The 2025 NBP Film Community Awards winners were announced last week, and now, the NBP Team has announced our internal winners representing the best of what 2025 had to offer. You can listen to our live reactions to the winners on this week’s podcast, but please see below for the complete list of nominees and winners. Unlike the NBP Film Community Awards which are voted on via. a plurality ballot, the NBP Film Awards are voted on via. a preferential ballot for each category.
BEST PICTURE
Hamnet
It Was Just An Accident
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Sentimental Value
Sinners (RUNNER-UP)
Sorry, Baby
The Testament Of Ann Lee
Train Dreams
BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Park Chan-wook – No Other Choice (RUNNER-UP)
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Jafar Panahi – It Was Just An Accident
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
BEST ACTRESS
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet (RUNNER-UP)
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (WINNER)
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 (WINNER)
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon (RUNNER-UP)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value (WINNER)
Amy Madigan – Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another (RUNNER-UP)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein (WINNER)
Delroy Lindo – Sinners
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another (RUNNER-UP)
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value
BEST CASTING
Hamnet
Marty Supreme (WINNER)
One Battle After Another (RUNNER-UP)
Sinners
Weapons
BEST ENSEMBLE
It Was Just An Accident (RUNNER-UP)
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Sentimental Value
Sinners
BEST BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE
Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme
Miles Caton – Sinners
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value (RUNNER-UP)
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby
BEST VOICEOVER PERFORMANCE
Jason Bateman – Zootopia 2 (RUNNER-UP)
Arden Cho – KPop Demon Hunters (WINNER)
Ginnifer Goodwin – Zootopia 2
Yonas Kibreab – Elio
Will Patton – Train Dreams
BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE
Miles Caton – Sinners (RUNNER-UP)
Cary Christopher – Weapons
Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet (WINNER)
Alfie Williams – 28 Years Later
Nina Ye – Left-Handed Girl
BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR
Harris Dickinson – Urchin
Harry Lighton – Pillion (RUNNER-UP)
Charlie Polinger – The Plague
Alex Russell – Lurker
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby (WINNER)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Hamnet
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Train Dreams (RUNNER-UP)
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
It Was Just An Accident (WINNER)
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Sorry, Baby (RUNNER-UP)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Resurrection (WINNER)
Sinners
Train Dreams (RUNNER-UP)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Frankenstein (WINNER)
Hamnet
Hedda (RUNNER-UP)
Marty Supreme
Sinners
BEST FILM EDITING
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice (RUNNER-UP)
One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Sentimental Value
Sinners
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
28 Years Later (RUNNER-UP)
Frankenstein (WINNER)
Marty Supreme
Sinners
The Ugly Stepsister
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Frankenstein (WINNER)
Marty Supreme
The Phoenician Scheme
Resurrection (RUNNER-UP)
Sinners
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Marty Supreme (RUNNER-UP)
One Battle After Another
Sinners (WINNER)
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 (RUNNER-UP)
“I Lied To You” – Sinners (WINNER)
“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 (RUNNER-UP)
Sirât (WINNER)
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar: Fire And Ash (WINNER)
F1
Mickey 17
Sinners (RUNNER-UP)
Superman
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters (WINNER)
Little Amélie Or The Character Of Rain
Zootopia 2 (RUNNER-UP)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
2000 Meters To Andriivka
The Alabama Solution
Come See Me In The Good Light (RUNNER-UP)
My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air In Moscow
The Perfect Neighbor (WINNER)
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
It Was Just An Accident (WINNER)
No Other Choice
Resurrection
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value (RUNNER-UP)
BEST ACTION FILM
F1
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (RUNNER-UP)
One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Superman
Thunderbolts*
BEST COMEDY FILM
Friendship
The Naked Gun (RUNNER-UP)
The Phoenician Scheme
Splitsville
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (WINNER)
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR FILM
28 Years Later (RUNNER-UP)
Avatar: Fire And Ash
Frankenstein
Sinners (WINNER)
Weapons
BEST OVERLOOKED FILM
Black Bag
No Other Choice
Resurrection (RUNNER-UP)
Sorry, Baby (WINNER)
The Testament Of Ann Lee
WIN TALLY
One Battle After Another – 7
Frankenstein – 4
Sinners – 3
It Was Just An Accident – 2
KPop Demon Hunters – 2
Marty Supreme – 2
Sorry, Baby – 2
Avatar: Fire And Ash – 1
Hamnet – 1
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You – 1
The Perfect Neighbor – 1
Resurrection – 1
Sentimental Value – 1
Sirât – 1
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery – 1
