television Series: Task
Best Superhero Television Series: Tie between Spider-Noir and The Boys
Best Horror Television Series: Widow’s Bay
Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Television Series: Pluribus
Complete film winners
Best Action Movie: The Furious
Best Actor in an Action Movie: Xie Miao — The Furious
Best Actress in an Action Movie: Charlize Theron — Apex
Best Superhero Movie: Superman
Best Actor in a Superhero Movie: David Corenswet — Superman
Best Actress in a Superhero Movie: Milly Alcock — Supergirl
Best Horror Movie: Obsession
Best Actor in a Horror Movie: Ralph Fiennes — 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Best Actress in a Horror Movie: Inde Navarrette — Obsession
Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie: Project Hail Mary
Best Actor in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie: Ryan Gosling — Project Hail Mary
Best Actress in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie: Emily Blunt — Disclosure Day
Best Villain in a Movie: Amy Madigan — Weapons
Best Good Boy in a Horror Movie: Indy — Good Boy
The Critics Choice Association notes that its superhero categories also include work inspired by comic books and video games.
Complete television winners
Best Action Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie: Task
Best Actor in an Action Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie: Sterling K. Brown — Paradise
Best Actress in an Action Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie: Kaitlin Olson — High Potential
Best Superhero Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie: Spider-Noir and The Boys — tie
Best Actor in a Superhero Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie: Antony Starr — The Boys
Best Actress in a Superhero Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie: Danielle Brooks — Peacemaker
Best Horror Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie: Widow’s Bay
Best Actor in a Horror Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie: Matthew Rhys — Widow’s Bay
Best Actress in a Horror Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie: Kate O’Flynn — Widow’s Bay
Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie: Pluribus
Best Actor in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie: Sterling K. Brown — Paradise
Best Actress in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie: Rhea Seehorn — Pluribus
Best Villain in a Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie: Antony Starr — The Boys
What stands out from the film results?
The film awards were distributed broadly. Four titles shared the lead with two wins rather than one release sweeping several categories. That spread gives viewers four clear starting points across different types of genre cinema.
The Furious paired Best Action Movie with Xie Miao’s acting victory. Superman won the leading superhero prize and an acting award for David Corenswet. Obsession combined Best Horror Movie with recognition for Inde Navarrette, while Project Hail Mary took the science-fiction/fantasy film prize and Best Actor for Ryan Gosling.
The acting results also prevented the top film categories from becoming closed packages. Charlize Theron won for Apex, Milly Alcock for Supergirl, Ralph Fiennes for 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple and Emily Blunt for Disclosure Day, even though those films did not win their respective top genre awards.
That is healthy for an awards list intended to highlight a field rather than promote only a handful of titles.
What stands out from the television results?
Widow’s Bay produced the cleanest sweep. It won all three categories in which it was nominated: horror series, horror actor for Matthew Rhys and horror actress for Kate O’Flynn.
The Boys also secured three awards. It shared the superhero-series prize with Spider-Noir, while Antony Starr won both superhero actor and television villain. The tie is significant because it recognises two different forms of comic-book television instead of forcing one winner to represent the entire category.
Sterling K. Brown achieved one of the day’s most notable individual results. He won both the action-actor and science-fiction/fantasy-actor categories for Paradise. Rhea Seehorn’s victory for Pluribus adds another major acting honour to a series that also won the main science-fiction/fantasy television prize.
Why do these awards matter?
Genre storytelling is often commercially successful but unevenly recognised by broader awards institutions. Horror performances can be ignored because of the genre around them. Action acting may be mistaken for physical ability alone. Superhero work is frequently discussed through box-office performance before craft or character receives equal attention.
The Super Awards do not solve those problems, but they create a dedicated record of genre achievement. They can also help viewers discover performances outside the films and programmes that won the headline categories.
For Flicklevel readers, the list is most useful as a watchlist builder. It identifies titles that generated enough support to win in a competitive field, while the divided results make clear that 2026 genre entertainment cannot be reduced to one dominant production.
Professional editorial assessment
The strongest quality of this year’s results is their range. The film winners include action, horror, superhero storytelling and space-based science fiction. Television recognition covers procedural action, satire, horror and speculative drama.
The performer categories are equally useful. Awards for Xie Miao, Inde Navarrette, Milly Alcock, Sterling K. Brown, Kate O’Flynn and Rhea Seehorn encourage viewers to look beyond the most aggressively marketed titles.
The list should still be read with perspective. These are category awards decided by a specific voting body, not a universal ranking of every genre release. A win cannot replace a full review, and it does not guarantee that a title will suit every audience.
The playful Best Good Boy honour for Indy in Good Boy fits the identity of the event. It gives the awards personality without changing the meaning of the main competitive categories.
Who should use this winners list?
This post is useful for:
Viewers building an action, horror, superhero or science-fiction watchlist
Fans who want the complete results in one place
Awards followers looking beyond traditional drama categories
Readers interested in recognised performances, not only winning films
Viewers deciding which widely discussed 2026 titles to investigate next
Who can skip it?
This list may be less useful for readers who:
Want one definitive ranking of the year’s best entertainment
Need personal recommendations based on age, mood or taste
Are looking only for streaming availability in a particular country
Treat an award as a substitute for checking whether a title suits them
The awards announcement does not provide a complete international streaming guide for every winner. Availability should be checked separately and legally in each viewer’s region.
Flicklevel verdict
Editorial verdict: A broad and useful genre watchlist—not a substitute for individual reviews.
The 2026 Critics Choice Super Awards succeed most when they direct attention toward performances and titles that could be lost in a crowded entertainment year. The divided film results prevent the list from feeling like a single-studio victory lap, while the television wins give The Boys and Widow’s Bay clear recognition without erasing strong work elsewhere.
Final opinion
The real value of this winners list is discovery. A reader may arrive because Superman, Project Hail Mary or The Boys won, but leave with The Furious, Obsession, Widow’s Bay, Paradise or Pluribus added to a watchlist.
That is what a genre-focused awards event should accomplish. It should celebrate popular work while widening the conversation around it. The Critics Choice Super Awards are not the final word on 2026 entertainment, but this year’s results offer a credible map of the films, series and performances driving action, horror, superhero and speculative storytelling.
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