5th Annual Four Kents Film Awards
The 98th Academy Awards is taking place tomorrow! But of course, it pales in comparison to the prestigious Four Kents Film Awards, which is entering its fifth year. This year’s Four Kents Awards recognizes outstanding films from 2025. You may notice some of the winners and nominees were released in 2024, but I consider them as 2025 films if they were not reasonably accessible for me to watch until 2025 (i.e. the film had a limited release in 2024 but didn’t go wide until 2025). View the list of winners and nominees below, and let me know which films you think should have been nominated and/or won.
Best Picture: One Battle After Another
Nominees:
The Brutalist
F1
I’m Still Here
Nickel Boys
One of Them Days
Sinners
Superman
Wake Up Dead Man
Weapons
Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)
Nominees:
James Cameron (Avatar: Fire and Ash)
Brady Corbet (The Brutalist)
Ryan Coogler (Sinners)
Zach Cregger (Weapons)
Rian Johnson (Wake Up Dead Man)
RaMell Ross (Nickel Boys)
Christopher McQuarrie (Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning)
Walter Salles (I’m Still Here)
Steven Soderbergh (Black Bag)
Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another)
Nominees:
Adrian Brody (The Brutalist)
Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)
Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)
Daniel Craig (Wake Up Dead Man)
Tom Cruise (Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning)
Josh O’Connor (Wake Up Dead Man)
Florence Pugh (Thunderbolts*)
Amanda Seyfried (The Housemaid)
Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here)
Best Supporting Actor: Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)
Nominees:
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (Nickel Boys)
Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another)
Regina Hall (One Battle After Another)
Nicholas Hoult (Superman)
Amy Madigan (Weapons)
Guy Pearce (The Brutalist)
Aziza Scott (One of Them Days)
Tramell Tillman (Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning)
Zoe Winters (Materialists)
Best Ensemble: One Battle After Another
Nominees:
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Black Bag
The Brutalist
Marty Supreme
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
One of Them Days
Sinners
Superman
Weapons
Best Screenplay: One Battle After Another
Nominees:
Black Bag
The Brutalist
I’m Still Here
Marty Supreme
Nickel Boys
Sinners
Wake Up Dead Man
Weapons
Best Score: F1
Nominees:
The Brutalist
KPop Demon Hunters
Marty Supreme
Materialists
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Superman
Best Original Song: “I Lied to You” from Sinners
Nominees:
“Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters
“Last Time (I Seen the Sun)” from Sinners
“Lose My Mind” from F1
“My Baby (Got Nothing At All)” from Materialists
“What It Sounds Like” from KPop Demon Hunters
Best Sound: F1
Nominees:
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Black Bag
The Brutalist
Final Destination: Bloodlines
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
One Battle After Another
Presence
Sinners
Wake Up Dead Man
Best Production Design: The Brutalist
Nominees:
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Black Bag
Marty Supreme
Mickey 17
Nickel Boys
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Superman
Wake Up Dead Man
Best Cinematography: Wake Up Dead Man
Nominees:
Black Bag
The Brutalist
F1
I’m Still Here
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Nickel Boys
One Battle After Another
Presence
Sinners
Best Makeup & Hairstyling: Sinners
Nominees:
The Brutalist
I’m Still Here
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Superman
Weapons
Best Costume Design: Sinners
Nominees:
Avatar: Fire and Ash
The Brutalist
Marty Supreme
Mickey 17
One Battle After Another
Superman
Wake Up Dead Man
Wicked: For Good
Best Film Editing: One Battle After Another
Nominees:
Black Bag
The Brutalist
F1
I’m Still Here
The Naked Gun
Nickel Boys
Presence
Sinners
Wake Up Dead Man
Best Visual Effects: Avatar: Fire and Ash
Nominees:
F1
How to Train Your Dragon
Mickey 17
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Sinners
Superman
Thunderbolts*
Best Stunts: Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Nominees:
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Ballerina
Fight or Flight
Thunderbolts*
