Thursday, January 22, 2026

My Best of 2025 Winners

Greetings, reader!


After unveiling my annual nominations for my best-of-the-year awards concerning the best movies and TV of 2025 last week, it is now time to reveal the winners. These are my Best of 2025 winners!


Movies

Best costumes and makeup

O'Dessa (Odile Dicks-Mireaux, Anna Munro & Stephanie Barr)
Winner: Sinners (Ruth E. Carter & Ken Diaz)
Superman (Judianna Makovsky, Zoey Belton & Jodi Byrne)
Weapons (Trish Summerville & Leo Satkovich)
Wicked: For Good (Paul Tazewell & Piotr Berkowicz)

Best production design

Bullet Train Explosion (Takuro Kato & Eri Sakushima)
Mickey 17 (Fiona Crombie)
Sinners (Hannah Beachler)
Superman (Beth Mickle)
Winner: Wicked: For Good (Nathan Crowley)

Best documentary feature

Winner: Britain and the Blitz
Enigma

Best visual effects

A Minecraft Movie (Florine Abad & Seb Abante)
Mickey 17 (Isabella Abrams-Humphries & Emily Adams)
Star Trek: Section 31 (William Wright Anderson & Aaron Bricks)
Superman (Cjay Adams, Hosam Aboulmagd & Juan Pablo Acosta Duarte)
Winner: Wicked: For Good (Nick Abcarian & Emily Adams)

Best sound

Pikku-Siperia (Karri Niinivaara)
Sinners (Danielle Adams & Benjamin A. Burtt)
The Conjuring: Last Rites (Harry Cohen)
Winner: The Long Walk (Thomas Jones & Phil Barrie)
Wicked: For Good (Malte Bieler)

Best editing

One Battle After Another (Andy Jurgensen)
Pikku-Siperia (Harri Ylönen)
Sinners (Michael P. Shawver)
The Long Walk (Peggy Eghbalian & Mark Yoshikawa)
Winner: Wicked: For Good (Myron Kerstein & Tatiana S. Riegel)

Best cinematography

Mickey 17 (Darius Khondji)
One Battle After Another (Michael Bauman)
Sinners (Autumn Durald Arkapaw)
Superman (Henry Braham)
Winner: Wicked: For Good (Alice Brooks)

Best original song

A Minecraft Movie (Jack Black, Andrew Wyatt & Mark Ronson - I Feel Alive)
O'Dessa (Jason Binnick, Geremy Jasper & Sadie Sink - The Song (Love Is All))
Winner: Sinners (Miles Caton - I Lied to You)
Superman (James Gunn, Eric Nally & The Mighty Crabjoys - The Mighty Crabjoys Theme)
Wicked: For Good (Stephen Schwartz & Cynthia Erivo - No Place Like Home)

Best score

Mountainhead (Nicholas Britell)
Sinners (Ludwig Göransson)
Winner: Superman (David Fleming & John Murphy)
The Conjuring: Last Rites (Benjamin Wallfisch)
Wicked: For Good (John Powell & Stephen Schwartz)

Best supporting actress

Bullet Train Explosion (Hana Toyoshima as Yuzuki Onodera)
Mickey 17 (Toni Collette as Ylfa)
Sinners (Wunmi Mosaku as Annie)
Weapons (Amy Madigan as Gladys)
Winner: Wicked: For Good (Ariana Grande as Glinda)

Best supporting actor

Mountainhead (Ramy Youssef as Jeff)
One Battle After Another (Sean Penn as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw)
Sinners (Miles Caton as Sammie Moore)
The Long Walk (David Jonsson as Peter McVries)
Winner: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (Josh O'Connor as Fr. Jud Duplenticy)

Best leading actress

Bullet Train Explosion (Non as Chika Matsumoto)
O'Dessa (Sadie Sink as O'Dessa Galloway)
Sinners (Hailee Steinfeld as Mary)
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (Glenn Close as Martha Delacroix)
Winner: Wicked: For Good (Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba)

