SMALLS' BEST OF 2026

 2026 was a great year for film! Let's celebrate by taking a look at my nominations and wins for the year! The rules are there can only be up to 20 nominations in each category. Whenever you see a *, it indicates this film is one of the top in it's designated category/s.

PRODUCTION DESIGN

*Sinners

Warfare

*Fantastic Four: First Steps (WINNER)

*Wolf Man

*Train Dreams

*Wicked: For Good

*Marty Supreme

*Hamnet

*Frankenstein

*The Ugly Stepsister

*Until Dawn

Shelby Oaks

BEST SCREENPLAY

*One Battle After Another

*Sinners

*Marty Supreme

*Sentimental Value (WINNER)

Bring Her Back

*Weapons

*Frankenstein

*The Long Walk

*Train Dreams

Jay Kelly

Wake Up Dead Man

Hamnet

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

Blue Moon

SCORE

*Sinners (WINNER)

Weapons

*One Battle After Another

Wolf Man

*Fantastic Four: First Steps

*Superman

*The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

Hamnet

*Train Dreams

*Frankenstein

*Tron: Ares

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Shelby Oaks

*Sinners (WINNER)

*One Battle After Another

Warfare

*Bring Her Back

*Wolf Man

*Fantastic Four: First Steps

*Superman

*28 Years Later

The Long Walk

*Frankenstein

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

Hamnet

*Sentimental Value

Black Phone 2

Keeper

*Lurker

*Train Dreams

Jay Kelly

*Wake Up Dead Man

*Marty Supreme

*Tron: Ares

Until Dawn

Weapons

*F1

No Other Choice

EDITING

*Sinners (WINNER)

*One Battle After Another

Warfare

*Bring Her Back

*The Long Walk

*Frankenstein

*Train Dreams

Tron: Ares

*Weapons

*Marty Supreme

*Sentimental Value

*Wolf Man

Hamnet

*If I had Legs I'd Kick You 

*F1

No Other Choice

BEST ACTOR

*Leonardo DiCaprio - One Battle After Another

*Michael B. Jordan - Sinners

*Miles Caton - Sinners

*Josh Brolin - Weapons

Peter Dinklage - The Toxic Avenger

*Timothy Chalamet - Marty Supreme (WINNER)

*Joel Edgarton - Train Dreams

George Clooney - Jay Kelly

*Josh O'Connor - Wake Up Dead Man

Jesse Plemons - Bugonia

*Paul Mescal - Hamnet

*Cooper Hoffman - The Long Walk

*Alfie Williams - 28 Years Later

*David Jonsson - The Long Walk

*Christopher Abbott - Wolf Man

*Brad Pitt - F1

*Stellan Skarsgard - Sentimental Value

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR 

Jack Quaid - Companion

*Sean Penn - One Battle After Another

*Benicio Del Toro - One Battle After Another

*Jacob Elordi - Frankenstein (WINNER)

William H. Macy - Train Dreams

*Conan O'Brien - If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

*A$AP Rocky - If I had Legs I'd Kick You

Tyler the Creator - Marty Supreme

Kevin O'Leary - Marty Supreme

*Jack O'Connell - Sinners

Aidan Delbis - Bugonia

BEST ACTRESS

Sophie Thatcher - Companion

*Jessie Buckley - Hamnet (WINNER)

*Rose Byrne - If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

Renate Reinsve - Sentimental Value

*Ariana Grande - Wicked: For Good

*Julia Gardner - Weapons

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

*Amy Madigan - Weapons

*Emily Watson - Hamnet

*Hailee Steinfeld - Sinners

Andrene Ward-Hammond - Sinners

*Sally Hawkins - Bring Her Back

*Judy Greer - The Long Walk

*Chase Infiniti - One Battle After Another (WINNER)

Elle Fanning - Sentimental Value

Inga Ilbsdotter Lilleaas - Sentimental Value

*Odessa A'Zion - Marty Supreme

*Glenn Close - Wake Up Dead Man

*Riley Keough - Jay Kelly

Rebecca Ferguson - A House of Dynamite

BEST DIRECTOR

**Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another (WINNER)

Guillermo Del Toro - Frankenstein

Chloe Zhao - Hamnet

Noah Baumbach - Jay Kelly

**Josh Safdie - Marty Supreme

*Mary Bronstein - If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

*Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value

*Rian Johnson - Wake Up Dead Man

*Clint Bentley - Train Dreams

*Ryan Coogler - Sinners

Alex Garland, Ray Mendoza - Warfare

*Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou - Bring Her Back

Mike Flanagan - The Life of Chuck

*Zach Cregger - Weapons

*Francis Lawrence - The Long Walk

BEST SOUND DESIGN

*Wolf Man

*F1 (WINNER)

*Warfare

*If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

*Sinners

Weapons

*Marty Supreme

*Train Dreams

*One Battle After Another

28 Years Later

BEST CASTING

*Weapons

Hamnet

One Battle After Another

**Sinners (WINNER)

*The Life of Chuck

*The Long Walk

Sentimental Value

Jay Kelly

The Lost Bus

**Marty Supreme

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

*Hamnet

*Marty Supreme

*Sinners

*The Ugly Stepsister

Kiss of the Spider Woman

Train Dreams

Wicked: For Good

*Frankenstein (WINNER)

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

*The Ugly Stepsister

*Marty Supreme

One Battle After Another

*Sinners

Wicked: For Good

*Hamnet

*Frankenstein (WINNER)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Tron: Ares

Avatar: Fire and Ash (WINNER)

The Lost Bus

BEST ANIMATED FILM

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (WINNER)

Zootopia 2

Little Amelie or The Character of Rain

BEST PICTURE

One Battle After Another (WINNER)

Marty Supreme 

Sentimental Value

Sinners

Warfare

Weapons

Wake Up Dead Man

Train Dreams

The Life of Chuck

Bring Her Back

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

Jay Kelly

Companion

The Long Walk

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Loony Tunes Movie

Frankenstein

Hamnet

Friendship

Fantastic Four: First Steps

Thunderbolts