Presenting the 2026 JEFFREY AWARD Nominees

Four years strong... and still going. Let's get it.

BEST LIVE ACTION MOVIE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS FRIENDSHIP MARTY SUPREME THE NAKED GUN ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER SINNERS SUPERMAN THUNDERBOLTS WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY WICKED: FOR GOOD
BEST ANIMATED MOVIE THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP: A LOONEY TUNES MOVIE DOG MAN ELIO THE GLASSWORKER K-POP DEMON HUNTERS LITTLE AMELIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS NE ZHA 2 PREDATOR: KILLER OF KILLERS ZOOTOPIA 2
BEST LEAD ACTOR DANIEL CRAIG, WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY LEONARDO DICAPRIO, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER LIAM NEESON, THE NAKED GUN MICHAEL B. JORDAN, SINNERS TIM ROBINSON, FRIENDSHIP
BEST LEAD ACTRESS CHASE INFINITI, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER CYNTHIA ERIVO, WICKED: FOR GOOD EMMA STONE, BUGONIA EVA VICTOR, SORRY, BABY FLORENCE PUGH, THUNDERBOLTS
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR ADAM SANDLER, JAY KELLY DELROY LINDO, SINNERS EDI GATHEGI, SUPERMAN JOSH O'CONNOR, WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY SEAN PENN, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS AMY MADIGAN, WEAPONS ARIANA GRANDE, WICKED: FOR GOOD GLENN CLOSE, WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY TEYANA TAYLOR, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER WUNMI MOSAKU, SINNERS
BEST VOICE ACTOR CHRIS SANDERS, LILO & STITCH CRAIG ROBINSON, IN YOUR DREAMS EBON MOSS-BACHRACH, FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS ERIC BAUZA, THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP: A LOONEY TUNES MOVIE TOO $HORT, FREAKY TALES
BEST VOICE ACTRESS ARDEN CHO, K-POP DEMON HUNTERS CANDI MILO, THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP: A LOONEY TUNES MOVIE GINNIFER GOODWIN, ZOOTOPIA 2 LILY GILLIAM, LITTLE AMELIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN SHABANA AZEEZ, LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS
BEST COMEDY THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP: A LOONEY TUNES MOVIE FREAKY TALES FRIENDSHIP JAY KELLY MARTY SUPREME THE NAKED GUN ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER ONE OF THEM DAYS THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY
BEST ACTION BALLERINA CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD F1 FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: THE FINAL RECKONING NE ZHA 2 NOVOCAINE ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE SUPERMAN
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY FRIENDSHIP JAY KELLY MARTY SUPREME SINNERS SORRY, BABY
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY THE NAKED GUN ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER SUPERMAN THUNDERBOLTS WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY
BEST DIRECTOR JAMES GUNN, SUPERMAN JOSH SAFDIE, MARTY SUPREME PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER RIAN JOHNSON, WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY RYAN COOGLER, SINNERS
BEST COMIC BOOK MOVIE CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD DOG MAN FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS SUPERMAN THUNDERBOLTS 100 METERS
THE MVBRAT AWARD: BEST HORROR BLACK PHONE 2 FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES FRANKENSTEIN THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE HEART EYES THE MONKEY SELF-HELP SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT SINNERS WEAPONS 28 YEARS LATER
BEST SOUND F1 FRANKENSTEIN ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER SINNERS SUPERMAN
BEST SCORE F1 MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: THE FINAL RECKONING SINNERS SUPERMAN WICKED: FOR GOOD
BEST SONG "BIG GUY", THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SEARCH FOR SQUAREPANTS (ICE SPICE) "I LIED TO YOU", SINNERS (LUDWIG GORANSSON, MILES CATON & RAPHAEL SAADIQ) "NO PLACE LIKE HOME", WICKED: FOR GOOD (CYNTHIA ERIVO & STEPHEN SCHWARTZ) "TRUNKS", HIGHEST 2 LOWEST (ASAP ROCKY) "WAKE ME UP", HURRY UP TOMORROW (THE WEEKND)
BEST SET DESIGN FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS FRANKENSTEIN SINNERS SUPERMAN WICKED: FOR GOOD
BEST COSTUME DESIGN FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS FRANKENSTEIN SINNERS SUPERMAN WICKED: FOR GOOD
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS F1 FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: THE FINAL RECKONING SINNERS THUNDERBOLTS
BEST MAKEUP BUGONIA FRANKENSTEIN SINNERS WEAPONS WICKED: FOR GOOD
BEST ENSEMBLE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS HAPPY GILMORE 2 SINNERS THUNDERBOLTS WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A BAD MOVIE BRYAN CRANSTON, EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE GREAT KEKE PALMER, THE PICKUP MARLON WAYANS, HIM RACHEL ZEGLER, SNOW WHITE ROBERT DE NIRO, THE ALTO KNIGHTS

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Presenting the 2025 JEFFREYAWARD Nominees

You know the drill... and if you don't you should.

