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It is once again time for the ButteredPopcorn Movie Awards! Celebrating the best releases of 2025! 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 2026 ButteredPopcorn Movie Award Nominations!


​Best Sound Design:

  • Avatar: Fire and Ash
  • F1
  • Sinners
  • Sirāt


​Best Animation Design:

  • Death Does Not Exist
  • Dog of God
  • I am Frankelda
  • KPop Demon Hunters


​​Best Visual Design:

  • CIELO
  • The Chronology of Water
  • Kiss of the Spider Woman
  • Plainclothes


​Best Costume Design:

  • Bugonia (Jennifer Johnson)
  • Kiss of the Spider Woman (Colleen Atwood)
  • Snow White (Sandy Powell)
  • Wicked: For Good (Paul Tazewell)


​Best Production Design:

  • Hamnet (Fiona Crombie)
  • Jay Kelly (Mark Tildesley)
  • Kiss of the Spider Woman (Scott Chambliss)
  • The Testament of Ann Lee (Samuel Bader)

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​Best Makeup & Hairstyling:

  • 28 Years Later (Flora Moody)
  • Bring Her Back (Rebecca Buratto)
  • Kiss of the Spider Woman (Scott Barnes & Michelle Johnson)
  • Wicked: For Good (Frances Hannon)


​Best Visual Effects:

  • Avatar: Fire and Ash
  • The Fantastic Four: First Steps
  • How to Train Your Dragon
  • Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning 


​Best Film Editing:

  • The Chronology of Water (Olivia Neergaard-Holm)
  • Plainclothes (Erik Vogt-Nilsen)
  • Sinners (Michael P. Shawver)
  • The Voice of Hind Rajab (Qutaiba Barhamji, Maxime Mathis, & Kaouther Ben Hania)


​Best Cinematography:

  • After the Hunt (Malik Hassan Sayeed)
  • The Love That Remains (Hlynur Pálmason)
  • Presence (Peter Andrews)
  • The Stranger (Manuel Dacosse)


​​Best Use of Music:

  • Kiss of the Spider Woman
  • Marty Supreme
  • Sinners
  • Sirāt


​Best Original Song:

  • Drive (F1)
  • Golden (KPop Demon Hunters)
  • Highest 2 Lowest (Highest 2 Lowest)
  • My San Francisco (Plainclothes)
  • Train Dreams (Train Dreams)
  • Zoo (Zootopia 2)


​Best Score:

  • Black Bag (David Holmes)
  • F1 (Hans Zimmer)
  • Marty Supreme (Daniel Lopatin)
  • Rental Family (Jónsi & Alex Somers)


Best Solo Directorial Debut:

  • Carmen Emmi (Plainclothes)
  • Eva Victor (Sorry, Baby)
  • Kate Beecroft (East of Wall)
  • Kristen Stewart (The Chronology of Water)
  • Mehrnoush Alia (1001 Frames)
  • Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke (A Useful Ghost)


​Best International Narrative Feature:

  • 1001 Frames
  • All That's Left of You
  • Sentimental Value
  • A Useful Ghost
  • The Voice of Hind Rajab
  • What Does That Nature Say To You​


​Best Documentary Feature:

  • 2000 Meters to Andriivka
  • Apocalypse in the Tropics
  • The Eyes of Ghana
  • Ocean with David Attenborough
  • Riefenstahl
  • Secret Mall Apartment


​Best Animated Feature:

  • Death Does Not Exist
  • Dog Man
  • I am Frankelda
  • KPop Demon Hunters
  • Lesbian Space Princess
  • Predator: Killer of Killers


​Best Youth Performance:

  • Alfie Williams (28 Years Later)
  • Billy Barratt (Bring Her Back)
  • Doha Ramadan (Happy Birthday)
  • Everett Blunck (The Plague)
  • Fernanda Gutiérrez Aranda (CIELO)
  • Kayo Martin (The Plague)


​Best Voiceover Performance:

  • Arturo Mercado Jr. (I am Frankelda)
  • Jack Corbett (Boys Go to Jupiter)
  • Jason Bateman (Zootopia 2)
  • Jenna Davis (MEGAN 2.0)
  • Remy Edgerly (Elio)
  • Sam Rockwell (The Bad Guys 2)


​Best Ensemble:

  • 1001 Frames
  • After the Hunt
  • Father Mother Sister Brother
  • Marty Supreme
  • The Plague
  • Sinners


Best Adapted Screenplay:

  • The Chronology of Water (Kristen Stewart)
  • Hedda (Nia DaCosta)
  • Kiss of the Spider Woman (Bill Condon)
  • Rewrite (Makoto Ueda)
  • Train Dreams (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar)
  • The Wedding Banquet (Andrew Ahn & James Schamus)


Best Original Screenplay:

  • After the Hunt (Nora Garrett)
  • All That's Left of You (Cherien Dabis)
  • It Ends (Alexander Ullom)
  • Plainclothes (Carmen Emmi)
  • A Useful Ghost (Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke)
  • What Does That Nature Say To You (Hong Sang-soo)


Best Supporting Actress:

  • Ayo Edebiri (After the Hunt)
  • Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value)
  • Lily Gladstone (The Wedding Banquet)
  • Naomi Ackie (Sorry, Baby)
  • Nina Hoss (Hedda)
  • Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners)​


Best Supporting Actor:

  • Andrew Garfield (After the Hunt)
  • Kwon Hae-hyo (What Does That Nature Say To You)
  • Mohammad Ali Elyasmehr (It Was Just an Accident)
  • Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value)
  • Vishal Jethwa (Homebound)
  • William H. Macy (Train Dreams)


Best Actress:

  • Cherien Dabis (All That's Left of You)
  • Eva Victor (Sorry, Baby)
  • Imogen Poots (The Chronology of Water)
  • Julia Roberts (After the Hunt)
  • Myriem Akheddiou (We Believe You)
  • Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I'd Kick You)


Best Actor:

  • Ben Whishaw (Peter Hujar's Day)
  • Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon)
  • George Clooney (Jay Kelly)
  • Motaz Malhees (The Voice of Hind Rajab)
  • Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)
  • Tonatiuh (Kiss of the Spider Woman)
  • Will Arnett (Is This Thing On?)


Best Director:

  • Cherien Dabis (All That's Left of You)
  • Christopher McQuarrie (Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning)
  • James Cameron (Avatar: Fire and Ash)
  • Kleber Mendonça Filho (The Secret Agent)
  • Kristen Stewart (The Chronology of Water)
  • Luca Guadagino (After the Hunt)


​Best Picture:

  • After the Hunt
  • All That's Left of You
  • The Chronology of Water
  • Plainclothes
  • Sorry, Baby
  • What Does That Nature Say To You