The Movie Room

I’ve gotten up to 124 2025 films, 31 of which I ended up giving some kind of recognition here. I did not see as many 10/10 films as I wish I could have this year (not even all my 10 best picture nominees I would give 10/10), but it was a great year for the foreign films I saw. Nominees are listed alphabetically, with my chosen winners in bold.

BEST CASTING

• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• The Secret Agent
• Sentimental Value
• Wicked: For Good

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• The Lost Bus
• Sinners
• Superman
• Wicked: For Good

BEST FILM EDITING

• F1
• Marty Supreme
• The Secret Agent
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• Frankenstein
• Kiss of the Spider Woman
• 100 Nights of Hero
• The Ugly Stepsister
• Wicked: For Good

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

• Frankenstein
• Marty Supreme
• Sinners
• The Ugly Stepsister
• Wicked: For Good

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Ballad of a Small Player
• Bugonia
• Hamnet
• Sinners
• Train Dreams

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• Frankenstein
• Kiss of the Spider Woman
• Sentimental Value
• Wicked: For Good

BEST SOUND

• Avatar: Fire and Ice
• F1
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Superman

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

• Bugonia
• F1
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• “Drive” (F1)
• “The Girl in the Bubble” (Wicked: For Good)
• “Golden” (KPop Demon Hunters)
• “I Lied to You” (Sinners)
• “Last Time (I Seen the Sun)” (Sinners)

BEST ANIMATED FILM

• The Bad Guys 2
• Dog Man
• Elio
• KPop Demon Hunters
• Zootopia 2

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

• Homebound (India)
• It Was Just an Accident (France)
• No Other Choice (South Korea)
• The Secret Agent (Brazil)
• Sentimental Value (Norway)

BEST DOCUMENTARY

All the ones I saw didn’t make the shortlist! Poor Grand Theft Hamlet

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• Bugonia
• Hamnet
• One Battle After Another
• Train Dreams
• Wake Up Dead Man

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Black Bag
• No Other Choice
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners
• Twinless

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Elle Fanning as Rachel Kemp (Sentimental Value)
• Ariana Grande as Glinda Upland (Wicked: For Good)
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas as Agnes Borg (Sentimental Value)
• Wunmi Mosaku as Annie (Sinners)
• Gwyneth Paltrow as Kay Stone (Marty Supreme)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• William H. Macy as Arn Peeples (Train Dreams)
• Paul Mescal as Will (Hamnet)
• Josh O’Connor as Fr. Jud Duplenticy (Wake Up Dead Man)
• Sean Penn as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw (One Battle After Another)
• Stellan Skarsgård as Gustav Borg (Sentimental Value)

BEST ACTRESS

• Jessie Buckley as Agnes (Hamnet)
• Sally Hawkins as Laura (Bring Her Back)
• Chase Infiniti as Willa Ferguson (One Battle After Another)
• Renata Reinsve as Nora Borg (Sentimental Value)
• Emma Stone as Michelle Fuller (Bugonia)

BEST ACTOR

• Timothée Chalamet as Marty Mauser (Marty Supreme)
• Joel Edgerton as Robert Granier (Train Dreams)
• Michael B. Jordan as Smoke and Stack (Sinners)
• Wagner Moura as Armando/Marcelo (The Secret Agent)
• Dylan O’Brien as Roman and Rocky (Twinless)

BEST DIRECTOR

• Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)
• Ryan Coogler (Sinners)
• Jafar Panahi (It Was Just an Accident)
• Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)
• Chloé Zhao (Hamnet)

BEST PICTURE

• Hamnet
• It Was Just an Accident
• The Life of Chuck
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• The Secret Agent
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners
• Twinless
• Wake Up Dead Man

Wins and Nominations Leaders

1. Sinners (5 wins from 13 nominations)
2. Hamnet (4 wins from 7 nominations)
3. Sentimental Value (2 wins from 11 nominations)
4. The Secret Agent (2 wins from 5 nominations)
5. Twinless (2 wins from 3 nominations)
6. Avatar: Fire and Ash (1 win from 3 nominations)
7. Frankenstein (1 win from 3 nominations)
8. It Was Just an Accident (1 win from 3 nominations)
9. Kiss of the Spider Woman (1 win from 2 nominations)
10. KPop Demon Hunters (1 win from 2 nominations)
11. Marty Supreme (7 nominations)
12. One Battle After Another (7 nominations)
13. Wicked: For Good (7 nominations)
14. Bugonia (4 nominations)
15. F1 (4 nominations)
16. Train Dreams (4 nominations)
17. Wake Up Dead Man (3 nominations)
18. No Other Choice (2 nominations)
19. Superman (2 nominations)
20. The Ugly Stepsister (2 nominations)
21. The Bad Guys 2 (1 nomination)
22. Ballad of a Small Player (1 nomination)
23. Black Bag (1 nomination)
24. Bring Her Back (1 nomination)
25. Dog Man (1 nomination)
26. Elio (1 nomination)
27. Homebound (1 nomination)
28. The Life of Chuck (1 nomination)
29. The Lost Bus (1 nomination)
30. 100 Nights of Hero (1 nomination)
31. Zootopia 2 (1 nomination)