Critics Awards (Film)

Music City Film Critics’ Association Awards: ‘Sinners Wins 12 in Historic Haul

Erik Anderson January 12, 2026

The Music City Film Critics’ Association (MCFCA) is proud to announce its awards for the MCFCA 2026 Film Awards. The association is comprised of 40 film critics working in or near Nashville, Tennessee. Sinners wins 12 awards in total, including Best Picture, Best Director – Ryan Coogler, Best Actor – Michal B. Jordan, Best Young Actor – Miles Caton, Best Acting Ensemble, Best Music Film, Best Screenplay, Best Original Song, Best Score, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Best Horror Film.

With a historic 12 wins, Sinners officially becomes the most-awarded film in the Association’s history, shattering the previous record of seven (7) set by Oppenheimer in 2024. Among the other milestones attached to the film, Michael B. Jordan took home Best Actor, making him the first performer to ever win multiple acting awards from the MCFCA. Additionally, composer Ludwig Göransson secured his fourth MCFCA award for Best Score.

“Ryan Coogler’s mesmerizing dance of darkness delivered a theatrical experience that no other film in 2025 could rival,” said Sean Atkins, President of the MCFCA. “For a work so deeply rooted in music, I cannot think of a more fitting recipient to now hold the record as the most awarded film in our Association’s history.”

Here is the complete list of winners.

Best Picture: Sinners

Best Director: Ryan Coogler – Sinners

Best Actress: Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

Best Actor: Michael B. Jordan – Sinners

Best Supporting Actress: Amy Madigan – Weapons

Best Supporting Actor: Sean Penn – One Battle After Another

Best Young Actress: Sora Wong – Bring Her Back

Best Young Actor: Miles Caton – Sinners

Best Acting Ensemble: Sinners

Best Music Film: Sinners

Best Animated Film: The Day the Earth Blew Up

Best Documentary: John Candy: I Like Me

Best International Film: The Secret Agent

Best Screenplay: Sinners

Best Original Song: “I Lied to You” Miles Caton – Sinners

Best Score: Sinners

Best Sound: F1

Best Cinematography: Sinners

Best Production Design: Frankenstein

Best Editing: Sinners

Best Comedy Film: Friendship

Best Horror Film: Sinners

Best Action Film: F1

Best Stunt Work: Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning

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Erik Anderson

Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.

He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.