Astra Film Award for Best Picture

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Astra Film Award for Best Picture
Awarded forBest Motion Picture - Drama
Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Location Los Angeles, California
Presented by Hollywood Creative Alliance
First award The Shape of Water (2017)
Currently held by Wicked (2024)
Website theastras.com

The Astra Film Award for Best Picture is one of the annual awards given out by the Hollywood Creative Alliance. In 2025, the category separated into Best Motion Picture - Drama and Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical.

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Winners

2010s

Best Picture
YearFilmDirector
2017 [1] The Shape of Water † Guillermo del Toro
The Big Sick Michael Showalter
Call Me by Your Name ‡ Luca Guadagnino
Colossal Nacho Vigalondo
Get Out ‡ Jordan Peele
I, Tonya Craig Gillespie
Lady Bird ‡ Greta Gerwig
Molly's Game Aaron Sorkin
The Post ‡ Steven Spielberg
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri ‡ Martin McDonagh
2018 [2] The Hate U Give George Tillman Jr.
A Quiet Place John Krasinski
A Star Is Born ‡ Bradley Cooper
BlacKkKlansman ‡ Spike Lee
Black Panther ‡ Ryan Coogler
Eighth Grade Bo Burnham
The Favourite ‡ Yorgos Lanthimos
Green Book † Peter Farrelly
Roma ‡ Alfonso Cuarón
Searching Aneesh Chaganty
2019 [3] [4] [5] 1917 ‡ Sam Mendes
Booksmart Olivia Wilde
The Farewell Lulu Wang
The Irishman ‡ Martin Scorsese
Jojo Rabbit ‡ Taika Waititi
Joker ‡ Todd Phillips
Marriage Story ‡ Noah Baumbach
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood ‡ Quentin Tarantino
Parasite † Bong Joon-ho
Waves Trey Edward Shults

2020s

Best Picture
YearFilmDirector
2020 [6] Promising Young Woman ‡ Emerald Fennell
Da 5 Bloods Spike Lee
The Father ‡ Florian Zeller
Judas and the Black Messiah ‡ Shaka King
Minari ‡ Lee Isaac Chung
Nomadland † Chloé Zhao
One Night in Miami... Regina King
Soul Pete Docter
Sound of Metal ‡ Darius Marder
The Trial of the Chicago 7 ‡ Aaron Sorkin
2021 [7] CODA † Siân Heder
Being the Ricardos Aaron Sorkin
Belfast ‡ Kenneth Branagh
Dune ‡ Denis Villeneuve
King Richard ‡ Reinaldo Marcus Green
Last Night in Soho Edgar Wright
Licorice Pizza ‡ Paul Thomas Anderson
The Power of the Dog ‡ Jane Campion
Spencer Pablo Larraín
tick, tick... BOOM! Lin Manuel Miranda
2022 [8] [9] Everything Everywhere All at Once † Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
Avatar: The Way of Water ‡ James Cameron
The Banshees of Inisherin ‡ Martin McDonagh
Elvis ‡ Baz Luhrmann
The Fabelmans ‡ Steven Spielberg
RRR S. S. Rajamouli
Tár ‡ Todd Field
Top Gun: Maverick ‡ Joseph Kosinski
The Woman King Gina Prince-Bythewood
Women Talking ‡ Sarah Polley
2023 [10] [11] Barbie ‡ Greta Gerwig
Air Ben Affleck
American Fiction ‡ Cord Jefferson
The Color Purple Blitz Bazawule
The Holdovers ‡ Alexander Payne
Killers of the Flower Moon ‡ Martin Scorsese
Maestro ‡ Bradley Cooper
Oppenheimer † Christopher Nolan
Past Lives ‡ Celine Song
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, & Justin K. Thompson
2024 [12] Wicked ‡ Jon M. Chu
Anora † Sean Baker
A Real Pain Jesse Eisenberg
Challengers Luca Guadagnino
Conclave ‡ Edward Berger
Dune: Part Two ‡ Denis Villeneuve
Emilia Pérez ‡ Jacques Audiard
Sing Sing Greg Kwedar
The Brutalist ‡ Brady Corbet
The Substance ‡ Coralie Fargeat
Best Motion Picture – Drama
YearFilmDirector
2025 [13] Frankenstein Guillermo del Toro
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Train Dreams Clint Bently
Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
YearFilmDirector
2025 [13] Bugonia Yorgos Lanthimos
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
No Other Choice Park Chan-wook
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Wicked: For Good Jon M. Chu


References

  1. ↑ "2017".
  2. ↑ "2018".
  3. ↑ Anderson, Erik (January 10, 2020). "Hollywood Critics Association (HCA): '1917,' takes Best Pic, 'Booksmart' wins 3". AwardsWatch. Archived from the original on January 16, 2024. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  4. ↑ Variety Staff (January 9, 2020). "'1917' Wins Best Picture at 3rd Annual Hollywood Critics Association Awards". Variety . Archived from the original on January 16, 2024. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  5. ↑ Neglia, Matt (January 9, 2020). "The 2019 Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) Winners". Next Best Picture. Archived from the original on January 16, 2024. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  6. ↑ Anderson, Derek (March 8, 2021). "4th Annual Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards Winners Include The Invisible Man, La Llorona, Promising Young Woman". Daily Dead. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  7. ↑ Urban, Sasha (February 28, 2022). "Hollywood Critics Association Awards 2022: 'CODA' Wins Best Picture, Jane Campion and Denis Villeneuve Tie for Director". Variety . Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  8. ↑ ""Everything Everywhere All at Once" leads 6th Annual HCA Film Awards with seven wins" (Press release). Hollywood Critics Association. February 24, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  9. ↑ Doster, Tyler (February 24, 2023). "6th Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) Awards: 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' emerges victorious". AwardsWatch. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  10. ↑ Prusakowski, Steven (January 6, 2024). "'Barbie' Takes Home 8 Astra Awards from the Hollywood Creative Alliance". Awards Radar. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  11. ↑ Feinberg, Scott (January 7, 2023). "Astra Film Awards: 'Barbie' Wins Eight Awards, Including Best Picture". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved January 8, 2023.
  12. ↑ arnewsteam (December 8, 2024). "Astra Awards Led By 'Wicked'". Awards Radar. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
  13. 1 2 Neglia, Matt (November 25, 2025). "The 2025 Hollywood Creative Alliance's (HCA) Astra Film Award Nominations". Next Best Picture. Retrieved November 25, 2025.
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