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2025 Dorian TV Awards

Best TV Drama
Andor (Disney+)
The Last of Us (HBO)
⭐ The Pitt (Max)
Severance (Apple TV+)
The White Lotus (HBO)

Best TV Comedy
Abbott Elementary (ABC)
⭐ Hacks (Max)
The Rehearsal (HBO)
Somebody Somewhere (HBO)
The Studio (Apple TV+)

Best LGBTQ TV Show
Agatha All Along (Disney+)
⭐ Hacks (Max)
Heartstopper (Netflix)
Overcompensating (Amazon Prime Video)
Somebody Somewhere (HBO)

Best TV Movie or Miniseries
⭐ Adolescence (Netflix)
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (Peacock)
Dying for Sex (FX on Hulu)
The Penguin (HBO)
Rebel Ridge (Netflix)

Best Written TV Show
Andor (Disney+)
⭐ Hacks (Max)
The Pitt (Max)
Severance (Apple TV+)
The White Lotus (HBO)

Best Unsung TV Show
English Teacher (FX on Hulu)
Evil (Paramount+)
Fantasmas (HBO)
Mid-Century Modern (Hulu)
⭐ Overcompensating (Amazon Prime Video)

Best Non-English Language TV Show
Elite (Netflix)
My Brilliant Friend (HBO)
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Netflix)
Pachinko (Apple TV+)
⭐ Squid Game (Netflix)
Threesome (ViaPlay)

Best LGBTQ Non-English Language TV Show
Becoming Karl Lagerfeld (Hulu)
The Boyfriend (Netflix)
⭐ Elite (Netflix)
The Secret of the River (Netflix)
Threesome (Viaplay)
When No One Sees Us (Max)

Best TV Performance — Drama
Colin Farrell, The Penguin (HBO)
Stephen Graham, Adolescence (Netflix)
Cooper Koch, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (Netflix)
Diego Luna, Andor (Disney+)
Cristin Milioti, The Penguin (HBO)
Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us (HBO)
Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us (HBO)
Adam Scott, Severance (Apple TV+)
Michelle Williams, Dying for Sex (FX on Hulu)
⭐ Noah Wyle, The Pitt (Max)

Best Supporting TV Performance — Drama
Carrie Coon, The White Lotus (HBO)
Owen Cooper, Adolescence (Netflix)
Taylor Dearden, The Pitt (Max)
Erin Doherty, Adolescence (Netflix)
Walton Goggins, The White Lotus (HBO)
Katherine LaNasa, The Pitt (Max)
Genevieve O’Reilly, Andor (Disney+)
Parker Posey, The White Lotus (HBO)
Jenny Slate, Dying for Sex (FX on Hulu)
⭐ Tramell Tillman, Severance (Apple TV+)

Best TV Performance — Comedy
Uzo Aduba, The Residence (Netflix)
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear (FX on Hulu)
Bridget Everett, Somebody Somewhere (HBO)
Nathan Fielder, The Rehearsal (HBO)
Kathryn Hahn, Agatha All Along (Disney+)
Natasha Lyonne, Poker Face (Peacock)
Seth Rogen, The Studio (Apple TV+)
Benito Skinner, Overcompensating (Amazon Prime Video)
⭐ Jean Smart, Hacks (Max)

Best Supporting TV Performance — Comedy
Ike Barinholtz, The Studio (Apple TV+)
Colman Domingo, The Four Seasons (Netflix)
⭐ Hannah Einbinder, Hacks (Max)
Kathryn Hahn, The Studio (Apple TV+)
Jeff Hiller, Somebody Somewhere (HBO)
Holmes, Overcompensating (Amazon Prime Video)
Janelle James, Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Linda Lavin, Mid-Century Modern (Hulu)
Catherine O’Hara, The Studio (Apple TV+)
Meg Stalter, Hacks (Max)

