The names of the 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards winners have been announced! This year, the annual award show was expected to take place as an in-person award ceremony at the Barker Hangar on May 7, 2023, Sunday but a virtual ceremony was held due to the ongoing writers’ strike.
Not long ago, the Hollywood actress and talk show host Drew Barrymore stepped down from hosting the award show because of the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike. Originally, the awards were supposed to air live on Sunday, however, things changed due to the strike and a pretaped special was aired for the fans as many attendees backed out of the show.
So what are you waiting for? Continue reading further to learn the names of the movies and television shows who managed to win big at the 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards.
Which film won the 2023 MTV Movie & TV Award for best movie?
Horror film Scream VI bagged the top honor at the 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards on Sunday night. In addition to this, Courteney Cox who played the role of Gale Weathers and the killer Ghostface won the award for best fight. The latter accepted both awards via pretaped video speeches.
While receiving the award for the best movie, Ghostface joked that there is finally an answer to the question, “What is your favorite scary movie?” which is a reference to an iconic line from the famous franchise.
On the other hand, when we talk about television, the show The Last of Us was named best TV show at the 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards. Along with this, the show also picked up two more trophies: best hero for Pedro Pascal and best duo for him and Bella Ramsey.
Netflix’s hit show Stranger Things which stars Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Gaten Matarazzo, Joe Keery, David Harbour, Natalia Dyer, and Charlie Heaton amongst many others nabbed two awards.
This year, the MTV Movie & TV Awards added two new categories and they are as follows: best reality onscreen team and best kick-ass cast.
Who were the other notable winners at the 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards?
The Top Gun: Maverick star Tom Cruise won the award for best performance in a movie. He accepted his award from the cockpit of a fighter pilot jet. Jenna Ortega also won best performance in a TV show for her brilliant portrayal of Wednesday Addams.
Marvel star Elizabeth Olsen received the award for best villain for playing the role of Wanda Maximoff in the blockbuster movie Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Outer Banks stars Madison Bailey and Rudy Pankow won the award for best kiss.
Adam Sandler got the trophy for best comedic performance in the movie Murder Mystery 2. Joseph Quinn won the MTV Movie & TV Award for breakthrough performance in Stranger Things.
The star cast of the show Stranger Things picked up the award for best kick-ass cast. The Kardashians was named best docu-reality series, meanwhile RuPaul’s Drag Race: All-Stars was named top competition series.
Jennifer Coolidge was honored with Comedic Genius Award at the 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards
Jennifer Coolidge who essays the role of Tanya McQuoid in the HBO’s show The White Lotus nabbed the award for most frightened performance. She was also honored with Comedic Genius Award. She accepted her award through a pretaped speech.
In her speech, the Hollywood actress said, “Thank you, MTV. Thank you for honoring me with this incredible Comedic Genius Award. Wow. Wow.” She also shared her support for the writers who are “fighting for the rights of artists everywhere.”
Coolidge added, “Almost all great comedy starts with great writers and I just think that, you know, as a proud member of [SAG-AFTRA], I stand here before you tonight, side by side with my sisters and brothers from the WGA that are fighting right now, fighting for the rights of artists everywhere.”
She went on to say, “I think of the words of Shakespeare where he once said, ‘The play is the thing.’ Well, I don’t wanna put words in his mouth or anything, but I think what he really meant was, it’s everything.”
Why did Drew Barrymore pull out of hosting the 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards?
Drew Barrymore backed out as a host of the 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards just three days before the award show. She made the big decision in a show of support and solidarity with members of the Writers Guild of America.
In a statement issued, Bruce Gillmer, president of music, music talent, programming and events at Paramount Global, and an executive producer of the MTV Movie & TV Awards said, “As we carefully navigate how best to deliver the fan first awards’ show we envisioned that our team has worked so hard to create, we’re pivoting away from a live event that still enables us to produce a memorable night full of exclusive sneak peaks, irreverent categories our audience has come to expect, and countless moments that will both surprise and delight as we honor the best of film and TV over the past year.”
Here’s the complete list of winners:
Best Movie
Avatar: The Way of Water
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Nope
Scream VI (WINNER)
Smile
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Show
Stranger Things
The Last of Us (WINNER)
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 (WINNER)
Best Performance in a Show
Aubrey Plaza — The White Lotus
Christina Ricci — Yellowjackets
Jenna Ortega — Wednesday (WINNER)
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 (WINNER)
Tom Cruise — Top Gun: Maverick
Best Villain
Elizabeth Olsen — Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (WINNER)
Harry Styles – Don’t Worry Darling
Jamie Campbell Bower — Stranger Things
M3GAN – M3GAN
The Bear — Cocaine Bear
Best Kiss
Anna Torv + Philip Prajoux/Infected — The Last of Us
Harry Styles + David Dawson — My Policeman
Madison Bailey + Rudy Pankow — Outer Banks (WINNER)
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 (WINNER)
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 (WINNER)
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 (WINNER)
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 (WINNER)
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 (WINNER)
Simona Tabasco + Beatrice Grannò — 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 (WINNER)
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) (WINNER)
Best Docu-Reality Series
Jersey Shore Family Vacation
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
Family Reunion: Love & Hip Hop Edition
The Kardashians (WINNER)
Vanderpump Rules
Best Competition Series
All-Star Shore
Big Brother
RuPaul’s Drag Race: All-Stars (WINNER)
The Challenge: USA
The Traitors
Best Host
Drew Barrymore — The Drew Barrymore Show (WINNER)
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, 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 (WINNER)
Garcelle Beauvais and Sutton Stracke — The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
Best Music Documentary
Halftime
Love, Lizzo
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me (WINNER)
Sheryl
The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean’s American Pie
Best Musical Moment
Daisy Jones & the Six: “Look at Us Now (Honeycomb)”
Don’t Worry Darling: Jack’s Tap Dance
Elvis: “Trouble”
Ginny & Georgia: “I Will Survive” (Bachelorette Party)
M3GAN: “Titanium”
Matilda the Musical: “Revolting Children”
Purple Hearts: “Come Back Home” (WINNER)
RRR: “Naatu Naatu”
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law: “Body”
SNL: “Big Boys”
Stranger Things: “Running Up That Hill”
The Last of Us: “Long Long Time” (Bill & Frank Play Piano)
The School for Good and Evil: “You Should See Me in a Crown”
The Summer I Turned Pretty: “This Love (Taylor’s Version)”
Wednesday: “Goo Goo Muck”
Young Royals: “Simon’s Song”
We send our heartiest congratulations to all the winners of the 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards. Don’t forget to stay tuned with us for the latest updates from the world of showbiz.
