2nd Six Stars Cinema Awards (Press Release)

We are excited to present the winners in all eight categories of the 2nd SIX STARS CINEMA AWARDS! Stay tuned as we celebrate the outstanding performances, films, and talents that made this edition unforgettable.

Lead Actor — Action or Thriller

• Eddie Redmayne — The Good Nurse ★

• Brad Pitt — Bullet Train

• Daniel Craig — Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

• Jonathan Majors — Devotion

• Tom Cruise — Top Gun: Maverick

• Will Smith — Emancipation

Lead Actress — Action or Thriller

• Viola Davis — The Woman King ★

• Aubrey Plaza — Emily the Criminal

• Havana Rose Liu — No Exit

• Jessica Chastain — The Good Nurse

• Thandiwe Newton — All the Old Knives

• Zoë Kravitz — Kimi

Supporting Actor — Action or Thriller

• Miles Teller — Top Gun: Maverick ★

• Aaron Taylor-Johnson — Bullet Train

• Edward Norton — Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

• Ethan Hawke — The Northman

• Glen Powell — Top Gun: Maverick

• John Boyega — The Woman King

Supporting Actress — Action or Thriller

• Janelle Monáe — Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery ★

• Charmaine Bingwa — Emancipation

• Jennifer Connelly — Top Gun: Maverick

• Joey King — Bullet Train

• Lashana Lynch — The Woman King

• Thuso Mbedu — The Woman King

Best Film — Action or Thriller

• Top Gun: Maverick ★

• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

• RRR

• The Outfit

• The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

• The Woman King

Direction — Action or Thriller

• Gina Prince-Bythewood — The Woman King ★

• Joseph Kosinski — Top Gun: Maverick

• Rian Johnson — Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

• Robert Eggers — The Northman

• S.S. Rajamouli — RRR

• Tobias Lindholm — The Good Nurse

Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted) — Action or Thriller

• Rian Johnson — Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery ★

• Dana Stevens — The Woman King

• Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, Christopher McQuarrie — Top Gun: Maverick

• John Patton Ford — Emily the Criminal

• Robert Eggers, Sjón — The Northman

• Zak Olkewicz — Bullet Train

Lead Actor — Comedy

• Colin Farrell — The Banshees of Inisherin ★

• Adam Driver — White Noise

• Adam Sandler — Hustle

• Daryl McCormack – Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

• Diego Calva — Babylon

• Joel Kim Booster — Fire Island

Lead Actress — Comedy

• Margot Robbie — Babylon ★

• Bella Ramsey — Catherine Called Birdy

• Dakota Johnson — Persuasion

• Emma Thompson — Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

• Lesley Manville — Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

• Zoey Deutch — Not Okay

Supporting Actor — Comedy

• Brendan Gleeson — The Banshees of Inisherin ★

• Barry Keoghan — The Banshees of Inisherin

• Ben Aldridge — Spoiler Alert

• Brad Pitt — Babylon

• Harris Dickinson — Triangle of Sadness

• Woody Harrelson — Triangle of Sadness

Supporting Actress — Comedy

• Kerry Condon — The Banshees of Inisherin ★

• Dakota Johnson — Cha Cha Real Smooth

• Dolly de Leon — Triangle of Sadness

• Jean Smart  — Babylon

• Queen Latifah — Hustle

• Samara Weaving — The Valet

Best Film — Comedy

• The Banshees of Inisherin ★

• A Man Called Otto

• Bros

• Hustle

• Spoiler Alert

• Triangle of Sadness

Direction — Comedy

• Martin McDonagh — The Banshees of Inisherin ★

• Damien Chazelle — Babylon

• Ruben Östlund — Triangle of Sadness

• Noah Baumbach — White Noise

• Owen Kline — Funny Pages 

• Nicholas Stoller — Bros

Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted) — Comedy

• Martin McDonagh — The Banshees of Inisherin ★

• Cooper Raiff — Cha Cha Real Smooth

• Joel Kim Booster — Fire Island

• Noah Baumbach — White Noise

• Peter Farrelly, Brian Currie, Pete Jones — The Greatest Beer Run Ever

• Ruben Östlund — Triangle of Sadness

Lead Performance — Romance or Musical

• Daniel Radcliffe — Weird: The Al Yankovic Story ★

• Alisha Weir — Matilda the Musical

• Jamila C. Gray — On the Come Up

• Javier Bardem — Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

• Naomi Ackie — Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody

• Rueby Wood — Better Nate Than Ever

Supporting Performance — Romance or Musical

• Evan Rachel Wood — Weird: The Al Yankovic Story ★

• Da'Vine Joy Randolph — On the Come Up

• Emma Thompson — Matilda the Musical

• Lexi Underwood — Sneakerella

• Lisa Kudrow — Better Nate Than Ever

• Rainn Wilson — Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Best Film — Romance or Musical

