Marvel’s Black Panther isn’t the kind of film that would ever sweep the Oscars, but seeing as how it inspired a teen girl to bite through her retainer at the sight of a shirtless Michael B. Jordan, it is absolutely the kind of movie that can dominate the MTV Movie & TV Awards. Right from the beginning, it was clear that this was going to be Black Panther’s night, with host Tiffany Haddish appearing in a skit referencing the ceremonial fight scene from the movie in which M’Baku challenges T’Challa for the right to rule Wakanda—except in this one it was Haddish fighting T’Challa over who got to host the MTV Movie Awards. The scene was also a crossover with Girls Trip, with Jada Pinkett Smith and Queen Latifah making cameos and joining Haddish in a TLC dance sequence, and (just for good measure) it ended with a spoiler for Infinity War.
As for the actual awards, we already reported on what happened when Black Panther’s Chadwick Boseman won Best Hero and Michael B. Jordan won Best Villain, but Boseman also won Best Performance In A Movie and Black Panther itself won Best Movie. Not to be outdone, Stranger Things cleaned up on the TV side of things, winning Best Show along with Millie Bobby Brown winning Best Performance In A TV Show (and appearing in a pre-taped acceptance speech with a bonus anti-bullying message), Noah Schnapp winning Most Frightened Performance, and the show even getting Best Musical Moment for the awkward dance scene at the end of season two with Mike and Eleven.
The full list of winners is below.
Best Movie
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
Girls Trip
IT
Wonder Woman
Best Show
13 Reasons Why
Game Of Thrones
grown-ish
Riverdale
Stranger Things
Best Performance In A Movie
Chadwick Boseman, Black Panther
Timothée Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
Ansel Elgort, Baby Driver
Daisy Ridley, Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Best Performance In A Show
Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things
Darren Criss, The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Katherine Langford, 13 Reasons Why
Issa Rae, Insecure
Maisie Williams, Game Of Thrones
Best Hero
Chadwick Boseman (T’Challa/Black Panther), Black Panther
Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen), Game Of Thrones
Gal Gadot (Diana Prince/Wonder Woman), Wonder Woman
Grant Gustin (Barry Allen/The Flash), The Flash
Daisy Ridley (Rey), Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Best Villain
Josh Brolin (Thanos), Avengers: Infinity War
Adam Driver (Kylo Ren), Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Michael B. Jordan (N’Jadaka/Erik Killmonger), Black Panther
Aubrey Plaza (Lenny Busker), Legion
Bill Skarsgard (Pennywise), IT
Best Kiss
Jane The Virgin, Gina Rodriguez (Jane) and Justin Baldoni (Rafael)
Love, Simon, Nick Robinson (Simon) and Keiynan Lonsdale (Bram)
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
Talitha Bateman (Janice), Annabelle: Creation
Emily Blunt (Evelyn Abbott), A Quiet Place
Sophia Lillis (Beverly Marsh), IT
Cristin Milioti (Nanette Cole), Black Mirror
Noah Schnapp (Will Byers), Stranger Things
Best On-Screen Team
Black Panther
IT
Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle
Ready Player One
Stranger Things
Best Comedic Performance
Jack Black, Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle
Tiffany Haddish, Girls Trip
Dan Levy, Schitt’s Creek
Kate McKinnon, SNL
Amy Schumer, I Feel Pretty
Scene Stealer
Tiffany Haddish (Dina), Girls Trip
Dacre Montgomery (Billy Hargrove), Stranger Things
Madelaine Petsch (Cheryl Blossom), Riverdale
Taika Waititi (Korg), Thor: Ragnarok
Letitia Wright (Shuri), Black Panther
Best Fight
Atomic 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)
Wonder Woman, Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman) vs. German Soldiers
Best Music Documentary
Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: A Bad Boy Story
Demi Lovato: Simply Complicated
Gaga: Five Foot Two
Jay-Z’s “Footnotes For 4:44”
The Defiant Ones
Best Reality Series
Keeping Up With The Kardashians
Love & Hip Hop
Real Housewives
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Vanderpump Rules
Best Musical Moment
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”)
Stranger Things (Mike and Eleven dance to “Every Breath You Take”)
The Greatest Showman (Phillip and Anne sing “Rewrite The Stars”)
This Is Us (Kate sings “Landslide”)
