2017 MTV Movie and TV Awards: Full List of Nominees

MTV‘s annual Movie Awards just got a HUUUGE makeover!

Now called the MTV Movie & TV Awards, the telecast will celebrate the actors, stories, and moments that defined pop culture in the past year.  

“MTV is about celebrating youth culture and fueling our audience’s passion points,” said Chris McCarthy, President of MTV, VH1 and Logo. “We are thrilled to have Adam Devine as our master of ceremonies for the new MTV Movie and TV Awards where we honor the best stories, actors and characters our audience loves.”

The network just announced the nominees this morning, and breakout horror film, Get Out, leads the pack with six nominations including Movie of the Year (Presented by Toyota C-HR), Best Villain, Best Fight Against the System. The film’s star, David Kaluuya, secures his first-ever major U.S. award show nods for Best Actor in a Movie, Next Generation and Best Duo with Lil Rel Howery.

Additional leading nominees include Beauty and the Beast and Stranger Things with four, as well as Atlanta, Game of Thrones, Hidden Figures, Logan, Moonlight and This Is Us, scoring three nods each.

This year’s nominations include transformations of both categories fans have come to expect as well as the introduction of new ones. While fan favorites like Best Kiss, Best Hero, Best Villain and more remain, MTV has collapsed the divide between film, television and streaming series, instead nominating the best performances no matter the screen. Also for the first time, the former Best Actor and Best Actress categories have been replaced with non-gendered Best Actor in a Movie and Best Actor in a Show.

Among the most iconic categories, Best Fight has been modernized to Best Fight the System reflecting the audience’s increasing awareness and activism around broader social justice issues. In addition, MTV is introducing new and timely categories including: Best American Story, awarded to the show or film that showcases America at its most open and diverse; Tearjerker, awarded to the scene that most illuminates the emotional connection people feel to characters; Best Host, highlighting the cross-section of personalities speaking to young people today; Best Reality Competition and Next Generation. Additional categories will be revealed closer to the show.

Hosted by Adam Devine, the 2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards will air LIVE from The Shrine Auditorium on Sunday, May 7th @ 8PM ET/PT on MTV.  

The nominees for the first-ever 2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards are:

Movie of the Year

Beauty and the Beast

Get Out

Logan

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

The Edge of Seventeen

Show of the Year 

Atlanta

Game of Thrones

Insecure

Pretty Little Liars

Stranger Things

This Is Us

Best Kiss 

Ashton Sanders & Jharrel Jerome – Moonlight 

Emma Stone & Ryan Gosling – La La Land 

Emma Watson & Dan Stevens – Beauty & The Beast 

Taraji P. Henson & Terrence Howard – Empire 

Zac Efron & Anna Kendrick – Mike & Dave Need Wedding Dates 

Best Villain 

Allison Williams – Get Out 

Demogorgon – Stranger Things 

Jared Leto – Suicide Squad 

Jeffrey Dean Morgan – The Walking Dead 

Wes Bentley – American Horror Story: Roanoke

Best Host 

Ellen DeGeneres – The Ellen DeGeneres Show

John Oliver – Last Week Tonight 

RuPaul – RuPaul’s Drag Race 

Samantha Bee – Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

Trevor Noah – The Daily Show

Best Documentary

13th

I Am Not Your Negro

OJ: Made in America

This is Everything: GiGi Gorgeous

TIME: The Kalief Browder Story

Best Reality Competition

Americas Got Talent

MasterChef Junior

RuPaul’s Drag Race

The Bachelor

The Voice

Best Actor in a Movie 

Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out 

Emma Watson – Beauty & the Beast

Hailee Steinfeld – The Edge of Seventeen 

Hugh Jackman – Logan 

James McAvoy – Split 

Taraji P. Henson – Hidden Figures 

Best Actor in a Show

Donald Glover – Atlanta

Emilia Clark – Game of Thrones

Gina Rodriguez – Jane the Virgin  

Jeffrey Dean Morgan – The Walking Dead

Mandy Moore – This Is Us 

Millie Bobby Brown – Stranger Things 

Best Comedic Performance 

Adam Devine – Workaholics 

Ilana Glazer & Abbi Jacobson – Broad City

Lil Rel Howrey – Get Out 

Seth MacFarlane – Family Guy

Will Arnett – The LEGO Batman Movie 

Best Hero 

Felicity Jones – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Grant Gustin – The Flash 

Mike Colter – Luke Cage

Millie Bobby Brown – Stranger Things 

Stephen Amell – Arrow 

Taraji P. Henson – Hidden Figures 

Tearjerker

Game of Thrones – Hodor’s death

Grey’s Anatomy – Meredith tells her children about Derek’s death 

Me Before You – Will tells Louisa he can’t stay with her 

Moonlight – Paula tells Chiron that she loves him 

This Is Us – Jack and Randall at karate 

Next Generation 

Chrissy Metz

Daniel Kaluuya

Issa Rae

Riz Ahmed

Yara Shahidi

Best Duo 

Adam Levine & Blake Shelton – The Voice

Daniel Kaluuya & Lil Rey Howery – Get Out 

Brian Tyree Henry & Lakeith Stanfield – Atlanta 

Hugh Jackman & Dafne Keen – Logan

Josh Gad & Luke Evans – Beauty & The Beast 

Martha Stewart & Snoop Dogg – Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party

Best American Story

Blackish

Fresh Off The Boat

Jane the Virgin

Moonlight

Transparent

Best Fight Against the System 

Get Out

Hidden Figures

Loving

Luke Cage

Mr. Robot