Black Panther and Stranger Things top the list of nominees for the 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards, it was announced Thursday.
Black Panther earned a total of seven nominations, including for best movie and two mentions for star Chadwick Boseman (best performance in a movie and best hero). Also vying in the best movie category alongside Black Panther are Avengers: Infinity War, Girls Trip, It and Wonder Woman.
Stranger Things also scored a total of seven noms, including for best show and best performance in a show for Millie Bobby Brown, who last year received an Emmy nom for her role as Eleven. Game of Thrones, 13 Reasons Why, Grown-ish and Riverdale also are competing for best show.
Other top nominees in the film categories include It and Girls Trip with four mentions and Avengers: Infinity War, Wonder Woman and Star Wars: The Last Jedi with three apiece. Disney was the top studio with a total of 15 noms.
On the TV side, shows earning multiple noms include Riverdale with four and Game of Thrones with three. Netflix leads all TV networks and streamers with 10 total noms.
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For a second consecutive year, the categories will be gender-neutral, with both men and women competing alongside each other. For best TV performance, Brown is nominated alongside Darren Criss (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story), Katherine Langford (13 Reasons Why), Issa Rae (Insecure) and Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones). On the film side, Boseman will compete for best movie performance along with Oscar winner Timothée Chalamet (Call Me by Your Name), Ansel Elgort (Baby Driver), Daisy Ridley (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) and Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird).
MTV also unveiled nominees in a slew of other categories, including best villain, onscreen team, comedic performance, fight, reality series/franchise, scene stealer and, of course, best kiss, one of the more quirky staples of the show. Additional categories and honors will be announced at a later date.
Girls Trip breakout Tiffany Haddish, who will host the awards show, earned two noms, for best comedic performance and scene stealer.
The awards are voted on by fans, with voting underway at MTVAwards.MTV.com.
The 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards will air Monday, June 18, at 9 p.m. ET/PT from the Barker Hangar in Los Angeles. Emmy winner Joel Gallen, who helped create the awards show and produced it for 14 years, will return as executive producer through his Tenth Planet Productions. MTV’s Amy Doyle, Garrett English and Wendy Plaut also will exec produce along with Rick Austin.
A list of nominees follows.
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Best Movie
Image Credit: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Black Panther (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) (WIINNER)
Avengers: Infinity War (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Girls Trip (Universal Pictures)
IT (New Line Cinema)
Wonder Woman (Warner Bros. Pictures)
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Best Show
Image Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for MTV Stranger Things (Netflix) (WINNER)
13 Reasons Why (Netflix)
Game of Thrones (HBO)
Grown-ish (Freeform)
Riverdale (The CW)
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Best Performance in a Movie
Image Credit: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Chadwick Boseman (WINNER)
Black PantherTimothee Chalamet
Call Me by Your NameAnsel Elgort
Baby DriverDaisy Ridley
Star Wars: The Last JediSaoirse Ronan
Lady Bird -
Best Performance in a Show
Image Credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Millie Bobby Brown (WINNER)
Stranger ThingsDarren Criss
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime StoryKatherine Langford
13 Reasons WhyIssa Rae
InsecureMaisie Williams
Game of Thrones -
Best Hero
Image Credit: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Chadwick Boseman (T’Challa/Black Panther) (WINNER)
Black PantherEmilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen)
Game of ThronesGal Gadot (Diana Prince/Wonder Woman)
Wonder WomanGrant Gustin (Barry Allen/The Flash)
