End of Year Awards 2025

This might be a controversial opinion to some but I think that 2025 has been a good year for cinema. Not the best by any means but not the worst. I personally didn’t struggle putting my Top 10 Film list together. There have been a worrying number of high profile losses but there have been plenty. This year saw Frankenstein become the most successful film in these awards. Sinners was the best film of the year but Frankenstein was the big winner with 6 wins compared to Sinners 3.

Best Picture - Sinners

Best Director - Ryan Coogler (Sinners)

Best Leading Actor - Michael B. Jordan (Sinners)

Best Supporting Actor - Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)

Best Leading Actress - Sally Watkins (Bring Her Back)

Best Supporting Actress - Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another)

Best British Picture - 28 Years Later

Best Picture Not in the English Language - An Unfinished Film

Best Animated Picture - Zootopia 2

Best Documentary - Ocean with David Attenborough

Best Family Picture - Lilo & Stitch

Best Cinematography - Dan Lausstsen (Frankenstein)

Best Screenplay - Guillermo Del Toro (Frankenstein)

Best Production Design - Tamara Deverell (Frankenstein)

Best Score - Alexandre Desplat (Frankenstein)

Best Visual/Special Effects - David Seager, Abishek Nair Vincent Papix, Jeff Caprogreco, Mike Beaulieu, John Alvarado, Alexandra Greene, Tomasz Wachnik & Alice Cicchetti (TRON: Ares)

Best Make-Up & Hair - Jordan Samuel, Mike Hill & Cliona Furey (Frankenstein)

Best Costume Design - Kate Hawley (Frankenstein)

Here are my top 10

Sinners

Frankenstein

Weapons

Nuremberg

One Battle After Another

Warfare

Bring Her Back

Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere

28 Years Later

Thunderbolts*

Big Winners

6 - Frankenstein

3 - Sinners

2 - One Battle After Another