Founded in 2019, DiscussingFilm’s Global Film Critics Awards is our very own celebration of the year’s most worthy and impactful films. The GFCA voting body consists of a diverse range of established film critics, awards pundits, and influential voices from around the globe. The nominations for DiscussingFilm’s 2025 Global Film Critics Awards are finally here thanks to this dedicated voting group, which now includes bold voices from right here at DiscussingFilm and major outlets such as The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, The Wrap, and many more. Follow along in the official nomination announcement of what is now our 6th annual edition of the ceremony.
The top nominees of DiscussingFilm’s Global Film Critics Awards were led by The Substance and Dune: Part Two with 12 nominations each, closely followed by Nosferatu‘s total of 11 nominations. Coming just behind with 9 nominations are Sean Baker’s Anora, Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, and Edward Berger’s Conclave, followed by Nickel Boys’ impressive 7 nominations.
Other notable nominees this year include I Saw The TV Glow with 6 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay, Sing Sing with 6 nominations including Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actor, as well as Challengers, Emilia Perez and A Different Man all receiving 5 nominations each. See the full list of nominations for DiscussingFilm’s 2025 Global Film Critics Awards below
DiscussingFilm’s 2025 Global Film Critics Awards Nominations
Stay tuned as we update the full winners list for DiscussingFilm’s 2025 Global Film Critics Awards LIVE on January 4th!
Best Picture
- Anora
- The Brutalist
- Challengers
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- I Saw the TV Glow
- Nickel Boys
- Nosferatu
- Sing Sing
- The Substance
Best Director
- Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
- Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
- Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two
- Jane Schoenbrun – I Saw the TV Glow
- RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
- Sean Baker – Anora
Best Actor
- Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
- Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
- Daniel Craig – Queer
- Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
- Sebastian Stan – A Different Man
- Timothee Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Best Actress
- Angelina Jolie – Maria
- Demi Moore – The Substance
- Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here
- Lily-Rose Depp – Nosferatu
- Mikey Madison – Anora
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
Best Supporting Actor
- Adam Pearson – A Different Man
- Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
- Denzel Washington – Gladiator II
- Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
- Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
- Yura Borisov – Anora
Best Supporting Actress
- Ariana Grande – Wicked
- Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys
- Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson
- Joan Chen – Didi
- Margaret Qualley – The Substance
- Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Perez
Best International Feature
- All We Imagine As Light
- The Beast
- Dahomey
- Emilia Perez
- Flow
- The Girl with the Needle
- I’m Still Here
- Kneecap
- No Other Land
- The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Best Film Ensemble
- Anora
- The Brutalist
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Nosferatu
- Sing Sing
Best Original Screenplay
- Anora
- A Real Pain
- The Brutalist
- Challengers
- I Saw the TV Glow
- The Substance
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Nickel Boys
- Nosferatu
- Sing Sing
Best Animated Feature
- Chicken for Linda!
- Flow
- Inside Out 2
- Memoir of a Snail
- Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
- The Wild Robot
Best Documentary Feature
- Dahomey
- Daughters
- No Other Land
- Sugarcane
- Super/Man
- Will & Harper
Best Debut Feature
- Didi
- The First Omen
- How to Have Sex
- Janet Planet
- The Piano Lesson
- Woman of the Hour
Best Breakthrough Performance
- Mikey Madison – Anora
- Katy O’Brien – Love Lies Bleeding
- Brandon Wilson – Nickel Boys
- Lily-Rose Depp – Nosferatu
- Juliette Gariépy – Red Rooms
- Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Best Original Score
- The Brutalist
- Challengers
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- The Substance
- Queer
Best Original Song
- “Compress/Repress” – Challengers
- “El Mal” – Emilia Perez
- “Mi Camino” – Emilia Perez
- ”Harper and Will Go West” – Will & Harper
- “Starburned and Unkissed” – I Saw the TV Glow
- ”Kiss the Sky” – The Wild Robot
Best Cinematography
- The Brutalist
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Nickel Boys
- Nosferatu
- The Substance
Best Production Design
- The Brutalist
- Dune: Part Two
- Gladiator II
- Nosferatu
- The Substance
- Wicked
Best Film Editing
- Anora
- Challengers
- Conclave
- I Saw the TV Glow
- Nickel Boys
- The Substance
Best Costume Design
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Gladiator II
- Maria
- Nosferatu
- Wicked
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- A Different Man
- Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
- Dune: Part Two
- Nosferatu
- The Substance
- Wicked
Best Sound
- Dune: Part Two
- Emilia Perez
- Furiosa
- Nosferatu
- The Substance
- Wicked
Best Visual Effects
- Alien: Romulus
- Better Man
- Dune: Part Two
- Furiosa
- Gladiator II
- Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Best Stunt Ensemble
- Deadpool & Wolverine
- Dune: Part Two
- The Fall Guy
- Furiosa
- Gladiator II
- The Shadow Strays
Best Independent Film
- A Different Man
- Bird
- Didi
- Exhibiting Forgiveness
- Hundreds of Beavers
- Janet Planet
- Late Night with the Devil
- Love Lies Bleeding
- Red Rooms
- Strange Darling
Best Comedy
- A Different Man
- Anora
- A Real Pain
- Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
- Hit Man
- Hundreds of Beavers
Best Horror Film
- I Saw the TV Glow
- Late Night with the Devil
- Longlegs
- Nosferatu
- Smile 2
- The Substance
