My awards picks for the films of 2025.

Only eligible films are ones released in the US in 2025. Releases can be streaming, theatrical, or home media, just not film festival exclusives. My categories are my own, not all are Oscar categories.

Previous Dazzies: 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024

All eligible films are listed below. The notes lists each nomination and win. My complete ranking of the films is here.

Each category has 1 winner, 5 nominees, and 5 honourable mentions. Nominees and mentions listed alphabetically.

Best Film:

One Battle After Another - WINNER
By the Stream
Caught by the Tides
No Other Choice
The Shrouds

Honourable Mentions: The Mastermind; Misericordia; My Father's Shadow; Sinners; The Voice of Hind Rajab

Best English-Language Film:

One Battle After Another - WINNER
The Mastermind
My Father's Shadow
The Shrouds
Sinners

Honourable Mentions: Blue Moon; Die My Love; Marty Supreme; On Becoming a Guinea Fowl; The Testament of Ann Lee
Note: documentaries and animation ineligible

Best Foreign-Language Film:

By the Stream - WINNER
Caught by the Tides
Misericordia
No Other Choice
The Voice of Hind Rajab

Honourable Mentions: Dreams; Grand Tour; Happyend; It Was Just an Accident; The Secret Agent
Note: documentaries and animation ineligible

Best Animated Film:

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain - WINNER
Arco
Endless Cookie
KPop Demon Hunters
Lost in Starlight

Honourable Mentions: Boys Go to Jupiter; Elio; Ne Zha 2; Predator: Killer of Killers; Zootopia 2

Best Documentary Film:

Afternoons of Solitude - WINNER
2000 Metres to Andriivka
The Alabama Solution
Cover-Up
The White House Effect

Honourable Mentions: Apocalypse in the Tropics; The Encampments; Endless Cookie; The Perfect Neighbour; Viva Verdi

Best Director:

Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another - WINNER
David Cronenberg - The Shrouds
Hong Sang-soo - By the Stream
Jia Zhangke - Caught by the Tides
Park Chan-wook - No Other Choice

Honourable Mentions: Kaouther Ben Hania (The Voice of Hind Rajab); Ryan Coogler (Sinners); Akinola Davies Jr. (My Father's Shadow); Kleber Mendonça Filho (The Secret Agent); Kelly Reichardt (The Mastermind)

Best Actor:

Stellan Skarsgård - Sentimental Value - WINNER
Benicio del Toro - The Phoenician Scheme
Leonardo DiCaprio - One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke - Blue Moon
Wagner Moura - The Secret Agent

Honourable Mentions: Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme); Sope Dirisu (My Father's Shadow); Dwayne Johnson (The Smashing Machine); Michael B. Jordan (Sinners); Lee Byung-hun (No Other Choice)

Best Actress:

Rose Byrne - If I Had Legs I'd Kick You - WINNER
Jennifer Lawrence - Die My Love
Renate Reinsve - Sentimental Value
Tessa Thompson - Hedda
Zhao Tao - Caught by the Tides

Honourable Mentions: Jessie Buckley (Hamnet); Ella Øverbye (Dreams); Kim Si-eun (Next Sohee); Amanda Seyfried (The Testament of Ann Lee); Ia Sukhitashvili (April)

Best Supporting Actor:

Benicio del Toro - One Battle After Another - WINNER
David Jonsson - The Long Walk
Sean Penn - One Battle After Another
Alexander Skarsgård - Pillion
Jeffrey Wright - Highest 2 Lowest

Honourable Mentions: Jacques Develay (Misericordia); Delroy Lindo (Sinners); Kevin O'Leary (Marty Supreme); Robert Pattinson (Die My Love); Adam Sandler (Jay Kelly)

Best Supporting Actress:

Teyana Taylor - One Battle After Another - WINNER
Mariam Afshari - It Was Just an Accident
Odessa A'zion - Marty Supreme
Chase Infiniti - One Battle After Another
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas - Sentimental Value

Honourable Mentions: Naomi Ackie (Sorry Baby); Emily Blunt (The Smashing Machine); Oona Chaplin (Avatar: Fire and Ash); Jodie Comer (28 Years Later); Amy Madigan (Weapons)

Best Acting Ensemble:

One Battle After Another - WINNER
Misericordia
Sentimental Value
Sinners
The Voice of Hind Rajab

Honourable Mentions: Blue Moon; By the Stream; Die My Love; Marty Supreme; No Other Choice

Best Original Screenplay:

My Father's Shadow - WINNER
The Mastermind
The Secret Agent
The Shrouds
Sinners

Honourable Mentions: Blue Moon; By the Stream; Happyend; It Was Just an Accident; Misericordia

Best Adapted Screenplay:

One Battle After Another - WINNER
28 Years Later
Die My Love
No Other Choice
Pillion

Honourable Mentions: The Box Man; The Long Walk; Mickey 17; Preparation for the Next Life; Wake Up Dead Man

Best Music:

Sinners - WINNER
28 Years Later
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Testament of Ann Lee

Honourable Mentions: The Ballad of Wallis Island; Highest 2 Lowest; No Other Choice; The Phoenician Scheme; TRON: Ares

Best Editing:

One Battle After Another - WINNER
Caught by the Tides
Cloud
Die My Love
No Other Choice

Honourable Mentions: Marty Supreme; The Secret Agent; The Shrouds; Sinners; The Voice of Hind Rajab

Best Cinematography:

28 Years Later - WINNER
Afternoons of Solitude
April
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another

Honourable Mentions: Caught by the Tides; Grand Tour; Marty Supreme; The Secret Agent; Sinners

