The first real nominations of the 2025-2026 awards season are here. The Gotham Film & Media Institute revealed the 2025 Gotham Awards nominees this morning, and as expected, “One Battle After Another” led all films with a record six nominations, including Best Feature, Best Director (Paul Thomas Anderson), Best Adapted Screenplay (Anderson), Best Supporting Performance (Benecio Del Toro, Teyana Taylor), and Breakthrough Performer (Chase Infiniti). Jafar Panahi’s “It Was Just An Accident” and Mary Bronstein’s “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” both earned three nominations each, including Best Feature.
This year, The Gothams expanded the Best Feature category to 10 nominees. The other seven honorees include Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Bugonia,” Kate Beecroft’s “East of Wall,” Chloe Zhao’s “Hamnet,” Sarah Friedland’s “Familiar Touch,” Alex Russell’s “Lurker,” Eva Victor’s “Sorry, Baby,” Mona Fastvold’s “The Testament of Ann Lee,” and Clint Bentley’s “Train Dreams.”
Despite costing a reported $140-170 million, the Gothams removed the budgetary constraint for all submissions last year. It will not be eligible for the Film Independent Spirit Awards, which will reveal their nominees on December 3. Neither will “Hamnet,” nor several other nominees for that matter.
It should be noted that Josh Safdie’s “Marty Supreme” and Bradley Cooper’s “Is This Thing On?” were not able to submit due to the early screening deadline.
In the Best International Feature category, nominees include “It Was Just An Accident,” Park Chan-Wook’s “No Other Choice,” Richard Linklater’s “Nouvelle Vague,” Bi Gan’s “Resurrection,” and Mascha Schilinski’s “Sound of Falling.” Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value” and Oliver Laxe’s “Sirat” were snubbed. The latter was nominated in the Best Director category, however, alongside Anderson, Panahi, Bronstein, and “The Mastermind’s” Kelly Reichardt.
The 10 nominees for Outstanding Lead Performance included Jessie Buckley (“Hamnet”), Lee Byung-hun (“No Other Choice”), Rose Byrne (“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”), Sopé Dìrísù (“My Father’s Shadow”), Ethan Hawke (“Blue Moon”), Jennifer Lawrence (“Die My Love”), Wagner Mourna (“The Secret Agent”), Josh O’Connor (“The Mastermind”), Amanda Seyfried (“The Testament of Ann Lee”), and Tessa Thompson (“Hedda”). Outstanding Supporting Performance nominees included the aforementioned Del Toro and Taylor as well as Jacob Elordi (“Frankenstein”), Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (“Sentimental Value”), Indya Moore (“Father, Mother, Brother, Sister”), Wunmi Mosak (“Sinners”), Adam Sandler (“Jay Kelly”), Andrew Scott (“Blue Moon”), Alexander Skarsgård (“Pillion”), and Stellan Skarsgård (“Sentimental Value”). And, yes, that’s a very rare case of father and son nominated in the same category. Will it continue over the rest of the season?
Breakthrough Performer nominees feature Infinit, A$AP Rocky (“Highest 2 Lowest”), Sebiye Behtiyar (“Preparation for the Next Life”), Abou Sangaré (“Souleymane’s Story”), and Tonatiuh (“Kiss of the Spider Woman”).
The Best Documentary voting committee recognized “2000 Meters to Andriivka,” “BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions,” “My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow,” “The Perfect Neighbor,” and “Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk.”
The Gothams previously announced a number of its annual tributes that will be handed out during the ceremony. Noah Baumbach will receive the Gotham Awards Director Tribute for “Jay Kelly”; Tessa Thompson will be bestowed with the Gotham Spotlight Tribute for her performance in Nia Da Costa’s “Hedda”; the cast of Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” will receive the Ensemble Tribute; and Guillermo del Toro, Oscar Isaac, and Jacob Elordi have landed the Vanguard Tribute for “Frankenstein.” And, yes, that’s two Netflix films earning tributes so far.
Films completely overlooked by the voting committees across all categories include “Smashing Machine,” “Rebuilding,” “Rental Family,” “Sunfish (& Other Stories On Green Lake),” “Twinless,” “Peter Hujar’s Day,” “A House of Dynamite,” “Weapons,” “The History of Sound,” “Christy,” “Dead Man’s Wire,” and “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere,” among others.
The 2025 Gotham Awards will be handed out on Monday, December 1st, during a ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street.
