4th Six Stars Cinema Awards (Press Release)

Celebrating the very best in cinema, the 4th SIX STARS CINEMA AWARDS honors outstanding achievements across genres—from pulse-pounding action to heartfelt dramas, dazzling musicals to spine-chilling horror, and beyond. As we dive into another thrilling award season, join us in recognizing the performances, filmmakers, and stories that left a lasting impact.

Lead Actor — Action or Thriller

• Ryan Gosling — The Fall Guy ✮

• Aaron Pierre — Rebel Ridge

• Dev Patel — Monkey Man

• Glen Powell — Hit Man

• Emilio Sakraya — 60 Minuten

• Taron Egerton — Carry-On

Lead Actress — Action or Thriller

• Kristen Stewart — Love Lies Bleeding ✮

• Anya Taylor-Joy — Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

• Bel Powley — Cold Copy

• Daisy Edgar-Jones — Twisters

• Kaley Cuoco — Role Play

• Kirsten Dunst — Civil War

Supporting Actor — Action or Thriller

• Jesse Plemons — Civil War ✮

• Chris Hemsworth — Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

• Denzel Washington — Gladiator II

• Jason Bateman — Carry-On

• Nicholas Hoult — The Order

• Wagner Moura — Civil War

Supporting Actress — Action or Thriller

• Katy O'Brian — Love Lies Bleeding ✮

• Adria Arjona — Hit Man

• Alyla Browne — Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

• Cailee Spaeny — Civil War

• Connie Nielsen — Gladiator II

• Hannah Waddingham — The Fall Guy

Best Film — Action or Thriller

• LaRoy, Texas ✮

• Hit Man

• Love Lies Bleeding

• Rebel Ridge

• The Last Stop in Yuma County

• The Order

Direction — Action or Thriller

• Shane Atkinson — LaRoy, Texas ✮

• Alex Garland — Civil War

• Francis Galluppi — The Last Stop in Yuma County

• Justin Kurzel — The Order

• Ridley Scott — Gladiator II

• Rose Glass — Love Lies Bleeding

Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted) — Action or Thriller

• Shane Atkinson — LaRoy, Texas ✮

• Alex Garland — Civil War

• Dev Patel, Paul Angunawela, and John Collee — Monkey Man

• Jeremy Saulnier — Rebel Ridge

• Rose Glass and Weronika Tofilska — Love Lies Bleeding

• T.J. Fixman — Carry-On

Lead Actor — Comedy

• Sebastian Stan — A Different Man ✮

• Ben Stiller — Nutcrackers

• Gabriel LaBelle — Saturday Night

• Izaac Wang — Dìdi

• Julio Torres — Problemista

• Michael Keaton — Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Lead Actress — Comedy

• Mikey Madison — Anora ✮

• Amy Adams — Nightbitch

• Daisy Ridley — Sometimes I Think About Dying

• Ilana Glazer — Babes

• June Squibb — Thelma

• Michelle Buteau — Babes

Supporting Actor — Comedy

• Kieran Culkin — A Real Pain ✮

• Adam Pearson — A Different Man

• Fred Hechinger — Thelma

• Lamorne Morris — Saturday Night

• Yura Borisov — Anora

• Willem Dafoe — Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Supporting Actress — Comedy