Best leading actor

Mickey 17 (Robert Pattinson as Mickey Barnes)
Pikku-Siperia (Eero Ritala as Joel)
Winner: Sinners (Michael B. Jordan as Smoke / Stack)
Superman (David Corenswet as Superman)
Wicked: For Good (Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero)

Best screenplay

Winner: Sinners (Ryan Coogler)
Superman (James Gunn)
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (Rian Johnson)
Weapons (Zach Cregger)
Wicked: For Good (Winnie Holzman & Dana Fox)

Best directing

Mickey 17 (Bong Joon Ho)
Pikku-Siperia (Dome Karukoski)
Winner: Sinners (Ryan Coogler)
The Long Walk (Francis Lawrence)
Wicked: For Good (Jon M. Chu)

Best picture

Sinners
Superman
The Long Walk
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Winner: Wicked: For Good

Total wins:

Wicked: For Good 7
Sinners 5
Britain and the Blitz 1
Superman 1
The Long Walk 1
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery 1


Television

Best costumes and makeup

Andor (Michael Wilkinson & Gerda Lauciute)
Black Mirror (Matthew Price & Lucy Cain)
Winner: IT: Welcome to Derry (Luis Sequeira & Sophie J. Cameron)
Stranger Things (Amy Parris & Sarah Hindsgaul)
The Last of Us (Ann Foley & Patt Foad)

Best set design

Andor (Luke Hull)
Black Mirror (Miranda Jones & Helen Scott)
IT: Welcome to Derry (Paul D. Austerberry)
Winner: Squid Game (Chae Kyoung-sun)
The Last of Us (Lisa Lancaster & Callum Webster)

Best animation

Big Mouth
Black Mirror
Futurama
Rick and Morty
Winner: Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld

Best visuals

Andor (Matt Carter & Zack Bunker)
Black Mirror (Josie Henwood & Mustafa Hassan)
IT: Welcome to Derry (Michelle Wan & Cole Doran)
Winner: Stranger Things (Tessa Roehl & Chloe Lipp)
The Last of Us (James Jooyoung Lee)

Best sound

Andor (David Acord)
Squid Game (Kang Hye-young)
Stranger Things (Craig Henighan & Michael P. Clark)
Winner: The Bear (Jonathan Fuhrer)
The Last of Us (Christopher Battaglia & Michael J. Benavente)

Best editing

Andor (John Gilroy, Yan Miles & Matthew Cannings)
IT: Welcome to Derry (Esther Sokolow)
Mo (Andrea Folprecht & Lauren Connelly)
Winner: The Bear (Joanna Naugle & Megan Mancini)
The Fall of Diddy (Becky Goldberg & David Mehlman)

Best cinematography

Andor (Adriano Goldman, Mark Patten & Damián García)
IT: Welcome to Derry (Daniel Vilar & Rasmus Heise)
Stranger Things (Caleb Heymann)
Winner: The Bear (Andrew Wehde)
The Last of Us (Catherina Goldschmidt & Ksenia Sereda)

Best score

Andor (Nicholas Britell & Brandon Roberts)
Winner: IT: Welcome to Derry (Benjamin Wallfisch)
Mo (Common, Karriem Riggins & Patrick Warren)
Squid Game (Jung Jae-il)
Stranger Things (Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein)

Best season premiere

Black Mirror (Common People, Season 7 Episode 1)
Winner: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (The Gang F**ks Up Abbott Elementary, Season 17 Episode 1)
Mo (Oso Palestino (the Palestinian Bear), Season 2 Episode 1)
Rick and Morty (Summer of All Fears, Season 8 Episode 1)
The Bear (Groundhogs, Season 4 Episode 1)

