The winners for the 7th Annual ScreenAge Wasteland Awards have been announced!
Best Picture
- Bring Her Back
- The Brutalist
- F1
- Frankenstein
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners (WINNER)
- Train Dreams
- Wake Up Dead Man
- Weapons
Best Animated Film
- Elio
- KPop Demon Hunters (WINNER)
- Lost in Starlight
- Predator: Killer of Killers
- Zootopia 2
Most Overlooked Film
- Eternity
- Oh, Hi!
- Relay
- Rental Family
- Sorry, Baby (WINNER)
Best Director
- Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
- Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
- Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
- Ryan Coogler – Sinners (WINNER)
- Zach Cregger – Weapons
Best Breakout Film Direction
- Ben Leonberg – Good Boy
- Mary Bronstein – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
- RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
- Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby (WINNER)
- James Sweeney – Twinless
Best Actor
- Jesse Plemons – Bugonia
- Joaquin Phoenix – Eddington
- Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme (WINNER)
- Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
- Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
Best Actress
- Sally Hawkins – Bring Her Back (WINNER)
- Emma Stone – Bugonia
- Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
- Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
- Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby
Best Supporting Actor
- Ralph Fiennes – 28 Years Later
- Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
- Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
- Michael Cera – The Phoenician Scheme
- Delroy Lindo – Sinners (WINNER)
Best Supporting Actress
- Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme
- Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
- Hailee Steinfeld – Sinners
- Glenn Close – Wake Up Dead Man
- Amy Madigan – Weapons (WINNER)
Best Breakout Film Performance
- Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme
- Kevin O’Leary – Marty Supreme
- Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
- Miles Caton – Sinners
- Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby (WINNER)
Best Onscreen Ensemble
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners (WINNER)
- Thunderbolts*
- Wake Up Dead Man
- Weapons
Best Character
- Laura (Sally Hawkins) – Bring Her Back
- The Creature (Jacob Elordi) – Frankenstein
- Derpy – KPop Demon Hunters
- Chuck Krantz (Tom Hiddleston, Jacob Tremblay, Benjamin Pajak) – The Life of Chuck
- Marty Mauser (Timothée Chalamet) – Marty Supreme
- Col. Steven J. Lockjaw (Sean Penn) – One Battle After Another
- Remmick (Jack O’Connell) – Sinners (TIE; WINNER)
- Michael Holt / Mister Terrific (Edi Gathegi) – Superman
- Jud Duplenticy (Josh O’Connor) – Wake Up Dead Man (TIE; WINNER)
- Gladys (Amy Madigan) – Weapons (TIE; WINNER)
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Will Tracy – Bugonia (TIE; WINNER)
- JT Mollner – The Long Walk (TIE; WINNER)
- Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
- Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar – Train Dreams
- Rian Johnson – Wake Up Dead Man
Best Original Screenplay
- Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
- Sophie Brooks – Oh, Hi!
- Ryan Coogler – Sinners (WINNER)
- Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby
- Zach Cregger – Weapons
Best Cinematography
- Lol Crawley – The Brutalist
- Dan Laustsen – Frankenstein
- Autumn Durald Arkapaw – Sinners (WINNER)
- Adolpho Veloso – Train Dreams
- Larkin Seiple – Weapons
Best Score
- Young Fathers – 28 Years Later
- Daniel Blumberg – The Brutalist
- Daniel Lopatin – Marty Supreme
- Ludwig Göransson – Sinners (WINNER)
- Bryce Dessner – Train Dreams
Best Visual Effects
- The Fantastic Four: First Steps
- Frankenstein
- Sinners (WINNER)
- Superman
- Tron: Ares
Best Moment
- Joshua’s Crash at the Italian Grand Prix – F1
- Opening Scene – Final Destination Bloodlines
- The Play – Hamnet
- Act Two Street Dance – The Life of Chuck
- Submarine Sequence – Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
- Final Car Chase – One Battle After Another
- Juke Joint Time Dance – Sinners (WINNER)
- Airplane Flight – Train Dreams
- Father, Will You Pray for Me? Phone Call – Wake Up Dead Man
- Kids Chase Gladys – Weapons
Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients
As well, Catherine O’Hara, Rob Reiner, and Jason Voorhees were this year’s recipients of the SAW Lifetime Achievement Award.
O’Hara and Reiner were both posthumously recognized for their decades of work across the film and television industry, while Jason Voorhees was honored for being one of the longest-running and biggest icons of the horror genre.
With 10 wins, Sinners has become the most-awarded movie in SAWards history! The only other movies to take home multiple awards were Sorry, Baby (3) and Weapons (2).
Marty Supreme, Bring Her Back, Bugonia, The Long Walk, and Wake Up Dead Man each took home one award apiece. Of course, the latter three were part of some unprecedented ties, so it’s more accurate to say that they took home part of 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 2027, which upcoming 2026 films do you think will snag nominations at the 8th Annual SAWards?