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Members of the Directors Branch vote for the five nominees for Best Director. Here’s the latest on who The Ankler’s pundits think will be nominated.

Erik Anderson

Updated October 19, 2025 12:28pm

1

Paul Thomas Anderson

One Battle After Another

2

Chloé Zhao

Hamnet

3

Ryan Coogler

Sinners

4

Joachim Trier

Sentimental Value

5

Jafar Panahi

It Was Just an Accident

Sonny Bunch

Updated October 13, 2025 11:37am

1

Paul Thomas Anderson

One Battle After Another

2

Noah Baumbach

Jay Kelly

3

Jafar Panahi

It Was Just an Accident

4

Chloé Zhao

Hamnet

5

Ryan Coogler

Sinners

David Canfield

Updated October 8, 2025 5:37pm

1

Paul Thomas Anderson

One Battle After Another

2

Chloé Zhao

Hamnet

3

Joachim Trier

Sentimental Value

4

Josh Safdie

Marty Supreme

5

Ryan Coogler

Sinners

Sophia Ciminello

Updated October 22, 2025 12:06pm

1

Paul Thomas Anderson

One Battle After Another

2

Chloé Zhao

Hamnet

3

Jafar Panahi

It Was Just an Accident

4

Joachim Trier

Sentimental Value

5

Kleber Mendonça Filho

The Secret Agent

Tyler Coates

Updated November 5, 2025 2:16pm

1

Paul Thomas Anderson

One Battle After Another

2

Ryan Coogler

Sinners

3

Chloé Zhao

Hamnet

4

Jafar Panahi

It Was Just an Accident

5

Guillermo del Toro

Frankenstein

Joyce Eng

Updated November 11, 2025 3:50pm

1

Paul Thomas Anderson

One Battle After Another

2

Chloé Zhao

Hamnet

3

Ryan Coogler

Sinners

4

Jafar Panahi

It Was Just an Accident

5

Joachim Trier

Sentimental Value

Chris Feil

Updated November 6, 2025 8:39am

1

Paul Thomas Anderson

One Battle After Another

2

Ryan Coogler

Sinners

3

Chloé Zhao

Hamnet

4

Joachim Trier

Sentimental Value

5

Jafar Panahi

It Was Just an Accident

Brian Formo

Updated October 8, 2025 8:05am

1

Paul Thomas Anderson

One Battle After Another

2

Chloé Zhao

Hamnet

3

Ryan Coogler

Sinners

4

Joachim Trier

Sentimental Value

5

Josh Safdie

Marty Supreme

Tomris Laffly

Updated October 8, 2025 7:59am

1

Paul Thomas Anderson

One Battle After Another

2

Chloé Zhao

Hamnet

3

Josh Safdie

Marty Supreme

4

Joachim Trier

Sentimental Value

5

Jafar Panahi

It Was Just an Accident

Richard Lawson

Updated October 13, 2025 1:03pm

1

Paul Thomas Anderson

One Battle After Another

2

Josh Safdie

Marty Supreme

3

Chloé Zhao

Hamnet

4

Joachim Trier

Sentimental Value

5

Ryan Coogler

Sinners

Ryan McQuade

Updated October 31, 2025 7:30pm

1

Paul Thomas Anderson

One Battle After Another

2

Jafar Panahi

It Was Just an Accident

3

Chloé Zhao

Hamnet

4

Guillermo del Toro

Frankenstein

5

Joachim Trier

Sentimental Value

Drew McWeeny

Updated September 22, 2025 3:11pm

1

Paul Thomas Anderson

One Battle After Another

2

Jafar Panahi

It Was Just an Accident

3

Noah Baumbach

Jay Kelly

4

Kathryn Bigelow

A House of Dynamite

5

Guillermo del Toro

Frankenstein

Matt Neglia

Updated October 15, 2025 6:29pm

1

Paul Thomas Anderson

One Battle After Another

2

Josh Safdie

Marty Supreme

3

Chloé Zhao

Hamnet

4

Jafar Panahi

It Was Just an Accident

5

Joachim Trier

Sentimental Value

Joe Reid

Updated October 8, 2025 6:56pm

1

Mary Bronstein

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

2

Geeta Gandbhir

The Perfect Neighbor

3

James Sweeney

Twinless

4

Ari Aster

Eddington

5

Rungano Nyoni

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

Katey Rich

Updated September 30, 2025 12:10pm

1

Paul Thomas Anderson

One Battle After Another

2

Ryan Coogler

Sinners

3

Chloé Zhao

Hamnet

4

Jafar Panahi

It Was Just an Accident

5

Joachim Trier

Sentimental Value

Joanna Robinson

Updated October 8, 2025 8:29pm

1

Paul Thomas Anderson

One Battle After Another

2

Chloé Zhao

Hamnet

3

Ryan Coogler

Sinners

4

Joachim Trier

Sentimental Value

5

Jafar Panahi

It Was Just an Accident

Christopher Rosen

Updated October 25, 2025 8:39am

1

Paul Thomas Anderson

One Battle After Another

2

Chloé Zhao

Hamnet

3

Jafar Panahi

It Was Just an Accident

4

Ryan Coogler

Sinners

5

Guillermo del Toro

Frankenstein

Richard Rushfield

Updated September 17, 2025 2:58pm

1

Joachim Trier

Sentimental Value

2

Chloé Zhao

Hamnet

3

Paul Thomas Anderson

One Battle After Another

4

Ryan Coogler

Sinners

5

Jon M. Chu

Wicked: For Good

Michael Schulman

Updated October 10, 2025 4:46pm

1

Paul Thomas Anderson

One Battle After Another

2

Yorgos Lanthimos

Bugonia

3

Richard Linklater

Nouvelle Vague

4

Joachim Trier

Sentimental Value

5

Chloé Zhao

Hamnet

David Sims

Updated October 14, 2025 8:00am

1

Paul Thomas Anderson

One Battle After Another

2

Chloé Zhao

Hamnet

3

Joachim Trier

Sentimental Value

4

Ryan Coogler

Sinners

5

Josh Safdie

Marty Supreme

Katie Walsh

Updated November 3, 2025 3:37pm

1

Paul Thomas Anderson

One Battle After Another

2

Ryan Coogler

Sinners

3

Jafar Panahi

It Was Just an Accident

4

Chloé Zhao

Hamnet

5

Joachim Trier

Sentimental Value

Steven Weintraub

Updated September 13, 2025 12:23pm

1

Paul Thomas Anderson

One Battle After Another

2

Ryan Coogler

Sinners

3

Chloé Zhao

Hamnet

4

Joachim Trier

Sentimental Value

5

Jada Yuan

Updated November 10, 2025 4:18pm

1

Paul Thomas Anderson

One Battle After Another

2

Jafar Panahi

It Was Just an Accident

3

Chloé Zhao

Hamnet

4

Ryan Coogler

Sinners

5

Park Chan-wook

No Other Choice

Esther Zuckerman

Updated October 23, 2025 12:15pm

1

Paul Thomas Anderson

One Battle After Another

2

Chloé Zhao

Hamnet

3

Ryan Coogler

Sinners

4

Josh Safdie

Marty Supreme

5

Jafar Panahi

It Was Just an Accident

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