Monday, February 16, 2026

The 2025 NBP Film Community Award Nominations

Yesterday on the podcast, we announced the 2025 NBP Film Community Awards nominations, representing the best in film for 2025, voted on by all of you, the fans of Next Best Picture! The complete list of nominations is listed below, along with the link which will take you to the form to cast your ballot on the winners. Voting officially begins now and ballots are due before February 22nd, 2026. The winners will be announced on February 22nd, on the Next Best Picture Podcast.

​Congratulations on your nominations and happy voting!

VOTE HERE


BEST PICTURE
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
It Was Just An Accident
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Weapons

BEST DIRECTOR
Park Chan-wook – No Other Choice
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value

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
Emma Stone – Bugonia

BEST ACTOR
Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
Jesse Plemons – Bugonia

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
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 SkarsgÃ¥rd – 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
Oona Chaplain – Avatar: Fire And Ash
Arden Cho – KPop Demon Hunters
Ginnifer Goodwin – Zootopia 2
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
Bugonia
Hamnet
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
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
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
Sinners
The Ugly Stepsister
Wicked: For Good

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Bugonia
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Golden” – KPop Demon Hunters
“I Lied To You” – Sinners
“Last Time I Seen The Sun” – Sinners
“Clothed By The Sun” – The Testament Of Ann Lee
“Train Dreams” – Train Dreams

BEST SOUND
F1
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirât
Warfare

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
Cover-Up
The Perfect Neighbor

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
It Was Just An Accident
No Other Choice
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
The Voice Of Hind Rajab

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

BEST COMEDY FILM
Friendship
Marty Supreme
The Naked Gun
The Phoenician Scheme
Splitsville

BEST SCI-FI/HORROR FILM
28 Years Later
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Sinners
Weapons

BEST OVERLOOKED FILM
No Other Choice
Sorry, Baby
The Testament Of Ann Lee
Twinless
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

VOTE HERE


NOMINATION TALLY
Sinners – 21
One Battle After Another – 16
Marty Supreme – 13
Sentimental Value – 11
Hamnet – 8
Frankenstein – 7
Bugonia – 6
No Other Choice – 5
Weapons – 5
It Was Just An Accident – 4
Sorry, Baby – 4
Train Dreams – 4
28 Years Later – 3
F1 – 3
KPop Demon Hunters – 3
The Testament Of Ann Lee – 3
Zootopia 2 – 3
Avatar: Fire And Ash – 2
Superman – 2
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery – 2

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