BY RITA COOK / Freelance Writer
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DALLAS – The North Texas Film Critics Association (NTFCA) is pleased to announce this year’s nominations in each of our 13 voting categories.
“Every year the North Texas Film Critics Association continues to grow with a strong talent base of writers offering a broad range of talent,” said NTFCA President Rita Cook. “The nominations were diverse this year with studio films up against independent and foreign film selections.”
The North Texas Film Critics Association spends countless hours throughout the year viewing films to determine each year’s “best” in 13 categories. Recent categories added have been BEST SCREENPLAY and the GARY MURRAY AWARD (Best Ensemble).
Several of our categories this year saw ties for fifth place on the ballot. The category for Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor have six names for those nominations. For Best Screenplay, there was a three-way tie for fifth place in that category.
The North Texas Film Critics Association is excited to reveal this year’s final nominees for our 13 categories.
The final winners in each category will be announced Monday, December 29, 2025.
BEST PICTURE
“Sinners”
“One Battle After Another”
“Marty Supreme”
“Hamnet”
“Sentimental Value”
BEST ACTOR
Michael Jordan, “Sinners”
Timothée Hal Chalamet, “Marty Supreme”
Ethan Hawke, “Blue Moon”
Leonardo DiCaprio, “One Battle After Another”
Dwayne Johnson, “The Smashing Machine”
BEST ACTRESS
Chase Infiniti, “One Battle After Another”
Renate Reinsve, “Sentimental Value”
Jessie Buckley, “Hamnet”
Rose Byrne, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
Cynthia Erivo, “Wicked: For Good”
Emma Stone, “Bugonia”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Stellan Skarsgård, “Sentimental Value”
Paul Mescal, “Hamnet”
Jacob Elordi, “Frankenstein”
Delroy Lindo, “Sinners”
Benicio del Toro, “One Battle After Another”
Sean Penn, “One Battle After Another”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Teyana Taylor, “One Battle After Another”
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, “Sentimental Value”
Elle Fanning, “Sentimental Value”
Ariana Grande, “Wicked: For Good”
Amy Madigan, “Weapons”
Wunmi Mosaku, “Sinners”
BEST DIRECTOR
Joachim Trier, “Sentimental Value”
Chloé Zhao, “Hamnet”
Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After Another”
Josh Safdie, “Marty Supreme”
Ryan Coogler, “Sinners”
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Sentimental Value” (Norway)
“It Was Just an Accident” (France)
“The Secret Agent” (Brazil)
“Sirāt” (Spain)
“No Other Choice” (South Korea)
BEST DOCUMENTARY
“Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5”
“The Perfect Neighbor”
“The Alabama Solution”
“2000 Meters to Andriivka”
“Deaf President Now”
BEST ANIMATED FILM
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain”
“Arco”
“Ne Zha 2”
“KPop Demon Hunters”
“Zootopia 2”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Autumn Durald Arkapaw, “Sinners”
Michael Bauman, “One Battle After Another”
Lukasz Zal, “Hamnet”
Dan Laustsen, “Frankenstein”
Alolpho Veloso, “Train Dreams”
BEST NEWCOMER
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, “Sentimental Value”
Alfie Williams, “28 Years Later”
Jacobi Jupe, “Hamnet”
Chase Infiniti, “One Battle After Another”
Miles Caton, “Sinners”
BEST SCREENPLAY
Zach Creggeer, “Weapons”
Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell, “Hamnet”
Paul Thomas Anderson & Thomas Pynchon, “One Battle After Another”
Josh Safdie & Ronald Bronstein, “Marty Supreme”
Jafar Panahi, “It Was Just an Accident”
Ryan Coogler, “Sinners”
Will Tracy, “Bugonia”
GARY MURRAY AWARD (Best Ensemble)
“Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery”
“Weapons”
“Hamnet”
“Sinners”
“One Battle After Another”
The North Texas Film Critic Association consists of 38 broadcast, print, and online journalists as well as three auxiliary members from throughout the North Texas area.
