here are the nominations, voting for the films and TV series of the year begins

You have time from now until January 15th to vote for the films and TV series that have most amused, passionate, terrified and made you dream. The winners will be announced on January 16th.

The dancing begins. Voting is open for i Movieplayer Awards 2026the traditional event that allows readers to Movieplayer.it Of express your preferences on the film and television year that ended by voting for their favorite titles at the cinema and on TV. This year too the editorial team has selected one for you nomination list from which you can choose your favorites.

Naturally it is not mandatory express your preference for all categories, you can focus only on the categories that are closest to your heart. The unique categories for which it is mandatory to express one’s preference are those for the Best Film and the Best TV Series of the year and those for the most anticipated films and TV series of 2026.
Voting opens today, January 8th, and will end on Thursday January 15th
. The winners will be announced on Friday 16 January.

Who will win this year?

Thanks to the Movieplayer Awards, our readers can also participate in the “awards season”, electing their favorite among One battle after another e The sinners, hottest titles of the year with a view to prizes or to prefer the disengagement and the spectacle of F1, a blockbuster which has seen a Brad Pitt in great shape as a Formula One driver returning to racing, not to mention thestainless Tom Cruisestar of yet another (and final?) Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.

As anticipated by our review of The Cities of the Plain, Francesco Sossai’s revelation film could aspire to the recognition of our readers, but to compete for the prize as best Italian title there are the intense Five secondsnew work by Paolo Virzì, the ironic _the masterwith an unforgettable Pierfrancesco Favinoand Paolo Strippoli’s distressing horror The Valley of Smiles.

Even on the television side you are spoiled for choice. We bet that many viewers will turn to the creator’s new series Breaking Bad Vince Gilligan, who we talked about in our review of Pluribus, while drama lovers will prefer the chilling English Netflix series Adolescence. Lovers of history and Luca Marinelli will vote for the acclaimed M. The son of the century while those who prefer the feeling and love stories will favor the acclaimed Franco-Spanish series by Rodrigo Sorogoyen Ten New Years Eve. In short, there is something for all tastes so vote, vote, vote! And remember that you only have until January 15th.

