The Critics' Choice handed out their annual awards and gave "Spotlight" the Best Picture of the year. However, with Oscar nominations already announced, does this organization affect the Oscar race? Here is a look at each category and how it could change the race.

Best Picture

After losing the Golden Globe to "The Revenant," "Spotlight" won the Critics' Choice. The film is still the front-runner to win the Oscar especially after getting six Oscar nominations and getting the SAG nomination for Best Ensemble. The race is still wide open especially with "Spotlight's" low winning number at the Critics' Choice. The race will now shift to the Producers Guild of America and SAG awards to see if "Spotlight" really has the momentum to win the Oscar. A win at both these organization will likely be followed by the Oscar. However, losses there will make it vulnerable to win.

Best Director

George Miller continued his winning streak after losing the Golden Globe. Miller has won the majority of the Critics awards, but it will come down to the Directors Guild of America. Last year the Critics' Choice gave the award to Richard Linklater. However, the DGA ended up giving the prize to Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for "Birdman." He went on to win the Oscar.

Miller has a chance to win if the Academy wants to split the award. The last time the Academy split the Best Director and Best Picture award was in 2013 when Alfonso Cuaron won for "Gravity" and "12 Years a Slave" won Best Picture. Similarly in 2012 Ang Lee won the Best Director award at the Oscars for "Life of Pi" while "Argo" won Best Picture. If Miller wins the Oscar he would join Lee and Cuaron as winners for a Special effects driven film. However, it will all come down to the DGA.

Best Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio won the Critics' Choice for his work on "The Revenant" and continued his winning streak. DiCaprio now has the Golden Globe and the Critics' Choice and will likely continue his winning streak at the BAFTA and the SAG awards. At this point, it is DiCaprio's award to lose.

Best Actress

Brie Larson continued as front-runner for her performance in "Room." The actress beat out her fellow Oscar nominees, and it is her second win in the last two weeks. She has already won the Golden Globe, and now she has to do the same at the BAFTA and SAG awards in order to secure the Oscar. Larson has been front-runner since her film, "Room," premiered at the Telluride Film Festival.

Best Supporting Actress

The Critics Choice award went to Alicia Vikander for "The Danish Girl." The actress won the most critics awards for her work on "Ex Machina" but did not get nominated at the Oscars for that role. With a win at the Critics' Choice for "The Danish Girl," Vikander is one step closer to the Oscar. That is because every nominee at the Critics' Choice in the supporting category is competing with Vikander at the Oscars, and the last time the Critics' Choice got it wrong in this category was in 2008 when Kate Winslet won for her work in "The Reader." However, Winslet won the Oscar in the Lead Actress category for "The Reader." Vikander now needs to win the SAG award in order to take home the Oscar.

Best Supporting Actor

After a Golden Globe win, Sylvester Stallone continued his winning streak at the Critic's Choice award. The actor received an Oscar nomination for his role in "Creed," and he is now the front-runner for the award. However, it is important to look at SAG and the BAFTA. Even though "Creed" qualified for SAG, the movie was shut out as well as at the BAFTA. This may hurt the actor's chances of winning the Oscar. That is because SAG has a majority of the Oscar voters. Additionally, the Critics' Choice awards have not always been correct in this category. In 2013 the Critics gave the award to Philip Seymour Hoffman for "The Master." This race is not clear at the moment, and it will come down to Oscar night.

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