View past winners from the Music City Film Critics’ Association. Click the + to expand each category.
2025 – Sinners
2024 – Dune: Part Two
2023 – Oppenheimer
2022 – Everything Everywhere All at Once
2021 – The Power of the Dog
2020 – Promising Young Woman
2019 – 1917
2018 – Roma
2025 – Ryan Coogler, Sinners
2024 – Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Two
2023 – Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
2022 – The Daniels, Everything Everywhere All at Once
2021 – Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
2020 – Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
2019 – Sam Mendes, 1917
2018 – Lynne Ramsey, You Were Never Really Here
2025 – Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
2024 – Timothee Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
2023 – Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
2022 – Brendan Fraser, The Whale
2021 – Nicholas Cage, Pig
2020 – Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
2019 – Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
2018 – Christian Bale, Vice
2025 – Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
2024 – Demi Moore, The Substance
2023 – Emma Stone, Poor Things
2022 – Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once
2021 – Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
2020 – Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
2019 – Lupita Nyong’o, Us
2018 – Olivia Colman, The Favorite
2025 – Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
2024 – Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
2023 – Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
2022 – Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
2021 – Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
2020 – Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7
2019 – Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2018 – Michael B. Jordan, Black Panther
2025 – Amy Madigan, Weapons
2024 – Margaret Qualley, The Substance
2023 – Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
2022 – Janelle Monae, The Glass Onion: A Knives Mystery
2021 – Ann Dowd, Mass
2020 – Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm; Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari
2019 – Florence Pugh, Little Women
2018 – Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
2025 – Miles Caton – Sinners
2024 – Izaac Wang, Didi
2023 – Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers
2022 – Gabriel LaBelle, The Fabelmans
2021 – Jude Hill, Belfast
2020 – No award given
2019 – Roman Griffin Davis, Jojo Rabbit
2018 – Ed Oxenbould, Wildlife
2025 – Sora Wong, Bring Her Back
2024 – Maisy Stella, My Old Ass
2023 – Abby Ryder Fortson, Are You There God It’s Me Margaret
2022 – Frankie Corio, Aftersun
2021 – Emilia Jones, CODA
2020 – No award given
2019 – Kyliegh Curran, Doctor Sleep
2018 – Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade
2025 – Sinners
2024 – Saturday Night
2023 – Killers of the Flower Moon
2022 – The Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2021 – The Harder They Fall
2020 – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; One Night in Miami
2019 – Knives Out
2025 – Sinners
2024 – Wicked
2023 – Maestro
2022 – Elvis
2021 – Tick, Tick, Boom
2020 – No award given
2019 – Rocketman
2018 – A Star is Born
2025 – The Day the Earth Blew Up
2024 – The Wild Robot
2023 – Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse
2022 – Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio
2021 – The Mitchells vs. the Machines
2020 – Soul
2019 – Toy Story 4
2018 – Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse
2025 – John Candy: I Like Me
2024 – Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
2023 – Still: A Michael J. Fox Story
2022 – Good Night Oppy
2021 – Summer of Soul
2020 – The Social Dilemma
2019 – Apollo 11
2018 – Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
2025 – The Secret Agent
2024 – Flow
2023 – Godzilla Minus One
2022 – RRR
2021 – Drive My Car
2020 – Another Round
2019 – Parasite
2018 – Roma
2025 – Sinners
2024 – Anora
2023 – The Holdovers
2022 – Everything Everywhere All at Once
2021 – The Power of the Dog
2020 – The Trial of the Chicago 7
2019 – Parasite
2018 – Sorry to Bother You
2025 – “I Liked to You” Miles Caton, Sinners
2024 – Kiss the Sky, The Wild Robot
2023 – I’m Just Ken, Barbie; What Was I Made For, Barbie
2022 – Naatu Naatu, RRR
2021 – No Time to Die, No Time to Die
2020 – Speak Now, One Night in Miami
2019 – I’m Gonna Love Me Again, Rocketman
2018 – Shallow, A Star is Born
2025 – Ludwig Göransson, Sinners
2024 – Atticus Ross, Trent Reznor, Challengers
2023 – Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer
2022 – Justin Hurwitz, Babylon
2021 – Hans Zimmer, Dune
2020 – Ludwig Göransson, Tenet
2019 – Hildur Guðnadóttir, Joker
2018 – Ludwig Göransson, Black Panther
2025 – F1: The Movie
2024 – Dune: Part Two
2023 – Oppenheimer
2022 – Top Gun: Maverick
2021 – Dune
2020 – No award given
2019 – 1917
2018 – First Man
Best Sound Integration
2018 – Annihilation (only year awarded)
2025 – Sinners
2024 – Nosferatu
2023 – Oppenheimer
2022 – Avatar: The Way of the Water
2021 – The Tragedy of Macbeth
2020 – Nomadland
2019 – 1917
2018 – Roma
2025 – Frankenstein
2024 – Nosferatu
2023 – Poor Things; Barbie
2022 – Avatar: The Way of the Water
2021 – Dune
2020 – Mank
2019 – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2018 – Black Panther
2025 – Sinners
2024 – Challengers
2023 – Oppenheimer
2022 – Everything Everywhere All at Once
2021 – Last Night in Soho
2020 – The Invisible Man; The Trial of the Chicago 7
2019 – 1917
2018 – Widows
2025 – Friendship
2024 – Hundreds of Beavers
2023 – Barbie
2022 – The Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2021 – Licorice Pizza
2020 – No award given
2019 – Knives Out
2018 – The Favourite
2025 – Sinners
2024 – Nosferatu
2023 – Talk to Me
2022 – Nope
2021 – A Quiet Place Part II
2020 – No award given
2019 – Us
2018 – A Quiet Place
2025 – F1: The Movie
2024 – Dune: Part Two
2023 – Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves; Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part
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2022 – Top Gun: Maverick
2021 – Spider-Man: No Way Home
2020 – No award given
2019 – Avengers: End Game
2018 – Black Panther
2025 – Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
2024 – The Fall Guy
2023 – John Wick 4
2022 – Top Gun: Maverick
2025 – Resurrection
2024 – Hundreds of Beavers
2023 – Poor Things
2022 – Nicole Kidman, The Northman
2021 – Old Henry
2020 – William Tyler, composer First Cow
2019 – Wild Rose
2018 – Blaze
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