MTV 2023 Movie & TV Awards Nominations

This year’s ceremony features new two new categories: best reality onscreen team and best kick-ass cast. Fans can vote for their favourite movies, TV shows, moments and cast members across scripted and unscripted projects through April 17. The show will be live May 7 at 8pm ET/PT from the Barker Hangar in LA.

See the full list of nominees below:

Best Movie

Avatar: The Way of Water
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Nope
Scream VI
Smile
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Show

Stranger Things
The Last of Us
The White Lotus
Wednesday
Wolf Pack
Yellowstone
Yellowjackets

Best Performance in a Movie

Austin Butler – Elvis
Florence Pugh – Don’t Worry Darling
Keke Palmer – Nope
Michael B. Jordan – Creed III
Tom Cruise – Top Gun: Maverick

Best Performance in a Show

Aubrey Plaza – The White Lotus
Christina Ricci – Yellowjackets
Jenna Ortega – Wednesday
Riley Keough – Daisy Jones & The Six
Sadie Sink – Stranger Things
Selena Gomez – Only Murders in the Building

Best Hero

Diego Luna – Andor
Jenna Ortega – Wednesday
Paul Rudd – Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Pedro Pascal – The Last of Us
Tom Cruise – Top Gun: Maverick

Best Villain

Elizabeth Olsen – Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Harry Styles – Don’t Worry Darling
Jamie Campbell Bower – Stranger Things
M3GAN – M3GAN
The Bear – Cocaine Bear

Best Kiss

Anna Torv + Philip Prajoux – The Last of Us
Harry Styles + David Dawson – My Policeman
Madison Bailey + Rudy Pankow – Outer Banks
Riley Keough + Sam Claflin – Daisy Jones & The Six
Selena Gomez + Cara Delevingne – Only Murders in the Building

Best Comedic Performance

Adam Sandler – Murder Mystery 2
Dylan O’Brian – Not Okay
Jennifer Coolidge – Shotgun Wedding
Keke Palmer – Nope
Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary

Breakthrough Performance

Bad Bunny – Bullet Train
Bella Ramsey – The Last of Us
Emma D’Arcy – House of the Dragon
Joseph Quinn – Stranger Things
Rachel Sennott – Bodies Bodies Bodies

Best Fight

Brad Pitt (Ladybug) vs Bad Bunny (The Wolf) – Bullet Train
Courtney Cox (Gale Weathers) vs Ghostface – Scream V1
Jamie Campbell Bower (Vecna) vs Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven) – Stranger Things
Keanu Reeves (John Wick_ vs Everyone – John Wick 4
Escape from Narkina 5 – Andor

Most Frightened Performance

Jennifer Coolage – The White Lotus
Jesse Tyler Ferguson – Cocaine Bear
Justin Long – Barbarian
Rachel Sennott – Bodies Bodies Bodies
Sosie Bacon – Smile

Best Duo

Camila Mendes + Maya Hawke – Do Revenge
Jenna Ortega + Thing – Wednesday
Pedro Pascal + Bella Ramsey – The Last of US
Simona Tabasco + Beatrice Granno – The White Lotus
Tom Cruise + Miles Teller – Top Gun: Maverick

Best Kick-Ass Cast

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Outer Banks
Stranger Things
Teen Wolf: The Movie

Best Song

Demi Lovato – Still Alive (Scream VI)
Doja Cat – Vegas (Elvis)
Lady Gaga – Hold My Hand (Top Gun: Maverick)
OneRepublic – I Ain’t Worried (Top Gun: Maverick)
Rihanna – Lift Me Up (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
Taylor Swift – Carolina (Where the Crawdads Sing)

Best Docu-Reality Series

Jersey Shore Family Vacation
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
Family Reunion: Love & Hip-Hop Edition
The Kardashians
Vanderpump Rules

Best Competition Series

All-Star Shore
Big Brother
RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars
The Challenge: USA
The Traitors

Best Host

Drew Barrymore – The Drew Barrymore Show
Joel Madden – Ink Master
Nick Cannon – The Masked Singer
RuPaul – RuPaul’s Drag Race
Kelly Clarkson – The Kelly Clarkson Show

Best Reality Onscreen Team

Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, Vinny Guadagnino, Paly D (MVP) – Jersey Shore Family Vacation
Tori Deal and Devin Walker – The Challenge: Ride or Dies
RuPaul Charles and Michelle Visage – RuPaul’s Drag Race
Ariana Madix, Katie Maloney, Scheana Shay, LaLa Kent – Vanderpump Rules
Garcelle Beauvais and Sutton Stracke – The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills