This year, film critics have formed a hive mind and chosen One Battle After Another for every major win. But one group in Michigan decided Ryan Coogler’s Sinners was the better film of the year and have handed it the year’s top prizes.
Sinners is not as simple as One Battle After Another, and most people see it as a vampire movie because they likely don’t know the story of Robert Johnson and the blues greats of the era. Coogler has invented his own genre with Sinners. It doesn’t fit into any box. It is many different genres blended into one, but the one thing I know for sure about this movie is that it brought people out to movie theaters. They were excited about it. It’s the Oppenheimer of 2025, IMO.
From Michigan Film Critics…
This year’s full list of winners below (winners bolded):
- Best Picture
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners - Best Director
• Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
• Ryan Coogler – Sinners
• Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
• Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
• Chloé Zhao – Hamnet
- Best Actor
• Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
• Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
• Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
• Brendan Fraser – Rental Family
• Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
- Best Actress
• Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
• Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
• Cynthia Erivo – Wicked: For Good
• Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
• Emma Stone – Bugonia
- Best Supporting Actor
• Miles Caton – Sinners
• Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
• Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
• Paul Mescal – Hamnet
• Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
- Best Supporting Actress
• Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
• Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
• Hailee Steinfeld – Sinners
• Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
- Best Animated Film
• Arco
• Dog Man
• KPop Demon Hunters
• Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
• Zootopia 2 - Best Documentary
• Orwell 2+2=5
• Pee-Wee as Himself
• Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
• The Perfect Neighbor
• The Tale of Silyan
- Best Ensemble
• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Wake Up Dead Man
• Wicked: For Good
- Best Screenplay
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sorry, Baby
• Sinners
- Best Cinematography
• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• Frankenstein
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Train Dreams
- Breakthrough
• Miles Caton – (Actor) Sinners
• Chase Infiniti – (Actress) One Battle After Another
• Jacob Elordi – (Actor) Frankenstein
• Jacobi Jupe – (Actor) Hamnet
• Eva Victor – (Writer, director, actor) Sorry, Baby
- Best Stunts
• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• Ballerina
• Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
• Nobody 2
• One Battle After Another
- The MMCG Award for Film Excellence
• Paul Feig – (Director) The Housemaid / Another Simple Favor
• Judy Greer – (Actress) The Long Walk
• Paul Walter Hauser – (Actor) The Naked Gun / Fantastic Four: First Steps
• Tim Robinson – (Actor) Friendship
• J.K. Simmons – (Actor) The Accountant 2