All the nominations for 2026

FILM

Best Film

• The sinners

• Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

• Highest 2 Lowest

• F1

• Weapons

• One battle after another

• The Brutalist

• Frankenstein

• A House of Dynamite

• The Master

• The cities of the plain

• 28 years later

• Father Mother Sister Brother

• The Voice of Hind Rajab

Most anticipated films of 2026

Best Italian Film

• The cities of the plain

• The Master

• Life as adults

• Primavera

• Arabella’s kidnapping

• Madly

• A film done well

• 40 Seconds

• Aptitudes None

• Five Seconds

• Despite

• The forbidden city

• The valley of smiles

Beautiful and invisible

Best Animated Film

Best Comedy

• That crazy Friday, crazier and crazier

• Jay Kelly

• A blunt bullet

• Bridget Jones – a boy’s love

• An unpredictable type 2

• Paddington in Peru

Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film

Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror Film

• Predator: Badlands

• Superman

• Mickey 17

• Bugonia

• Avatar: Fire and Ash

• Tron:Ares

Best Horror Film

Best Direction

• Paul Thomas Anderson for Uba battle after battle

• Guillermo del Toro for Frankenstein

• Kathryn Bigelow per A House of Dynamite

• Spike Lee per Highest 2 Lowest

• Zach Cregger per Weapons

• Ryan Coogler for The Sinners

Best Screenplay

• Weapons

• The sinners

• The Brutalist

• Strange Darling

• Train Dreams

• Jay Kelly

Best Leading Actor

• Leonardo DiCaprio for Battle After Battle

• Dwayne Johnson per The Smashing Machine

• Daniel Day-Lewis per Anemone

• Denzel Washington per Highest 2 Lowest

• Michael B. Jordan for The Picitaries

• George Clooney per Jay Kelly

Best Leading Actress

• Emma Stone for Bugonia

• Emily Blunt per The Smashing Machine

• Kate Winslet per Goodbye June

• Cynthia Erivo per Wicked – Parte 2

• Vanessa Kirby for The Night Always Comes

• June Squibb per Eleanor the Great

Best Supporting Actor

• Benicio del Toro per One Battle after Another

• Timothy Spall per Goodbye June

• Frankenstein by Jacob Elordi

• Adam Sandler per Jay Kelly

• Tracy Letts per A House of Dynamite

• Javier Bardem per F1

Best Supporting Actress

• Teyana Taylor for Battle After Battle

• Andrea Riseborough per Goodbye June

• Ayo Edebiri per After the Hunt

• Chase Infiniti for Battle After Battle

• Amy Madigan per Weapons

• Ariana Grande per Wicked – Part 2

Best Soundtrack

Best technical achievement

• Wicked – Parte 2

• Avatar 3

• Here

• Dragon Trainer

• Paddington in Peru

• Warfare

Best Documentary

TV SERIES

Best New Series of the Year

Most Anticipated New Series of 2026

Best Comedy Series

Best Sci-fi/Fantasy Series

Best Crime/Thriller Series

• The Diplomat 3

• Slow Horses 5

• Squid Game 3

• Gangs of London 3

• You 5

• American Primeval

• House of Guinness

• MobLand

• Matlock

• Down Cemetery Road

• High Potential

• A Thousand Blows

Best Teen Series

Best Animated Series

Best Anime Series

• The apothecary’s monologue 2

• The Fragrant Flower Bloom With Dignity

• DanDaDan 2

• My Hero Academia 8

• The summer Hikaru died

• Gachiakuta

Best Miniseries/Anthology Series

Best Italian Series/Fiction

Best Actor in a TV Series

• Sterling K. Brown – Paradise

• Diego Luna – Andor

• Gary Oldman – Slow Horses

• Adam Scott – Split

• Noah Wyle – The Pitt

• Matthew Goode – Dept Q.

• Ethan Hawke – The Lowdown

• Glen Powell – Chad Powers

• Seth Rogen – The Studio

• Jeremy Allen White – The Bear

• Chris Chalk – IT: Welcome to Derry

• Luca Marinelli – M. The son of the century

Best Actress in a TV Series

• Kathy Bates – Matlock

• Britt Lower – Scissione

• Rebecca Ferguson – Silo

• Helen Mirren – Mobland

• Jennifer Aniston – The Morning Show

• Reese Witherspoon – The Morning Show

• Keri Russell – The Diplomat

• Rhea Seehorn – Many

• Ayo Edebiri – The Bear

• Selena Gomez – Only Murders in the Building

• Emma Thompson – Down Cemetery Road

• Carolina Crescentini – Mrs Playmen

Best Actor in a Miniseries

• Stephen Graham – Adolescence

• Charlie Hunnam – Monster: La storage the Ed Gein

• Jude Law – Black Rabbit

• Matthew Rhys – The Beast in Me

• Francesco Carril – Ten New Years

• Sam Claflin – The Count of Monte Cristo

Best Actress in a Miniseries

• Claire Danes – The Beast in Me

• Sarah Snook – All Her Fault

• Michelle Williams – Dying for Sex

• Robin Wright – The Girlfriend

• Iria del Río – Ten New Years Eve

• Tecla Insolia – The art of joy

Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series

• James Marsden – Paradise

• Owen Cooper – Adolescence

• Jack Lowden – Slow Horses

• Billy Crudup – The Morning Show

• Tramell Tillman – Split

• Bill Skarsgård – IT: Welcome to Derry

• Tom Pelphrey – Task

• Francesco Russo – M. The son of the century

• Eduardo Scarpetta – History of my family

Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series

• Erin Doherty – Adolescence

• Catherine O’Hara – The Studio

• Greta Lee – The Morning Show

• Emilia Jones – Task

• Aimee Lou Wood – The White Lotus

• Katherine LaNasa – The Pitt

• Barbara Chichiarelli – M. The son of the century

• Jasmine Trinca – The art of joy

• Valeria Bruni Tedeschi – The art of joy