‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Sinners’ & Anime Dominate

The nominees for the first ever Screen Awards have been announced. In collaboration with ScreenRant, Collider, CBR, and MovieWeb, the ceremony celebrates the best in film and television from 2025. Voted on by the Screen Awards Jury, a group of experts, critics, and editorial leadership across the aforementioned entertainment outlets, each category will be spotlighted in feature content published daily on ScreenRant.

The likes of One Battle After Another, Sinners, and The Pitt accumulated a good portion of the Screen Awards nominations, while anime was well represented across several distinct categories. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle, which just got nominated at the Golden Globes, secured a Best Anime Film nod, while the critically acclaimed Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc also made the cut. On the television side, The Pitt and Severance are among the most nominated in their respective categories. Check out the complete list of nominees for the inaugural Screen Awards:

Screen Awards 2025 Nominees Revealed

Warner Bros. Pictures

BEST PICTURE

• Hamnet (Focus Features)
• Marty Supreme (A24)
• One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Weapons (Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema)

BEST TV SERIES

• Andor (Disney+)
• Pluribus (Apple TV)
• Severance (Apple TV)
• Task (HBO Max)
• The Pitt (HBO Max)

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS – FILM

• Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another)
• Emma Stone (Bugonia)
• Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)
• Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value)
• Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You)

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS – TV

• Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us)
• Britt Lower (Severance)
• Jean Smart (Hacks)
• Michelle Williams (Dying for Sex)
• Rhea Seehorn (Pluribus)

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR – FILM

• Jesse Plemons (Bugonia)
• Joel Edgerton (Train Dreams)
• Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another)
• Michael B. Jordan (Sinners)
• Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR – TV

• Adam Scott (Severance)
• Ethan Hawke (The Lowdown)
• Noah Wyle (The Pitt)
• Seth Rogen (The Studio)
• Tim Robinson (The Chair Company)

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS – FILM

• Amy Madigan (Weapons)
• Ariana Grande (Wicked For Good)
• Regina Hall (One Battle After Another)
• Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another)
• Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners)

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS – TV

• Carrie Coon (The White Lotus)
• Erin Doherty (Adolescence)
• Fiona Dourif (The Pitt)
• Katherine LaNasa (The Pitt)
• Patricia Arquette (Severance)

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR – FILM

• Benicio del Toro (One Battle After Another)
• Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein)
• Paul Mescal (Hamnet)
• Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)
• Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value)

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR – TV

• John Turturro (Severance)
• Owen Cooper (Adolescence)
• Sam Rockwell (The White Lotus)
• Tramell Tillman (Severance)
• Zach Cherry (Severance)

BEST ANIME FILM

• 100 METERS
• Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
• KPop Demon Hunters
• Scarlet

BEST ANIME SERIES

• City the Animation
• Gachiakuta
• Solo Leveling
• The Apothecary Diaries
• The Summer Hikaru Died

BEST DIRECTOR

• Chloé Zhao (Hamnet)
• Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)
• Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)
• Ryan Coogler (Sinners)
• Zach Cregger (Weapons)

BEST NEW TV SERIES DEBUT

• Pluribus
• Task
• The Chair Company
• The Pitt
• The Studio

Release Date

September 26, 2025

Runtime

162 minutes