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Frankenstein (2025 film)

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Template:Infobox film Frankenstein is a 2025 American Gothic science fiction drama film written, produced, and directed by Guillermo del Toro, based on the 1818 novel by Mary Shelley. The film stars Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein and Jacob Elordi as the Creature, with Mia Goth and Christoph Waltz in supporting roles. The story follows the life of Frankenstein, an egotistical scientist whose experiment in creating new life results in dangerous consequences.

Del Toro had long imagined a faithful Frankenstein film as a "dream project". This was initially in development for Universal Pictures, with del Toro casting frequent collaborator Doug Jones as the Creature, and Bernie Wrightson being considered for the monster's design. However, Universal suspended the project in relation to its planned Dark Universe franchise. Netflix revived the project in 2023, with Elordi instead portraying the Creature. Filming took place from February to September 2024. Although Wrightson died in 2017, his illustrated compilation Bernie Wrightson's Frankenstein was a key inspiration for the film's look.

Frankenstein premiered at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on August 30, 2025. It had a limited theatrical release in the United States from October 17 and was globally released on November 7 on Netflix. The film received generally positive reviews from critics. Both the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute named it as one of the top ten films of 2025.[1][2] It received five nominations at the 83rd Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture – Drama, and nine nominations at the 98th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor (Elordi).

Plot

Prelude

In 1857, Horisont, a Royal Danish Navy ship sailing for the North Pole, becomes trapped in ice. Alerted to an explosion in the distance, Captain Anderson and his men discover a gravely injured Victor Frankenstein. Upon bringing him aboard, the crew is attacked by a humanoid creature who demands Victor's surrender. Anderson uses a blunderbuss to sink the Creature into the water. Victor explains that he created the Creature and recounts the events leading to its creation.

Part I: Victor's Tale

Victor's mother dies giving birth to his younger brother, William, who becomes the favorite of their renowned, aristocratic father. Grieving his mother and resenting his abusive father, Victor becomes a brilliant, arrogant surgeon obsessed with "curing" death through science. He is expelled from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh for reanimating corpses, which a disciplinary tribunal denounces as sacrilege.

Arms merchant Henrich Harlander, impressed by his presentation, offers Victor unlimited funding and an isolated tower to continue his experiments under an unnamed condition. Enlisting William's assistance in building his laboratory, Victor becomes smitten with Elizabeth, Harlander's niece and William's fiancée, who declines his advances.

When an impatient Harlander demands results within a week, Victor fashions body parts from criminals and soldiers killed in the ongoing Crimean War into a body to reanimate. Harlander reveals he is dying of syphilis and unveils his single condition – he wants his brain transplanted into the body of the Creature. When Victor refuses, Harlander attempts to sabotage the experiment, but falls to his death. Lightning strikes the Creature as planned, but it fails to reanimate.

The following morning, Victor finds the Creature alive. He marvels at its immense strength and ability to rapidly heal wounds, but can only teach it to speak one word: "Victor". Frustrated by his lack of intellectual growth, Victor begins to imitate his father's cruel discipline and becomes afraid of the Creature's physical strength. Visiting with William, Elizabeth questions Victor's treatment of the Creature and bonds with him, teaching him to speak her name. When William finds Harlander's body, Victor dishonestly claims the Creature killed him in a fit of rage. After sending them away, Victor sets his lab ablaze, with the Creature inside. Hearing the Creature call his name, Victor remorsefully attempts to reenter the tower, but it explodes, severing his leg.

In the present, the Creature boards the ship, confronts the captain, and shares his own story.

Part II: The Creature's Tale

The Creature escapes the explosion and takes shelter in the mill gears of a family's farm. Over the next year, he secretly helps the family, providing them with large supplies of firewood and building a pen for their sheep. They thank their unseen benefactor as the "Spirit of the Forest."

When the rest of the family leaves for the mountains to hunt wolves, the Creature befriends their blind patriarch, who teaches him to read and speak fluently. The Creature journeys to the ruins of the laboratory, where he discovers the truth about his creation and the address to Victor's estate. He returns to the farm to find the blind man being attacked by wolves, which the Creature fights off before comforting his dying friend. The family returns and, mistakenly believing the Creature killed the blind man, shoots him.

