Sinners Leads Music City Film Critics Association Nominations

Ryan Coogler’s Sinners leads this year’s nominations from the Music City Film Critics Association with a record-breaking 17 nods, including Best Picture. Elsewhere, Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another earned 13 nominations, while Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme scored nine nods.

“In a year with so many great films, it is wonderful to see this group acknowledge that quality with a wide spectrum of films featured,” said Micheal Compton, Vice President of the MCFCA. “There truly was something for everyone in 2025.”

Full list of nominations below. Winners will be announced on January 12.

Best Picture

Bugonia

Frankenstein

Hamnet

Marty Supreme

One Battle After Another

Sentimental Value

Sinners

The Testament of Ann Lee

Train Dreams

Weapons

Best Director

Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another

Ryan Coogler – Sinners

Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein

Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme

Chloé Zhao – Hamnet

Best Actress

Jessie Buckley – Hamnet

Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another

Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee

Emma Stone – Bugonia

Best Actor

Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme

Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another

Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams

Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon

Michael B. Jordan – Sinners

Best Supporting Actress

Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value

Amy Madigan – Weapons

Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners

Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

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 Young Actress

Shannon Mahina Gorman – Rental Family

Olivia Lynes – Hamnet

Madeleine McGraw – Black Phone 2

Sora Wong – Bring Her Back

Nina Ye – Left-Handed Girl

Best Young Actor

Everett Blunck – The Plague

Miles Caton – Sinners

Cary Christopher – Weapons

Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet

Alfie Williams – 28 Years Later

Best Acting Ensemble

Marty Supreme

One Battle After Another

Sentimental Value

Sinners

Wake Up Dead Man

Best Music Film

The Ballad of Wallis Island

KPop Demon Hunters

Sinners

The Testament of Ann Lee

Wicked: For Good

Best Animated Film

The Day the Earth Blew Up

KPop Demon Hunters

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

Predator: Killer of Killers

Zootopia 2

Best Documentary

The Alabama Solution

Cover-Up

John Candy: I Like Me

The Perfect Neighbor

Predators

Best International Film

It Was Just an Accident

No Other Choice

The Secret Agent

Sentimental Value

Sirāt

Best Screenplay

Marty Supreme

One Battle After Another

Sinners

Sorry, Baby

Weapons

Best Original Song

“As Alive As You Need Me To Be” Nine Inch Nails – Tron: Ares

“The Girl in the Bubble” Arian Grande – Wicked: For Good

“Golden” Ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami – KPop Demon Hunters

“I Lied to You” Miles Caton – Sinners

“Train Dreams” Nick Cave – Train Dreams

Best Score

Frankenstein

Marty Supreme

One Battle After Another

Sinners

Train Dreams

Best Sound

F1: The Movie

One Battle After Another

Sinners

Warfare

Wicked: For Good

Best Cinematography

Frankenstein

Hamnet

One Battle After Another

Sinners

Train Dreams

Best Production Design

Frankenstein

Marty Supreme

Sinners

The Testament of Ann Lee

Wicked: For Good

Best Editing

F1: The Movie

Marty Supreme

One Battle After Another

The Perfect Neighbor

Sinners

Best Comedy Film

The Ballad of Wallis Island

Friendship

The Naked Gun

Splittsville

Wake Up Dead Man

Best Horror Film

28 Years Later

Frankenstein

Sinners

The Ugly Stepsister

Weapons

Best Action Film

F1: The Movie

Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning

One Battle After Another

Predator: Badlands

Superman

Best Stunt Work

Ballerina

F1: The Movie

Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning

Sinners

Superman

The Jim Ridley Award

The Day the Earth Blew Up

Dracula

A Little Prayer

Resurrection

Sirāt

Author: Doug Jamieson

From musicals to horror and everything in between, Doug has an eclectic taste in films. Both a champion of independent cinema and a defender of more mainstream fare, he prefers to find an equal balance between two worlds often at odds with each other. A film critic by trade but a film fan at heart, Doug also writes for his own website The Jam Report, and Australia’s the AU review.

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