MNFCA Awards 2025 – Nominations

The Minnesota Film Critics Association (MNFCA) is proud to announce the nominees for their 2025 annual Film Awards. This year, the MNFCA nominated 31 different films, with Sinners and One Battle After Another leading the nominations. Below is the full list of nominees. Winners will be announced on January 02.

Best Picture

• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners

Best Director

• Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
• Ryan Coogler – Sinners
• Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
• Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
• Chloé Zhao – Hamnet

Best Lead Actor

• Timotheé Chalamet – Marty Supreme
• Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
• Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
• Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
• Michael B. Jordan – Sinners

Best Lead Actress

• Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
• Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
• Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
• Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
• Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee

Best Supporting Actor

• Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
• Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
• Paul Mescal – Hamnet
• 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

• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners
• Wake Up Dead Man

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Frankenstein – Guillermo del Toro
• Hamnet – Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell
• No Other Choice – Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, Park Chan-wook
• One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson
• Wake Up Dead Man – Rian Johnson

Best Original Screenplay

• It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi
• Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
• Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt
• Sinners – Ryan Coogler
• Weapons – Zach Cregger

Best Film Editing

• F1
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Weapons

Best Cinematography

• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Train Dreams

Best Music

• Hamnet
• KPop Demon Hunters
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners

Best Costume Design

• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• Sinners
• Wicked: For Good

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

• Frankenstein
• Marty Supreme
• Sinners
• The Smashing Machine
• Wicked: For Good

Best Production Design

• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• Sinners
• Wicked: For Good

Best Sound

• F1
• Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Warfare

Best Special Effects

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• Frankenstein
• Sinners
• Superman
• Tron: Ares

Best Stunt Choreography

• Ballerina
• F1
• Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners

Best International Feature

• It Was Just an Accident – France, Iran, Luxembourg
• No Other Choice – South Korea
• The Secret Agent – Brazil, France, Germany, Netherlands
• Sentimental Value – Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
• The Ugly Stepsister – Denmark, Norway, Poland, Sweden

Best Animated Feature

• Arco
• Dog Man
• Elio
• KPop Demon Hunters
• Zootopia 2

Films with Multiple Nominations

Nominations	Film
15	Sinners
14	One Battle After Another
10	Marty Supreme
9	Sentimental Value
8	Hamnet
7	Frankenstein
3	F1
	Weapons
	Wicked: For Good
2	It Was Just an Accident
	KPop Demon Hunters
	Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
	No Other Choice
	Train Dreams
	Wake Up Dead Man