After reviving, the Creature realizes he cannot die and will spend eternity alone. He confronts Victor during William and Elizabeth's wedding, demanding the creation of a companion. Victor, fearing the possibility of the Creature reproducing, adamantly refuses. The Creature attacks him. Hearing the commotion, Elizabeth rushes in and embraces the creature. While attempting to shoot the Creature, Victor shoots Elizabeth instead. William is wounded while attempting to rush the Creature; before dying, he calls Victor a "monster". The Creature carries Elizabeth to a cave and comforts her as she dies. Victor pursues the Creature to the Arctic, where the Creature attempts to destroy himself with a stick of dynamite but fails.

A remorseful Victor and the Creature reconcile, addressing each other as "father" and "son", before Victor succumbs to his injuries. The Creature frees the ship from the ice. Anderson decides to abandon his pursuit and sail back home. Alone, the Creature reaches out to embrace the sunlight as Victor once taught him.

Cast

  • Oscar Isaac as Baron Victor Frankenstein, a surgeon determined to create life from dead matter
  • Jacob Elordi as the Creature, Victor's monstrous simulacrum creation
  • Mia Goth as
    • Lady Elizabeth Harlander, William's fiancée, for whom Victor has feelings
    • Baroness Claire Frankenstein, Victor's late mother, who died giving birth to William
  • Felix Kammerer as William Frankenstein, Victor's younger brother and Elizabeth's fiancé
  • David Bradley as the Blind Man, a blind old man who befriends the Creature
  • Lars Mikkelsen as Captain Anderson, the head of a Royal Danish Navy expedition to the North Pole
  • Charles Dance as Baron Leopold Frankenstein, Victor's strict, oppressive father and a renowned physician
  • Christoph Waltz as Henrich Harlander,[3] Elizabeth's uncle and a wealthy arms manufacturer who funds Victor's experiments
  • Kyle Gatehouse as the Young Hunter, the unnamed son of the Blind Man
  • Lauren Collins as Alma, the Young Hunter's wife
  • Sofia Galasso as Anna-Maria, the granddaughter of the blind man and the daughter of the Young Hunter
  • Ralph Ineson as Professor Krempe,[4] a professor who oversees the hearing of Victor
  • Burn Gorman as an executioner from whom Victor obtains the remains of deceased criminals
  • Nikolaj Lie Kaas as Chief Officer Larsen, who attempts to persuade Captain Anderson of the crew's fading strength and morale

Production

Development

In 2007, Guillermo del Toro said that a project that he "would kill to make" would be a faithful "Miltonian tragedy" version of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein, citing Frank Darabont's "pretty much perfect" script for Kenneth Branagh's 1994 film Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.[5] In January 2008, he revealed that he was then in the process of crafting drawings that he hoped to use as a basis for the world of the film, and that, additionally, he had begun taking script notes but stopped once the WGA strike occurred.[6] The following month, del Toro said of his vision:

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Later that year, in September, the film was set up through del Toro's three-year first-look picture deal at Universal Pictures, alongside a slate of films he was announced to direct including Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Slaughterhouse-Five and Drood.[7] Del Toro cited Bernie Wrightson's 1983 Frankenstein illustrations as inspiration, and said the film would not be a direct adaptation of Shelley's novel, but rather "an adventure story that involves the creature."[8][9] Del Toro wanted Wrightson to design his version of the Creature.[10]

In 2009, del Toro stated that production on Frankenstein was not likely to begin for at least four years.[11] Despite this, he had already cast frequent collaborator Doug Jones in the role of the Creature and begun initiating makeup tests with the actor.[12][13] Jones later commented that the project was shelved due to Universal's future plans for their Dark Universe franchise.[14] At Comic-Con 2010, del Toro told Collider that the story was his "favorite novel in the world".[15] In 2013, del Toro expressed public interest in casting Benedict Cumberbatch for the role of the Creature.[16] In 2014, del Toro said that he would like to do versions of both Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein, and that Universal chairperson Donna Langley had approached him several times about getting it going but that he was reluctant to do so because it is his "dream project".[17]

In 2016, del Toro said of his efforts to make the film:

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In 2020, in an interview promoting the film Antlers (2021), del Toro stated that if he had the funding, he would make an adaptation of Frankenstein that would span two to three films due to the book's complexity and changing points of view.[18]

