Music City Film Critics Association Awards (MCFCA) 2026 Nominations: Complete list of nominees explored

The Music City Film Critics Association Awards, aka MCFCA, unveiled their nominations for this year’s awards. The nominations for a total of 25 categories of the Music City Film Critics Association Awards.

The winners for the year’s Music City Film Critics Association Awards are set to be announced on January 12. Several popular movies from last year, like Frankenstein, One Battle After Another, Bugonia, Marty Supreme, Sinners, and more, have been nominated across different categories of the Music City Film Critics Association Awards.

Sinners earned a total of 17 nominations, while Leonardo DiCaprio’s One Battle After Another got nominated in 13 categories.

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List of nominations for Music City Film Critics Association Awards

Here’s the complete rundown of nominees for the Music City Film Critics Association Awards:

Best Picture at the Music City Film Critics Association Awards

• Bugonia
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners
• The Testament of Ann Lee
• Train Dreams
• Weapons

Best Director

• Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
• Ryan Coogler – Sinners
• Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
• Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
• Chloé Zhao – Hamnet

Best Actress

• Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
• Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
• Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
• Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee
• Emma Stone – Bugonia

Best Actor

• Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
• Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
• Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
• Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
• Michael B. Jordan – Sinners

Best Supporting Actress

• Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
• Amy Madigan – Weapons
• Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
• Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

Best Supporting Actor

• Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
• Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
• Delroy Lindo – Sinners
• Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
• Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value

Best Young Actress

• Shannon Mahina Gorman – Rental Family
• Olivia Lynes – Hamnet
• Madeleine McGraw – Black Phone 2
• Sora Wong – Bring Her Back
• Nina Ye – Left-Handed Girl

Best Young Actor

• Everett Blunck – The Plague
• Miles Caton – Sinners
• Cary Christopher – Weapons
• Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet
• Alfie Williams – 28 Years Later

Best Acting Ensemble

• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners
• Wake Up Dead Man

Best Music Film at Music City Film Critics Association Awards

• The Ballad of Wallis Island
• KPop Demon Hunters
• Sinners
• The Testament of Ann Lee
• Wicked: For Good

Best Animated Film

• The Day the Earth Blew Up
• KPop Demon Hunters
• Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
• Predator: Killer of Killers
• Zootopia 2

Best Documentary

• The Alabama Solution
• Cover-Up
• John Candy: I Like Me
• The Perfect Neighbor
• Predators

Best International Film at the Music City Film Critics Association Awards

• It Was Just an Accident
• No Other Choice
• The Secret Agent
• Sentimental Value
• Sirāt

Best Screenplay

• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Sorry, Baby
• Weapons

Best Original Song

• “As Alive As You Need Me To Be” Nine Inch Nails – Tron: Ares
• “The Girl in the Bubble” Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good
• “Golden” Ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami – KPop Demon Hunters
• “I Lied to You” Miles Caton – Sinners
• “Train Dreams” Nick Cave – Train Dreams

Best Score

• Frankenstein
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Train Dreams

Best Sound

• F1: The Movie
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Warfare
• Wicked: For Good

Best Cinematography

• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Train Dreams

Best Production Design

• Frankenstein
• Marty Supreme
• Sinners
• The Testament of Ann Lee
• Wicked: For Good

Best Editing

• F1: The Movie
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• The Perfect Neighbor
• Sinners

Best Comedy Film

• The Ballad of Wallis Island
• Friendship
• The Naked Gun
• Splittsville
• Wake Up Dead Man

Best Horror Film

• 28 Years Later
• Frankenstein
• Sinners
• The Ugly Stepsister
• Weapons

Best Action Film

• F1: The Movie
• Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
• One Battle After Another
• Predator: Badlands
• Superman

Best Stunt Work

• Ballerina
• F1: The Movie
• Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
• Sinners
• Superman

The Jim Ridley Award

• The Day the Earth Blew Up
• Dracula
• A Little Prayer
• Resurrection
• Sirāt

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