Rich Picks
20242026

Awards & Top Films

2025

Rich Picks for Film Excellence

WonNominee

Top 10 Films of 2025

1
A
A-
Lurker6 Nominations
2
A-
No Other Choice13 Nominations
3
A-
Kokuhō6 Nominations
4
A-
B+
Marty Supreme6 Nominations
5
A-
B+
Nouvelle Vague5 Nominations
6
B+
Train Dreams6 Nominations
7
B+
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You2 Nominations
8
B+
B
Bugonia5 Nominations
9
B+
B
KPop Demon Hunters2 Nominations
10
B+
B
Warfare2 Nominations

Film

Animated Feature

Elio
Producer: Adrian Molina
OscarGlobeBAFTA
KPop Demon Hunters
Producer: Chris Appelhans
OscarGlobe
Little Amélie, or the Character of Rain
Producer: Maïlys Vallade
OscarGlobe

Documentary

All the Empty Rooms
Producer: Joshua Seftel
Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
Producer: Craig Renaud
Mr. Nobody against Putin
Producer: Radovan Síbrt
BAFTA
The Dating Game
Producer: James Costa
The Perfect Neighbor
Producer: Alisa Payne
BAFTASpirit

International Feature

It Was Just an Accident
Producer: Jafar Panahi
GlobeNBRBAFTA
No Other Choice
Producer: Park Chan-wook
Globe
Sabar Bonda
Producers: Hareesh Reddypalli, Kaushik Ray, Mohamed Khaki, Neeraj Churi, Naren Chandavarkar, and Sidharth Meer
Sentimental Value
Producer: Joachim Trier
GlobeNBRBAFTA
The Secret Agent
Producer: Kleber Mendonça Filho
GlobeNBRBAFTASpirit
Kokuhō
Producer: Lee Sang-il

Live-Action Feature

Kokuhō
Producers: Chieko Murata and Shinzo Matsuhashi
Lurker
Producer: Alex Orlovskiy
Spirit
Marty Supreme
Producer: Anthony Katagas
OscarGlobeNBRBAFTASAG
No Other Choice
Producer: Alexandre Gavras
Globe
Nouvelle Vague
Producer: Laurent Pétin
Globe

Directing & Editing

Directing

Yorgos Lanthimos
Bugonia
Lee Sang-il
Kokuhō
Alex Russell
Lurker
DGA
Park Chan-wook
No Other Choice
Richard Linklater
Nouvelle Vague

Editing

David Kashevaroff
Lurker
Josh Safdie
Marty Supreme
OscarBAFTA
Kim Ho-bin
No Other Choice
Catherine Schwartz
Nouvelle Vague
Fin Oates
Warfare
Spirit

Acting

Actor in a Leading Role

Ethan Hawke
as Lorenz Hart in
Blue Moon
OscarBAFTA
Théodore Pellerin
as Matthew in
Lurker
Spirit
Timothée Chalamet
as Marty Mauser in
Marty Supreme
OscarBAFTA
Lee Byung-hun
as Yoo Man-su in
No Other Choice
Stellan Skarsgård
as Gustav Borg in
Sentimental Value
OscarBAFTA

Actor in a Supporting Role

Javier Bardem
as Rubén Cervantes in
F1
Lee Sung-min
as Goo Beom-mo in
No Other Choice
Russell Crowe
as Hermann Göring in
Nuremberg
Kayo Martin
as Jake in
The Plague
Spirit
William H. Macy
as Arn Peeples in
Train Dreams

Actress in a Leading Role

Jodie Foster
as Lilian Steiner in
A Private Life
Emma Stone
as Michelle Fuller in
Bugonia
OscarBAFTA
Jessie Buckley
as Agnes Hathaway in
Hamnet
OscarBAFTA
Rose Byrne
as Linda in
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
OscarNBRBAFTASpirit
Son Ye-jin
as Lee Mi-ri in
No Other Choice

Actress in a Supporting Role

Kathryn Hunter
as Bertie in
Hedda
Gwenyth Paltrow
as Kay Stone in
Marty Supreme
Yeom Hye-ran
as Lee A-ra in
No Other Choice
Tânia Maria
as Dona Sebastiana in
The Secret Agent
Kerry Condon
as Claire Thompson in
Train Dreams

Writing

Screenplay (Adapted)

Will Tracy
Bugonia
based on the 2003 South Korean film Save the Green Planet! directed by Jang Joon-hwan
OscarBAFTAWGA
Satoko Okudera
Kokuhō
based on the 2018 novel of the same name by Shuichi Yoshida
Park Chan-wook
No Other Choice
based on the 1997 novel The Ax by Donald E. Westlake
Harry Lighton
Pillion
based on the 2020 novel Box Hill by Adam Mars-Jones
BAFTA
Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar
Train Dreams
based on the 2011 novella of the same name by Denis Johnson
OscarNBRWGA

Screenplay (Original)

Mary Bronstein
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
WGA
Alex Russell
Lurker
Spirit
Holly Gent
Nouvelle Vague
Eva Victor
Sorry, Baby
Spirit
James Sweeney
Twinless
Spirit

Visual

Art Direction

Shane Vieau and Tamara Deverell
Frankenstein
Production design: Tamara Deverell
Set decoration: Shane Vieau
OscarBAFTAADG
Alice Felton and Fiona Crombie
Hamnet
Production design: Fiona Crombie
Set decoration: Alice Felton
OscarBAFTAADG
Jack Fisk and Adam Willis
Marty Supreme
Production design: Jack Fisk
Set decoration: Adam Willis
OscarBAFTAADG
Darren Gilford
Tron: Ares
Production design: Darren Gilford
Lee Sandales and Nathan Crowley
Wicked: For Good
Production design: Nathan Crowley
Set decoration: Lee Sandales
ADG