In 2023, the project was revived by Netflix, with whom del Toro had signed a multi-year deal to produce projects. Following the win of Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022) at the 95th Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature, Variety revealed that he was set to write and direct the feature with Andrew Garfield, Oscar Isaac and Mia Goth in early talks for potential roles.[19] In September, del Toro revealed that filming was scheduled to commence in February 2024, and that Christoph Waltz had been added to the cast.[20] In January, Jacob Elordi replaced Garfield for the role of the Creature, due to scheduling conflicts that had resulted from the SAG-AFTRA strikes.[21][22] Elordi was recommended to del Toro by a hair stylist who worked with Elordi on Priscilla (2023); previously on the set of Priscilla, Elordi had joked about having been cast in Frankenstein.[23] Del Toro had spent nine months designing the look of Garfield's Creature but they were scrapped when he departed, leaving only nine weeks for him to redesign the look for the taller Elordi.[24] Felix Kammerer, Lars Mikkelsen, David Bradley, Christian Convery, and Charles Dance joined the cast in undisclosed roles. Dance previously portrayed the father of Frankenstein in the 2015 film Victor Frankenstein.[22][25] In April 2024, del Toro announced Ralph Ineson had been cast in the film in a "pivotal" cameo appearance.[26]

Del Toro explained about taking his own approach to this adaptation: "What I find beautiful is that when you create a universal myth, whether it's Frankenstein, Pinocchio, Dracula, or Sherlock Holmes, the myth itself rises so far above the original material that any interpretation is equally faithful if done with sincerity, power, and personality. If you think in terms of fidelity to the canon, you would be completely paralyzed."[27]

Filming

Principal photography began on February 12, 2024, in Toronto, and concluded on September 30.[25][28] Additional filming took place at the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Hospitalfield House in Arbroath, Angus, and Burghley House in Stamford, Lincolnshire, in September 2024.[29][30] Del Toro stated that it would not be a horror film, but an incredibly emotional story.[31]

Oscar Isaac, who plays the lead character of Frankenstein, says the film is "this very European story, but told through a very Latin American, Mexican, Catholic point-of-view. So, it was just high passion all the time".[32]

Music

In January 2025, Alexandre Desplat was revealed to have composed the musical score, having previously worked with del Toro on The Shape of Water (2017) and Pinocchio (2022).[33] In a May 2025 interview, Desplat said: "Guillermo's cinema is very lyrical, and my music is rather lyrical too. So I think the music of Frankenstein will be something very lyrical and emotional. I'm not trying to write horrific music."[31]

Influences

Del Toro said of his inspiration for making the movie: "It was a religion for me. Since I was a kid — I was raised very Catholic — I never quite understood the saints. And then when I saw Boris Karloff on the screen, I understood what a saint or a messiah looked like. So I've been following the creature since I was a kid, and I always waited for the movie to be done in the right conditions, both creatively in terms of achieving the scope that it needed for me to make it different, to make it at a scale that you could reconstruct the whole world."[34] Del Toro acknowledged James Whale's 1931 adaptation as a formative influence and his version draws also from its 1935 sequel Bride of Frankenstein.[35] Del Toro also cited Rebecca (1940) by Alfred Hitchcock, Wuthering Heights (1939) by William Wyler, Dragonwyck (1946) by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and Uncle Silas (1947) by Charles Frank among his cinematic inspirations and influences.[36] During a Netflix event in Los Angeles, the first footage from the film was scored to Polish composer Wojciech Kilar's score for Francis Ford Coppola's 1992 film Bram Stoker's Dracula.[37]

Release

Frankenstein landed its world premiere in the main competition of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on August 30, 2025.[38]

For its North American premiere, Frankenstein made it to the Special Presentations program of the Toronto International Film Festival,[39] where it was screened on September 8, 2025.[40] It was also presented in the Gala Presentation at the 30th Busan International Film Festival on September 18, 2025,[41][42] and as a Headline Gala of the 69th BFI London Film Festival on October 13, 2025.[43] For its Mexican premiere, it screened at the Morelia International Film Festival.[44]

The film was released in select theaters on October 17, 2025, including select screenings on 35mm and IMAX, followed by a global release on Netflix on November 7.[45] Distribution for Mexico's release in select theaters was handled by Pimienta Films.[44]