• Joan Chen — Didi ✮

• Aubrey Plaza — My Old Ass

• Carol Kane — Between the Temples

• Lena Olin — Upgraded

• Rachel Sennott — Saturday Night

• Renate Reinsve — A Different Man

Best Film — Comedy

• Thelma ✮

• A Different Man

• A Real Pain

• Anora

• Dìdi

• Hundreds of Beavers

Direction — Comedy

• Sean Baker — Anora ✮

• Aaron Schimberg — A Different Man

• Jason Reitman — Saturday Night

• Jesse Eisenberg — A Real Pain

• Josh Margolin — Thelma

• Mike Cheslik — Hundreds of Beavers

Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted) — Comedy

• Sean Baker — Anora ✮

• Josh Margolin — Thelma

• Megan Park — My Old Ass

• Aaron Schimberg — A Different Man

• Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan — Saturday Night

• Jesse Eisenberg — A Real Pain 

Lead Actor — Romance or Musical

• Timothée Chalamet — A Complete Unknown ✮

• Kingsley Ben-Adir — Bob Marley: One Love

• Nicholas Galitzine — The Idea of You

• Rudy Mancuso — Música

Lead Actress — Romance or Musical

• Ariana Grande — Wicked ✮

• Angourie Rice — Mean Girls

• Anne Hathaway — The Idea of You

• Cynthia Erivo — Wicked

• Karla Sofía Gascón — Emilia Pérez

• Marisa Abela — Back to Black

Supporting Actor — Romance or Musical

• Edward Norton — A Complete Unknown ✮

• Boyd Holbrook — A Complete Unknown

• Jack O'Connell — Back to Black

• James Norton — Bob Marley: One Love

• Jonathan Bailey — Wicked

• Steve Pemberton — Better Man

Supporting Actress — Romance or Musical

• Zoë Saldaña — Emilia Pérez ✮

• Elle Fanning — A Complete Unknown

• Lashana Lynch — Bob Marley: One Love

• Monica Barbaro — A Complete Unknown

• Reneé Rapp — Mean Girls

• Selena Gomez — Emilia Pérez

Best Film — Romance or Musical

• Wicked ✮

• A Complete Unknown

• Better Man

• Emilia Pérez

• Música

• The Idea of You

Direction — Romance or Musical

• Jon M. Chu — Wicked ✮

• Jacques Audiard — Emilia Pérez

• James Mangold — A Complete Unknown

• Michael Gracey — Better Man

• Reinaldo Marcus Green — Bob Marley: One Love

• Rudy Mancuso — Música

Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted) — Romance or Musical

• Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox — Wicked ✮

• Jacques Audiard — Emilia Pérez

• James Mangold and Jay Cocks — A Complete Unknown

• Michael Showalter and Jennifer Westfeldt — The Idea of You

• Terence Winter, Frank E. Flowers, Zach Baylin, and Reinaldo Marcus Green — Bob Marley: One Love

• Tina Fey — Mean Girls

Lead Actor — Fantasy or Sci-fi

• Hugh Jackman — Deadpool & Wolverine ✮

• Casey Affleck — Slingshot

• Chris Evans — Red One

• Ryan Reynolds — Deadpool & Wolverine

• Timothée Chalamet — Dune: Part Two

• Tom Hardy — Venom: The Last Dance

Lead Actress — Fantasy or Sci-fi

• Zendaya — Dune: Part Two ✮

• Ariana DeBose — I.S.S.

• Danielle Deadwyler — Parallel

• Freya Allan — Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

• Julia Louis-Dreyfus — Tuesday

• Vera Drew — The People's Joker

Supporting Actor — Fantasy or Sci-fi

• Brian Tyree Henry — Transformers One ✮

• Austin Butler — Dune: Part Two

• J.K. Simmons — Red One

• Jim Carrey — Sonic the Hedgehog 3

• Josh Brolin — Dune: Part Two

• Kevin Durand — Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Supporting Actress — Fantasy or Sci-fi

• Emma Corrin — Deadpool & Wolverine ✮

• Rebecca Ferguson — Dune: Part Two

• Kaylee Hottle — Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire

• Constance Shulman — Darla in Space

Best Film — Fantasy or Sci-fi

• The People's Joker ✮

• Dune: Part Two

• It's What's Inside

• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

• Sonic the Hedgehog 3

• Transformers One

Direction — Fantasy or Sci-fi

• Denis Villeneuve — Dune: Part Two ✮

• Daina O. Pusić — Tuesday

• Shawn Levy — Deadpool & Wolverine

• Wes Ball — Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

• Greg Jardin — It's What's Inside

• Josh Cooley — Transformers One

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

• Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve — Dune: Part Two ✮

• Ryan Reynolds, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Zeb Wells, Shawn Levy — Deadpool & Wolverine

