10th Annual Friendly Film Fan Awards Nominees

Our Picks for the Best in Film of 2025​

​Greetings all, and welcome back to The Friendly Film Fan! At long last, it is finally time to unveil our nominees for the best in film of 2025. There were a lot of worthy candidates this year, and as always, some devastating cuts had to be made in order to fit the category requirements we entirely made up, which closely follow those imposed by the Academy on the Oscars (so we’re basically just as important).

​A bit about how this works: we nominate films in sixteen categories over a range of disciplines, most of which are self-explanatory, but a couple of which are different from the Academy Awards in small ways. For instance, Best Character Design is a combination of Costume Design and Makeup and Hairstyling, while Best Screenplay functions as a single category covering both adapted and original works. We also do not limit Best Score to entirely original music, but rather on the film’s overall use of music, whether it is original to the film or a reinterpretation or new integration of previously established music, so long as it is instrumental in nature. Finally, we determine our own category eligibility, so if an actor campaigns in a leading role category for the Academy Awards but we consider their role to be supporting, we will nominate them in a supporting category.

​If you've been following along on our Instagram, you already know what's nominated where, but in the rare event that you're someone who doesn't follow us (first of all, change that immediately), it’s time for the biggest news drop of awards season. Here are your nominees for the 10th Annual Friendly Film Fan Awards!

​BEST SOUND DESIGN

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• F1
• Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
• One Battle after Another
• Sinners

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• F1
• The Lost Bus
• Sinners
• Superman

BEST SCREENPLAY

• Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident
• Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle after Another
• Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
• Ryan Coogler, Sinners
• Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby

​tBEST SCORE

• Max Richter, Hamnet
• Daniel Lopatin, Marty Supreme
• Jonny Greenwood, One Battle after Another
• M83, Resurrection
• Ludwig Göransson, Sinners

​BEST CHARACTER DESIGN

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• Hamnet
• Frankenstein
• One Battle after Another
• Sinners

​BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• Frankenstein
• Resurrection
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners

​BEST FILM EDITING

• It Was Just an Accident
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle after Another
• The Perfect Neighbor
• Sinners

​BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• No Other Choice
• One Battle after Another
• Resurrection
• Sinners
• Train Dreams

​BEST STUNT ENSEMBLE

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• F1
• One Battle after Another
• Predator: Badlands
• Superman

​BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

• It Was Just an Accident
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle after Another
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners

​BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value
• Chase Infiniti, One Battle after Another
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
• Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
• Teyana Taylor, One Battle after Another

​BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
• Delroy Lindo, Sinners
• Paul Mescal, Hamnet
• Sean Penn, One Battle after Another
• Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value

​BEST ACTRESS

• Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
• Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
• Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
• Emma Stone, Bugonia
• Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby

​BEST ACTOR

• Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
• Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle after Another
• Joel Edgerton, Train Dreams
• Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
• Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent

​BEST DIRECTOR

• Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
• Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle after Another
• Bi Gan, Resurrection
• Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
• Ryan Coogler, Sinners

​And finally, here are your 2026 Friendly Film Fan Nominees for Best Picture…

BEST PICTURE

• Bugonia
• Hamnet
• It Was Just an Accident
• Marty Supreme
• No Other Choice
• One Battle after Another
• Resurrection
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners
• Train Dreams

And those are your nominees for the 10th Annual Friendly Film Fan Awards! What do you think of these nominations? What are you hoping takes home a win? Let us know in the comments section below, and keep your eyes peeled for the winners announcement, March 13!
 
- The Friendly Film Fan