Home media

On February 23, 2026, Variety reported that the film would receive a physical home media release as part of the Criterion Collection.[46]

Reception

Critical response

Jacob Elordi has garnered critical praise for his performance as the Creature, and earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Template:RT film Template:MC film The film has been described as Gothic romanticism, in the vein of del Toro's own Crimson Peak (2015) or such films as Neil Jordan's Interview with the Vampire (1994) and Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992).[47]

Alissa Wilkinson of The New York Times, selecting the film as a Critic's Pick, argues that del Toro's version wholeheartedly embraces the novel's profound debt to Paradise Lost while imprinting it with his signature style, transforming Shelley's literary skeleton into a distinctly del Toro tale of monstrous fathers and abandoned sons that remains faithful to the core pathos of the original text.[48] This balance between fidelity and personal vision is echoed by The Hollywood ReporterTemplate:'s David Rooney, who describes the film as a visually sumptuous retelling that transcends horror for grand Romantic tragedy, suggesting it hews closely to the novel's tragic spirit while achieving a new cinematic scale.[49] EmpireTemplate:'s Jamie Graham awards the film four stars out of five, calling it "an unusually faithful rendition of Mary Shelley's novel" that also functions as a boldly personal Gothic romance, stitching together Shelley's themes with del Toro's signature fairy-tale and body-horror sensibilities into a sumptuous whole.[47] In a full-throated rave, Glenn Kenny of RogerEbert.com offers a perfect score, vigorously defending the adaptation's integrity, crediting del Toro for forging something nearly new from the familiar source material by keeping "philosophically faithful to Mary Shelley's novel" even as he smartly transposes its core to a more fantastical Victorian setting, thereby expanding the humanity found in the classic story.[50]

A more cautious perspective comes from The GuardianTemplate:'s Peter Bradshaw, who, while granting the film three stars out of five and admiring its narrative shift to the Creature's perspective, contends that its "luxurious, cod-period reverence" for a Victorian aesthetic ultimately sanitizes the tale's raw, philosophical horror, steering clear of the transgressive energy he finds in other interpretations.[51] This critique is sharpened by Ava Elizabeth Jenkins at The Daily Tar Heel, who, in a mixed assessment, argues that specific character alterations from Shelley's blueprint, such as aging up Victor Frankenstein and reconfiguring Elizabeth's role, ultimately "undermined the source material's emotional weight," rendering key moments from the novel feeling unearned in what she still calls a "beautifully horrific interpretation."[52] Similarly, Peter Debruge of Variety notes that while del Toro's vision "hews closer to Mary Shelley's intentions" than most prior film adaptations, particularly in its empathetic exploration of creation and purpose, it ultimately buckles under its own weight, its structural choices and epic runtime diluting the novel's concentrated philosophical power.[53] The consensus frames del Toro's Frankenstein as a sweeping Gothic romance that prioritizes the novel's spiritual core over literal fidelity.