Best TV Musical Performance
Beyoncé, “Cowboy Carter” medley, Beyoncé Bowl (Ravens vs. Texans Halftime Show) (Netflix)
Doechii, “Catfish” / “Denial Is a River,” 67th Annual Grammy Awards (CBS)
⭐ Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, “Oz Medley,” 97th Academy Awards (ABC)
Kathryn Hahn, Patti LuPone, Ali Ahn, Sasheer Zamata, “The Ballad of the Witches’ Road,” Agatha All Along (Disney+)
Kendrick Lamar, “Squabble Up,” “Humble,” etc., Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show (Fox)

Best TV Documentary or Documentary Series
Deaf President Now! (Apple TV+)
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes (Max)
⭐ Pee Wee as Himself (HBO)
The Rehearsal (HBO)
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night (Peacock)

Best LGBTQ TV Documentary or Documentary Series
Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution (PBS)
Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara (Hulu)
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution (Netflix)
⭐ Pee Wee as Himself (HBO)
Queer Planet (Peacock)

Best Current Affairs Show
The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney (Netflix)
Hot Ones (YouTube)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC)
⭐ Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Best Genre TV Show
Agatha All Along (Disney+)
⭐ Andor (Disney+)
Black Mirror (Netflix)
The Last of Us (HBO)
Severance (Apple TV+)

Best Animated Show
Big Mouth (Netflix)
Bob’s Burgers (Fox)
⭐ Harley Quinn (Max)
The Simpsons (Fox)
Star Trek: Lower Decks (Paramount+)

Most Visually Striking TV Show
Adolescence (Netflix)
Agatha All Along (Disney+)
Andor (Disney+)
⭐ Severance (Apple TV+)
The White Lotus (HBO)

Best Reality Show
The Amazing Race (CBS)
The Great British Baking Show (Netflix)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV)
Top Chef (Bravo)
⭐ The Traitors (Peacock)

Campiest TV Show
Doctor Odyssey (ABC)
Mid-Century Modern (Hulu)
Overcompensating (Amazon Prime)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV)
⭐ The Traitors (Peacock)

Wilde Wit Award
Quinta Brunson
Alan Cumming
Hannah Einbinder
⭐ Cole Escola
Nathan Fielder

GALECA TV Icon Award
Gillian Anderson
Angela Bassett
Alan Cumming
Sarah Michelle Gellar
⭐ Jean Smart

GALECA LGBTQIA+ TV Trailblazer Award
Jonathan Bailey
Greg Berlanti
⭐ Ncuti Gatwa
Bella Ramsey
Mike White

2025 Dorian Theater Awards

OUTSTANDING BROADWAY MUSICAL
Death Becomes Her
Dead Outlaw
Just in Time
⭐ Maybe Happy Ending
Operation Mincemeat
Real Women Have Curves

 LGBTQ FILM OF THE YEAR
Challengers (Amazon MGM Studios)
Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
⭐️ I Saw the TV Glow (A24)
Love Lies Bleeding (A24)
Queer (A24)

 DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist (A24)
⭐️ Coralie Fargeat, The Substance (Mubi)
Luca Guadagnino, Challengers (Amazon MGM Studios)
RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
Jane Schoenbrun, I Saw the TV Glow (A24)

 SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR 
Original or adapted
Sean Baker,  Anora (Neon)
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance (Mubi) 
⭐️ Justin Kuritzkes, Challengers (Amazon MGM Studios)
Jane Schoenbrun, I Saw the TV Glow (A24) 
Peter Straughan, Conclave (Focus Features) 

 LGBTQ SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR
Rose Glass and Weronika Tofilska, Love Lies Bleeding (A24)
Justin Kuritzkes, Challengers (Amazon MGM Studios)
Justin Kuritzkes, Queer (A24)
⭐️ Jane Schoenbrun, I Saw the TV Glow (A24)
Julio Torres, Problemista (A24) 

NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
All We Imagine as Light (Sideshow / Janus Films)
Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
Flow (Sideshow / Janus Films)
⭐️ I’m Still Here (Sony Pictures Classics)
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Neon)

