14TH ANNUAL North Carolina Film Critics Association AWARDS
Monday, January 26, 2026



BEST NARRATIVE FILM
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures
Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers
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Frankenstein • Netflix
Hamnet • Focus Features
It Was Just an Accident • NEON
Marty Supreme • A24
No Other Choice • NEON
One Battle After Another • Warner Bros. Pictures
Sentimental Value • NEON
Train Dreams • Netflix
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery • Netflix
Weapons • Warner Bros. Pictures / New Line Cinema



Best Director
RYAN COOGLER
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers
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Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
Park Chan-wook – No Other Choice
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme



Best Actor
MICHAEL B. JORDAN
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures
Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers
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Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Jesse Plemons – Bugonia



Best Actress
JESSIE BUCKLEY
HAMNET • Focus Features
Chloé Zhao | Director
Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Sam Mendes, Steven Spielberg | Producers
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Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
Jennifer Lawrence – Die My Love
Emma Stone – Bugonia



Best Supporting Actor
JACOB ELORDI
FRANKENSTEIN • Netflix
Guillermo del Toro | Director
Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale, Scott Stuber | Producers
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Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
Delroy Lindo – Sinners
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value



Best Supporting Actress
AMY MADIGAN
WEAPONS • Warner Bros / New Line Cinema
Zach Cregger | Director
Zach Cregger, Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, J. D. Lifshitz, Raphael Margules | Producers
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Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another



BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE IN ANIMATION OR MIXED MEDIA
Arden Cho
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS • Netflix
Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang | Directors
Michelle L.M. Wong | Producer
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Jason Bateman – Zootopia 2
May Hong – KPop Demon Hunters
Ke Huy Quan – Zootopia 2
Ji-young Yoo – KPop Demon Hunters



BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures
Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers
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One Battle After Another
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Weapons



Best Original Screenplay
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures
Written by Ryan Coogler
Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers
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It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi
Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
Sentimental Value – Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier
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
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Bugonia – Will Tracy
Frankenstein – Guillermo del Toro
No Other Choice – Park Chan-wook, Don McKellar, Lee Kyoung-mi, Lee Ja-hye
Train Dreams – Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery – Rian Johnson



BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR • Netflix
Geeta Gandbhir | Director
Nikon Kwantu, Alisa Payne, Sam Bisbee, Geeta Gandbhir | Producers
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The Alabama Solution
Cover-Up
Orwell: 2+2=5
Predators



Best Animated Film
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS • Netflix
Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang | Directors
Michelle L.M. Wong | Producer
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Arco
Elio
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2



BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM (TIE)
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT • NEON
Jafar Panahi | Director/Producer



