January 13, 2026
New York, NY - January 13, 2026 - Rotten Tomatoes announces winners of the 27th annual Rotten Tomatoes Awardscelebrating the top-reviewed movies and TV shows of 2025 as determined by critics on the Tomatometer and fans on the Popcornmeter. This year's Rotten Tomatoes Awards: Golden Tomato Movie winners include “Sinners” for Best Movie and Fan Favorite Movie, “One Battle After Another” for Best Action & Adventure Movie, and“Zootopia 2” for Best Animated Movie. The Golden Tomato TV winners include “Andor: Season 2” for Best Series, “Pluribus” for Best New Series, and “Adolescence” for Best Drama and Limited Series.
This year also marks a major expansion of the Golden Tomato awards on the Popcornmeter, with new categories recognizing the most beloved films across several genres, including Drama, Action, Animated Movies, and Concert Movies. The complete list of Golden Tomato winners can be found HERE and listed below.
For the first time ever, the Rotten Tomatoes Awards are sponsored by Avocados from Mexico, who joins the celebration with a brand new fan-voted honor, the Fresh Avocado Award, recognizing the year’s freshest takes on fan-favorite films. Fans can vote now in this category and more fan-voted categories, like “Rotten Movies We Love,” “Best Popcorn Bucket,” and more. The fan-voted category winners will be announced on January 27th.
Lastly, the Golden Year Award expands this year to further recognize the actors, filmmakers, and creatives who defined the year in entertainment, honoring those who created, worked on, or starred in some of the most impactful movies and TV shows of 2025. The Golden Year Award Winners will be announced on February 3rd.
The Golden Tomato winners reflect Tomatometer and Popcornmeter scores as of December 31, 2025, with lists ranked by Adjusted Score. To qualify, a movie must be released in the U.S. in 2025, and be Certified Fresh on the Tomatometer, and Verified Hot on the Popcornmeter for the fan-voted categories.
To catch up on all nominated titles, Fandango at Home has published a dedicated hub HERE.
See the full list of Rotten Tomatoes Awards: Golden Tomato Winners below.
FILM CATEGORIES
BEST MOVIE
Sinners (Warner Bros.)
BEST LIMITED MOVIE
Wake Up Dead Man (Netflix)
BEST ACTION & ADVENTURE MOVIE
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
BEST ANIMATED MOVIE
Zootopia 2 (Disney)
BEST COMEDY MOVIE
The Naked Gun (Paramount Pictures)
BEST DOCUMENTARY MOVIE
The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix)
BEST DRAMA MOVIE
Sentimental Value (Neon)
BEST SCI-FI / FANTASY MOVIE
Companion (Warner Bros.)
BEST HORROR MOVIE
Sinners (Warner Bros.)
BEST MYSTERY & THRILLER MOVIE
Black Bag (Focus Features)
BEST INTERNATIONAL MOVIE
Sentimental Value (Neon)
BEST ROMANCE MOVIE
Pillion (A24)
BEST MUSIC MOVIE
KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
TELEVISION CATEGORIES
BEST SERIES
Andor: Season 2 (Disney+)
BEST NEW SERIES
Pluribus (Apple TV)
BEST RETURNING SERIES
Andor: Season 2 (Disney+)
BEST ANTHOLOGY OR LIMITED SERIES
Adolescence (Netflix)
BEST ANIMATED SERIES
Long Story Short (Netflix)
BEST ACTION & ADVENTURE SERIES
Reacher: Season 3 (Prime Video)
BEST COMEDY SERIES
The Studio (Apple TV)
BEST DRAMA SERIES
Adolescence (Netflix)
BEST MYSTERY & THRILLER SERIES
Task (HBO)
BEST SCI-FI / FANTASY SERIES
Andor: Season 2 (Disney+)
BEST HISTORICAL SERIES
Wolf Hall: Season 2 (PBS Masterpiece)
BEST HORROR SERIES
Alien: Earth (FX)
FAN FAVORITE MOVIES
FAN FAVORITE MOVIE
Sinners
FAN FAVORITE ACTION MOVIE
Superman
FAN FAVORITE FAMILY MOVIE
How to Train Your Dragon
FAN FAVORITE DRAMA MOVIE
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
FAN FAVORITE ANIMATED MOVIE
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
FAN FAVORITE CONCERT MOVIE
ATEEZ World Tour [Towards the Light: Will to Power] in Cinemas
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