An annual tradition, Solzy at the Movies presents the Solzy Awards for 2025 as a way of honoring the best achievements this year in film.

I had to make a judgement call on a few films as to whether they are comedies or drama. There are too many films that blur the line. But for someone who splits awards into categories for he Solzy Awards, it means having to choose one or the other. Both My Dead Friend Zoe and Eleanor the Great are examples of films that blur the line.

There’s a universe where Marty Supreme ends up in my top films of the year. Unfortunately, my enjoyment of the film was diminished this week upon finding out that an actress in the film decided to use a white supremacist antisemitic slur. There is no reason to be using such a slur. I learned this one day before planning on rewatching for review this week and ahead of announcing the Solzy Awards. But unfortunately, I had to cancel those plans despite the fact that there is so much to enjoy about Marty Supreme in terms of Jewish representation. I wrote more about it on my Instagram.

I don’t have a 1 and 1A this year’s Solzy Awards like I have in prior years. You might notice that Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery is missing. It just didn’t hit me in the same way and that’s before learning that one of the film’s stars decided to sign on and boycott the left-wing Israeli film industry. Are they boycotting other countries or is it just the one predominantly Jewish state? Knowing where talent or crew stands on this is something that weighs heavily in my decision to watch a film, let alone cover it.

The Solzy Awards for 2025 in Film

Top Narrative Features

1. Jay Kelly
2. Nuremberg
3. Superman
4. Jurassic World Rebirth
5. Fackham Hall
6. Guns & Moses
7. The Naked Gun
8. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
9. SHTTL
10. My Dead Friend Zoe
11. A House of Dynamite
12. Tatami
13. The Housemaid
14. Wicked: For Good
15. Train Dreams

Top Documentary Features

Please see my Documentary Awards.

DRAMA

Best Actor (TIE): Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme; Mark Feuerstein, Guns & Moses
Best Actress (TIE): June Squibb, Eleanor the Great; Sonequa Martin-Green, My Dead Friend Zoe
Best Supporting Actor: Michael Shannon, Nuremberg
Best Supporting Actress: Natalie Morales, My Dead Friend Zoe

COMEDY

Best Actor (TIE): George Clooney, Jay Kelly
Best Actress: Thomasin McKenzie, Fackham Hall
Best Supporting Actor: Adam Sandler, Jay Kelly
Best Supporting Actress: Laura Dern, Jay Kelly

MUSICAL

Best Actor:  N/A
Best Actress: Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Best Supporting Actor: Jonathan Bailey, Wicked
Best Supporting Actress: Ariana Grande, Wicked

Best Director: Noah Baumbach, Jay Kelly

Best Original Screenplay (TIE): Noah Baumbach and Emily Mortimer, Jay Kelly; Steve Dawson, Andrew Dawson, Tim Inman, Jimmy Carr, Patrick Carr, Fackham Hall

Best Adapted Screenplay: James Vanderbilt, Nuremberg

Best Cinematography: Linus Sandgren, Jay Kelly

Best Editing: Valerio Bonelli and Rachel Durance, Jay Kelly

Best Original Score: Nicholas Britell, Jay Kelly

Best Action Movie (TIE): Superman, Jurassic World Rebirth

Best Comic Book Movie: Superman

Best Comedy (TIE): Jay Kelly, Fackham Hall

Best Drama: Nuremberg

Best Animated Feature: Zootopia 2

Best Action Comedy: The Naked Gun

Best Film Showing That Peace is Possible: Tatami

Best International Feature: SHTTL

Best Israeli Comedy I Saw in 2025: Matchmaking 2

Best Israeli Drama I Saw in 2025 (TIE): Air War, The Stronghold

Best Music-Driven Drama: Sinners

Best Musical: Wicked: For Good

Best Ensemble (TIE): Jay Kelly, Fackham Hall

Best Film That Should Have Been Released in Theaters Rather Than Go Straight to Streaming (TIE): Heads of State, Deep Cover

Festival Favorite Yet to Be Released: The Floaters

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