Here Are Your 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards Nominations: See The Full List
Horror and sci-fi tropes made big waves this year, with top contenders Stranger Things and The Last of Us bringing telepathic teens and zombie-like creatures to our screens. They are neck and neck with box office juggernaut Top Gun: Maverick, the highest-grossing domestic release of 2022 that saw Tom Cruise reprise his iconic role as pilot Pete "Maverick" Mitchell. Heck, even Ghostface himself is up for a nod for his Scream VI brawl against the franchise's recurring journalist Gale Weathers, played by Courteney Cox.
Leading the unscripted categories are Jersey Shore Family Vacation, RuPaul's Drag Race, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, and Vanderpump Rules. The ceremony will also debut two new categories this year — Best Reality On-Screen Team and Best Kick-Ass Cast — and fans can vote for their picks at vote.mtv.com through April 17. Get ready to laugh, cry, and yes, maybe even scream when the Movie & TV Awards air on May 7 at 8 p.m. ET/PT from Los Angeles's Barker Hangar.
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 & 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 (presented by Cheetos®)
Anna Torv and Philip Prajoux: The Last of Us
Harry Styles and David Dawson: My Policeman
Madison Bailey and Rudy Pankow: Outer Banks
Riley Keough and Sam Claflin: Daisy Jones & The Six
Selena Gomez and Cara Delevingne: Only Murders in the Building
BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
Adam Sandler: Murder Mystery 2
Dylan O'Brien: 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
Courteney Cox (Gale Weathers) vs. Ghostface: Scream VI
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 Coolidge: The White Lotus
Jesse Tyler Ferguson: Cocaine Bear
Justin Long: Barbarian
Rachel Sennott: Bodies Bodies Bodies
Sosie Bacon: Smile
BEST DUO
Camila Mendes and Maya Hawke: Do Revenge
Jenna Ortega and Thing: Wednesday
Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey: The Last of Us
Simona Tabasco and Beatrice Grannò: The White Lotus
Tom Cruise and Miles Teller: Top Gun: Maverick
BEST KICK-ASS CAST
Ant-Man & 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 ON-SCREEN TEAM (presented by SONIC®)
Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, Vinny Guadagnino, Pauly 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
BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARY
Halftime
Love, Lizzo
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me
Sheryl
The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's American Pie