Monday, February 23, 2026

The 2025 NBP Film Award Nominations

The 2025 NBP Film Community Awards winners were announced this week on the Next Best Picture Podcast (and can be read here). The NBP Team has also come together to vote on our internal nominations called the NBP Film Awards. Ballots have been sent to all members of the NBP Team to vote on for our winners, which we will announce on the Next Best Picture Podcast this Sunday. Please check out the complete list of nominations below!

BEST PICTURE
Hamnet
It Was Just An Accident
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Sorry, Baby
The Testament Of Ann Lee
Train Dreams

BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Park Chan-wook – No Other Choice
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Jafar Panahi – It Was Just An Accident
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme

BEST ACTRESS
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
Amanda Seyfried – The Testament Of Ann Lee
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby

BEST ACTOR
Lee Byung-hun – No Other Choice
Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan – Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo – Sinners
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value

BEST CASTING
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Weapons

BEST ENSEMBLE
It Was Just An Accident
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners

BEST BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE
Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme
Miles Caton – Sinners
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby

BEST VOICEOVER PERFORMANCE
Jason Bateman – Zootopia 2
Arden Cho – KPop Demon Hunters
Ginnifer Goodwin – Zootopia 2
Yonas Kibreab – Elio
Will Patton – Train Dreams

BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE
Miles Caton – Sinners
Cary Christopher – Weapons
Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet
Alfie Williams – 28 Years Later
Nina Ye – Left-Handed Girl

BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR
Harris Dickinson – Urchin
Harry Lighton – Pillion
Charlie Polinger – The Plague
Alex Russell – Lurker
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Hamnet
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another
Train Dreams
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
It Was Just An Accident
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Sorry, Baby

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Resurrection
Sinners
Train Dreams

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Hedda
Marty Supreme
Sinners

BEST FILM EDITING
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
28 Years Later
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
Sinners
The Ugly Stepsister

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
The Phoenician Scheme
Resurrection
Sinners

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirât
The Testament Of Ann Lee

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Salt Then Sour Then Sweet” – Come See Me In The Good Light
“Golden” – KPop Demon Hunters
“I Lied To You” – Sinners
“Clothed By The Sun” – The Testament Of Ann Lee
“Train Dreams” – Train Dreams

BEST SOUND
Avatar: Fire And Ash
F1
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirât

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar: Fire And Ash
F1
Mickey 17
Sinners
Superman

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie Or The Character Of Rain
Zootopia 2

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
2000 Meters To Andriivka
The Alabama Solution
Come See Me In The Good Light
My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air In Moscow
The Perfect Neighbor

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
It Was Just An Accident
No Other Choice
Resurrection
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value

BEST ACTION FILM
F1
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
One Battle After Another
Superman
Thunderbolts*

BEST COMEDY FILM
Friendship
The Naked Gun
The Phoenician Scheme
Splitsville
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

BEST SCI-FI/HORROR FILM
28 Years Later
Avatar: Fire And Ash
Frankenstein
Sinners
Weapons

BEST OVERLOOKED FILM
Black Bag
No Other Choice
Resurrection
Sorry, Baby
The Testament Of Ann Lee

NOMINATION TALLY
Sinners – 19
One Battle After Another – 15
Marty Supreme – 14
Sentimental Value – 9
No Other Choice – 7
Hamnet – 6
Sorry, Baby – 6
Train Dreams – 6
Frankenstein – 5
It Was Just An Accident – 5
The Testament Of Ann Lee – 5
Resurrection – 4
Weapons – 4
28 Years Later – 3
Avatar: Fire And Ash – 3
F1 – 3
KPop Demon Hunters – 3
Zootopia 2 – 3
Come See Me In The Good Light – 2
Elio – 2
The Phoenician Scheme – 2
Sirât – 2
Superman – 2
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery – 2

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Matt Neglia
Matt Negliahttps://nextbestpicture.com/
Obsessed about the Oscars, Criterion Collection and all things film 24/7. Critics Choice Member.

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