The FlashDaisy Ridley (Rey)
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Best Villain
Image Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for MTV Michael B. Jordan (N’Jadaka/Erik Killmonger) (WINNER)
Black PantherJosh Brolin (Thanos)
Avengers: Infinity WarAdam Driver (Kylo Ren)
Star Wars: The Last JediAubrey Plaza (Lenny Busker)
LegionBill Skarsgard (Pennywise)
It -
Best Kiss
Image Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for MTV Love, Simon (WINNER)
Nick Robinson (Simon) and Keiynan Lonsdale (Bram)Jane the Virgin
Gina Rodriguez (Jane) and Justin Baldoni (Rafael)Ready Player One
Olivia Cooke (Sam) and Tye Sheridan (Wade)Riverdale
KJ Apa (Archie) and Camila Mendes (Veronica)Stranger Things
Finn Wolfhard (Mike) and Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven) -
Most Frightened Performance
Image Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for MTV Noah Schnapp (Will Byers) (WINNER)
Stranger ThingsTalitha Bateman (Janice)
Annabelle: CreationEmily Blunt (Evelyn Abbott)
A Quiet PlaceSophia Lillis (Beverly Marsh)
ItCristin Milioti (Nanette Cole)
Black Mirror -
Best Onscreen Team
Image Credit: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic It (WINNER)
Finn Wolfhard (Richie), Sophia Lillis (Beverly), Jaeden Lieberher (Bill), Jack Dylan Grazer (Eddie), Wyatt Oleff (Stanley), Jeremy Ray Taylor (Ben), Chosen Jacobs (Mike)Black Panther
Chadwick Boseman (T’Challa/ Black Panther), Lupita Nyong’o (Nakia), Danai Gurira (Okoye), Letitia Wright (Shuri)Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Dwayne Johnson (Smolder), Kevin Hart (Mouse), Jack Black (Shelly), Karen Gillan (Ruby), Nick Jonas (Seaplane)Ready Player One
Tye Sheridan (Wade), Olivia Cooke (Samantha), Philip Zhao (Sho), Win Morisaki (Daito), Lena Waithe (Aech)Stranger Things
Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin), Finn Wolfhard (Mike), Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas), Noah Schnapp (Will), Sadie Sink (Max) -
Best Comedic Performance
Image Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for MTV Tiffany Haddish (WINNER)
Girls TripJack Black
Jumanji: Welcome to the JungleDan Levy
Schitt’s CreekKate McKinnon
Saturday Night LiveAmy Schumer
I Feel Pretty -
Scene Stealer
Image Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for MTV Madelaine Petsch (Cheryl Blossom) (WINNER)
RiverdaleTiffany Haddish (Dina)
Girls TripDacre Montgomery (Billy Hargrove)
Stranger ThingsTaika Waititi (Korg)
Thor: RagnarokLetitia Wright (Shuri)
Black Panther -
Best Fight
Image Credit: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Wonder Woman (WINNER)
Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman) vs. German SoldiersAtomic Blonde
Charlize Theron (Lorraine) vs. Daniel Hargrave (Sniper), Greg Rementer (Spotter)Avengers: Infinity War
Scarlett Johansson (Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow), Danai Gurira (Okoye), Elizabeth Olsen (Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch) vs. Carrie Coon (Proxima Midnight)Black Panther
Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther) vs. Winston Duke (M’Baku)Thor: Ragnarok
Mark Ruffalo (Hulk) vs. Chris Hemsworth (Thor) -
Best Music Documentary
Image Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for MTV Gaga: Five Foot Two (WINNER)
Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: A Bad Boy Story
Demi Lovato: Simply Complicated
Jay-Z’s “Footnotes for 4:44”
The Defiant Ones
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Best Reality Series/Franchise
Image Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for MTV Keeping Up With the Kardashians (WINNER)
Love & Hip Hop
The Real Housewives
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Vanderpump Rules
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Best Musical Moment
Image Credit: Courtesy of Netflix Stranger Things (Mike and Eleven dance to “Every Breath You Take”) (WINNER)
Black-ish (Cast performs “Freedom”)
Call Me By Your Name (Elio crying through the end credits)
Girls Trip (Girls Trip dance battle)
Love, Simon (“I Wanna Dance With Somebody” dream sequence)
Riverdale (Cast performs “A Night We’ll Never Forget”)
The Greatest Showman (Phillip and Anne sing “Rewrite the Stars”)
This Is Us (Kate sings “Landslide”)
