The 2026 GARAGE AWARDS Nominees Are Announced

I produce my own fan-voted movie awards every year.  Previously known as “The Golden Peas,” THE GARAGE AWARDS nominations have been announced in 11 film categories.

The nominees were selected from a “short list” of possibilities by a select committee of 32 individuals who are fellow critics, movie lovers and channel members of The Awards Garage on YouTube. Click here for more information.

Voting is open until 1.20.26, and the winners will be announced on 2.17.26 live on the YouTube channel. Here are this year’s nominees:

BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR

Bugonia

Frankenstein

Hamnet

No Other Choice

One Battle After Another

Sentimental Value

Sinners

Sorry, Baby

Weapons

Wicked for Good

BEST DIRECTOR

Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another

Park Chan Wook, No Other Choice

Ryan Coogler, Sinners

Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value

Eva Victor, Sorry Baby

Chloe Zhao, Hamnet

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE

Jessie Buckley, Hamnet

Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

Ariana Grande, Wicked for Good

Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another

Amy Madigan, Weapons

Emma Stone, Bugonia

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE

Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another

Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another

Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon

Michael B Jordan, Sinners

Jesse Plemons, Bugonia

Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value

‘A STAR IS BORN’ BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

Odessa A’Zion, Marty Supreme

Miles Caton, Sinners

Inga Idsbotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value

Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another

Jacobi Jupe, Hamnet

Eva Victor, Sorry Baby

BEST ACTION MOVIE

F1: The Movie

Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning

Superman

Thunderbolts*

Warfare

BEST ANIMATED MOVIE

Arco

Elio

Kpop Demon Hunters

Little Amelie or the Character of Rain

Zootopia 2

BEST COMEDY

Friendship

The Naked Gun

One of Them Days

The Phoenician Scheme

Twinless

BEST HORROR/THRILLER

Bring Her Back

The Long Walk

Sinners

The Ugly Stepsister

Weapons

‘WAIT WHAT?!’ BAD MOVIE OF THE YEAR

The Electric State

Him

Kinda Pregnant

Snow White

War of the Worlds

BEST MOVIE POSTER

Bugonia

Die My Love

Eddington

Jay Kelly

Train Dreams

A very special thank you to all of my Channel Members for being a part of the nominations committee.

VOTE anytime on or before Jan 20, 2026 at http://bit.ly/GAwards26Ballot