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The 2026 Gotham Film Awards nominations are in, setting the stage for the next phase of the movie awards season. While last year’s nominations and wins were topped by “One Battle After Another,” which went on to win the Best Picture Oscar, the organization decided to show some “Tender Loving Care” to more films this time around. The new Mike Leigh film is among five nomination leaders this year, along with “All of a Sudden,” “Clarissa,” “La Gradiva,” and “The Invite.” Each scored four nominations.
The 2026 nominations also mark the return of the Gotham Audience Award after a six-year hiatus. The honor celebrates films that transcend the screen to become defining cultural moments, capturing audiences’ attention through their impact, reach, and resonance. Gotham members will vote to determine the winner, and the award will be presented to the film’s credited director(s) and producer(s). (In short, the prize indexes a film’s popularity in culture through audience response and box office.)
This year, the Gotham Audience Award nominees were curated from films submitted to The Gothams for consideration, measured by opening-weekend per-theater average against the highest-rated and most-watched films of 2026, as reported in box office tracking and on Letterboxd. Notable films not submitted for any Gotham Awards consideration include “The Odyssey” and “The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth.
“It’s a pleasure to announce this year’s nominees. It has been a remarkable year for film, with audiences turning out in theaters for bold, distinctive work from first-time filmmakers and established artists alike,” said Jeffrey Sharp, Gotham Film & Media Institute executive director. “This year’s nominations, alongside our Tributes and the return of the Audience Award, reflect that abundance and celebrate the creative community that has been at the heart of The Gothams for more than three decades.”
While the Gotham nominations committees are made up of clusters of critics, filmmakers, and tastemakers rather than an 11,000-member Academy, these awards often help put less publicized films onto Oscar voters’ radars. Example: Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson’s extraordinary “Mouse” in the Best Feature category, which premiered way back at the Berlin Film Festival and is primed for an awards-season relaunch.
See the full list of Gotham Film Awards 2026 nominations below. The ceremony takes place on November 30 in New York City.
Best Feature
“Clarissa”
Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri, directors; Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri, Theresa Park, Nicholas Weinstock, producers (NEON)
“Club Kid”
Jordan Firstman, director; Michael Bloom, Alex Coco, Galen Core, Ryan Heller, producers (A24)
“The Debut”
Jesse Eisenberg, director; Jesse Eisenberg, Ali Herting, Dave McCary, Emma Stone, producers (A24)
“Dreams in Nightmares”
Shatara Michelle Ford, director; Naima Abed, Shatara Michelle Ford, Pin-Chun Liu, producers (Lunette Films)
“The Invite”
Olivia Wilde, director; Ben Browning, Megan Ellison, David Permut, producers (A24)
“Josephine”
Beth de Araújo, director; Beth de Araújo, Josh Beirne-Golden, Gemma Chan, David Kaplan, Josh Peters, Jordan Rapaport, Mark H. Rapaport, Robina Riccitiello, Marina Stabile, Channing Tatum, Crystine Zhang, producers (Sumerian Pictures)
“Mouse”
Kelly O’Sullivan, Alex Thompson, directors; Bonnie Comley, Pierce Cravens, Steven A. Jones, Ian Keiser, Chelsea Krant, Stewart F. Lane, Abigail Rose Solomon, Alex Thompson, Alex Wilson, producers (Independent Film Company)
“Paper Tiger”
James Gray, director; Andrea Bucko, Leonardo Maria del Vecchio, Gary Farkas, James Gray, Anthony Katagas, Andrea Leone, Raffaella Leone, Marco Perego, Carlo Salem, Rodrigo Teixeira, producers (NEON)
“Primetime”
Lance Oppenheim, director; Ari Aster, Fred Berger, William Iannaccone, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Lars Knudsen, Brighton McCloskey, Robert Pattinson, producers (A24)
“Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma”
Jane Schoenbrun, director; Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, producers (MUBI)
“Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother”
Bassam Tariq, director; Babak Anvari, Bassam Tariq, Lucan Toh, producers (Amazon MGM Studios)
Best International Feature
“All of A Sudden”
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, director; Julien Deris, David Gauquié, Kosuke Oshida, Yuji Sadai, producers (NEON)
“Ben’Imana”
Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo, director; Samantha Biffot, Pierre-Adrien Ceccaldi, Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo, Marie Epiphanie Uwayezu, producers (Alexander)
“Blue Heron”
Sophy Romvari, director; Ryan Bobkin, Sara Wylie, Sophy Romvari, Gábor Osváth, producers (Janus Films)
“Everytime”
Sandra Wollner, director; David Bohun, Lixi Frank, Viktoria Stolpe, producers (1-2 Special)
“Fatherland”
Pawel Pawlikowski, director; Edward Berger, Lorenzo Gangarossa, Mario Gianani, Lorenzo Mieli, Ewa Puszczynska, Dimitri Rassam, Jeanne Tremsal, producers (MUBI)
“Filipiñana”
Rafael Manuel, director; Bianca Balbuena, Jeremy Chua, Omar El Kadi, Bradley Liew, Rafael Manuel, Alex Polunin, Nadia Turincev, producers (Kino Lorber)
“La Gradiva”
Marine Atlan, director; Inès Daïen Dasi, producer (1-2 Special)
“Minotaur”
Andrey Zvyagintsev, director; Charles Gillibert, Nathanaël Karmitz, Marco Perego, Andrey Zvyagintsev, producers (MUBI)
“Possible Love”
Lee Chang-dong, director; Lee Joon-dong, Lee Chang-dong, David Levine, Chadwick Prichard, producers (Netflix)
“Tender Loving Care”
Mike Leigh, director; Georgina Lowe, producer (Bleecker Street)
Best Documentary Feature
“Closure”
Michal Marczak, director; Monika Braid, Rémi Grellety, Karolina Marczak, Michal Marczak, Katarzyna Szczerba, producers (1-2 Special)
“A Fox Under a Pink Moon”
Soraya Akhlaghi, Mehrdad Oskouei, directors; Siavash Jamali, Mehrdad Oskouei, producers (Kino Lorber)
“NAZA”
Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, directors; Harry Davies, Lindsay Poulton, James Wilson, producers (NEON)
“Once Upon a Time in Harlem”
David Greaves, director; Anne de Mare, Liani Greaves, producers (NEON)
“You Can See Everything”
Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim, directors; Maggie Ambrose, Tatiana Bears, Jack Davis, Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim, producers (A24)
Best Director
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, “All of a Sudden” (NEON)
Sandra Wollner, “Everytime” (1-2 Special)
Andrey Zvyagintsev, “Minotaur” (MUBI)
Jane Schoenbrun, “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma” (MUBI)
Mike Leigh, “Tender Loving Care” (Bleecker Street)
Breakthrough Director
Sophy Romvari, “Blue Heron” (Janus Films)
Jordan Firstman, “Club Kid” (A24)
Aleshea Harris, “Is God Is” (Amazon MGM Studios)
Marine Atlan, “La Gradiva” (1-2 Special)
Joel Alfonso Vargas, “Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo)” (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
John Early, “Maddie’s Secret” (Magnolia Pictures)
Best Original Screenplay
“Everytime,” Sandra Wollner (1-2 Special)
“La Gradiva,” Marine Atlan, Anne Brouillet (1-2 Special)
“Possible Love,” Lee Chang-dong, Oh Jung-mi (Netflix)
“Tender Loving Care,” Mike Leigh (Bleecker Street)
“Wild Horse Nine,” Martin McDonagh (Searchlight Pictures)
Best Adapted Screenplay
“All of a Sudden,” Ryusuke Hamaguchi (NEON)
“Clarissa,” Chuko Esiri (NEON)
“The Invite,” Rashida Jones, Will McCormack (A24)
“Minotaur,” Simon Lyashenko, Andrey Zvyagintsev (MUBI)
“Primetime,” Ajon Singh (A24)
Outstanding Lead Performance
Mahershala Ali, “Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother” (Amazon MGM Studios)
Gillian Anderson, “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma” (MUBI)
Jeon Do-yeon, “Possible Love” (Netflix)
John Early, “Maddie’s Secret” (Magnolia Pictures)
John Malkovich, “Wild Horse Nine” (Searchlight Pictures)
Ian McKellen, “The Christophers” (NEON)
Julianne Moore, “The Debut” (A24)
