One Battle After Another and Sinners Lead the 2026 Dorian Film Awards Nominations

By John Corrado

The nominations for the 2026 Dorian Film Awards, presented by GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (of which I am a member), have just been announced. Paul Thomas Anderson’s seemingly unstoppable award season juggernaut One Battle After Another is leading the pack with nine nominations, followed closely by Ryan Coogler’s Sinners with eight.

Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme – my own personal pick for best movie of 2025 – is just behind at five nominations, including for Timothée Chalamet in the gender-neutral lead acting category. Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet and Eva Victor’s Sorry, Baby round out the five nominations for Film of the Year alongside these three.

The latter also made it into the LGBTQ Film of the Year category, where Blue Moon, Hedda, Pillion and Twinless all round out the list of nominations, alongside Victor’s film. Similarly, the very powerful documentary Come See Me in the Good Light is nominated in both the main and LGBTQ documentary categories. The great thing about these critics group awards is that they shine a spotlight on lesser known films as well, especially in these LGBTQ-specific film categories.

The full list of nominees is below, and I’m looking forward to casting my final ballot. The winners will be announced on March 3rd, 2026.

GALECA: THE SOCIETY OF LGBTQ ENTERTAINMENT CRITICS 2026 DORIAN FILM AWARDS LIST OF NOMINEES

FILM OF THE YEAR

Hamnet (Focus Features)
Marty Supreme (A24)
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Sorry, Baby (A24)

LGBTQ FILM OF THE YEAR

Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
Hedda (Amazon MGM Studios)
Pillion (A24)
Sorry, Baby (A24)
Twinless (Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions)

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Ryan Coogler, Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident (Neon)
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme (A24)
Chloé Zhao, Hamnet (Focus Features)

SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR – Original or Adapted

Hamnet, Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell (Focus Features)
Marty Supreme, Josh Safdie, Ronald Bronstein (A24)
One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson (Warner Bros.)
Sinners, Ryan Coogler (Warner Bros.)
Sorry, Baby, Eva Victor (A24)

LGBTQ SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR

Blue Moon, Robert Kaplow (Sony Pictures Classics)
Hedda, Nia DeCosta (Amazon MGM Studios)
Pillion, Harry Lighton (A24)
Sorry, Baby, Eva Victor (A24)
Twinless, James Sweeney (Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions)

NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR

It Was Just an Accident (Neon)
No Other Choice (Neon)
Sentimental Value (Neon)
Sirāt (Neon)
The Secret Agent (Neon)

LGBTQ NON-ENGLISH FILM OF THE YEAR

Cactus Pears (Strand Releasing)
Misericordia (Janus Films, Sideshow)
Sauna (Breaking Glass)
The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo (Altered Innocence)
Viet and Nam (Strand Releasing)

UNSUNG FILM OF THE YEAR – To an exceptional movie worthy of greater attention

Black Bag (Focus Features)
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (A24)
Lurker (Mubi)
The Testament of Ann Lee (Searchlight Pictures)
Twinless (Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions)

UNSUNG LGBTQ FILM OF THE YEAR – To an exceptional LGBTQ-themed movie worthy of greater attention

A Nice Indian Boy (Blue Harbor Entertainment)
Kiss of the Spider Woman (Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions, LD Entertainment)
Peter Hujar’s Day (Janus)
Plainclothes (Magnolia)
The Wedding Banquet (Bleecker Street)

FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR

Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (A24)
Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme (A24)
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Jessie Buckley, Hamnet (Focus Features)
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
Michael B. Jordan, Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Dylan O’Brien, Twinless (Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions)
Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value (Neon)
Amanda Seyfried, The Testament of Ann Lee (Searchlight Pictures)
Tessa Thompson, Hedda (Amazon MGM Studios)

SUPPORTING FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR

Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein (Netflix)
Ariana Grande-Butera, Wicked: For Good (Universal)
Nina Hoss, Hedda (Amazon MGM Studios)
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value (Neon)
Amy Madigan, Weapons (Warner Bros.)
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value (Neon)
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)

DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR

Come See Me in the Good Light (Apple)
Cover-Up (Netflix)
My Mom Jayne (HBO)
The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix)
Predators (MTV Documentary Films)

LGBTQ DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR

Come See Me in the Good Light (Apple)
Heightened Scrutiny (Fourth Act Film)
I Was Born This Way (JungeFilms / Goodform)
The Librarians (8 Above)
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story (Zeitgeist Films)

ANIMATED FILM OF THE YEAR

Arco (Neon)
Elio (Disney)
KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix, Sony)
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (GKIDS)
Zootopia 2 (Disney)

GENRE FILM OF THE YEAR – For excellence in science fiction, fantasy and horror

28 Years Later (Sony)
Bring Her Back (A24)
Frankenstein (Netflix)
Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Weapons (Warner Bros.)

VISUALLY STRIKING FILM OF THE YEAR

Avatar: Fire and Ash (Disney)
Frankenstein (Netflix)
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Train Dreams (Netflix)

FILM MUSIC OF THE YEAR

KPop Demon Hunters – Marcelo Zarvos, EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Danny Chung, Vince, Kush, Lindgren, Daniel Rojas, et al. (Netflix, Sony)
Marty Supreme – Daniel Lopatin (A24)
One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood (Warner Bros.)
Sinners – Ludwig Göransson (Warner Bros.)
The Testament of Ann Lee – Daniel Blumberg (Searchlight Pictures)

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