2025 Cosmo Noms Announced

Nominees for the 2025 Cosmique Movie Awards were announced, and Sinners broke away from the pack with 17 nominations, including for Best Film, Director (Ryan Coogler), actor (Michael B. Jordan).

It was followed by Hamnet and One Battle After Another with 13 nominations each, Frankenstein and Wicked: For Good with 11 each, and The Fantastic Four: First Steps with 10.

Other Best Film nominees went to Frankenstein, Hamnet, The Phoenician Scheme, Weapons, and Wicked: For Good. The full list of nominees appears at the end of this article.

Ballots are now open for voters to choose the winners across 45 categories. Voting closes at midnight on Sunday, May 31, 2026.

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1. Lifetime Achievement Awards of 2025
2. Best Overall of 2025
3. Best Performances of 2025
4. Best by Genre of 2025
5. Specialty Awards of 2025

All of the 2025 Nominees

2025 Lifetime Achievement Halls of Fame

Best Films of All Time Hall of Fame (2025 Awards)

Dead Poets Society  • Fortune and Men’s Eyes • Ordinary People • Schindler’s List • Some Like It Hot • Suddenly Last Summer

Best Actresses of All Time Hall of Fame (2025 Awards)

Cate Blanchett • Claudette Colbert • Agnes Moorehead • Catherine O’Hara • Sigourney Weaver • Holly Woodlawn

Best Actors of All Time Hall of Fame (2025 Awards)

Humphrey Bogart • James Cagney • Clark Gable • Alec Guinness • John Malkovich • Robert Redford

Best Comedic Actresses of All Time Hall of Fame (2025 Awards)

Christine Baranski • Doris Day • Regina Hall • Carol Kane • Diane Keaton • Coco Peru

Best Comedic Actors of All Time Hall of Fame (2025 Awards)

John Candy • Jim Carrey • Billy Crystal • W.C. Fields • Jimmy Stewart • Dick Van Dyke

Best Films Overall of 2025

Best Film of 2025

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

Best Director of a 2025 Film

Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another • Ryan Coogler – Sinners • Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein • Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme • Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value • Chloé Zhao – Hamnet

Best Script of a 2025 Film

Bugonia • Hamnet • One Battle After Another • Sentimental Value • Sinners • Wake Up Dead Man

Best Cinematography, Art Direction or Set Design for a 2025 Film

Frankenstein • Jurassic World Rebirth • Marty Supreme • One Battle After Another • Sinners • Wicked: For Good

Best Costume Design Or Make-Up for a 2025 Film

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

Best Visual Effects for a 2025 Film

Avatar: Fire and Ash • The Fantastic Four: First Steps • Frankenstein • How to Train Your Dragon • Jurassic World Rebirth • Superman

Favorite Cinematic Guilty Pleasure of 2025

Companion • Death of a Unicorn • The Fantastic Four: First Steps • How to Train Your Dragon • Superman • Wolf Man

Best Use of (Gratuitous?) Nudity in a 2025 Film

28 Years Later • Frankenstein • Pillion • Roofman • Twinless • Urchin

Best Performances in a 2025 Film

Best Lead Actress of 2025

Jessie Buckley – Hamnet • Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You • Cynthia Erivo – Wicked: For Good • Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another • Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value • Emma Stone – Bugonia

Best Lead Actor of 2025

Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme • Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another • Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams • Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon • Michael B. Jordan – Sinners • Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent

Best Supporting Actress of 2025

Emily Blunt – The Smashing Machine • Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good • Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value • Amy Madigan – Weapons • Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners • Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

Best Supporting Actor of 2025

Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another • Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein • Paul Mescal – Hamnet • Sean Penn – One Battle After Another • Jesse Plemons – Bugonia • Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly

Best Young Actress of 2025

Mischa Heywood – Bring Her Back • Madeleine McGraw – Black Phone 2 • Audrina Miranda – Jurassic World Rebirth • Sophie Sloan – Dust Bunny • Sora Wong – Bring Her Back • Nina Ye – Left-Handed Girl

Best Young Actor of 2025

Jack Champion – Avatar: Fire and Ash • Cary Christopher – Weapons • Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet • Benjamin Pajak – The Life of Chuck • Mason Thames – Black Phone 2 • Alfie Williams – 28 Years Later

Best Ensemble Cast of 2025

Frankenstein • Hamnet • The Life of Chuck • One Battle After Another • Sinners • Wake Up Dead Man

Sexiest Ensemble Cast of 2025

Companion • F1 • The Fantastic Four: First Steps • I Know What You Did Last Summer • Pillion • Sinners

Favorite Male Heroic Character of a 2025 Film

David Corenswet – Superman • Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another • Michael B. Jordan – Sinners • Paul Rudd – Death of a Unicorn • Mason Thames – How to Train Your Dragon • Alfie Williams – 28 Years Later

