Ryan Coogler’s Sinners emerged as the night’s biggest winner at the 9th Annual Astra Film Awards on Friday. The supernatural thriller secured six trophies, including Best Motion Picture — Drama, Best Director, and Best Actor for Michael B. Jordan. The film’s dominant showing also included wins for its ensemble cast, Ludwig Göransson’s score, and Coogler’s original screenplay.
The night was a major success for Warner Bros., which hauled in 11 total wins across its slate. Beyond the sweep for Sinners, Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another won Best Motion Picture — Comedy or Musical and Best Adapted Screenplay, while James Gunn’s Superman took Best Action or Science Fiction Feature. Zach Cregger’s Weapons also secured two awards: Best Horror Feature and a Best Supporting Actress win for Amy Madigan.
Netflix stayed competitive with multiple wins led by the global hit KPop Demon Hunters. The film earned three Astra Awards, including Best Animated Feature, Best Original Song for “Golden,” and Best Voice-Over Performance for Arden Cho. Additionally, Adam Sandler was named Best Supporting Actor (Comedy/Musical) for Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly, and The Perfect Neighbor took home Best Documentary.
The acting categories saw high-profile wins for Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme) and Amanda Seyfried (The Testament of Ann Lee) in the Comedy/Musical lead races, while Ariana Grande won Best Supporting Actress (Comedy/Musical). In the drama races, Jessie Buckley was named Best Actress for Hamnet and Stellan Skarsgård won Best Supporting Actor for Neon’s Sentimental Value, which also secured Best International Feature.
A complete list of all winners can be found below:
Best Motion Picture Drama
Frankenstein (Netflix)
Hamnet (Focus Features)
It Was Just an Accident (Neon)
Sentimental Value (Neon)
[winner] Sinners (WB)
Train Dreams (Netflix)
Best Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
Bugonia (Focus Features)
Jay Kelly (Netflix)
Marty Supreme (A24)
No Other Choice (Neon)
[winner] One Battle After Another (WB)
Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama
Dwayne Johnson — The Smashing Machine (A24)
Dylan O’Brien — Twinless (Roadside)
Jeremy Allen White — Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere (20th Century)
Joel Edgerton — Train Dreams (Netflix)
[winner] Michael B. Jordan — Sinners (WB)
Wagner Moura — The Secret Agent (Neon)
Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama
Jennifer Lawrence — Die My Love (Mubi)
[winner] Jessie Buckley — Hamnet (Focus Features)
Julia Garner — Weapons (WB)
Renate Reinsve — Sentimental Value (Neon)
Sydney Sweeney — Christy (Black Bear)
Tessa Thompson — Hedda (Amazon MGM)
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Drama
Jacob Elordi — Frankenstein (Netflix)
David Jonsson — The Long Walk (Lionsgate)
Delroy Lindo — Sinners (WB)
Paul Mescal — Hamnet (Focus Features)
[winner] Stellan Skarsgård — Sentimental Value (Neon)
Miles Caton — Sinners (WB)
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Drama
[winner] Amy Madigan — Weapons (WB)
Elle Fanning — Sentimental Value (Neon)
Hailee Steinfeld — Sinners (WB)
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas — Sentimental Value (Neon)
Nina Hoss — Hedda (Amazon MGM)
Wunmi Mosaku — Sinners (WB)
Best Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
Brendan Fraser — Rental Family (Searchlight)
George Clooney — Jay Kelly (Netflix)
Jesse Plemons — Bugonia (Focus Features)
Lee Byung Hun — No Other Choice (Neon)
Leonardo DiCaprio — One Battle After Another (WB)
[winner] Timothée Chalamet — Marty Supreme (A24)
Best Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
[winner] Amanda Seyfried — The Testament of Ann Lee (Searchlight)
Chase Infiniti — One Battle After Another (WB)
Cynthia Erivo — Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Emma Stone — Bugonia (Focus Features)
Eva Victor — Sorry, Baby (A24)
Rose Byrne — If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You (A24)
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
[winner] Adam Sandler — Jay Kelly (Netflix)
Benicio Del Toro — One Battle After Another (WB)
Jonathan Bailey — Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Josh O’ Connor — Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix)
Keanu Reeves — Good Fortune (Lionsgate)
Sean Penn — One Battle After Another (WB)
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
[winner] Ariana Grande — Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Glenn Close — Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix)
Gwyneth Paltrow — Marty Supreme (A24)
Odessa A’zion — Marty Supreme (A24)
Regina Hall — One Battle After Another (WB)
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another (WB)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Bugonia — Written by Will Tracy (Focus Features)