Best season finale

Andor (Jedha, Kyber, Erso, Season 2 Episode 12)
IT: Welcome to Derry (Winter Fire, Season 1 Episode 8)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (The Golden Bachelor Live, Season 17 Episode 8)
Winner: Mo (A Call from God, Season 2 Episode 8)
The Bear (Goodbye, Season 4 Episode 10)

Best episode

Winner: Andor (Who Are You?, Season 2 Episode 8)
IT: Welcome to Derry (Winter Fire, Season 1 Episode 8)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (The Gang Gets Ready for Prime Time, Season 17 Episode 7)
Mo (A Call from God, Season 2 Episode 8)
The Bear (Bears, Season 4 Episode 7)

Best actress, guest performance

Abbott Elementary (Kaitlin Olson as Dee)
Andor (April V Woods as Young Kleya)
Black Mirror (Rashida Jones as Amanda)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Lynne Marie Stewart as Bonnie Kelly)
Winner: The Bear (Brie Larson as Francie Fak)

Best actor, guest performance

Abbott Elementary (Charlie Day as Charlie)
Winner: Black Mirror (Peter Capaldi as Older Cameron Walker)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Tyler James Williams as Gregory Eddie)
Mo (Kamel El Basha as Uncle Ali)
The Bear (Jon Bernthal as Michael Berzatto)

Best supporting actress

Abbott Elementary (Sheryl Lee Ralph as Barbara Howard)
Andor (Genevieve O'Reilly as Mon Mothma)
Saturday Night Live (Sarah Sherman as Various)
Winner: Stranger Things (Sadie Sink as Max Mayfield)
The Bear (Liza Colón-Zayas as Tina Marrero)

Best supporting actor

Winner: Andor (Stellan Skarsgård as Luthen Rael)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Charlie Day as Charlie Kelly)
Mo (Omar Elba as Sameer Najjar)
Saturday Night Live (Bowen Yang as Various)
The Bear (Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Richard 'Richie' Jerimovich)

Best acting, non-binary

Abbott Elementary (Sabrina Wu as Mx. Geoffrey)
Big Mouth (Brandon Kyle Goodman as B-High Qee-Choi Singer)
Black Mirror (Emma Corrin as Dorothy)
Winner: The Last of Us (Bella Ramsey as Ellie Williams)

Best leading actress

Abbott Elementary (Quinta Brunson as Janine Teagues)
Andor (Elizabeth Dulau as Kleya Marki)
Grey's Anatomy (Chandra Wilson as Dr. Miranda Bailey)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Kaitlin Olson as Dee Reynolds)
Winner: The Bear (Ayo Edebiri as Sydney Adamu)

Best leading actor

Andor (Diego Luna as Cassian Andor)
Black Mirror (Paul Giamatti as Phillip)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Glenn Howerton as Dennis Reynolds)
Mo (Mohammed Amer as Mo Najjar)
Winner: The Bear (Jeremy Allen White as Carmen 'Carmy' Berzatto)

Best writing

Winner: Andor (Tony Gilroy & Dan Gilroy, Welcome to the Rebellion)
Black Mirror (Charlie Brooker, Common People)
IT: Welcome to Derry (Jason Fuchs, Winter Fire)
Mo (Mohammed Amer & Harris Danow, A Call from God)
The Bear (Ayo Edebiri & Lionel Boyce, Worms)

Best directing

Winner: Andor (Janus Metz, Who Are You?)
IT: Welcome to Derry (Andy Muschietti, The Black Spot)
Stranger Things (Matt Duffer & Ross Duffer, Chapter Four: Sorcerer)
The Bear (Christopher Storer, Goodbye)
The Last of Us (Mark Mylod, Through the Valley)

Best television series

Abbott Elementary
Winner: Andor
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Mo
The Bear

Total wins:

The Bear 6
Andor 5
IT: Welcome to Derry 2
Stranger Things 2
Black Mirror 1
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia 1
Mo 1
Squid Game 1
Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld 1
The Last of Us 1



Thank you for reading! Tune in next week for my ranking of the 100 greatest television shows of all time.

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