Accolades

Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Template:Abbr
AACTA International Awards February 6, 2026 Best Direction Guillermo del Toro Template:Nom [54]
Best Supporting Actor Jacob Elordi Template:Won
Best Supporting Actress Mia Goth Template:Nom
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards January 10, 2026 Best Director Guillermo del Toro Template:Won [55]
Academy Awards March 15, 2026 Best Picture Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale, and Scott Stuber Template:Pending [56]
Best Supporting Actor Jacob Elordi Template:Pending
Best Adapted Screenplay Guillermo del Toro Template:Pending
Best Cinematography Dan Laustsen Template:Pending
Best Production Design Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau Template:Pending
Best Costume Design Kate Hawley Template:Pending
Best Makeup and Hairstyling Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, and Cliona Furey Template:Pending
Best Original Score Alexandre Desplat Template:Pending
Best Sound Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, and Brad Zoern Template:Pending
Actor Awards March 1, 2026 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Jacob Elordi Template:Nom [57]
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture David Bradley, Christian Convery, Charles Dance, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Oscar Isaac, Felix Kammerer, Lars Mikkelsen, and Christoph Waltz Template:Nom
Outstanding Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture Alex Armbruster, Tack Baldwin, Mig Buenacruz, Dan Chapman, Brent Connolly, Daniel Cudmore, Elizabeth Donker Curtius, Nicholas Daines, James Eddy, Doren Farmer, Carl Fortin, Corbin Fox, Simon Girard, Ivett Gonda, Clayton Grover, Peter Guiney, Ess Hödlmoser, Dillon Jagersky, Kelly Jones, Spencer Jones, Dave Judge, Stephane Julien, Maxime Laurin, Mathieu Ledoux, Nick Longhurst, Thomas Lorber, Jake Loube, Chris Manger, Geoff Meech, Lee Morrison, Michael Murray, Jason Oettle, Dylan Rampulla, Max Savaria, Geoff Scovell, Adam Smith, Jonathan Vellner, Violet Verigo, Marshall Virtue, Al Vrjljan, Marcus White, Pete White, Leonie Wilkinson, Tyler Williams, and Eli Zagoudakis Template:Nom
African-American Film Critics Association December 9, 2025 Top 10 Films of the Year Frankenstein Template:Draw [58]
Alliance of Women Film Journalists December 31, 2025 Best Film Template:Nom [59]
Best Screenplay, Adapted Guillermo del Toro Template:Nom
Best Actor, Supporting Jacob Elordi Template:Nom
Best Cinematography Dan Laustsen Template:Nom
American Film Institute Awards December 4, 2025 Top 10 Films Frankenstein Template:WonTemplate:Efn [2]
American Society of Cinematographers Awards March 8, 2026 Theatrical Feature Film Dan Laustsen Template:Pending [60]
Art Directors Guild Awards February 28, 2026 Best Period Feature Film Tamara Deverell Template:Won [61]
Astra Film Awards January 9, 2026 Best Picture – Drama Frankenstein Template:Nom [62]
Best Director Guillermo del Toro Template:Nom
Best Adapted Screenplay Template:Nom
Best Supporting Actor – Drama Jacob Elordi Template:Nom
Best Score Alexandre Desplat Template:Nom
December 11, 2025 Best Cinematography Dan Laustsen Template:Nom [63]
Best Costume Design Kate Hawley Template:Won
Best Makeup and Hairstyling Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, and Cliona Furey Template:Won
Best Production Design Tamara Deverell Template:Won
Best Sound Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern, and Greg Chapman (Production Sound Mixer) Template:Nom
Best Stunts Frankenstein Template:Nom
Best Stunt Coordinator Eli Zagoudakis & Marshall Virtue Template:Nom
Best Visual Effects Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, and José Granell Template:Nom
Austin Film Critics Association December 18, 2025 Best Picture Frankenstein Template:Nom [64]
Best Director Guillermo del Toro Template:Nom
Best Supporting Actor Jacob Elordi Template:Nom
Best Adapted Screenplay Guillermo del Toro Template:Nom
Best Cinematography Dan Laustsen Template:Nom
Best Original Score Alexandre Desplat Template:Nom
Best Visual Effects Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, and José Granell Template:Nom
Best Remake/Franchise Film Frankenstein Template:Nom
British Academy Film Awards February 22, 2026 Best Actor in a Supporting Role Jacob Elordi Template:Nom [65]
Best Cinematography Dan Laustsen Template:Nom
Best Production Design Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau Template:Won
Best Costume Design Kate Hawley Template:Won
Best Makeup and Hair Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey, Mike Hill and Megan Many Template:Won
Best Original Score Alexandre Desplat Template:Nom
Best Sound Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, and Brad Zoern Template:Nom
Best Special Visual Effects Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, and José Granell Template:Nom
British Society of Cinematographers Awards February 7, 2026 Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film Dan Laustsen Template:Nom [66]
Capri Hollywood International Film Festival January 5, 2026 Best Picture Frankenstein Template:Won [67]
