The Hollywood Creative Alliance (HCA) have announced their nominations representing the best in film for 2025. This year the Hollywood Creative Alliance has officially split Best Picture and all acting categories into two separate groups: Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical. The proposed change was put to a full vote of the HCA membership, which currently consists of 310 members. 60 percent of the current membership supported updating the award structure. The winners will be announced on Friday, January 9th, 2026 in Los Angeles. The ceremony will be live-streamed on KNEKT.tv and YouTube, with the host, venue, and honorary award recipients to be announced in the coming weeks. The Creative Arts nominations were previously announced. Here are this year’s film award nominees…
Best Motion Picture Drama
Hamnet (Focus Features)
Frankenstein (Netflix)
It Was Just an Accident (Neon)
Sentimental Value (Neon)
Sinners (WB)
Train Dreams (Netflix)
Best Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
Bugonia (Focus Features)
Jay Kelly (Netflix)
Marty Supreme (A24)
No Other Choice (Neon)
One Battle After Another (WB)
Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama
Dwayne Johnson – The Smashing Machine (A24)
Dylan O’Brien – Twinless (Roadside)
Jeremy Allen White – Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere (20th Century)
Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams (Netflix)
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners (WB)
Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent (Neon)
Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama
Jennifer Lawrence – Die My Love (Mubi)
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Julia Garner – Weapons (WB)
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value (Neon)
Sydney Sweeney – Christy (Black Bear)
Tessa Thompson – Hedda (Amazon MGM)
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Drama
David Jonsson – The Long Walk (Lionsgate)
Delroy Lindo – Sinners (WB)
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Miles Caton – Sinners (WB)
Paul Mescal – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value (Neon)
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Drama
Amy Madigan – Weapons (WB)
Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value (Neon)
Hailee Steinfeld – Sinners (WB)
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value (Neon)
Nina Hoss – Hedda (Amazon MGM)
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners (WB)
Best Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
Brendan Fraser – Rental Family (Searchlight)
George Clooney – Jay Kelly (Netflix)
Jesse Plemons – Bugonia (Focus Features)
Lee Byung-hun – No Other Choice (Neon)
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another (WB)
Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme (A24)
Best Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee (Searchlight)
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another (WB)
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Emma Stone – Bugonia (Focus Features)
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby (A24)
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You (A24)
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly (Netflix)
Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another (WB)
Jonathan Bailey – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Josh O’Connor – Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix)
Keanu Reeves – Good Fortune (Lionsgate)
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another (WB)
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Glenn Close – Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix)
Gwyneth Paltrow – Marty Supreme (A24)
Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme (A24)
Regina Hall – One Battle After Another (WB)
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another (WB)
Best Director
Chloé Zhao – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value (Neon)
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme (A24)
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another (WB)
Ryan Coogler – Sinners (WB)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Bugonia – Written by Will Tracy (Focus Features)
Frankenstein – Written by Guillermo del Toro (Netflix)
Hamnet – Written by Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell (Focus Features)
No Other Choice – Written by Park Chan-wook, Don McKellar, Lee Kyoung-mi, and Lee Ja-hye (Neon)
One Battle After Another – Written by Paul Thomas Anderson (WB)
Train Dreams – Written by Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar (Netflix)
Best Original Screenplay
Jay Kelly – Written by Noah Baumbach and Emily Mortimer (Netflix)
Marty Supreme – Written by Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie (A24)
Rental Family – Written by Hikari (Searchlight)
Sentimental Value – Written by Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt (Neon)
Sinners – Written by Ryan Coogler (WB)
Weapons – Written by Zach Cregger (WB)
Best Cast Ensemble
Jay Kelly (Netflix)
One Battle After Another (WB)
Sentimental Value (Neon)
Sinners (WB)
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix)
Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Best Voice Over Performance
Arden Cho – KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
Natalie Portman – Arco (Neon)
Nick Offerman – The Life of Chuck (Neon)
Scarlett Sher – Weapons (WB)
Shakira – Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Pictures)
Will Patton – Train Dreams (Netflix)
Best Animated Feature
Arco (Neon)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba The Movie: Infinity Castle (Crunchyroll)
In Your Dreams (Netflix)
KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (GKids)
Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Pictures)
Best Documentary
Cover-Up (Netflix)
It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley (Magnolia)
My Mom Jayne (HBO Max)
Orwell: 2+2=5 (Neon)
The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix)
Zodiac Killer Project (Music Box Films)
Best International Feature
Belén (Amazon MGM)
It Was Just an Accident (Neon)
No Other Choice (Neon)
Sentimental Value (Neon)
Sirât (Neon)
The Secret Agent (Neon)
Best Book to Screen Adaptation
How to Train Your Dragon (Universal)
Mickey 17 (WB)
Superman (WB)
The Housemaid (Lionsgate)
The Life of Chuck (Neon)
The Long Walk (Lionsgate)
Best Performance in a Horror or Thriller
Alfie Williams – 28 Years Later (Sony Pictures)
Alison Brie – Together (Neon)
Ethan Hawke – Black Phone 2 (Universal Pictures)
Indy the Dog – Good Boy (IFC Films)
Sally Hawkins – Bring Her Back (A24)
Sophie Thatcher – Companion (WB)
Best Horror or Thriller Feature
28 Years Later (Sony Pictures)
Black Phone 2 (Universal Pictures)
Bring Her Back (A24)
Final Destination: Bloodlines (WB)
Together (Neon)
Weapons (WB)
Best First Feature
Bob Trevino Likes It (Roadside)
Eleanor the Great (Sony Pictures Classics)
Good Boy (IFC Films)
Sorry, Baby (A24)
The Chronology of Water (The Forge)
Twinless (Roadside)
Best Action or Sci-Fiction Feature
F1 (Apple Original Films)
Mickey 17 (WB)
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Paramount Pictures)
Superman (WB)
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (Disney/Marvel Studios)
Warfare (A24)
Best Indie Feature
Bob Trevino Like It (Roadside)
Die My Love (Mubi)
Sorry, Baby (A24)
The Chronology of Water (The Forge)
Twinless (Roadside)
Urchin (Picturehouse Entertainment)
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