 LGBTQ NON-ENGLISH FILM OF THE YEAR
Crossing (Mubi)
⭐️ Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
Queendom (Greenwich Entertainment)
Vermiglio (Sideshow / Janus Films)
All Shall Be Well (Strand Releasing) 

 UNSUNG FILM OF THE YEAR
To an exceptional movie worthy of greater attention
Didi (Focus Features)
Hundreds of Beavers (Cineverse, Vinegar Syndrome)
My Old Ass (Amazon MGM Studios)
⭐️ Problemista (A24)
Thelma (Magnolia)

 UNSUNG LGBTQ FILM OF THE YEAR
Femme (Utopia)
My Old Ass (Amazon MGM Studios)
National Anthem (Variance, LD Entertainment)
⭐️ The People’s Joker (Altered Innocence)
Problemista (A24)

 FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist (A24)
Daniel Craig, Queer (A24)
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing (A24)
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez (Netflix) 
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked (Universal)
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths (Bleecker Street)
Nicole Kidman, Babygirl (A24)
Mikey Madison, Anora (Neon)
⭐️ Demi Moore, The Substance (Mubi)
Justice Smith, I Saw the TV Glow (A24)

 SUPPORTING FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Michele Austin, Hard Truths (Bleecker Street)
Yura Borisov, Anora (Neon)
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain (Searchlight Pictures)
⭐️ Ariana Grande, Wicked (Universal)
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
Jack Haven, I Saw the TV Glow (A24)
Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing (A24)
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist (A24)
Margaret Qualley, The Substance (Mubi)
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez (Netflix)

 DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
Dahomey (Mubi)
Daughters (Netflix)
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin (Netflix)
Sugarcane (National Geographic)
⭐️ Will & Harper (Netflix)

 LGBTQ DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
Chasing Chasing Amy (Level 33)
Frida (Amazon MGM Studios)
Merchant Ivory (Cohen Media Group)
Queendom (Greenwich Entertainment)
⭐️ Will & Harper (Netflix)

 ANIMATED FILM OF THE YEAR
⭐️ Flow (Sideshow / Janus Films)
Inside Out 2 (Disney)
Memoir of a Snail (IFC Films)
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (Netflix)
The Wild Robot (Universal, DreamWorks)

 GENRE FILM OF THE YEAR
For excellence in science fiction, fantasy and horror
Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros.)
I Saw the TV Glow (A24)
Nosferatu (Focus Features)
⭐️ The Substance (Mubi)
Wicked (Universal)

 FILM MUSIC OF THE YEAR
The Brutalist (A24) – Daniel Blumberg
⭐️ Challengers (Amazon MGM Studios) – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Emilia Pérez (Netflix) – Clément Ducol and Camille
I Saw the TV Glow (A24) – Alex G
Wicked (Universal) – John Powell and Stephen Schwartz, et al.

 VISUALLY STRIKING FILM OF THE YEAR
The Brutalist (A24)
Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros.)
Nosferatu (Focus Features)
⭐️ Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
The Substance (Mubi)

 CAMPIEST FLICK 
Hundreds of Beavers (Cineverse, Vinegar Syndrome)
Madame Web (Sony)
Megalopolis (Lionsgate)
⭐️ The Substance (Mubi)
Trap (Warner Bros.)

 “WE’RE WILDE ABOUT YOU!” RISING STAR AWARD
⭐️ Jonathan Bailey
Vera Drew
Karla Sofía Gascón 
Jack Haven
Mikey Madison
Katy O’Brian
Drew Starkey

 WILDE ARTIST AWARD
To a truly groundbreaking force in entertainment
⭐️ Colman Domingo
Luca Guadagnino
Coralie Fargeat
Jane Schoenbrun
Tilda Swinton

 GALECA LGBTQIA+ FILM TRAILBLAZER
For creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity
Vera Drew
⭐️ Cynthia Erivo
Luca Guadagnino
Jane Schoenbrun
Julio Torres

 TIMELESS STAR AWARD
Honoring an exemplary career marked by character, wisdom and wit
⭐️ Demi Moore

The Substance photo courtesy of MUBI