On Friday, Jan. 9, the Denver Film Critics Society—a group of writers, broadcasters, and bloggers working in and around the Mile High City, of which I am one—announced their nominees for the best of 2025.

In total, a whopping 44 movies received nominations, with Sinners leading the pack with 14 total nominations, followed by One Battle After Another (12 nominations), and Sentimental Value (eight nominations).

The winners will be announced Jan. 24.

Best Film

Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners

Best Director

Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Guillermo del Toro, Frankenstein 
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
Chloé Zhao, Hamnet

Best Cinematography

Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners
Michael Bauman, One Battle After Another
Dan Laustsen, Frankenstein
Aldopho Veloso, Train Dreams
Łukasz Żal, Hamnet

Best Lead Performance by an Actor, Female

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 Lead Performance by an Actor, Male

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

Best Supporting Performance by an Actor, Female

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan, Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Hailee Steinfeld, Sinners
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

Best Supporting Performance by an Actor, Male

Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Paul Mescal, Hamnet
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value

Best Ensemble

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

Best Non-Live Action Performance

Jason Bateman, Zootopia 2
Oona Chaplin, Avatar: Fire and Ash
Arden Cho, KPop Demon Hunters
Ginnifer Goodwin, Zootopia 2
Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, Predator: Badlands

Best Stunts

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

Best Sci-Fi

Avatar: Fire and Ash
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Mickey 17
Predator: Badlands

Best Horror

Companion
Frankenstein
The Long Walk
Sinners
Weapons

Best Animated Film

Arco
Elio 
KPop Demon Hunters (tie)
Little Amelie or the Character of Rain
Predator: Killer of Killers
Zootopia 2 (tie)

Best Comedy

Eternity
Friendship
The Naked Gun
One of Them Days
Wake Up Dead Man

Best Visual Effects

Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1: The Movie
Frankenstein
Sinners
Superman

Best Sound

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

Best Original Screenplay

Marty Supreme
Sinners
Sentimental Value
Sorry, Baby
Weapons

Best Adapted Screenplay

Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Train Dreams

Best Documentary Feature

Come See Me in the Good Light
Cover-Up
Orwell: 2+2=5
The Perfect Neighbor
Predators

Best Original Song

“As Alive As You Need Me to Be,” Tron: Ares
“Drive,” F1: The Movie
“Golden,” KPop Demon Hunters
“I Lied to You,” Sinners
“Train Dreams,” Train Dreams

Best Original Score

Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein
Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another
Ludwig Göransson, Sinners
Max Richter, Hamnet 
Nine Inch Nails, Tron: Ares

Best Non-English Language Feature

It Was Just an Accident
No Other Choice
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sirât