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The Third Annual Stunt Awards Are Here
It’s 2025 and there’s still no Best Stunt Oscar. We’re honoring the action pros who deserve recognition anyway.
When Vulture launched the Stunt Awards three years ago, the goal was simple: If the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences wasn’t going to celebrate one of the largest departments in cinema, then we would. It’s 2025, and the Best Stunt Oscar remains elusive, but as Jake Gyllenhaal says in previous Stunt Award nominee Ambulance, “We don’t stop.” Our nominating group has more than tripled its size and is back to spotlighting an eclectic group of feature films that released between January 1 and December 31 of the past year, including blockbusters like Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and The Fall Guy as well as international titles like Hong Kong’s Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In, India’s Kill, and the tiny Australian barn burner Life After Fighting. As is now tradition, Best Stunt in a Non-Action Film remains a bright spot of the awards and reflects just how important stuntwork is across genres: Oscar contender The Substance ’s raucous fight between Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley is here alongside the hyperkinetic final tennis match from Challengers.
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