We're throwing our hat into the ring for another award season, presenting the Third JEFFREYAWARDS nominees.

 These will cover the best, funniest, scariest, most interesting, and in some cases worst, of 2024 in movies.

That said, let's get to it.

(UPDATE: WINNERS INCLUDED)

            

BEST LIVE ACTION MOVIE Challengers Conclave Deadpool & Wolverine Dune Part Two Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Hit Man Hundreds of Beavers Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes The Substance Wicked
BEST ANIMATED MOVIE Flow Inside Out 2 Look Back Memoir of a Snail Piece by Piece Robot Dreams That Christmas Transformers One Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl The Wild Robot
BEST LEAD ACTOR Eddie Murphy, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. Glen Powell, Hit Man Jesse Plemons, Kinds of Kindness Ralph Finnes, Conclave Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool & Wolverine
BEST LEAD ACTRESS Cynthia Erivo, Wicked Daisy Ridley, Young Woman & The Sea Demi Moore, The Substance Mikey Madison, Anora Zendaya, Challengers
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Chris Hemsworth, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Denzel Washington, Gladiator 2 Hugh Jackman, Deadpool & Wolverine Javier Bardem, Dune Part Two Tom Hardy, The Bikeriders
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Adriana Arjona, Hit Man Ariana Grande, Wicked Emma Corrin, Deadpool & Wolverine Margaret Qualley, The Substance Zendaya, Dune Part Two
BEST VOICE ACTOR Ben Whitehead, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl Kevin Durand, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Pedro Pascal, The Wild Robot Peter Dinklage, Wicked Steve Carell, Despicable Me 4
BEST VOICE ACTRESS Amy Poehler, Inside Out 2 Lupita Nyong'o, The Wild Robot Phoebe Waller-Bridge, IF Sarah Snook, Memoir of a Snail Scarlett Johansson, Transformers One
BEST COMEDY Anora Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. Deadpool & Wolverine Didi The Fall Guy Hit Man Hundreds of Beavers Kinds of Kindness Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar & Three More
BEST ACTION SEQUENCES Bad Boys: Ride or Die The Beekeeper Deadpool & Wolverine Dune Part Two The Fall Guy Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Gladiator 2 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare Monkey Man
BEST COMIC BOOK MOVIE Deadpool & Wolverine The Garfield Movie Robot Dreams
THE MVBRAT AWARD: BEST HORROR MOVIE Abigail Alien: Romulus The First Omen I Saw the TV Glow In a Violent Nature Longlegs MaXXXine Nosferatu A Quiet Place: Day One The Substance
BEST SOUND Challengers Deadpool & Wolverine Dune Part Two Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Wicked
BEST SCORE Challengers Dune Part Two The Substance Wicked The Wild Robot
BEST SONG "Double Life," Despicable Me 4 (Pharrell Williams) "Harper & Will Go West," Will & Harper (Kristen Wiig) "I Want You Forever," The Book of Clarence (Jeymes Samuel, D'Angelo, Jay-Z) "Kiss the Sky," The Wild Robot (Maren Morris) "Piece by Piece," Piece by Piece (Pharrell Williams)
BEST SET DESIGN Dune Part Two Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Gladiator 2 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Wicked
BEST COSTUME DESIGN Deadpool & Wolverine Dune Part Two Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Gladiator 2 Wicked
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Deadpool & Wolverine Dune Part Two Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Twisters
BEST MAKEUP Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Deadpool & Wolverine Dune Part Two The Substance Wicked
BEST ENSEMBLE Deadpool & Wolverine Dune Part Two Inside Out 2 Piece by Piece Wicked
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A BAD MOVIE Hugh Grant, Unfrosted Kevin Conroy, Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part 3 Kingsley Ben-Adir, Bob Marley: One Love Peter Dinklage, The Thicket Zoe Saldana, Emilia Perez
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