Salt Lake City, UT — The Utah Film Critics Association is pleased to announce its nominations recognizing outstanding achievement in filmmaking for the year 2025.
One Battle After Another led all films with 13 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Achievement in Directing for Paul Thomas Anderson, Best Screenplay, and recognition across multiple acting categories including two nods in Best Supporting Performance, Male for Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn.
Close behind was Sinners, which received 12 nominations including Best Picture, Best Achievement in Directing for Ryan Coogler, Best Lead Performance, Male for Michael B. Jordan, and Best Supporting Performance nominations for Delroy Lindo and Wunmi Mosaku, along with honors for Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography.
Hamnet rounded out the top three with eight nominations, joining One Battle After Another and Sinners in key categories such as Best Picture, Best Achievement in Directing, and multiple acting races.
Other notable contenders include F1, Frankenstein, and Sentimental Value, each earning five nominations.
Members of the Utah Film Critics Association will meet on January 17, 2026, to vote and determine the winners.
Below is the full list of nominees.
Best Picture
- Hamnet
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
- Sorry, Baby
- Train Dreams
Best Achievement in Directing
- Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
- Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby
- Guillermo del Toro, Frankenstein
- Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
- Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Best Lead Performance, Male
- Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
- Joel Edgerton, Train Dreams
- Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
- Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
- Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Best Lead Performance, Female
- Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another
- Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby
- Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
- Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
- Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You
Best Supporting Performance, Male
- Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another
- Delroy Lindo, Sinners
- Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
- Jacobi Jupe, Hamnet
- Paul Mescal, Hamnet
- Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
- Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value
Best Supporting Performance, Female
- Amy Madigan, Weapons
- Ariana Grande, Wicked: For Good
- Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value
- Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
- Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Best Ensemble Cast
- One Battle After Another
- Sentimental Value
- Sinners
- Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
- Warfare
Vice/Martin Award for Performance in a Science-Fiction, Fantasy, or Horror Film
- Alfie Williams, 28 Years Later
- Amy Madigan, Weapons
- Elle Fanning, Predator: Badlands
- Indy the Dog, Good Boy
- Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Best Screenplay
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
- Sorry, Baby
Best Cinematography
- F1
- Hamnet
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
- Train Dreams
Best Original Score
- F1
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
Best Film Editing
- F1
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
- Warfare
Best Visual Effects
- Avatar: Fire And Ash
- Frankenstein
- Predator: Badlands
- Sinners
- Superman
Best Sound
- F1
- Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
- One Battle after Another
- Sinners
- Warfare
Best Stunt Design
- F1
- From the World of John Wick: Ballerina
- Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
- Predator: Badlands
- The Running Man
Best Documentary Feature
- 2000 Meters to Andriivka
- The Alabama Solution
- Come See Me in the Good Light
- The Librarians
- Orwell: 2+2=5
- The Perfect Neighbor
Best Animated Feature
- Arco
- Elio
- K-Pop Demon Hunters
- Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
- Zootopia 2
Best Non-English Language Feature
- It Was Just an Accident
- No Other Choice
- The Secret Agent
- Sentimental Value
- Sirāt