Frankenstein — Written by Guillermo del Toro (Netflix)
Hamnet — Written by Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell (Focus Features)
No Other Choice — Written by Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, and Jahye Lee (Neon)
[winner] One Battle After Another — Written by Paul Thomas Anderson (WB)
Train Dreams — Written by Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar (Netflix)
Best Original Screenplay
Jay Kelly — Written by Noah Baumbach and Emily Mortimer (Netflix)
Marty Supreme — Written by Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie (A24)
Rental Family — Written by Hikari and Stephen Blahut (Searchlight)
Sentimental Value — Written by Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt (Neon)
[winner] Sinners — Written by Ryan Coogler (WB)
Weapons—- Written by Zach Cregger (WB)
Best Book to Screen Adaptation
How to Train Your Dragon (Universal)
Mickey 17 (WB)
Superman (WB)
[winner] The Housemaid (Lionsgate)
The Life of Chuck (Neon)
The Long Walk (Lionsgate)
Best Director
Chloé Zhao — Hamnet (Focus Features)
Guillermo del Toro — Frankenstein (Netflix)
Joachim Trier — Sentimental Value (Neon)
Josh Safdie — Marty Supreme (A24)
Paul Thomas Anderson — One Battle After Another (WB)
[winner] Ryan Coogler — Sinners (WB)
Best Cast Ensemble
Jay Kelly (Netflix)
One Battle After Another (WB)
Sentimental Value (Neon)
[winner] Sinners (WB)
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix)
Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Best Animated Feature
Arco (Neon)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba The Movie: Infinity Castle (Crunchyroll)
In Your Dreams (Netflix)
[winner] KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (GKids)
Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Pictures)
Best Voice Over Performance:
[winner] Arden Cho — KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
Natalie Portman — Arco (Neon)
Nick Offerman — The Life of Chuck (Neon)
Scarlett Sher — Weapons (WB)
Shakira — Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Pictures)
Will Patton — Train Dreams (Netflix)
Best Horror or Thriller Feature
28 Years Later (Sony Pictures)
Black Phone 2 (Universal Pictures)
Bring Her Back (A24)
Final Destination: Bloodlines (WB)
Together (Neon)
[winner] Weapons (WB)
Best Performance in a Horror or Thriller
Alfie Williams — 28 Years Later (Sony Pictures)
Alison Brie — Together (Neon)
Ethan Hawke — Black Phone 2 (Universal Pictures)
[winner] Indy the Dog — Good Boy (IFC Films + Shudder)
Sally Hawkins — Bring Her Back (A24)
Sophie Thatcher — Companion (WB)
Best Action or Sci-Fiction Feature:
F1 (Apple Original Films)
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (Disney/Marvel Studios)
Mickey 17 (WB)
Mission Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Paramount Pictures)
[winner] Superman (WB)
Warfare (A24)
Best Documentary
Cover Up (Netflix)
It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley (Magnolia)
My Mom Jayne (HBO Max)
Orwell: 2+2=5 (Neon)
[winner] The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix)
Zodiac Killer Project (Music Box Films)
Best International Feature
Belén (Amazon MGM)
It Was Just an Accident (Neon)
No Other Choice (Neon)
[winner] Sentimental Value (Neon)
Sirât (Neon)
The Secret Agent (Neon)
Best Indie Feature
Bob Trevino Like It (Roadside)
Die My Love (Mubi)
Sorry, Baby (A24)
The Chronology of Water (The Forge)
[winner] Twinless (Roadside)
Urchin (1-2 Special)
Best First Feature
Bob Trevino Likes It (Roadside)
Eleanor the Great (Sony Pictures Classics)
Good Boy (IFC Films)
[winner] Sorry, Baby (A24)
The Chronology of Water (The Forge)
Best Original Score
Frankenstein — Alexandre Desplat
Hedda — Hildur Guðnadóttir
One Battle After Another — Jonny Greenwood
[winner] Sinners — Ludwig Göransson
Hamnet — Max Richter
Jay Kelly — Nicholas Britell
Best Song
“Clothed by the Sun” from The Testament of Ann Lee — Music and lyrics by Daniel Blumberg
“The Girl in the Bubble” from Wicked: For Good — Music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
[winner] “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters — Music and lyrics by Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, Ido, 24, and Teddy
“I Lied to You” from Sinners — Music and lyrics by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Göransson
“No Place Like Home” from Wicked: For Good — Music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
“Train Dreams” from Train Dreams — Music and lyrics by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner
Best Young Performer
Aidan Delbis — Bugonia (Focus Features)
Ana Sophia Heger — She Rides Shotgun (Lionsgate)
[winner] Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Madeleine McGraw — Black Phone 2 (Universal Pictures)
Marissa Bode — Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Shannon Mahina Gorman — Rental Family (Searchlight)