Best Sound:

F1 - WINNER
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Sinners
Sirāt
Warfare

Honourable Mentions: Bring Her Back; Cloud; Hallow Road; Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning; One Battle After Another

Best Visual Effects:

Avatar: Fire and Ash - WINNER
F1
The Lost Bus
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Superman

Honourable Mentions: The Fantastic Four: First Steps; Mickey 17; Predator: Badlands; Sinners; TRON: Ares

Best Production Design:

Sinners - WINNER
Grand Tour
One Battle After Another
Reflection in a Dead Diamond
The Secret Agent

Honourable Mentions: The Fantastic Four: First Steps; Frankenstein; Marty Supreme; Nouvelle Vague; The Phoenician Scheme

Best Costumes:

Frankenstein - WINNER
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
The Phoenician Scheme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good

Honourable Mentions: Hedda; Marty Supreme; One Battle After Another; Paddington in Peru; The Testament of Ann Lee

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:

Bring Her Back - WINNER
28 Years Later
Frankenstein
The Phoenician Scheme
Weapons

Honourable Mentions: Alpha; Bugonia; Caught Stealing; Sinners; The Smashing Machine

Best Stunts:

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning - WINNER
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Ballerina
F1
Sinners

Honourable Mentions: 28 Years Later; Mickey 17; One Battle After Another; The Smashing Machine; Thunderbolts*

Best Casting:

One Battle After Another - WINNER
Marty Supreme
My Father's Shadow
The Secret Agent
Sinners

Honourable Mentions: 28 Years Later; Happyend; A House of Dynamite; It Was Just an Accident; The Long Walk

Best Scene:

One Battle After Another - Car chase - WINNER
28 Years Later - Meeting the doctor and death of mother
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning - Inside the Sevastopol submarine
One Battle After Another - Bob trying to complete the phone call
Sinners - Sammie's song, showing past and future

Honourable Mentions: Blue Moon (Private conversation with Elisabeth); Broken Rage (Comedy second half); My Father's Shadow (Beach); No Other Choice (Killing first victim); The Voice of Hind Rajab (Ambulance arrives)

Worst Film:

War of the Worlds - WINNER
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
The Electric State
Flight Risk
iHostage

Dishonourable Mentions: Captain America: Brave New World; Death of a Unicorn; Honey Don't; Jurassic World Rebirth; Snow White

Worst Director:

Rich Lee - War of the Worlds - WINNER
Bobby Boermans - iHostage
Mel Gibson - Flight Risk
Julius Onah - Captain America: Brave New World
Joe & Anthony Russo - The Electric State

Dishonourable Mentions: Jon M. Chu (Wicked: For Good); Ethan Coen (Honey Don't); Kogonada (A Big Bold Beautiful Journey); Alex Scharfman (Death of a Unicorn); Marc Webb (Snow White)

Worst Performance:

Millie Bobby Brown - The Electric State - WINNER
Gal Gadot - Snow White
Ice Cube - War of the Worlds
Mark Wahlberg - Flight Risk
Michelle Yeoh - Wicked: For Good

Dishonourable Mentions: Devon Bostick (War of the Worlds); Michelle Dockery (Flight Risk); Ayo Edebiri (After the Hunt); Topher Grace (Flight Risk); Clark Gregg (War of the Worlds)

Worst Screenplay:

War of the Worlds - WINNER
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
Captain America: Brave New World
The Electric State
Jurassic World Rebirth

Dishonourable Mentions: Flight Risk; In Your Dreams; Nobody 2; Presence; Snow White

Worst Scene:

War of the Worlds - Sending the code by drone - WINNER
Captain America: Brave New World - Red Hulk fight
The Running Man - Happy ending
Snow White - CG dwarves
War of the Worlds - Identity of Disruptor

Dishonourable Mentions: A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (Rental company); The Life of Chuck (Narration); War of the Worlds (Rescuing daughter); Warfare (Closing text); Wicked: For Good (Dorothy)

Multiple Wins (excluding negative awards):
10 - One Battle After Another
2 - Sinners

Multiple Nominations (excluding negative awards):
17 - One Battle After Another
10 - Sinners
6 - No Other Choice
5 - 28 Years Later; Caught by the Tides
4 - The Secret Agent; Sentimental Value; The Shrouds
3 - Avatar: Fire and Ash; By the Stream; Die My Love; F1; Marty Supreme; Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning; My Father's Shadow; The Phoenician Scheme
2 - Afternoons of Solitude; Frankenstein; The Mastermind; Misericordia; Pillion; The Voice of Hind Rajab

Multiple Mentions (excluding negative awards):
20 - One Battle After Another
18 - Sinners
11 - Marty Supreme
10 - No Other Choice
8 - 28 Years Later; The Secret Agent
7 - My Father's Shadow
6 - Caught by the Tides; Die My Love; The Voice of Hind Rajab
5 - Blue Moon; By the Stream; Misericordia; The Phoenician Scheme; The Shrouds
4 - Avatar: Fire and Ash; It Was Just an Accident; The Mastermind; Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning; Sentimental Value; The Smashing Machine; The Testament of Ann Lee
3 - F1; The Fantastic Four: First Steps; Frankenstein; Grand Tour; Happyend; The Long Walk; Mickey 17
2 - Afternoons of Solitude; April; Bring Her Back; Cloud; Endless Cookie; Hedda; Highest 2 Lowest; Pillion; TRON: Ares; Weapons