• Weird: The Al Yankovic Story ★

• Better Nate Than Ever

• Matilda the Musical

• On the Come Up

• Sneakerella

• Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody

Direction — Romance or Musical

• Eric Appel — Weird: The Al Yankovic Story ★

• Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum — Sneakerella

• Kasi Lemmons — Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody

• Matthew Warchus — Matilda the Musical

• Sanaa Lathan — On the Come Up

• Tim Federle — Better Nate Than Ever

Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted) — Romance or Musical

• Al Yankovic, Eric Appel — Weird: The Al Yankovic Story ★

• Anthony McCarten — Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody

• David Light, Joseph Raso, Tamara Chestna, Mindy Stern, George Gore II — Sneakerella

• Dennis Kelly — Matilda the Musical

• Kay Oyegun — On the Come Up

• Tim Federle — Better Nate Than Ever

Lead Actor — Fantasy or Sci-fi

• Daniel Kaluuya — Nope ★

• Benedict Cumberbatch — Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

• David Harbour — Violent Night

• Gael García Bernal — Werewolf by Night

• Robert Pattinson — The Batman

• Sam Worthington — Avatar: The Way of Water

Lead Actress — Fantasy or Sci-fi

• Michelle Yeoh — Everything Everywhere All at Once ★

• Amber Midthunder — Prey

• Keke Palmer — Nope

• Lana Condor — Moonshot

• Letitia Wright — Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

• Zoë Saldaña — Avatar: The Way of Water

Supporting Actor — Fantasy or Sci-fi

• Ke Huy Quan — Everything Everywhere All at Once ★

• Benedict Wong — Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

• Colin Farrell — The Batman

• Jack Champion — Avatar: The Way of Water

• Stephen Lang — Avatar: The Way of Water

• Tenoch Huerta — Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Supporting Actress — Fantasy or Sci-fi

• Angela Bassett — Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ★

• Danai Gurira — Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

• Elizabeth Olsen — Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

• Jamie Lee Curtis — Everything Everywhere All at Once

• Sigourney Weaver — Avatar: The Way of Water

• Stephanie Hsu — Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Film — Fantasy or Sci-fi

• Everything Everywhere All at Once ★

• Avatar: The Way of Water

• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

• Nope

• Prey

• The Batman

Direction — Fantasy or Sci-fi

• Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert — Everything Everywhere All at Once ★

• Dan Trachtenberg — Prey

• James Cameron — Avatar: The Way of Water

• Jordan Peele — Nope

• Matt Reeves — The Batman

• Ryan Coogler — Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted) — Fantasy or Sci-fi

• Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert — Everything Everywhere All at Once ★

• James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver — Avatar: The Way of Water

• Jordan Peele — Nope

• Matt Reeves — The Batman

• Patrick Aison — Prey

• Ryan Coogler, Joe Robert Cole — Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Lead Actor — Drama