Cinematography

Robbie Ryan
Bugonia
Dan Laustsen
Frankenstein
OscarBAFTAASC
Kim Woo-hyung
No Other Choice
David Chambille
Nouvelle Vague
Adolpho Veloso
Train Dreams
OscarBAFTASpiritASC

Costuming

Anna Mary Scott Robbins
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
CDG
Kate Hawley
Frankenstein
OscarBAFTACDG
Malgosia Turzanska
Hamnet
OscarBAFTACDG
Colleen Atwood
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Kumiko Ogawa
Kokuhō

Effects

Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, and Eric Saindon
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Visual Effects Supervisors: Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, and Eric Saindon
Animation Supervisor: Daniel Barrett
OscarBAFTAVES
Brandon K. McLaughlin, Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, and Russell Bowen
The Lost Bus
Special Effects Coordinator: Brandon K. McLaughlin
Visual Effects Supervisors: Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, and Russell Bowen
OscarBAFTA
Cody Gramstad
Tron: Ares
Visual Effects Art Director: Cody Gramstad
Simon Stanley-Clamp
Warfare
Visual Effects Supervisor: Simon Stanley-Clamp
Robert Weaver, Pablo Helman, and David Shirk
Wicked: For Good
Visual Effects Supervisors: Robert Weaver and Pablo Helman
Animation Supervisor: David Shirk

Make-Up & Hairstyling

Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, and Cliona Furey
Frankenstein
Prosthetic Designer: Mike Hill
Makeup Designer: Jordan Samuel
Hair Designer: Cliona Furey
BAFTAMUAH
Naomi Hibino, Kyoko Toyokawa, and Tadashi Nishimatsu
Kokuhō
Makeup Designers: Naomi Hibino and Kyoko Toyokawa
Hair Designer: Tadashi Nishimatsu
Ken Diaz, Shunika Terry, and Mike Fontaine
Sinners
Makeup Designer: Ken Diaz
Hair Designer: Shunika Terry
Prosthetic Designer: Mike Fontaine
BAFTAMUAH
Kazu Hiro, Bjoern Rehbein, and Glen Griffin
The Smashing Machine
Prosthetic Designer: Kazu Hiro
Makeup Designers: Bjoern Rehbein and Glen Griffin
Mark Coulier and Frances Hannon
Wicked: For Good
Prosthetic Designer: Mark Coulier
Makeup & Hair Designer: Frances Hannon
BAFTAMUAH

Sound & Music

Original Score

Atticus Ross
After the Hunt
Jerskin Fendrix
Bugonia
BAFTA
Daniel Lopatin
Marty Supreme
Cho Young-wuk
No Other Choice
Ludwig Göransson
Sinners
GlobeBAFTA

Original Song

"Golden"
KPop Demon Hunters
Music and Lyrics: EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Teddy Park, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu-Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, and Jeong Hoon Seo
Globe
"Love and Obsession"
Lurker
Music and Lyrics: Kenneth Blume and Rex Orange County
"In Moonlight"
Sinners
Music and Lyrics: Ludwig Göransson and Jerry Cantrell
Globe
"Train Dreams"
Train Dreams
Music and Lyrics: Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner
Globe
"Sweet Dreams of Joy"
Viva Verdi!
Music & lyrics: Nicholas Pike

Sound Editing

Brent Burge
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Al Nelson and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
F1
Sound Effects Editors: Luke Dunn Gielmuda, Ben Burtt, Scott Guitteau, and Kim B. Christensen
Sound editors: Al Nelson and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
Foley: Thom Brennan
Foley Artists: Heikki Kossi, Shelley Roden, and Sean England
Dialogue Editors: Chris Gridley and Ryan Cota
BAFTA
Christopher Scarabosio
One Battle after Another
Foley Artists: Steve Hammond and Goro Koyama
Sound Effects Editors: Justin Doyle and Jeremy Molod
Dialogue Editor: Rich Quinn
Music Editor: Graeme Stewart
Sound editor and sound designer: Christopher Scarabosio
BAFTA
Steve Boeddeker and Felipe Pacheco
Sinners
ADR editor: David V. Butler
Dialogue Editor: Jason W. Freeman
Foley Artists: Katie Rose and Alyson Dee Moore
Sound Designer: Steve Boeddeker
Sound editor: Ben Burtt
Music Editor: Felipe Pacheco
Sound Effects Editor: David Hughes
Foley editor: Willard Overstreet
BAFTA
Addison Teague
Tron: Ares

Sound Mixing

Gareth John and Juan Peralta
F1
Foley mixers: Elizabeth Marston and Dennis Leonard
Re-recording mixers: Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta
Production sound mixer: Gareth John
Scoring mixer: Alan Meyerson
ADR mixer: Michael Miller
BAFTA
Ahn Bock-Nam
No Other Choice
Steve Boeddeker, Chris Welcker, and Brandon Proctor
Sinners
Foley mixer: Darrin Mann
Scoring mixer: Chris Fogel
ADR mixers: Jason Oliver and Tami Treadwell
Re-recording mixers: Steve Boeddeker and Brandon Proctor
Production sound mixer: Chris Welcker
BAFTA
Tom Taylor
Train Dreams
Andy Nelson
Wicked: For Good