Dorian Awards Nominees 2026

GALECA, The Society of LGBTQ Leisure Critics, at the moment introduced the group’s 2026 Dorian Movie Award nominations for the very best in mainstream and LGBTQ-themed productions. And, as with most different critics’ organizations, main the pack is Director Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After One other. One Battle has 9 nominations, whereas Ryan Coogler’s Sinners has eight and Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme bought 5.

As ordinary, the lists of names in GALECA’s gender-neutral performing races are lengthy. Marty star Timothée Chalamet, One Battle’s Leonardo DiCaprio Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You), Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon), Michael B. Jordan (Sinners), Tessa Thompson (Hedda) are among the many nominees for Movie Efficiency of the Yr. Jacob Elordi of Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, Sinners’ Wunmi Mosaku and Battle favourite Teyana Taylor are these competing for Finest Supporting Efficiency.

Within the per-studio counts, Warner Bros. Photos reigns with 21 nods, adopted by A24 with 14 and Neon with 10.

As for particular accolades, Odessa A’zion (Chalamet’s skeptical love in Marty Supreme), Sinners’ charismatic Miles Caton, and One Battle After One other breakout Chase Infiniti are among the many recent names on GALECA’s shortlist for Rising Star of the Yr. Director Gregg Araki, Kristen Stewart, and Thompson are amongst these vying for the LGBTQIA+ Movie Trailblazer accolade.

“Throughout genres and borders, LGBTQ filmmakers and performers are telling tales which might be daring, private, and adventurous—usually within the face of cultural resistance,” mentioned GALECA Vice President Gerrick Kennedy of this yr’s Dorian nominations combine. “GALECA is proud to honor a category of nominees that don’t simply mirror the second, however problem and broaden it.”

The recipient of GALECA’s Timeless Star profession achievement honor shall be introduced on Thursday, March 3, together with the remainder of the winners on the 2026 Dorians Movie Toast, the group’s first in-person occasion in Los Angeles since its 2020 toast held simply because the pandemic hit.

2026 Dorian Awards Nominees

FILM OF THE YEAR 
Hamnet (Focus Options)
Marty Supreme (A24)
One Battle After One other (Warner Bros.)
Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Sorry, Child (A24)

LGBTQ FILM OF THE YEAR
Blue Moon (Sony Photos Classics)
Hedda (Amazon MGM Studios)
Pillion (A24)
Sorry, Child (A24)
Twinless (Lionsgate, Roadside Sights)

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After One other (Warner Bros.)
Ryan Coogler, Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Jafar Panahi, It Was Simply an Accident (Neon)
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme (A24)
Chloé Zhao, Hamnet (Focus Options)

SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR
Authentic or tailored
Hamnet, Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell (Focus Options)
Marty Supreme, Josh Safdie, Ronald Bronstein (A24)
One Battle After One other, Paul Thomas Anderson (Warner Bros.)
Sinners, Ryan Coogler (Warner Bros.)
Sorry, Child, Eva Victor (A24)
 
LGBTQ SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR
Blue Moon, Robert Kaplow (Sony Photos Classics)
Hedda, Nia DaCosta (Amazon MGM Studios)
Pillion, Harry Lighton (A24)
Sorry, Child, Eva Victor (A24)
Twinless, James Sweeney (Lionsgate, Roadside Sights)
 
NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
It Was Simply an Accident (Neon)
No Different Alternative (Neon)
Sentimental Worth (Neon)
Sirāt (Neon)
The Secret Agent (Neon)
 
LGBTQ NON-ENGLISH FILM OF THE YEAR
Cactus Pears (Strand Releasing)
Misericordia (Janus Movies, Sideshow)
Sauna (Breaking Glass)
The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo (Altered Innocence)
Viet and Nam (Strand Releasing)
 
UNSUNG FILM OF THE YEAR
To an distinctive film worthy of better consideration
Black Bag (Focus Options)
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (A24)
Lurker (Mubi) 
The Testomony of Ann Lee (Searchlight Photos) 
Twinless (Lionsgate, Roadside Sights)
 