• Bri LeRose and Vera Drew — The People's Joker

• Josh Friedman — Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

• Greg Jardin — It's What's Inside

• Eric Pearson, Andrew Barrer, and Gabriel Ferrari — Transformers One

Lead Actor — Drama

• Adrien Brody — The Brutalist ✮

• André Holland — Exhibiting Forgiveness

• Colman Domingo — Sing Sing

• Daniel Craig — Queer

• Ralph Fiennes — Conclave

• Sebastian Stan — The Apprentice

Lead Actress — Drama

• Fernanda Torres — I’m Still Here ✮

• Kani Kusruti — All We Imagine as Light

• Nicole Kidman — Babygirl

• Pamela Anderson — The Last Showgirl

• Tilda Swinton — The Room Next Door

• Zendaya — Challengers

Supporting Actor — Drama

• Guy Pearce — The Brutalist ✮

• Clarence Maclin — Sing Sing

• Harris Dickinson — Babygirl

• Jeremy Strong — The Apprentice

• Selton Mello — I’m Still Here

• Stanley Tucci — Conclave

Supporting Actress — Drama

• Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor — Nickel Boys ✮

• Danielle Deadwyler — The Piano Lesson

• Felicity Jones — The Brutalist

• Fernanda Montenegro — I’m Still Here

• Isabella Rossellini — Conclave

• Jamie Lee Curtis — The Last Showgirl

Best Film — Drama

• I’m Still Here ✮

• All We Imagine as Light

• Conclave

• Exhibiting Forgiveness

• Sing Sing

• The Brutalist

Direction — Drama

• Walter Salles — I’m Still Here ✮

• Brady Corbet — The Brutalist

• Edward Berger — Conclave

• Greg Kwedar — Sing Sing

• Payal Kapadia — All We Imagine as Light

• Tim Fehlbaum — September 5

Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted) — Drama

• Peter Straughan — Conclave ✮

• Brady Corbet e Mona Fastvold — The Brutalist

• Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar — Sing Sing

• Gabriel Sherman — The Apprentice

• Justin Kuritzkes — Queer

• Murilo Hauser and Heitor Lorega — I’m Still Here 

Lead Actor — Horror

• David Dastmalchian — Late Night with the Devil ✮

• David Howard Thornton — Terrifier 3

• Hugh Grant — Heretic

• James McAvoy — Speak No Evil

• Justice Smith — I Saw the TV Glow

• Nicholas Hoult — Nosferatu

Lead Actress — Horror

• Demi Moore — The Substance ✮

• Lupita Nyong’O — A Quiet Place: Day One

• Maika Monroe — Longlegs

• Naomi Scott — Smile 2

• Sydney Sweeney — Immaculate

• Willa Fitzgerald — Strange Darling

Supporting Actor — Horror

• Nicolas Cage — Longlegs ✮

• Bill Skarsgård — Nosferatu

• Dan Stevens — Cuckoo

• Daniel Zovatto — Woman of the Hour

• Joseph Quinn — A Quiet Place: Day One

• Kyle Gallner — Strange Darling

Supporting Actress — Horror

• Margaret Qualley — The Substance ✮

• Brigette Lundy-Paine — I Saw the TV Glow

• Kathryn Newton — Abigail

• Lily-Rose Depp — Nosferatu

• Liza Soberano — Lisa Frankenstein

• Sophie Thatcher — Heretic

Best Film — Horror

• Late Night with the Devil ✮

• A Quiet Place: Day One

• Heretic

• Nosferatu

• Smile 2

• The Substance

Direction — Horror

• JT Mollner — Strange Darling ✮

• Chris Nash — In a Violent Nature

• Colin Cairnes and Cameron Cairnes — Late Night with the Devil

• Coralie Fargeat — The Substance

• Parker Finn — Smile 2

• Zoë Kravitz — Blink Twice

Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted) — Horror

• Coralie Fargeat — The Substance ✮

• Colin Cairnes and Cameron Cairnes — Late Night with the Devil

• JT Mollner — Strange Darling

• Osgood Perkins — Longlegs

• Parker Finn — Smile 2

• Zoë Kravitz and E.T. Feigenbaum — Blink Twice

Lead Voice Actor — Animation

• Kodi Smit-McPhee — Memoir of a Snail ✮

• Dwayne Johnson — Moana 2

• Jack Black — Kung Fu Panda 4

• Jacob Tremblay — Orion and the Dark

• Steve Carell — Despicable Me 4

• Yuki Yamada — Ultraman: Rising

Lead Voice Actress — Animation

• Lupita Nyong'o — The Wild Robot ✮