Sophie Okonedo, “Clarissa” (NEON)
Andrew Scott, “Elsinore” (Focus Features)
John Turturro, “The Only Living Pickpocket in New York” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Outstanding Supporting Performance
Tom Courtenay, “Queen at Sea” (Greenwich Entertainment)
Esmé Creed-Miles, “Sense and Sensibility” (Focus Features)
Penélope Cruz, “The Invite” (A24)
Adam Driver, “Paper Tiger” (NEON)
Andrew Garfield, “Artificial” (NEON)
Skyler Gisondo, “Primetime” (A24)
Sandra Hüller, “Fatherland” (MUBI)
Kate O’Flynn, “Tender Loving Care” (Bleecker Street)
Tao Okamoto, “All of a Sudden” (NEON)
Channing Tatum, “Josephine” (Sumerian Pictures)
Breakthrough Performer
Adia, “Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother” (Amazon MGM Studios)
India Amarteifio, “Clarissa” (NEON)
Guitarricadelafuente, “La Bola Negra” (Netflix)
Colas Quignard, “La Gradiva” (1-2 Special)
Mason Reeves, “Josephine” (Sumerian Pictures)
Gotham Audience Award
“Backrooms”
Kane Parsons, director; Kori Adelson, Michael Clear, Dan Cohen, Chris Ferguson, Dan Levine, Shawn Levy, Roberto Patino, Osgood Perkins, Jenno Topping, James Wan, producers (A24)
“La Bola Negra”
Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo, directors; Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo, producers (Netflix)
“The Drama”
Kristoffer Borgli, director; Ari Aster, Lars Knudsen, Tyler Campellone, producers (A24)
“The Invite”
Olivia Wilde, director; Ben Browning, Megan Ellison, David Permut, producers (A24)
“Michael”
Antoine Fuqua, director; John Branca, John McClain, Graham King, producers (Lionsgate)
“Obsession”
Curry Barker, director; James Harris, Haley Nicole Johnson, Christian Mercuri, Roman Viaris, producers (Focus Features)
“Project Hail Mary”
Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, directors; Ryan Gosling, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Rachel O’Connor, Amy Pascal, Aditya Sood, Andy Weir, producers (Amazon MGM Studios)
“You Can See Everything”
Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim, directors; Maggie Ambrose, Tatiana Bears, Jack Davis, Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim, producers (A24)
Nominating Committees for The Gothams were:
Nominating Committee for Best Feature and Best International Feature:
Robert Daniels, Associate Editor, RogerEbert.com
Justin Chang, Film Critic, The New Yorker
Kate Erbland, Editorial Director, IndieWire
David Fear, Senior Editor and Film Critic, Rolling Stone
Tomris Laffly, Programmer, Film Critic, Variety, RogerEbert.com
Nominating Committee for Best Documentary Feature:
Eric Hynes, Director of Film Curation and Programming, Jacob Burns Film Center
Eric Kohn, Artistic Director, Southampton Playhouse
Karen McMullen, Senior Programmer, Features and Shorts, DOC NYC
Allason Leitz, Director, Art House NY and Third Industry
Sky Sitney, Co-Founder and Festival Director, DC/DOX
Nominating Committee for Best Director and Breakthrough Director:
David Ehrlich, Chief Film Critic, IndieWire
Guy Lodge, Chief Film Critic, Variety
Lindsey Bahr, Film Writer and Critic, Associated Press
Beatrice Loayza, Freelance, NYT, Film Comment, Variety, ArtReview
Brittany Luse, Host of It’s Been A Minute, NPR
Nominating Committee for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay:
Imani Davis, Film Programmer, American Cinematheque
Tim Grierson, Senior U.S. Critic, Screen International
Jon Frosch, Reviews Editor and Film Critic, The Hollywood Reporter
Illyse Singer, Cinema Director, The Roxy Cinema New York
Esther Zuckerman, Film and Culture Reporter, Wall Street Journal
Nominating Committee for Outstanding Lead Performance, Outstanding Supporting Performance, and Breakthrough Performer:
Monica Castillo, Film Critic, The A.V. Club
Douglas Greenwood, Entertainment Editor, i-D; Contributor to GQ, Elle, Fantastic Man, and New York Magazine
Katey Rich, Awards Editor, The Ankler
Brian Tallerico, President of the Chicago Film Critics Association; Managing Editor, RogerEbert.com
Jourdain Searles, Film Critic, Freelance
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