My Critic Choice Awards 2025 Nomination Ballot
In case you didn’t know (because I say it all the damn time), I’m a member of the Critic’s Choice Association. There’s a ton of us, but as of today, and the past few years, I stand as like the youngest Black person on the entire member committee. I got in there at 21 and here I am at 26. Whenever I decide to attend the ceremony in LA, I am usually one of the few Gen-Z voters in the room.
Listen, I have learned a lot of good and bad things about the industry just by being a member. But this isn't the post for that. It's nomination time, baby! And your boi just submitted their ballot. And here I am, sharing it with you guys. First of all, each member gets to choose three nominees per category, excluding the best picture, which we get five. Secondly, these are MY picks. If you don't see your movie here, don't get in my DMs to complain about my picks. If I didn't nominate for the obvious acclaimed movies like Conclave or Anora or A Complete Unknown, it's either because I know they're going to be fine with the rest of the committee, or I didn't like them. Now let's get into my ballot, shall we.
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BEST PICTURE
1. Nickel Boys
2. Dune Part Two
3. I Saw the TV Glow
4. Sing Sing
5. The Seed of the Sacred Fig
BEST ACTOR – name AND film
1. Colman Domingo - Sing Sing
2. Glen Powell - Hit Man
3. Justice Smith - I Saw the TV Glow
BEST ACTRESS - name AND film
1. Marianne-Jean Baptiste - Hard Truths
2. Lily-Rose Depp Nosferatu
3. Mikey Madison - Anora
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - name AND film
1. Kerian Culkin - A Real Pain
2. Clarence Maclin - Sing Sing
3. Guy Pearce - The Brutalist
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - name AND film
1. Ariana Grande - Wicked
2. Felicity Jones - The Brutalist
3. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor - Nickel Boys
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS (Under 21) - name AND film
1. Zoe Ziegler - Janet Planet
2. Blake Cameron James - We Grown Now
3. Izaac Wang - Didi
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE – film ONLY
1. Conclave
2. Sing Sing
3. Dune Part Two
BEST DIRECTING – name of film ONLY (not director name)
1. Dune Part Two
2. Nickel Boys
3. Seed of the Sacred Fig
BEST SCREENWRITING (Original Screenplay) – film ONLY (not screenwriter name)
1. Anora
2. A Real Pain
3. The Brutalist
BEST SCREENWRITING (Adapted Screenplay) – film ONLY (not screenwriter name)
1. Sing Sing
2. Nickel Boys
3. Dune Part Two
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – film ONLY
1. Nosferatu
2. Nickel Boys
3. Dune Part Two
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – film ONLY
1. Wicked
2. Dune Part Two
3. Convlave
BEST EDITING – film ONLY
1. Nosferatu
2. The Brutalist
3. Nickel Boys
BEST COSTUME DESIGN – film ONLY
1. Wicked
2. Anora
3. Nosferatu
BEST HAIR & MAKEUP – film ONLY
1. The Substance
2. The Brutalist
3. Dune Part Two
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS – film ONLY
1. Dune Part Two
2. Better Man
3. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
BEST COMEDY
1. Hundreds of Beavers
2. Babes
3. Hit Man
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
1. The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
2. Memoir of a Snail
3. Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
1. Seed of the Sacred Fig
2. Vermiglio
3. All We Imagine As Light
BEST SONG (please list the song and film ONLY; do not list musical artist)
1. She’s Beautiful That Way, The Last Showgirl
2. Starburned and Unkissed, I Saw the TV Glow
3. Kiss the Sky, The Wild Robot
BEST SCORE – film ONLY
1. Dune Part Two
2. The Wild Robot
3. Conclave
