MTV Movie and TV Awards 2023: Complete list of winners – On 7th May 2023, The 31st MTV Movie and TV Awards were held and were originally supposed to take place as an in-person award ceremony at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California.
HBO’s 2023 hit apocalyptic drama, The Last of Us, received the most awards (3) and Netflix’s Stranger Things received the most nominations (7) for the night.
MTV Movie and TV Awards 2023:
Best Movie- Scream VI
Nominees. Avatar: The Way of Water, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Elvis, Nope, Smile, Top Gun: Maverick
Best Show- The Last of Us
Nominees. Stranger Things, The White Lotus, Wednesday, Wolf Pack, Yellowstone, Yellowjackets
Best Performance in a Movie- Tom Cruise — Top Gun: Maverick
Nominees. Austin Butler — Elvis, Florence Pugh — Don’t Worry Darling, Keke Palmer — Nope, Michael B. Jordan — Creed III
Best Performance in a Show- Jenna Ortega — Wednesday
Nominees. Aubrey Plaza — The White Lotus, Christina Ricci — Yellowjacket, Riley Keough — Daisy Jones & the Six, Sadie Sink — Stranger Things, Selena Gomez — Only Murders in the Building
Best Hero- Pedro Pascal — The Last of Us
Nominees. Diego Luna — Andor, Jenna Ortega — Wednesday, Paul Rudd — Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Tom Cruise — Top Gun: Maverick
Best Villain- Elizabeth Olsen — Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Nominees. Harry Styles – Don’t Worry Darling, Jamie Campbell Bower — Stranger Things, M3GAN – M3GAN, The Bear — Cocaine Bear
Best Kiss- Madison Bailey + Rudy Pankow — Outer Banks
Nominees. Anna Torv + Philip Prajoux/Infected — The Last of Us, Harry Styles + David Dawson — My Policeman, 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
Nominees. Dylan O’Brien — Not Okay, Jennifer Coolidge — Shotgun Wedding, Keke Palmer — Nope, Quinta Brunson — Abbott Elementary
Breakthrough Performance- Joseph Quinn — Stranger Things
Nominees. Bad Bunny — Bullet Train, Bella Ramsey — The Last of Us, Emma D’Arcy — House of the Dragon, Rachel Sennott — Bodies Bodies Bodies
Best Fight- Courteney Cox (Gale Weathers) vs. Ghostface — Scream VI
Nominees. Brad Pitt (Ladybug) vs. Bad Bunny (The Wolf) — Bullet Train, 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
Nominees. Jesse Tyler Ferguson — Cocaine Bear, Justin Long — Barbarian, Rachel Sennott — Bodies Bodies Bodies, Sosie Bacon — Smile
Best Duo- Pedro Pascal + Bella Ramsey — The Last of Us
Nominees. Camila Mendes + Maya Hawke — Do Revenge, Jenna Ortega + Thing — Wednesday, Simona Tabasco + Beatrice Grannò — The White Lotus, Tom Cruise + Miles Teller — Top Gun: Maverick
Best Kick-Ass Cast- Stranger Things
Nominees. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Outer Banks, Teen Wolf: The Movie
Best Song- Taylor Swift — “Carolina” (Where the Crawdads Sing)
Nominees. 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)
Best Docu-Reality Series- The Kardashians
Nominees. Jersey Shore Family Vacation, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Family Reunion: Love & Hip Hop Edition, Vanderpump Rules
Best Competition Series- RuPaul’s Drag Race: All-Stars
Nominees. All-Star Shore, Big Brother, The Challenge: USA, The Traitors
Best Host- Drew Barrymore — The Drew Barrymore Show
Nominees. Joel Madden — Ink Master, Nick Cannon — The Masked Singer, RuPaul — RuPaul’s Drag Race, Kelly Clarkson — The Kelly Clarkson Show
Best Reality Onscreen Team- Ariana Madix, Katie Maloney, Scheana Shay, LaLa Kent — Vanderpump Rules
Nominees. 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, Garcelle Beauvais and Sutton Stracke — The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
Best Music Documentary- Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me
Nominees. Halftime, Love Lizzo, Sheryl, The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean’s American Pie
Best Musical Moment- Purple Hearts: “Come Back Home”