Don Shanahan
The Hollywood Creative Alliance (HCA) has officially announced the winners of the 2025 Astra Midseason Movie Awards, celebrating the finest achievements in cinema from the first half of the year. Nominees were announced earlier in the week and final voting was completed during the same time span. Film Obsessive Editor in Chief Don Shanahan is a voting member of the Hollywood Creative Alliance and their Astra Awards. All films considered were released between January 1 and June 30, 2025.
The spring Warner Bros. smash hit Sinners dominated this year’s 2025 Midseason Movie Astra Awards, sweeping all six categories in which the film was nominated. Sinners earned top honors including Best Picture, Best Actor for Michael B. Jordan, Best Supporting Actress for Hailee Steinfeld, Best Supporting Actor for Miles Caton, Best Director for Ryan Coogler, and Best Screenplay.
Florence Pugh earned Best Actress for her performance in Marvel Studios Thunderbolts*, while Tracie Laymon’s heartfelt indie Bob Trevino Likes It was named Best Indie Film. Danny and Michael Philippou’s critically acclaimed horror feature Bring Her Back won Best Horror Film, and Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning starring the stunt master himself, Tom Cruise, took home Best Stunts. Closing out the awards was Jon M. Chu’s upcoming sequel, Wicked: For Good, of last year’s Astra Best Picture Winner Wicked, which was named Most Anticipated Film for the Second Half of 2025.
A full list of nominated films and winners of 2025 Midseason Movie Astra Awards can be found below:
Best Picture
WINNER – Sinners
Runner-Up – The Life of Chuck
Best Actor
WINNER – Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
Runner-Up – Robert Pattinson – Mickey 17
Best Actress
WINNER – Florence Pugh – Thunderbolts*
Runner-Up – Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby
Best Supporting Actor
WINNER – Miles Caton – Sinners
Runner-Up – Mark Hamill – The Life of Chuck
Best Supporting Actress
WINNER – Hailee Steinfeld – Sinners
Runner-Up- Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Best Screenplay
WINNER – Sinners
Runner-Up – The Life of Chuck
Best Director
WINNER – Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Runner-Up – Mike Flanagan – The Life of Chuck
Best Horror
WINNER – Bring Her Back
Runner-Up – Companion
Best Stunts
WINNER – Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Runner-Up – Ballerina
Best Indie Film
WINNER – Bob Trevino Likes It
Runner-Up – Dangerous Animals
Most Anticipated Film
WINNER – Wicked: For Good
Runner-Up – Weapons
About The Astra Awards:
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