• Amy Poehler — Inside Out  2

• Auli'i Cravalho — Moana 2

• Izabella Alvarez — The Casagrandes Movie

• Paulina Chávez — The Casagrandes Movie

• Sarah Snook — Memoir of a Snail

Supporting Voice Actor — Animation

• Nicholas Hoult — The Garfield Movie ✮

• Kit Connor — The Wild Robot

• Lewis Black — Inside Out 2

• Paul Walter Hauser — Orion and the Dark

• Pedro Pascal — The Wild Robot

• Tony Hale — Inside Out 2

Supporting Voice Actress — Animation

• Maya Hawke — Inside Out 2 ✮

• Awkwafina — Kung Fu Panda 4

• Ayo Edebiri — Inside Out 2

• Catherine O'Hara — The Wild Robot

• Jacki Weaver — Memoir of a Snail

• Kristen Wiig — Despicable Me 4

Best Film — Animation

• Flow ✮

• Inside Out 2 

• Memoir of a Snail 

• Orion and the Dark

• The Wild Robot

• Ultraman: Rising

Direction — Animation

• Gints Zilbalodis — Flow ✮

• Adam Elliot — Memoir of a Snail

• Chris Sanders — The Wild Robot

• Kelsey Mann — Inside Out 2

• Sean Charmatz — Orion and the Dark

• Shannon Tindle — Ultraman: Rising

Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted) — Animation

• Gints Zilbalodis and Matīss Kaža — Flow ✮

• Adam Elliot — Memoir of a Snail

• Charlie Kaufman — Orion and the Dark

• Chris Sanders & Peter Brown — The Wild Robot 

• Meg LeFauve and Dave Holstein — Inside Out 2

• Shannon Tindle and Marc Haimes — Ultraman: Rising

Character of the Year

• Sue — played by Margaret Qualley (The Substance) ✮

• Abigail — played by Alisha Weir (Abigail)

• Anxiety — played by Maya Hawke (Inside Out 2)

• Dr. Eggman — played by Jim Carrey (Sonic the Hedgehog 3)

• Skye Riley — played by Naomi Scott (Smile 2)

• Wolverine — played by Hugh Jackman (Deadpool & Wolverine)

Avantgarde Award

• Kevin Costner ✮

A Hollywood icon whose career spans decades of unforgettable performances andvisionary filmmaking. A two-time Academy Award winner, Kevin Costner captivated audiences with iconic roles in The Untouchables, Field of Dreams, and The Bodyguard. On television, he redefined his legacy with Yellowstone, earning a Golden Globe for his portrayal of John Dutton. Last year, he embarked on his most ambitious project yet: Horizon: An American Saga, a sweeping Western epic set to unfold across multiple films.

Rising Star

• Drew Starkey ✮

• Archie Renaux

• Brandon Sklenar

• Gabriel Leone

• Kaia Gerber

• Monica Barbaro

Ensemble Performance

• Dune: Part Two — Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, Léa Seydoux, Stellan Skarsgård, Charlotte Rampling, and Javier Bardem ✮

• A Complete Unknown — Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Boyd Holbrook, Dan Fogler, Norbert Leo Butz e Scoot McNairy

• Abigail — Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Kathryn Newton, Will Catlett, Kevin Durand, Angus Cloud, Alisha Weir, and Giancarlo Esposito

• Deadpool & Wolverine — Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams, Aaron Stanford, Matthew Macfadyen, Chris Evans, Jennifer Garner, Channing Tatum, Dafne Keen, and Wesley Snipes

• Nosferatu  — Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, and  Willem Dafoe

• Saturday Night — Gabriel LaBelle, Rachel Sennott, Cory Michael Smith, Ella Hunt, Dylan O'Brien, Emily Fairn, Matt Wood, Lamorne Morris, Kim Matula, Finn Wolfhard, Nicholas Braun, Cooper Hoffman, Andrew Barth Feldman, Kaia Gerber, Tommy Dewey, Willem Dafoe, Matthew Rhys, and J. K. Simmons

Best Popular Film

• I’m Still Here ✮

• Challengers

• Deadpool & Wolverine

• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

• The Substance

• Wicked

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The nominees are based on releases from January 1st to December 31st, 2024, showcasing the most thrilling performances and productions of the year.