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Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) Nominations: ‘Sinners’ Leads with 16

Erik Anderson January 12, 2026

The Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) announces nominees for their top film honors of 2025. Leading with a total of 16 nominations is Ryan Coogler’s Sinners; other films earning multiple nominations include One Battle After Another (13), Marty Supreme (9) and Sentimental Value (8), while Frankenstein and Hamnet each earn seven nominations across categories. With 16 nominations, Sinners receives recognition in craft and Best Picture categories in almost every category it was eligible for.

Comprised of nearly 300 voting members from around the world who represent outlets including Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Slant, Paste Magazine, AARP, Sight & Sound, Screen Anarchy, Collider, The Film Stage and many more, the Online Film Critics Society annually presents traditional awards including Best Picture, Director, Actor and Actress, among others. Founded in 1997, members of the OFCS explore the nature of film from historical, sociological, political, emotional, technical, and other perspectives, appreciating film as a medium for art and a mode of entertainment.

The 2025 Online Film Critics Society Awards honor a broad list of films and creators from around the globe, including box office blockbusters and independent gems alike, for a total of more than 38 films nominated across 22 categories. New categories added this year include Best Ensemble & Casting, Best Makeup & Hairstyling, Best Sound Design, and Best Choreography (Dance & Stunt).

Winners will be announced on January 26, 2026.

The complete list of 2025 Online Film Critics Association Awards nominees is as follows:

Best Picture
Hamnet
It Was Just an Accident
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams
Weapons

Best Animated Feature
Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
Chloé Zhao – Hamnet

Best Actor
Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
Leonardo Di Caprio – One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent

Best Actress
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee
Emma Stone – Bugonia

Best Supporting Actor
Benicio Del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo – Sinners
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value

Best Supporting Actress
Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan – Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

Best Ensemble & Casting
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Original Screenplay
It Was Just an Accident
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Weapons

Best Adapted Screenplay
Bugonia
Hamnet
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another
Train Dreams

Best Editing
F1
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another
Sinners

Best Cinematography
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams

Best Original Score
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirât

Best Production Design
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good

Best Costume Design
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good

Best Makeup & Hairstyling
Frankenstein
Sinners
The Ugly Stepsister
Weapons
Wicked: For Good

Best Sound Design
Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirât

Best Visual Effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Frankenstein
Sinners
Superman

Best Choreography (Dance & Stunt)
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
One Battle After Another
Sinners
The Testament of Ann Lee
Wicked: For Good

Best Film Not in the English Language
It Was Just an Accident
No Other Choice
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sirât

Best Documentary
2000 Meters to Andriivka
The Alabama Solution
Cover-Up
Orwell: 2+2=5
The Perfect Neighbor

Best Debut Feature
Andrew DeYoung – Friendship
Carson Lund – Eephus
Charlie Polinger – The Plague
Kristen Stewart – The Chronology of Water
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby

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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.