2025 Astra Film Awards Nominees Announced

“One Battle After Another,” “Sinners,” and “Sentimental Value” top Astra nominations.

The Hollywood Creative Alliance announced the nominees for the 2025 Astra Film Awards, setting the stage for one of the most competitive awards seasons in recent years. The ceremony will take place on Friday, January 9, 2026, in Los Angeles and will stream live on KNEKT.tv and YouTube. The host, venue, and honorary recipients will be revealed in the coming weeks.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s Film Takes the Lead

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another dominated the nominations with 11 total nods. The film earned recognition in major categories, including Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical and Best Director. Additionally, Leonardo DiCaprio received a nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical, and the film secured four supporting acting nominations for Teyana Taylor, Regina Hall, Sean Penn, and Benicio del Toro.

This year marks one of Anderson’s strongest showings with the HCA, and the film’s large ensemble appears to have resonated with voters.

“Sinners” and “Sentimental Value” Tie for Second

Ryan Coogler’s Sinners and Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value followed with nine nominations each. Both films earned placements for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay.

Michael B. Jordan is nominated for Best Actor for Sinners, while Renate Reinsve continues her awards momentum with a Best Actress nomination for Sentimental Value. The strong showing for both films reflects a year defined by character-driven dramas and international storytelling.

Other Top Contenders

A24’s Marty Supreme and Focus Features’ Hamnet each earned six nominations. Universal’s Wicked: For Good, Warner Bros.’ Weapons, Netflix’s Jay Kelly, Netflix’s Frankenstein, Focus Features’ Bugonia, Netflix’s Train Dreams, and Neon’s No Other Choice rounded out the next tier of top-performing films with four to five nominations each.

HCA Implements Expanded Categories

This year, the Hollywood Creative Alliance officially split its Best Picture and acting fields into two branches: Drama and Comedy or Musical. The change was put to a full vote of the 310-member organization, with 60 percent supporting the updated structure.

According to the HCA, the expanded categories aim to give equal weight to films across tonal and genre divides, allowing comedies and musicals to compete more freely.

Complete List of Nominees

Best Indie Feature

• Bob Trevino Likes It (Roadside)
• Die My Love (Mubi)
• Sorry, Baby (A24)
• The Chronology of Water (The Forge)
• Twinless (Roadside)
• Urchin (Picturehouse Entertainment)

Best Action or Sci-Fi Feature

• F1 (Apple Original Films)
• The Fantastic Four: First Steps (Disney/Marvel Studios)
• Mickey 17 (WB)
• Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Paramount)
• Superman (WB)
• Warfare (A24)

Best First Feature

• Bob Trevino Likes It (Roadside)
• Eleanor the Great (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Good Boy (IFC Films)
• Sorry, Baby (A24)
• The Chronology of Water (The Forge)

Best Horror or Thriller Feature

• 28 Years Later (Sony Pictures)
• Black Phone 2 (Universal)
• Bring Her Back (A24)
• Final Destination: Bloodlines (WB)
• Together (Neon)
• Weapons (WB)

Best Performance in a Horror or Thriller

• Alfie Williams – 28 Years Later (Sony)
• Alison Brie – Together (Neon)
• Ethan Hawke – Black Phone 2 (Universal)
• Indy the Dog – Good Boy (IFC Films)
• Sally Hawkins – Bring Her Back (A24)
• Sophie Thatcher – Companion (WB)

Best Book to Screen Adaptation

• How to Train Your Dragon (Universal)
• Mickey 17 (WB)
• Superman (WB)
• The Housemaid (Lionsgate)
• The Life of Chuck (Neon)
• The Long Walk (Lionsgate)

Best International Feature

• Belén (Amazon MGM)
• It Was Just an Accident (Neon)
• No Other Choice (Neon)
• Sentimental Value (Neon)
• Sirât (Neon)
• The Secret Agent (Neon)

Best Documentary

• Cover Up (Netflix)
• It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley (Magnolia)
• My Mom Jayne (HBO Max)
• Orwell: 2+2=5 (Neon)
• The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix)
• Zodiac Killer Project (Music Box Films)

Best Animated Feature

• Arco (Neon)
• Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle (Crunchyroll)
• In Your Dreams (Netflix)
• KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
• Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (GKids)
• Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Pictures)

Best Voice-Over Performance

• Arden Cho – KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
• Natalie Portman – Arco (Neon)
• Nick Offerman – The Life of Chuck (Neon)
• Scarlett Sher – Weapons (WB)
• Shakira – Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Pictures)
• Will Patton – Train Dreams (Netflix)

Best Cast Ensemble

• Jay Kelly (Netflix)
• One Battle After Another (WB)
• Sentimental Value (Neon)
• Sinners (WB)
• Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix)
• Wicked: For Good (Universal)