UNSUNG LGBTQ FILM OF THE YEAR
To an distinctive LGBTQ-themed film worthy of better consideration
A Good Indian Boy (Blue Harbor Leisure)
Kiss of the Spider Girl (Lionsgate, Roadside Sights, LD Leisure)
Peter Hujar’s Day (Janus)
Plainclothes (Magnolia)
The Wedding ceremony Banquet (Bleecker Avenue)
 
FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (A24)
Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme (A24)
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After One other (Warner Bros.)
Jessie Buckley, Hamnet (Focus Options)
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon (Sony Photos Classics)
Michael B. Jordan, Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Dylan O’Brien, Twinless (Lionsgate, Roadside Sights)
Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Worth (Neon)
Amanda Seyfried, The Testomony of Ann Lee (Searchlight Photos)
Tessa Thompson, Hedda (Amazon MGM Studios)
 
SUPPORTING FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Benicio del Toro, One Battle After One other (Warner Bros.)
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein (Netflix)
Ariana Grande-Butera, Depraved: For Good (Common)
Nina Hoss, Hedda (Amazon MGM Studios)
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Worth (Neon)
Amy Madigan, Weapons (Warner Bros.)
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Sean Penn, One Battle After One other (Warner Bros.)
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Worth (Neon)
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After One other (Warner Bros.)
 
DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
Come See Me within the Good Mild (Apple)
Cowl-Up (Netflix)
My Mother Jayne (HBO)
The Good Neighbor (Netflix) 
Predators (MTV Documentary Movies)
 
LGBTQ DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
Come See Me within the Good Mild (Apple)
Heightened Scrutiny (Fourth Act Movie)
I Was Born This Means (JungeFilms / Goodform)
The Librarians (8 Above)
Liza: A Really Terrific Completely True Story (Zeitgeist Movies)
 
ANIMATED FILM OF THE YEAR
Arco (Neon)
Elio (Disney)
KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix, Sony)
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (GKIDS)
Zootopia 2 (Disney)
 
GENRE FILM OF THE YEAR
For excellence in science fiction, fantasy and horror
28 Years Later (Sony)
Convey Her Again (A24)
Frankenstein (Netflix)
Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Weapons (Warner Bros.)
 
VISUALLY STRIKING FILM OF THE YEAR
Avatar: Fireplace and Ash (Disney)
Frankenstein (Netflix)
One Battle After One other (Warner Bros.)
Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Prepare Desires (Netflix)
 
FILM MUSIC OF THE YEAR
KPop Demon Hunters – Marcelo Zarvos, EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Danny Chung, Vince, Kush, Lindgren, Daniel Rojas, et al. (Netflix, Sony)
Marty Supreme – Daniel Lopatin (A24)
One Battle After One other – Jonny Greenwood (Warner Bros.)
Sinners – Ludwig Göransson (Warner Bros.)
The Testomony of Ann Lee – Daniel Blumberg (Searchlight Photos)
 
CAMPIEST FLICK 
Closing Vacation spot: Bloodlines (Warner Bros.)
Kiss of the Spider Girl (Lionsgate, Roadside Sights, LD Leisure)
The Housemaid (Lionsgate)
Weapons (Warner Bros.)
Depraved: For Good (Common)
 
“WE’RE WILDE ABOUT YOU!” RISING STAR AWARD
Odessa A’zion
Miles Caton
Chase Infiniti
Tonatiuh
Eva Victor
 
WILDE ARTIST AWARD
To a really groundbreaking pressure in leisure
Ryan Coogler
Cynthia Erivo
Jinkx Monsoon
Jafar Panahi
Pedro Pascal 

GALECA LGBTQIA+ FILM TRAILBLAZER
For creating artwork that evokes empathy, reality and fairness
Gregg Araki
Jonathan Bailey
Kristen Stewart
Tessa Thompson
Eva Victor