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 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
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
