MTV Movie & TV Awards 2023 Nominations: Jenna Ortega, Riley Keough & More

The best of movies and TV will be celebrated at the 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards. See the full list of nominations, which includes many of your favorite stars.

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The highly-anticipated 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards nominations have been unveiled. Drew Barrymore will host the epic event live from Barker Hangar on May 7 at 8 p.m. ET. Top Gun: Maverick, Stranger Things, The Last of Us, The White Lotus, and Wednesday lead scripted nominations. Jersey Shore Family Vacation, RuPaul’s Drag Race, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, and Vanderpump Rules lead unscripted nominations.

There are many first-time nominees this year, including Bella Ramsey, Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Joseph Quinn, Keke Palmer, Riley Keough, Rudy Pankow, and more. Two new categories have been added: Best Reality On-Screen Team and Best Kick-Ass Cast. See the full list of nominations below:

Drew Barrymore
Drew Barrymore is the host of the MTV Movie & TV Awards. (CBS)

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

Sam Claflin
Sam Claflin and Riley Keough as Billy and Daisy. (Prime Video)

BEST KISS (presented by Cheetos®)
Anna Torv & Philip Prajoux, The Last Of Us
Harry Styles & David Dawson, My Policeman
Madison Bailey & Rudy Pankow, Outer Banks
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
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 & Maya Hawke, Do Revenge
Jenna Ortega & Thing, Wednesday
Pedro Pascal & Bella Ramsey, The Last Of Us
Simona Tabasco & Beatrice Grannò, The White Lotus
Tom Cruise & 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

Jenna Ortega
Jenna Ortega has landed another nomination. (Netflix)

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