Best Original Screenplay

• Jay Kelly — Noah Baumbach & Emily Mortimer (Netflix)
• Marty Supreme — Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie (A24)
• Rental Family — Hikari (Searchlight)
• Sentimental Value — Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt (Neon)
• Sinners — Ryan Coogler (WB)
• Weapons — Zach Cregger (WB)

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Bugonia — Will Tracy (Focus Features)
• Frankenstein — Guillermo del Toro (Netflix)
• Hamnet — Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell (Focus Features)
• No Other Choice — Park Chan-wook, Don McKellar, Lee Kyoung-mi, Lee Ja-hye (Neon)
• One Battle After Another — Paul Thomas Anderson (WB)
• Train Dreams — Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar (Netflix)

Best Director

• Chloé Zhao — Hamnet (Focus Features)
• Guillermo del Toro — Frankenstein (Netflix)
• Joachim Trier — Sentimental Value (Neon)
• Josh Safdie — Marty Supreme (A24)
• Paul Thomas Anderson — One Battle After Another (WB)
• Ryan Coogler — Sinners (WB)

Best Supporting Actress – Comedy or Musical

• Ariana Grande — Wicked: For Good (Universal)
• Glenn Close — Wake Up Dead Man (Netflix)
• Gwyneth Paltrow — Marty Supreme (A24)
• Odessa A’zion — Marty Supreme (A24)
• Regina Hall — One Battle After Another (WB)
• Teyana Taylor — One Battle After Another (WB)

Best Supporting Actor – Comedy or Musical

• Adam Sandler — Jay Kelly (Netflix)
• Benicio del Toro — One Battle After Another (WB)
• Jonathan Bailey — Wicked: For Good (Universal)
• Josh O’Connor — Wake Up Dead Man (Netflix)
• Keanu Reeves — Good Fortune (Lionsgate)
• Sean Penn — One Battle After Another (WB)

Best Actress – Comedy or Musical

• Amanda Seyfried — The Testament of Ann Lee (Searchlight)
• Chase Infiniti — One Battle After Another (WB)
• Cynthia Erivo — Wicked: For Good (Universal)
• Emma Stone — Bugonia (Focus Features)
• Eva Victor — Sorry, Baby (A24)
• Rose Byrne — If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You (A24)

Best Actor – Comedy or Musical

• Brendan Fraser — Rental Family (Searchlight)
• George Clooney — Jay Kelly (Netflix)
• Jesse Plemons — Bugonia (Focus Features)
• Lee Byung-hun — No Other Choice (Neon)
• Leonardo DiCaprio — One Battle After Another (WB)
• Timothée Chalamet — Marty Supreme (A24)

Best Supporting Actress – Drama

• Amy Madigan — Weapons (WB)
• Elle Fanning — Sentimental Value (Neon)
• Hailee Steinfeld — Sinners (WB)
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas — Sentimental Value (Neon)
• Nina Hoss — Hedda (Amazon MGM)
• Wunmi Mosaku — Sinners (WB)

Best Supporting Actor – Drama

• David Jonsson — The Long Walk (Lionsgate)
• Delroy Lindo — Sinners (WB)
• Jacob Elordi — Frankenstein (Netflix)
• Miles Caton — Sinners (WB)
• Paul Mescal — Hamnet (Focus Features)
• Stellan Skarsgård — Sentimental Value (Neon)

Best Actress – Drama

• Jennifer Lawrence — Die My Love (Mubi)
• Jessie Buckley — Hamnet (Focus Features)
• Julia Garner — Weapons (WB)
• Renate Reinsve — Sentimental Value (Neon)
• Sydney Sweeney — Christy (Black Bear)
• Tessa Thompson — Hedda (Amazon MGM)

Best Actor – Drama

• Dwayne Johnson — The Smashing Machine (A24)
• Dylan O’Brien — Twinless (Roadside)
• Jeremy Allen White — Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere (20th Century)
• Joel Edgerton — Train Dreams (Netflix)
• Michael B. Jordan — Sinners (WB)
• Wagner Moura — The Secret Agent (Neon)

Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical

• Bugonia (Focus Features)
• Jay Kelly (Netflix)
• Marty Supreme (A24)
• No Other Choice (Neon)
• One Battle After Another (WB)
• Wicked: For Good (Universal)

Best Motion Picture – Drama

• Frankenstein (Netflix)
• Hamnet (Focus Features)
• It Was Just an Accident (Neon)
• Sentimental Value (Neon)
• Sinners (WB)
• Train Dreams (Netflix)

Astra Creative Arts Awards

Last week, the HCA also announced the nominees for the Astra Creative Arts Awards. Ryan Coogler’s Sinners led all films with 11 nominations, followed by Wicked: For Good with 10 and Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein with nine. The Creative Arts ceremony will be held on Thursday, December 11, 2025.

A complete list of Creative Arts nominations is available at TheAstras.com.

Top Three Films by Nominations

1. One Battle After Another — 11
2. Sentimental Value — 9
3. Sinners — 9

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