These are the 2025 Endy Awards, wherein I pretend to give out maneki-neko statues to the best movies, performances, etc of this year in film. Awards for many other years can be found in the Rankings & Awards Index. Eligibility is determined by imdb date and by whether or not I’ve seen the movie in question. Films are presented in alphabetical order, and the winners will be announced on Oscar night. As always, the winners and nominees are subject to change as I watch more movies. And the Endy nomination goes to. . .

Best Picture:

1. Blue Fight
2. CITY the Animation
3. Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants
4. The Mastermind
5. Nouvelle Vague
6. One Battle After Another
7. Resurrection
8. Rewrite
9. Shifty
10. Sinners

Best Director:

1. Ishidate Taichi, et al, CITY the Animation
2. Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
3. Bi Gan, Resurrection
4. Matsui Daigo, Rewrite
5. Ryan Coogler, Sinners

Best Actor:

1. Kinoshita Danhi, Blue Fight
2. Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
3. Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Bullet Train Explosion
4. Joaquin Phoenix, Eddington
5. Josh O’Connor, The Mastermind
6. Oizumi Yo, Muromachi Outsiders
7. Guillaume Marbeck, Nouvelle Vague
8. Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
9. Ben Whishaw, Peter Hujar’s Day
10. Ayano Go, Sham
11. Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
12. Bao Beier, The Sixth Robber
13. Kamal Haasan, Thug Life

Best Actress:

1. Ranice Tay, Amoeba
2. Gwei Lun-mei, Dear Stranger
3. Emma Mackey, Ella McCay
4. Zhang Zifeng, Girl on Edge
5. Wen Qi, Girls on Wire
6. Liu Haocun, Girls on Wire
7. Miyazaki Yu, Glass Heart
8. Margaret Qualley, Honey Don’t
9. Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
10. Matilda Lutz, Red Sonja
11. Ikeda Elaiza, Rewrite
12. Shibasaki Ko, Sham
13. Hedwig Tam, Smashing Frank

Supporting Actor:

1. Andrew Scott, Blue Moon
2. Wang Yanhui, Deep in the Mountains
3. Marko Zaror, Diablo
4. Albert Brooks, Ella McCay
5. Andy Lau, A Gilded Game
6. Aubrey Dullin, Nouvelle Vague
7. Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another
8. Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
9. Peter Shinkoda, Prisoner of War
10. Robert Sheehan, Red Sonja
11. Delroy Lindo, Sinners
12. Yuen Biao, The Sixth Robber
13. Ralph Fiennes, 28 Years Later

Supporting Actress:

1. Margaret Qualley, Blue Moon
2. Non, Bullet Train Explosion
3. Alana De La Rossa, Diablo
4. Ni Ni, Dongji Rescue
5. Ma Yili, Girl on Edge
6. Seohyun, Holy Night: Demon Hunters
7. Zhuang Dafei, Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants
8. Zoey Deutsch, Nouvelle Vague
9. Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another
10. Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
11. Shu Qi, Resurrection
12. Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
13. Hailie Steinfeld, Sinners

Original Screenplay:

1. Deep in the Mountains
2. Fool Time
3. Resurrection
4. Sinners
5. A Useful Ghost

Adapted Screenplay:

1. CITY the Animation
2. Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants
3. Muromachi Outsiders
4. One Battle After Another
5. Rewrite

English Language Film:

1. In the Lost Lands (Paul WS Anderson)
2. The Mastermind (Kelly Reichardt)
3. One Battle After Another (Paul Thomas Anderson)
4. Shifty (Adam Curtis)
5. Sinners (Ryan Coogler)

Non-English Language Film:

1. CITY the Animation (Ishidate Taichi, et al)
2. Resurrection (Bi Gan)
3. Rewrite (Matsui Daigo)
4. Nouvelle Vague (Richard Linklater)
5. Blue Fight (Miike Takashi)

Non-Fiction Feature Film:

1. Fool Time (Jon Bois)
2. Pee-wee as Himself (Matt Wolf)
3. Scorigami (Jon Bois)
4. Shifty (Adam Curtis)
5. WTO/99 (Ian Bell)

Animated Feature Film:

1. CITY the Animation (Ishidate Taichi, et al)
2. Predator: Killer of Killers (Dan Trachtenberg)
3. Ordinary Life (Mizushiri Yoriko)

Unseen Film:

1. Father Mother Sister Brother (Jim Jarmusch)
2. Girl (Shu Qi)
3. Grand Tour (Miguel Gomes)
4. Retro (Karthik Subbaraj)
5. What Does that Nature Say to You (Hong Sangsoo)

Film Editing:

1. CITY the Animation
2. Resurrection
3. Shifty
4. Sinners
5. WTO/99

Cinematography:

1. Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants
2. The Mastermind
3. Nouvelle Vague
4. Resurrection
5. Sinners

Art Direction:

1. The Mastermind
2. Muromachi Outsiders
3. One Battle After Another
4. Resurrection
5. Sinners

Costume Design:

1. In the Lost Lands
2. The Mastermind
3. One Battle After Another
4. Red Sonja
5. Sinners

Make-Up and Hair:

1. Blue Fight
2. In the Lost Lands
3. Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants
4. Resurrection
5. Sinners

Music:

1. Ella McCay
2. Glass Heart
3. The Mastermind
4. Nouvelle Vague
5. One Battle After Another
6. Resurrection
7. Sinners

Choreography:

1. Blue Fight
2. Diablo
3. Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants
4. Muromachi Outsiders
5. The Sixth Robber

Sound:

1. Avatar: Fire and Ash
2. Glass Heart
3. Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants
4. Resurrection
5. Sinners

Sound Editing:

1. Avatar: Fire and Ash
2. Bullet Train Explosion
3. Dongji Rescue
4. Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants
5. Sinners

Visual Effects:

1. Avatar: Fire and Ash
2. Bullet Train Explosion
3. Dongji Rescue
4. Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants
5. Resurrection