16TH ANNUAL DENVER FILM CRITICS SOCIETY AWARDS
Sunday, January 25, 2026

Best Film

SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers


Hamnet • Focus Features
Marty Supreme • A24
One Battle After Another • Warner Bros Pictures
Sentimental Value • NEON

Best Director

RYAN COOGLER
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers


Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
Chloé Zhao – Hamnet

Best Lead Performance by an Actor, Male

TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET
MARTY SUPREME • A24

Josh Safdie | Director
Josh Safdie, Ronald Bronstein, Eli Bush, Anthony Katagas, Timothée Chalamet | Producers


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

Best Lead Performance by an Actor, Female

JESSIE BUCKLEY
HAMNET • Focus Features

Chloé Zhao | Director
Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Sam Mendes, Steven Spielberg | Producers


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 Supporting Performance by an Actor, Male

BENICIO DEL TORO
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers


Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Paul Mescal – Hamnet
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value

Best Supporting Performance by an Actor, Female

AMY MADIGAN
WEAPONS • Warner Bros / New Line Cinema

Zach Cregger | Director
Zach Cregger, Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, J. D. Lifshitz, Raphael Margules | Producers


Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Hailee Steinfeld – Sinners
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

Best Ensemble

SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers


Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Original Screenplay

SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

Written by Ryan Coogler

Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers


Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
Sentimental Value – Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier
Sorry, Baby – Eva Victor
Weapons – Zach Cregger

Best Adapted Screenplay

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

Written by Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers


Bugonia – Will Tracy
Frankenstein – Guillermo del Toro
Hamnet – Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell
Train Dreams – Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar

Best Animated Film

KPOP DEMON HUNTERS • Netflix

Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang | Directors
Michelle L.M. Wong | Producer


Arco
Elio
Little Amélie, or the Character of Rain
Predator: Killer of Killers
Zootopia 2

Best Non-Live-Action Performance

Oona Chaplin
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH •
20th Century Studios

James Cameron | Director
James Cameron, Jon Landau | Producers


Jason Bateman – Zootopia 2
Arden Cho – KPop Demon Hunters
Ginnifer Goodwin – Zootopia 2
Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi – Predator: Badlands

Best Comedy

WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY • Netflix

Rian Johnson | Director
Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman | Producers


Eternity
Friendship
One of Them Days
The Naked Gun

Best Sci-Fi

BUGONIA • Focus Features

Yorgos Lanthimos | Director
Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, Ari Aster. Lars Knudsen, Miky Lee | Producers


Avatar: Fire And Ash
Frankenstein
Mickey 17
Predator: Badlands

Best Horror

SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers


Companion
Frankenstein
The Long Walk
Weapons

Best Visual Effects

AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH •
20th Century Studios

James Cameron | Director
James Cameron, Jon Landau | Producers


F1: The Movie
Frankenstein
Sinners
Superman

Image gallery image

BEST DOCUMENTARY

THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR • Netflix

Geeta Gandbhir | Director
Nikon Kwantu, Alisa Payne, Sam Bisbee, Geeta Gandbhir | Producers


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

Best Original Song

“GOLDEN” from
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS • Netflix

Music & Lyrics by Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, IDO, 24 and Teddy

Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang | Directors
Michelle L.M. Wong | Producers


“As Alive As You Need Me to Be” from Tron: Ares
“Drive” from F1: The Movie
“I Lied to You” from Sinners
“Train Dreams” from Train Dreams

Best ORIGINAL SCORE

SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

Composed by Ludwig Göransson

Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers


Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat
Hamnet – Max Richter
One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood
Tron: Ares – Nine Inch Nails

Best Cinematography

SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

Cinematography by Autumn Durald Arkapaw

Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers


Frankenstein – Dan Laustsen
Hamnet – Łukasz Żal
One Battle After Another – Michael Bauman
Train Dreams – Adolpho Veloso

Best Stunts

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING • Paramount Pictures

Christopher McQuarrie | Director
Christopher McQuarrie, Tom Cruise | Producers


Ballerina
F1: The Movie
One Battle After Another
Sinners

Best Sound

F1: THE MOVIE • Warner Bros. Pictures / Apple Original Films

Joseph Kosinski | Director
Jerry Bruckheimer, Joseph Kosinski, Lewis Hamilton, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Chad Oman | Producers


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

Best Non-English Language Feature

SENTIMENTAL VALUE • NEON

Joachim Trier | Director
Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Maria Ekerhovd | Producers


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

Denver Film Critics Society

Best Picture:
Best Director:
Best Actor:
Best Actress:
Best Supporting Actor:
Best Supporting Actress:
BEST ENSEMBLE:
Best Original Screenplay:
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Best Animated Film:
Best Non-Live-Action Performance:
Best CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Best Documentary:
Best NON-ENGLISH Language Film:
Best Visual Effects:
Best STUNTS:

Best SOUND:
Best Original Song:
Best Original Score:
Best Comedy:
Best Sci-Fi:

Best Horror:

“Sinners”
Ryan Coogler – “Sinners”
Timothée Chalamet – “Marty Supreme”
Jessie Buckley – “Hamnet”
Benicio del Toro – “One Battle After Another”
Amy Madigan – “Weapons”
“Sinners”
“Sinners” – Ryan Coogler
“One Battle After Another” – Paul Thomas Anderson
“KPop Demon Hunters”
Oona Chaplin – “Avatar: Fire And Ash”
“Sinners” – Autumn Durald Arkapaw
“The Perfect Neighbor”
“Sentimental Value”
“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning”
“F1: The Movie”
“Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters”
“Sinners” – Ludwig Göransson
“Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery”
“Bugonia”
“Sinners”

ABOUT THE Denver Film Critics Society

Formed to provide the greater Denver area a unified yet diverse opinion on film and its industry.

Leave a Reply

Trending

Discover more from No Bad Movie

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading