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“And the Nominees Are!” – The St. Louis Film Critics Association announces their 2025 Film Nominations

Written by: Kirk Dulin
Organization: St. Louis Film Critics Association

Do you remember violently flipping through your high school yearbook each year to find the results of the Class Superlatives? That’s exactly what it’s like for movie critics when nominations roll in for the big awards shows. It triggers all the same feelings – anxiety, hopelessness, rejection, existential confusion, and, somehow, joy. It also might trigger a new haircut or a new college major.

Thankfully, the past year in film rendered rich and original stories reaching all across the globe. 

As new members of the St. Louis Film Critics Association, Cam and I are PROUD to deliver the voting members’ 2025 nominations for excellence in film! Check out the list below, and be sure to follow the membership page on X (or the artist formerly known as Twitter) to receive continuous updates. Our official WINNERS will be announced later this month! 

The list below has traditional categories AND unique awards (like “BEST SCENE”, SAG-adjacent award “BEST ENSEMBLE”, and more).

Get excited with us and join the conversation below in the comments or wherever you found this article!

AND THE NOMINEES ARE…

BEST FILM

  • Frankenstein
  • Hamnet
  • It Was Just an Accident
  • Marty Supreme
  • One Battle After Another
  • The Phoenician Scheme
  • The Secret Agent
  • Sinners
  • Superman
  • Weapons

BEST DIRECTOR

  • Paul Thomas Anderson “One Battle After Another” 
  • Ryan Coogler “Sinners” 
  • Jafar Panahi “It Was Just an Accident” 
  • Josh Safdie “Marty Supreme”
  • Chloe Zhao “Hamnet”

BEST FIRST FEATURE

  • Emilie Blichfeldt “The Ugly Stepsister” 
  • Andrew DeYoung “Friendship”
  • Drew Hancock “Companion”
  • Carson Lund “Eephus”
  • Eva Victor “Sorry, Baby”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

  • Glenn Close “Wake Up Dead Man”
  • Elle Fanning “Sentimental Value”
  • Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas “Sentimental Value”
  • Amy Madigan “Weapons” 
  • Teyana Taylor “One Battle After Another”

BEST ACTRESS

  • Jessie Buckley “Hamnet” 
  • Rose Byrne “If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You”
  • Chase Infiniti “One Battle After Another”
  • Amanda Seyfried “The Testament of Ann Lee
  • Emma Stone “Bugonia”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

  • Benecio del Toro “One Battle After Another”-
  • Paul Mescal “Hamnet”
  • Sean Penn “One Battle After Another” 
  • Andrew Scott “Blue Moon”
  • Stellan Skarsgard “Sentimental Value”

BEST ACTOR

  • Timothee Chalamet “Marty Supreme”
  • Leonardo DiCaprio “One Battle After Another” 
  • Ethan Hawke “Blue Moon”
  • Michael B. Jordan “Sinners”
  • Wagner Moura “The Secret Agent”

BEST ENSEMBLE

  • Black Bag
  • Hamnet
  • A House of Dynamite
  • One Battle After Another 
  • Sinners

BEST SCENE

  • The Globe theatrical production in “Hamnet”
  • Finale in “It Was Just an Accident”
  • Music evolution “I Lied to You” in “Sinners”
  • Climactic rolling hills car chase scene in “One Battle After Another”
  • The fate of Aunt Gladys in “Weapons”

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

  • Frankenstein
  • Hamnet
  • One Battle After Another 
  • Train Dreams
  • Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives out Mystery

BEST SCREENPLAY – ORIGINAL

  • Blue Moon
  • It Was Just an Accident
  • Marty Supreme
  • Sinners
  • Sorry, Baby
  • Weapons

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • Frankenstein
  • Hamnet
  • One Battle After Another
  • Sinners
  • Train Dreams

BEST EDITING

  • F1 
  • A House of Dynamite 
  • Marty Supreme
  • One Battle After Another
  • Sinners

BEST MUSIC SCORE

  • Frankenstein
  • Hamnet
  • One Battle After Another 
  • Sinners 
  • The Testament of Ann Lee

BEST MUSIC SOUNDTRACK

  • KPop Demon Hunters
  • Marty Supreme
  • Sinners
  • Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
  • Wicked: For Good

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE

  • Arden Cho “KPop Demon Hunters”
  • Ginnifer Goodwin “Zootopia 2”
  • Damian Lewis “Orwell 2+2=5” 
  • Will Patton “Train Dreams”
  • Scarlet Sher “Weapons”

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

  • Frankenstein
  • Hamnet
  • The Phoenician Scheme
  • Sinners
  • Wicked: For Good

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

  • Avatar: Fire and Ash
  • F1
  • Sinners
  • Superman
  • Tron: Ares

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

  • Frankenstein
  • Hamnet
  • Sinners
  • The Testament of Ann Lee
  • Wicked: For Good

BEST ACTION MOVIE

  • F1
  • Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning 
  • One Battle After Another
  • Superman
  • Warfare

BEST STUNTS

  • Ballerina
  • F1
  • Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning 
  • One Battle After Another
  • Warfare

BEST HORROR MOVIE

  • 28 Years Later
  • Companion
  • Frankenstein
  • Sinners
  • Weapons

BEST ANIMATED FILM 

  • Arco
  • Elio
  • KPop Demon Hunters
  • Ne Zha II
  • Zootopia 2

BEST COMEDY

  • Eephus
  • Friendship
  • Good Fortune
  • The Naked Gun 
  • The Phoenician Scheme

BEST DOCUMENTARY 

  • 2000 Meters to Andriivka
  • Afternoons in Solitude
  • Deaf President Now
  • Orwell 2+2=5 
  • The Perfect Neighbor

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE

  • It Was Just an Accident 
  • No Other Choice
  • The Secret Agent
  • Sentimental Value
  • Sirat

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