• Brendan Fraser — The Whale ★

• Austin Butler — Elvis

• Banks Repeta — Armageddon Time

• Bill Nighy – Living

• Jeremy Pope — The Inspection

• Paul Mescal — Aftersun

Lead Actress — Drama

• Cate Blanchett — Tár ★

• Ana de Armas — Blonde

• Andrea Riseborough — To Leslie

• Danielle Deadwyler — Till

• Michelle Williams — The Fabelmans

• Olivia Colman — Empire of Light

Supporting Actor — Drama

• Brian Tyree Henry — Causeway ★

• Ben Whishaw — Women Talking

• Gabriel LaBelle — The Fabelmans

• Jalyn Hall — Till

• Judd Hirsch — The Fabelmans

• Paul Dano — The Fabelmans

Supporting Actress — Drama

• Frankie Corio — Aftersun ★

• Carey Mulligan — She Said 

• Hong Chau — The Whale

• Jessie Buckley — Women Talking

• Nina Hoss — Tár

• Sadie Sink — The Whale

Best Film — Drama

• Close ★

• All Quiet on the Western Front

• Argentina, 1985

• Elvis

• Tár

• The Fabelmans

Direction — Drama

• Todd Field — Tár ★

• Baz Luhrmann — Elvis

• Darren Aronofsky — The Whale

• Edward Berger — All Quiet on the Western Front

• Sarah Polley — Women Talking

• Steven Spielberg — The Fabelmans

Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted) — Drama

• Sarah Polley — Women Talking ★

• Charlotte Wells — Aftersun

• Rebecca Lenkiewicz — She Said

• Samuel D. Hunter — The Whale

• Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner — The Fabelmans

• Todd Field — Tár

Lead Actor — Horror

• Ralph Fiennes — The Menu ★

• David Howard Thornton — Terrifier 2

• Mason Thames — The Black Phone

• Rory Kinnear — Men

• Sebastian Stan — Fresh

• Timothée Chalamet — Bones and All

Lead Actress — Horror

• Mia Goth — Pearl ★

• Anya Taylor-Joy — The Menu

• Lauren LaVera — Terrifier 2

• Rebecca Hall — Resurrection

• Regina Hall — Master

• Taylor Russell — Bones and All

Supporting Actor — Horror

• Mark Rylance — Bones and All ★

• Ethan Hawke — The Black Phone

• Justin Long — Barbarian

• Kevin Bacon — They/Them

• Kyle Gallner — Smile

• Nicholas Hoult — The Menu

Supporting Actress — Horror

• Hong Chau — The Menu ★

• Caitlin Stasey — Smile

• Jenna Ortega — Scream V

• Jenna Ortega — X

• Madeleine McGraw — The Black Phone

• Mikey Madison — Scream V

Best Film — Horror

• Pearl ★

• Barbarian

• Terrifier 2

• The Black Phone

• The Menu

• X

Direction — Horror

• Ti West — X ★

• Luca Guadagnino — Bones and All

• Mimi Cave — Fresh

• Parker Finn — Smile

• Sean Ellis — The Cursed

• Zach Cregger — Barbarian

Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted) — Horror

• Seth Reiss, Will Tracy — The Menu ★

• Lauryn Kahn — Fresh

• Parker Finn — Smile

• Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill — The Black Phone

• Ti West — X

• Zach Cregger — Barbarian

Lead Voice Actor — Animation

• Gregory Mann — Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio ★

• Andy Samberg — Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers

• Antonio Banderas — Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

• Chris Evans — Lightyear

• Kevin Hart — DC League of Super-Pets

• Sam Rockwell — The Bad Guys

Lead Voice Actress — Animation

• Jenny Slate — Marcel the Shell with Shoes On ★

• Rosalie Chiang — Turning Red 

• Selena Gomez — Hotel Transylvania: Transformania

• Zaris-Angel Hator — The Sea Beast

Supporting Voice Actor — Animation

• Ewan McGregor — Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio ★

• David Bradley — Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

• Harvey Guillén — Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

• Ricky Gervais — Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

• Samuel L. Jackson — Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

• Wagner Moura — Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Supporting Voice Actress — Animation

• Keke Palmer — Lightyear ★

• Gabrielle Union — Strange World

• Isabella Rossellini — Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

• Olivia Colman — Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

• Salma Hayek Pinault — Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

• Sandra Oh — Turning Red

Best Film — Animation

• Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio ★

• Inu-Oh

• Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

• Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

• The Sea Beast

• Turning Red

Direction — Animation

• Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson — Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio ★

• Chris Williams — The Sea Beast

• Dean Fleischer Camp — Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

• Domee Shi — Turning Red 

• Henry Selick — Wendell & Wild

• Nora Twomey — My Father's Dragon

Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted) — Animation

• Guillermo del Toro, Patrick McHale — Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio ★

• Akiko Nogi — Inu-Oh

• Chris Williams, Nell Benjamin — The Sea Beast

• Dean Fleischer Camp, Jenny Slate, Nick Paley — Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

• Julia Cho, Domee Shi — Turning Red

• Richard Linklater — Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood

Character of the Year

• Pearl — played by Mia Goth ★

• Art, the clown — played by David Howard Thornton

• Benoit Blanc — played by Daniel Craig

• Black Adam — played by Dwayne Johnson

• Namor — played by Tenoch Huerta

• The Grabber — played by Ethan Hawke

Avantgarde Award

• Pierce Brosnan ★

  Irish actor and producer Pierce Brosnan is best known as the fifth James Bond, starring in four films from 1995 to 2002, including GoldenEye and Die Another Day. Beyond his iconic role as 007, he has showcased his versatility in films such as The Matador, Mamma Mia!, and most recently, Black Adam. A Golden Globe nominee, Brosnan is also a dedicated environmental activist and producer. In recognition of his contributions to the film industry, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1997.

Rising Star

• Mia Goth ★

• Austin Butler

• Brandon Perea

• Hong Chau

• Jenna Ortega

• Naomi Ackie

Ensemble Performance

• Everything Everywhere All at Once — Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, James Hong, Jamie Lee Curtis ★

• X — Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega, Martin Henderson, Brittany Snow, Owen Campbell, Stephen Ure, Scott Mescudi

• Top Gun: Maverick — Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Ed Harris, Val Kilmer, Lewis Pullman

• Nope — Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Steven Yeun, Michael Wincott, Brandon Perea, Keith David

• The Woman King — Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, John Boyega

• Babylon — Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Jean Smart, Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li

Best Popular Film

• X ★

• Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

• Everything Everywhere All at Once

• Nope

• Scream V

• The Batman

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The nominees are based on releases from January 1st to December 31st, 2022, showcasing the most thrilling performances and productions of the year.