2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards: Full Winners List

The MTV Movie & TV Awards faced a series of roadblocks this year due to the ongoing Writers Guild of America picketing. 

The awards show aired Sunday night, pivoting the previously planned live format after host Drew Barrymore backed out of the gig in solidarity with the ongoing strike. 

Barrymore, who agreed to return to host the show in 2024, still appeared in already-taped sketches during the broadcast.

"Everything we celebrate and honor about movies and television is born out of [writers'] creation," Barrymore said in a statement. 

"And until a solution is reached, I am choosing to wait but I'll be watching from home and hope you will join me,". The actress added that next year she will be able to "truly celebrate everything that MTV has created, which is a show that allows fans to choose who the awards go to and is truly inclusive.​"

"Top Gun: Maverick" led with the most nominations for movies, and in scripted television, "Stranger Things" and "The Last of Us led", both with six golden-popcorn nominations. Jennifer Coolidge was honored with the Comedic Genius Award.

The following is the full 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 Kiss

Anna Torv and Philip Prajoux – The Last of Us

Harry Styles and David Dawson – My Policeman

Madison Bailey and Rudy Pankow – Outer Banks **Winner**

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 **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: Chapter 4

Escape from Narkina 5 – Andor

Best Hero

Diego Luna – Andor

Jenna Ortega – Wednesday

Paul Rudd – Ant-Man & 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

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 and Maya Hawke – Do Revenge

Jenna Ortega and Thing – Wednesday

Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey – The Last of Us **Winner**

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 **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"

Saturday Night Live – "Big Boys"

Stranger Things – "Running Up That Hill"

The Last of Us – "Long Long Time" (Bill and 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"