Favorite Female Heroic Character of a 2025 Film

Julia Garner – Wolf Man • Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another • Scarlett Johansson – Jurassic World Rebirth • Vanessa Kirby – The Fantastic Four: First Steps • Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners • Emma Thompson – Dead of Winter

Best Male Villain of a 2025 Film

Ethan Hawke – Black Phone 2 • Nicholas Hoult – Superman • Ralph Ineson – The Fantastic Four: First Steps • Oscar Isaac – Frankenstein • Michael B. Jordan – Sinners • Jack O’Connell – Sinners

Best Female Villain of a 2025 Film

Oona Chaplin – Avatar: Fire and Ash • Molly Gordon – Oh, Hi! • Judy Greer – Dead of Winter • Sally Hawkins – Bring Her Back • Amy Madigan – Weapons • Sarah Pidgeon – I Know What You Did Last Summer

Sexiest Male Character of 2025

Jonathan Bailey – Wicked: For Good • David Corenswet – Superman • Michael B. Jordan – Sinners • Logan Lerman – Oh, Hi! • Paul Mescal – Hamnet • Joseph Quinn – The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Sexiest Female Character of 2025

Rachel Brosnahan – Superman • Julia Garner – Weapons • Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good • Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue • Scarlett Johansson – Jurassic World Rebirth • Vanessa Kirby – The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Best by Genre of 2025

Best Action/Adventure Film of 2025

Ballerina • F1 • Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning • Novocaine • Now You See Me: Now You Don’t • Predator: Badlands

Best Animated Film of 2025

Arco • Elio • In Your Dreams • KPop Demon Hunters • Little Amélie or the Character of Rain • Zootopia 2

Best Comedic Film of 2025

Blue Moon • Eephus • If I Had Legs I’d Kick You • Marty Supreme • Rental Family • Twinless

Best Documentary Film of 2025

The Alabama Solution • Come See Me in the Good Light • Mr Nobody Against Putin • Pavements • Pee-wee as Himself • The Perfect Neighbor

Best Dramatic Film of 2025

Hamnet • A House of Dynamite • One Battle After Another • The Secret Agent • Sentimental Value • Sinners

Best Fantasy Film of 2025

Death of a Unicorn • Freakier Friday • Good Fortune • How to Train Your Dragon • The Life of Chuck • Wicked: For Good

Best Historical Film of 2025

Hamnet • Hedda • Magellan • Nuremberg • The Testament of Ann Lee • Train Dreams

Best Horror or Thriller Film of 2025

28 Years Later • Final Destination Bloodlines • Frankenstein • I Know What You Did Last Summer • Sinners • Weapons

Best LGBTQ Film of 2025

Blue Moon • The History of Sound • A Nice Indian Boy • Pillion • Twinless • The Wedding Banquet

Best Musical Film of 2025

KPop Demon Hunters • Merrily We Roll Along • Sinners • Song Sung Blue • The Testament of Ann Lee • Wicked: For Good

Best Mystery or Suspense Film of 2025

Highest 2 Lowest • The Secret Agent • Sirat • The Thursday Murder Club • Wake Up Dead Man • The Woman in Cabin 10

Best Science Fiction Film of 2025

Avatar: Fire and Ash • Bugonia • Companion • Frankenstein • Mickey 17 • The Running Man

Best Superhero Film of 2025

The Fantastic Four: First Steps • KPop Demon Hunters • The Long Walk • The Old Guard 2 • Superman • Thunderbolts*

Specialty Awards of 2025

Best Soundtrack or Score of a 2025 Film

F1 • Hamnet • KPop Demon Hunters • Tron: Ares • Viva Verdi! • Wicked: For Good

Best Male Cameo in a 2025 Film

Robert Downey, Jr. – The Fantastic Four: First Steps • Eminem – Happy Gilmore 2 • Joseph Gordon-Levitt – Wake Up Dead Man • Will Reeve – Superman • Atticus Ross – Tron: Ares • Adam Scott – The Monkey

Best Female Cameo in a 2025 Film

Milly Alcock – Superman • Simone Ashley – F1 • Sarah Michelle Geller – I Know What You Did Last Summer • Kim Hastreiter – Marty Supreme • Claire Sardina – Song Sung Blue • Rebecca Staab – The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Favorite Female Empowerment Film of 2025

Die My Love • Eleanor the Great • Hamnet • If I Had Legs I’d Kick You • The Testament of Ann Lee • Wicked: For Good

Favorite Depiction of Underrepresented Voices of 2025

Eleanor the Great • A Nice Indian Boy • One Battle After Another • The Secret Agent • Twinless • The Wedding Banquet