2026 Gotham Awards Nominations: Full Checklist of Film & Performance Nominees

The Gotham Awards are again quickly they usually’ve nominated among the greatest motion pictures and stars of the 12 months!

The 2026 Gotham Awards have singled out 42 function movies and 25 performances in 11 award classes. Some of the highest nominated motion pictures embrace The Invite, Clarissa, All of a Sudden, Tender Loving Care, and La Gradiva.

Also of notice is that this 12 months will see the return of the Gotham Audience Award after a six-year hiatus.

There are additionally loads of recognizable names within the listing of nominations, reminiscent of Mahershala Ali, Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Andrew Garfield, Julianne Moore, Sophie Okonedo, and extra.

This 12 months’s Gotham Awards ceremony will likely be held on Monday, November 30, 2026 in New York City.

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)

Best Feature 

• Clarissa
• Club Kid
• The Debut 
• Dreams in Nightmares
• The Invite
• Josephine
• Mouse 
• Paper Tiger
• Primetime
• Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
• Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother 

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) 

Best International Feature

• All of A Sudden
• Ben’Imana 
• Blue Heron
• Everytime
• Fatherland
• Filipiñana
• La Gradiva
• Minotaur
• Possible Love
• Tender Loving Care

Best Documentary Feature 

• Closure
• A Fox Under a Pink Moon
• NAZA
• Once Upon a Time in Harlem
• You Can See Everything 

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)

Gotham Audience Award

• Backrooms
• La Bola Negra
• The Drama
• The Invite
• Michael
• Obsession
• Project Hail Mary
• You Can See Everything

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