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It is once again time for the ButteredPopcorn Movie Awards! Celebrating the best releases of 2024! This is a strictly fun exercise to give attention to the incredible talent that battled through one of the most challenging years in recent memory and still produced some incredible work! Without further ado, here are the official 2025 ButteredPopcorn Movie Award Nominations!


​Best Sound Design:

  • The Bikeriders
  • Challengers
  • I Saw the TV Glow
  • In a Violent Nature
  • Nosferatu


​Best Animation Design:

  • Chicken for Linda!
  • Diplodocus
  • The Glassworker
  • Memoir of a Snail
  • The Wild Robot


​​Best Visual Design:

  • I Saw the TV Glow
  • Longlegs
  • Nosferatu
  • Riddle of Fire
  • ​Queer


​Best Costume Design:

  • Gladiator II (David Crossman & Janty Yates) 
  • The Last Showgirl (Jacqueline Getty & Rainy Jacobs)
  • Maria (Massimo Cantini Parrini)
  • Megalopolis (Milena Canonero)
  • Wicked (Paul Tazewell)


​Best Production Design:

  • Conclave (Suzie Davies)
  • Gladiator II (Arthur Max, Jille Azis, & Elli Griff)
  • Maria (Guy Hendrix Dyas & Sandro Piccarozzi)
  • Nosferatu (Craig Lathrop)
  • Queer (Stefano Baisi &  Lisa Crivelli Scoppa)

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​Best Makeup & Hairstyling:

  • The Apprentice
  • Lisa Frankenstein
  • Megalopolis
  • Nosferatu
  • The Substance


​Best Visual Effects:

  • Better Man
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
  • Spaceman
  • Wicked


​Best Film Editing:

  • The Brutalist (David Jancso)
  • Challengers (Marco Costa)
  • I Saw the TV Glow (Sofi Marshall)
  • Soundtrack to a Coup d’État (Rik Chaubet)
  • Queer (Marco Costa)


​Best Cinematography:

  • All We Imagine as Light (Ranabir Das)
  • Challengers (Sayombhu Mukdeeprom)
  • Grand Tour (Sayombhu Mukdeeprom)
  • Nickel Boys (Jomo Fray)
  • Sing Sing (Pat Scola)


​​Best Use of Music:

  • Better Man
  • Challengers
  • I Saw the TV Glow
  • Soundtrack to a Coup d’État
  • Queer


​Best Original Song:

  • Beautiful That Way (The Last Showgirl)
  • Better Way to Live (Kneecap)
  • Claw Machine (I Saw the TV Glow)
  • Forbidden Road (Better Man)
  • Like a Bird (Sing Sing)
  • Release (Trap)


​Best Score:

  • Adrianne & The Castle (Richard Reed Parry)
  • Babygirl (Cristobal Tapia de Veer)
  • The Brutalist (Daniel Blumberg)
  • Challengers (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)
  • Evil Does Not Exist (Eiko Ishibashi)


Best Solo Directorial Debut:

  • Luke Gilford (National Anthem)
  • Malcolm Washington (The Piano Lesson)
  • Rachel Morrison (The Fire Inside)
  • Sean Wang (Dìdi)
  • Vera Drew (The People's Joker)
  • Zoe Eisenberg (Chaperone)


​Best Foreign Language Feature:

  • Daaaaaalí!
  • Evil Does Not Exist
  • My Favourite Cake
  • No Other Land
  • The Seed of the Sacred Fig
  • Việt and Nam​


​Best Documentary Feature:

  • Adrianne & The Castle
  • Daughters
  • Girls State
  • No Other Land
  • Soundtrack to a Coup d’État
  • Will & Harper


​Best Animated Feature:

  • Chicken for Linda!
  • Diplodocus
  • The Imaginary
  • Memoir of a Snail
  • Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
  • The Wild Robot


​Best Youth Performance:

  • Alyla Browne (Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga)
  • Ariel Donoghue (Trap)
  • Charlie Stover (Riddle of Fire)
  • Ian Foreman (I Saw the TV Glow)
  • Izaac Wang (Dìdi)
  • Phoebe Ferro (Riddle of Fire)


​Best Voiceover Performance:

  • Brian Tyree Henry (Transformers One)
  • Lupita Nyong'o (The Wild Robot)
  • Paul Dano (Spaceman)
  • Pedro Pascal (The Wild Robot)
  • Sarah Snook (Memoir of a Snail)
  • Yuumi Kawai (Look Back)


​Best Ensemble:

  • Ghostlight
  • Gladiator II
  • His Three Daughters
  • The Last Showgirl
  • The Piano Lesson
  • The Seed of the Sacred Fig


Best Adapted Screenplay:

  • Conclave (Peter Straughan)
  • Gladiator II (David Scarpa)
  • Oh, Canada (Paul Schrader)
  • The Piano Lesson (Malcolm Washington & Virgil Williams)
  • The Room Next Door (Pedro Almodóvar)
  • Queer (Justin Kuritzkes)


Best Original Screenplay:

  • Challengers (Justin Kuritzkes)
  • Daaaaaalí! (Quentin Dupieux)
  • Didì (Sean Wang)
  • Evil Does Not Exist (Ryusuke Hamaguchi)
  • Ghostlight (Kelly O'Sullivan)
  • ​Hard Truths (Mike Leigh)
  • I Saw the TV Glow (Jane Schoenbrun)


Best Supporting Actress:

  • Carrie Coon (His Three Daughters)
  • Danielle Deadwyler (The Piano Lesson)
  • Elizabeth Olsen (His Three Daughters)
  • Joan Chen (Dìdi)
  • Natasha Lyonne (His Three Daughters)
  • Tilda Swinton (The Room Next Door)​


Best Supporting Actor:

  • Brigette Lundy-Paine (I Saw the TV Glow)
  • Denzel Washington (Gladiator II)
  • Harris Dickinson (Babygirl)
  • Josh O'Connor (Challengers)
  • Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)
  • Mike Faist (Challengers)


Best Actress:

  • Angelina Jolie (Maria)
  • Lily-Rose Depp (Nosferatu)
  • Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths)
  • Pamela Anderson (The Last Showgirl)
  • Ryan Destiny (The Fire Inside)
  • Zendaya (Challengers)


Best Actor:

  • Andrew Garfield (We Live In Time)
  • Colman Domingo (Sing Sing)
  • Daniel Craig (Queer)
  • Hugh Grant (Heretic)
  • Keith Kupferer (Ghostlight)
  • Ralph Fiennes (Conclave)


Best Director:

  • Alex Thompson & Kelly O'Sullivan (Ghostlight)
  • Jane Schoenbrun (I Saw the TV Glow)
  • Luca Guadagnino (Challengers)
  • Luca Guadagnino (Queer)
  • Ridley Scott (Gladiator II)
  • Trương Minh Quý (Việt and Nam)


​Best Picture:

  • Challengers
  • Dìdi
  • Ghostlight
  • I Saw the TV Glow
  • The Last Showgirl
  • Queer