The full list of nominees is as follows:
Best Feature
Bugonia
Ari Aster, Ed Guiney, Lars Knudsen, Jerry Kyoungboum Ko, Yorgos Lanthimos, Miky Lee, Andrew Lowe, Emma Stone, producers (Focus Features)
East of Wall
Kate Beecroft, Shannon Moss, Melanie Ramsayer, Lila Yacoub, producers (Sony Pictures Classics)
Familiar Touch
Alexandra Byer, Sarah Friedland, Matthew Thurm, producers (Music Box Films)
Hamnet
Nicolas Gonda, Pippa Harris, Liza Marshall, Sam Mendes, Steven Spielberg, producers (Focus Features)
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Ronald Bronstein, Eli Bush, Richie Doyle, Conor Hannon, Sara Murphy, Josh Safdie, Ryan Zacarias, producers (A24)
Lurker
Galen Core, Archie Madekwe, Marc Marrie, Charlie McDowell, Francesco Melzi d’Eril, Duncan Montgomery, Alex Orlovsky, Olmo Schnabel, Jack Selby, producers (MUBI)
One Battle After Another
Paul Thomas Anderson, Sara Murphy, Adam Somner, producers (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Sorry, Baby
Mark Ceryak, Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski, producers (A24)
The Testament of Ann Lee
Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold, Joshua Horsfield, Gregory Jankilevitsch, Mark Lampert, Lillian LaSalle, Andrew Morrison, Viktória Petrányi, Klaudia Smieja-Rostworowska, producers (Searchlight Pictures)
Train Dreams
Michael Heimler, Will Janowitz, Marissa McMahon, Ashley Schlaifer, Teddy Schwarzman (producers) (Netflix)
Best International Feature
It Was Just an Accident
Philippe Martin, Jafar Panahi, producers (NEON)
No Other Choice
Park Chan-Wook, Alexandre Gavras, Michèle Ray Gavras, Back Jisun, producers (NEON)
Nouvelle Vague
Laurent Pétin, Michèle Pétin, producers (Netflix)
Resurrection
Charles Gillibert, Yang Lele, Shan Zuolong, producers (Janus Films)
Sound of Falling
Lucas Schmidt, Maren Schmitt, producers (MUBI)
Best Documentary Feature
2000 Meters to Andriivka
Mstyslav Chernov, director; Raney Aronson-Rath, Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, producers (PBS)
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
Kahlil Joseph, director; Onye Anyanwu, Kahlil Joseph, David Linde, Anikah McLaren, James Shani, Steven Soderbergh, producers (Rich Spirit)
My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow
Julia Loktev, director; Julia Loktev, producer (self-distributed)
The Perfect Neighbor
Geeta Gandbhir, director; Sam Bisbee, Geeta Gandbhir, Nikon Kwantu, Alisa Payne, producers (Netflix)
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
Sepideh Farsi, director; Javad Djavahery, Sepideh Farsi, producers (Kino Lorber)
Best Director
Mary Bronstein, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (A24)
Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident (NEON)
Kelly Reichardt, The Mastermind (MUBI)
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Oliver Laxe, Sirât (NEON)
Breakthrough Director
Constance Tsang, Blue Sun Palace (Dekanalog)
Carson Lund, Eephus (Music Box Films)
Sarah Friedland, Familiar Touch (Music Box Films)
Akinola Davies Jr., My Father’s Shadow (MUBI)
Harris Dickinson, Urchin (1-2 Special)
Best Original Screenplay
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Mary Bronstein (A24)
It Was Just an Accident, Jafar Panahi (NEON)
The Secret Agent, Kleber Mendonça Filho (NEON)
Sorry, Baby, Eva Victor (A24)
Sound of Falling, Louise Peter, Mascha Schilinski (MUBI)
Best Adapted Screenplay
No Other Choice, Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-Mi, Jahye Lee, Don McKellar (NEON)
One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Pillion, Harry Lighton (A24)
Preparation for the Next Life, Martyna Majok (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
Train Dreams, Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar (Netflix)
Outstanding Lead Performance
Jessie Buckley, Hamnet (Focus Features)
Lee Byung-hun, No Other Choice (NEON)
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (A24)
Sopé Dìrísù, My Father’s Shadow (MUBI)
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
Jennifer Lawrence, Die My Love (MUBI)
Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent (NEON)
Josh O’Connor, The Mastermind (MUBI)
Amanda Seyfried, The Testament of Ann Lee (Searchlight Pictures)
Tessa Thompson, Hedda (Orion Pictures/Amazon/MGM Studios)
Outstanding Supporting Performance
Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein (Netflix)
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value (NEON)
Indya Moore, Father Mother Sister Brother (MUBI)
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Adam Sandler, Jay Kelly (Netflix)
Andrew Scott, Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
Alexander Skarsgård, Pillion (A24)
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value (NEON)
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Breakthrough Performer
A$AP Rocky, Highest 2 Lowest (A24)
Sebiye Behtiyar, Preparation for the Next Life (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Abou Sangaré, Souleymane’s Story (Kino Lorber)
Tonatiuh, Kiss of the Spider Woman (Roadside Attractions, Lionsgate, LD Entertainment)
