It is time to officially announce the 6th Annual ScreenAge Wasteland Awards winners! You can find the full list of all SAWards 2025 winners (in bold) below.
Best Picture
- Anora
- Challengers
- Dune: Part Two
- Hundreds of Beavers
- Love Lies Bleeding
- Nosferatu
- Rebel Ridge
- The Substance
- Wicked
- The Wild Robot
Best Animated Film
- Flow
- Inside Out 2
- Transformers One
- Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
- The Wild Robot
Most Overlooked Film
- Caddo Lake
- Ghostlight
- Kill
- Look Back
- Red Rooms
Best Director
- Luca Guadagnino – Challengers
- Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two
- Rose Glass – Love Lies Bleeding
- Robert Eggers – Nosferatu
- Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Best Breakout Film Direction
- Arkasha Stevenson – The First Omen
- Mike Cheslik – Hundreds of Beavers
- Zelda Willaims – Lisa Frankenstein
- Dev Patel – Monkey Man
- JT Mollner – Strange Darling
Best Actor
- Sebastian Stan – A Different Man
- Josh O’Connor – Challengers
- Timothee Chalamet – Dune: Part Two
- Hugh Grant – Heretic
- Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Best Actress
- Mikey Madison – Anora
- Lily-Rose Depp – Nosferatu
- Demi Moore – The Substance
- June Squibb – Thelma
- Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Best Supporting Actor
- Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
- Yura Borisov – Anora
- Austin Butler – Dune: Part Two
- Bill Skarsgard – Nosferatu
- Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Best Supporting Actress
- Rebecca Ferguson – Dune: Part Two
- Katy O’Brian – Love Lies Bleeding
- AnnaSophia Robb – Rebel Ridge
- Margaret Qualley – The Substance
- Ariana Grande – Wicked
Best Breakout Film Performance
- Adam Pearson – A Different Man
- Yura Borisov – Anora
- Katy O’Brian – Love Lies Bleeding
- Lily-Rose Depp – Nosferatu
- Aaron Pierre – Rebel Ridge
Best Onscreen Ensemble
- Abigail
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Nosferatu
- Saturday Night
Best Character
- Andy (David Jonsson) – Alien: Romulus
- Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) – Deadpool & Wolverine
- Feyd-Rautha (Austin Butler) – Dune: Part Two
- Dementus (Chris Hemsworth) – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
- Reed (Hugh Grant) – Heretic
- Lisa Swallows (Kathryn Newton) – Lisa Frankenstein
- Dale Kobble/Longlegs (Nicolas Cage) – Longlegs
- Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård) – Nosferatu
- Terry Richmond (Aaron Pierre) – Rebel Ridge
- Glinda (Ariana Grande) – Wicked
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Nosferatu
- Sing Sing
- The Wild Robot
Best Original Screenplay
- Anora
- Challengers
- I Saw the TV Glow
- Rebel Ridge
- The Substance
Best Cinematography
- Challengers
- Civil War
- Dune: Part Two
- Nosferatu
- The Substance
Best Score
- Challengers
- Dune: Part Two
- I Saw the TV Glow
- Nosferatu
- The Substance
Best Visual Effects
- Alien: Romulus
- Dune: Part Two
- Hundreds of Beavers
- Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
- The Substance
Best Moment
- Final Tennis Match – Challengers
- What Kind of American Are You? – Civil War
- Wolverine’s Minivan Rant – Deadpool & Wolverine
- Paul Rides the Sandworm – Dune: Part Two
- Religion Is Just Another Iteration – Heretic
- The Trial – Hundreds of Beavers
- Meeting Count Orlok – Nosferatu
- Kelly-Anne’s Courtroom Transformation – Red Rooms
- Elisabeth Gets Ready for Her Date – The Substance
- Defying Gravity – Wicked
Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients
As well, June Squibb, David Lynch, and the Sonic Redesign were this year’s recipients of the SAW Lifetime Achievement Award.
Squibb was recognized for her extensive supporting work in several major movies from the 1990s to today, as well as for her long-overdue first leading role in last year’s Thelma. Lynch was posthumously recognized for his six-decade filmmaking career. His influential filmmaking style gave rise to the adjective “Lynchian.”
Finally, the Sonic Redesign was recognized for saving Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog movie, which has now become a $1 billion franchise for the studio, and arguably proved that video game adaptations can be critically and commercially successful on the big screen.
The competition was no match for Dune: Part Two, which won nine of its 12 categories. The Substance managed to snag three awards, while A Different Man, Monkey Man, Nosferatu, Red Rooms, Wicked, and The Wild Robot each took home one award apiece.
Thank you to everyone who voted! We look forward to doing this again next year with all of you!
Were you pleased with which films took home awards? Were there any upsets? Looking ahead to 2026, which upcoming 2025 films do you think will snag nominations at the 7th Annual SAWards?