The 2025 SAG Awards: All The Big Winners and Nominees You Can't Miss

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Jack Seale

Jack Seale

JustWatch Editor

Often seen as a barometer for who is going to win the Oscars and Emmys, the Screen Actors Guild Awards are unique in being voted for purely by actors. So which films and TV shows won at the ceremony in Los Angeles on 23 February, and which of the nominees do you need to see as well? We’ve got you covered with our picks of the night below - then be sure to check out the nominations in full to find out where to stream them.

Best Cast in a Motion Picture 

Other shortlisted movies might have caused more excitement among audiences, but for the SAG juries, the sheer class of Conclave was enough for it to win. You can see why: no film with Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow and Isabella Rossellini is going to be less than excellent.

Our honorable mention nominee: Wicked was the most overlooked movie of the whole night, especially in a category rewarding ensemble casts - it had at least four outstanding performances.

Best Ensemble in a Drama Series 

Shogun was the big TV winner on the night, taking home this prize as well as the big telly acting awards. It was indeed a fine achievement, turning a doorstop of a book into a gripping drama that treated its audience with respect by assuming they could keep up with subtitled dialogue and the details of the feudal system in medieval Japan. 

Our honorable mention nominee: Slow Horses, which goes from strength to strength, and this time around delivered perhaps both its funniest and its most exciting spy adventure yet.

Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series 

A wide-open category was won by The Bear was nominated for a comedy award despite not being a comedy, which might be why it lost. 

Our honorable mention nominee: Shrinking, which improved on an already very funny and touching first season with a second run that really got to know the friends and family of widowed LA therapist Jimmy, played by Jason Segel.

Best Actors in a Leading Role  

Two very solid winners here in Timothée Chalamet, widely acclaimed for his immersive lead role in the story of Bob Dylan going electric, The Substance.

Our honorable mention nominees: Daniel Craig might have won in a different year for his bold performance in Wicked.

Best Actors in a ing Role 

Zoe Saldana edged it for the musical A Real Pain.

Our honorable mention nominees: it has to be the Wicked duo Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey, who were a huge part of that film’s success, through a mixture of talent, pizazz and sheer likeability.

Best Actors in a Drama Series 

Here’s how much the SAG s adored Shogun: the Japan-set historical drama won both prizes here, with Anna Sawai particularly fine as conflicted translator Toda Mariko. Hiroyuki Sanada’s win, in what could have been a relatively impenetrable part as the warlord Yoshii Toranaga, is perhaps even more impressive.

Our honorable mention nominees: Kathy Bates is terrific in Slow Horses.

Best Actors in a Comedy Series 

Hurrah for the more mature comedy performers who showed younger acting generations how it’s done this year: Jean Smart very deservedly won for her sizzling turn as a waspish, washed-up comedian in Only Murders in the Building.

Our honorable mention nominees: SAG awards host Kristin Bell was perhaps unfortunate to come up against such a strong contender in Smart, because Bell’s performance in pitch-perfect romcom Nobody Wants This was superb - as was that of her co-star Adam Brody.

Best Actors in a Limited Series 

Two unstoppable winners here in the form of Jessica Gunning, a breakout star on the back of terrifying stalker comedy/drama Baby Reindeer, and Colin Farrell, whose physical transformation to play the title role in The Penguin was the most profound on-screen image overhaul of 2024.

Our honorable mention nominees: Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline were both excellent in the somewhat underrated Disclaimer, a clever twin-timeline drama about a documentary film-maker (Blanchett) whose own life becomes news when a grieving father (Kline) publishes a novel that appears to be about her.

Where to watch the SAG nominated movies and TV shows streaming online

Scroll down to find out where to watch the movies and TV shows nominated at the SAG awards streaming on the most popular platforms!

  1. The Brutalist

    The Brutalist

    2024

    # 1

    When a visionary architect and his wife flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern United States, their lives are changed forever by a mysterious, wealthy client.

  2. Sing Sing

    Sing Sing

    2024

    # 2

    Divine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn't commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men in this story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art.

  3. The Last Showgirl

    The Last Showgirl

    2024

    # 3

    When the glittering Las Vegas revue she has headlined for decades announces it will soon close, a glamorous showgirl must reconcile with the decisions she’s made and the community she has built as she plans her next act.

  4. The Substance

    The Substance

    2024

    # 4

    A fading celebrity takes a black-market drug: a cell-replicating substance that creates a younger, better version of herself.

  5. A Real Pain

    A Real Pain

    2024

    # 5

    Mismatched cousins David and Benji reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the pair's old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.

  6. A Complete Unknown

    A Complete Unknown

    2024

    # 6

    New York, early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives in the West Village with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music.

  7. Anora

    Anora

    2024

    # 7

    A young stripper from Brooklyn meets and impulsively marries the son of a Russian oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairy tale is threatened as his parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.

  8. Conclave

    Conclave

    2024

    # 8

    When Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with leading one of the world's most secretive and ancient events, selecting a new Pope, he finds himself at the center of a web of conspiracies and intrigue that could shake the very foundation of the Catholic Church.

  9. EMILIA PÉREZ

    EMILIA PÉREZ

    2024

    # 9

    Rita, an underrated lawyer working for a large law firm more interested in getting criminals out of jail than bringing them to justice, is hired by the leader of a criminal organization.

  10. Wicked

    Wicked

    2024

    # 10

    In the land of Oz, ostracized and misunderstood green-skinned Elphaba is forced to share a room with the popular aristocrat Glinda at Shiz University, and the two's unlikely friendship is tested as they begin to fulfill their respective destinies as Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.

  11. The Piano Lesson

    The Piano Lesson

    2024

    # 11

    Follows the lives of the Charles family as they deal with themes of family legacy and more, in deciding what to do with an heirloom, the family piano.

  12. Bridgerton

    Bridgerton

    2020

    # 12

    Wealth, lust, and betrayal set in the backdrop of Regency era England, seen through the eyes of the powerful Bridgerton family.

  13. The Day of the Jackal

    # 13

    The Jackal is an elusive assassin who makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. He soon meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer who tracks him down in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe.

  14. The Diplomat

    The Diplomat

    2023

    # 14

    In the midst of an international crisis, a career diplomat lands in a high-profile job she’s unsuited for, with tectonic implications for her marriage and her political future.

  15. Shōgun

    Shōgun

    2024

    # 15

    In Japan in the year 1600, at the dawn of a century-defining civil war, Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him, when a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village.

  16. A Man on the Inside

    A Man on the Inside

    2024

    # 16

    Charles, a retired man, gets a new lease on life when he answers an ad from a PI and becomes a mole in a secret investigation.

  17. The Old Man

    The Old Man

    2022

    # 17

    Dan Chase absconded from the CIA decades ago and now lives off the grid. When an assassin arrives and tries to take Chase out, the old operative learns that to ensure his future he now must reconcile his past.

  18. Slow Horses

    Slow Horses

    2022

    # 18

    Follow a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb—as they navigate the espionage world's smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.

  19. Nobody Wants This

    Nobody Wants This

    2024

    # 19

    An agnostic sex podcaster and a newly single rabbi fall in love; discovering if their relationship can survive their wildly different lives and meddling families.

  20. Abbott Elementary

    Abbott Elementary

    2021

    # 20

    A workplace comedy centered on a group of dedicated teachers - and an oblivious principal - in a Philadelphia public school where, despite the odds stacked against them, they are determined to help their students succeed in life.