Sinners Dominates Michigan Movie Critics Awards with 8 Wins, Best Picture, ‘The Perfect Neighbor’ Wins Best Documentary

Ryan Coogler’s Sinners dominated the Michigan Movie Critics Guild awards for the best films and performances of 2025, winning eight awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress.

Other big prizes went to Hamnet’s Jessie Buckley for Best Actress, The Perfect Neighbor won Best Documentary, and Livonia native Judy Greer received the MMCG Award for Film Excellence for her performance in The Long Walk.

Winners of 2025 Michigan Movie Critics Guild awards

Best Picture

WINNER: Sinners

Frankenstein

Hamnet

Marty Supreme

One Battle After Another

Best Director

WINNER: Ryan Coogler – Sinners

Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another

Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein

Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme

Chloé Zhao – Hamnet

Best Actor

WINNER: Michael B. Jordan – Sinners

Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme

Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams

Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another

Brendan Fraser – Rental Family

Best Actress

WINNER: Jessie Buckley – Hamnet

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

Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another

Cynthia Erivo – Wicked: For Good

Emma Stone – Bugonia

Best Supporting Actor

WINNER: Miles Caton – Sinners

Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein

Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another

Paul Mescal – Hamnet

Sean Penn – One Battle After Another

Best Supporting Actress

WINNER: Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners

Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value

Hailee Steinfeld – Sinners

Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

Best Animated Film

WINNER: KPop Demon Hunters

Arco

Dog Man

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

Zootopia 2

Best Documentary

WINNER: The Perfect Neighbor

Orwell 2+2=5

Pee-Wee as Himself

Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk

The Tale of Silyan

Best Ensemble

WINNER: Sinners

Avatar: Fire and Ash

Marty Supreme

One Battle After Another

Wake Up Dead Man

Wicked: For Good

Best Screenplay

WINNER: One Battle After Another

Hamnet

Marty Supreme

Sorry, Baby

Sinners

Best Cinematography

WINNER: Sinners

Avatar: Fire and Ash

Frankenstein

One Battle After Another

Train Dreams

Breakthrough

WINNER: Miles Caton – (Actor) Sinners

Chase Infiniti – (Actress) One Battle After Another

Jacob Elordi – (Actor) Frankenstein

Jacobi Jupe – (Actor) Hamnet

Eva Victor – (Writer, director, actor) Sorry, Baby

Best Stunts

WINNER: Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

Avatar: Fire and Ash

Ballerina

Nobody 2

One Battle After Another

The MMCG Award for Film Excellence

WINNER: Judy Greer – (Actress) The Long Walk

Paul Feig – (Director) The Housemaid / Another Simple Favor

Paul Walter Hauser – (Actor) The Naked Gun / Fantastic Four: First Steps

Tim Robinson – (Actor) Friendship

J.K. Simmons – (Actor) The Accountant 2