Best Production Design Tamara Deverell Template:Won
Best Cinematography Dan Laustsen Template:Won
Best Costume Design Kate Hawley Template:Won
Best Makeup and Hairstyling Mike Hill Template:Won
Best Original Score Alexandre Desplat Template:Won
Capri Producer Award Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale, Scott Stuber Template:Won
Casting Society of America February 26, 2026 Feature Big Budget – Drama Robin D. Cook, Associate Casting Director: Jonathan Oliveira Template:Nom [68]
CEC Medals February 23, 2026 Best Foreign Film Frankenstein Template:Won [69]
Celebration of Cinema and Television October 24, 2025 Actor – Film Oscar Isaac Template:Won [70]
Chicago Film Critics Association December 11, 2025 Best Supporting Actor Jacob Elordi Template:Nom [71]
Best Art Direction/Best Production Design Tamara Deverell Template:Won
Best Cinematography Dan Laustsen Template:Nom
Best Costume Design Kate Hawley Template:Won
Best Use of Visual Effects Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess and Ivan Busquets (VFX supervisors) and José Granell Template:Nom
Cinema Audio Society Awards March 7, 2026 Filmmaker Award Guillermo del Toro Template:Won [72]
Costume Designers Guild Awards February 12, 2026 Excellence in Period Film Kate Hawley Template:Won [73]
Critics' Choice Movie Awards January 4, 2026 Best Picture Frankenstein Template:Nom [74][75]
Best Director Guillermo del Toro Template:Nom
Best Supporting Actor Jacob Elordi Template:Won
Best Adapted Screenplay Guillermo del Toro Template:Nom
Best Cinematography Dan Laustsen Template:Nom
Best Costume Design Kate Hawley Template:Won
Best Production Design Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau Template:Won
Best Score Alexandre Desplat Template:Nom
Best Hair and Make-Up Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, and Cliona Furey Template:Won
Best Visual Effects Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, and José Granell Template:Nom
Best Sound Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern, and Greg Chapman Template:Nom
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association December 17, 2025 Best Picture Frankenstein Template:Runner-up [76]
Best Director Guillermo del Toro Template:Runner-up
Best Musical Score Alexandre Desplat Template:Runner-up
Directors Guild of America Awards February 7, 2026 Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Guillermo del Toro Template:Nom [77]
Directors Guild of Canada November 8, 2025 Feature Film Crew Of The Year Frankenstein Template:Won [78]
Florida Film Critics Circle December 19, 2025 Best Visual Effects Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, and José Granell Template:Runner-up [79]
Best Poduction Design & Art Direction Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau Template:Runner-up
Georgia Film Critics Association December 27, 2025 Best Supporting Actor Jacob Elordi Template:Runner-up [80]
Best Adapted Screenplay Guillermo del Toro Template:Nom
Best Cinematography Dan Laustsen Template:Nom
Best Production Design Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau Template:Won
Golden Globe Awards January 11, 2026 Best Motion Picture – Drama Frankenstein Template:Nom [81]
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama Oscar Isaac Template:Nom
Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Jacob Elordi Template:Nom
Best Director Guillermo del Toro Template:Nom
Best Original Score Alexandre Desplat Template:Nom
Gotham Awards December 1, 2025 Outstanding Supporting Performance Jacob Elordi Template:Nom [82][83]
Vanguard Tribute Guillermo del Toro, Oscar Isaac, and Jacob Elordi Template:Won
Hollywood Music in Media Awards November 19, 2025 Score – Feature Film Alexandre Desplat Template:Nom [84]
IndieWire Honors December 4, 2025 Wavelength Award Jacob Elordi and Mike Hill Template:Won [85]
Kansas City Film Critics Circle December 21, 2025 Best Film Frankenstein Template:Nom [86]
Best Director Guillermo del Toro Template:Nom
Best Supporting Actor Jacob Elordi Template:Nom
Best Adapted Screenplay Guillermo del Toro Template:Nom
Best Cinematography Dan Laustsen Template:Nom
Best Original Score Alexandre Desplat Template:Nom
Best Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Frankenstein Template:Nom
London Film Critics' Circle February 1, 2026 Supporting Actor of the Year Jacob Elordi Template:Nom [87]
Los Angeles Film Critics Association December 7, 2025 Best Production Design Tamara Deverell Template:Runner-up [88]
Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild February 14, 2026 Best Period and/or Character Make-Up Jordan Samuel, Oriana Rossi, Kristin Wayne, Patricia Keighran, and Lizzi Lawson Zeiss Template:Nom [89]
Best Period Hair Styling and/or Character Hair Styling Cliona Furey, Tim Nolan, Laura Solari, Tori Binns, and Katarina Chovanec Template:Nom
Best Special Make-Up Effects Mike Hill and Megan Many Template:Won
Marrakech International Film Festival Awards December 6, 2025 Tribute – Golden Star Award Guillermo del Toro Template:Honored [90]
Middleburg Film Festival October 19, 2025 Special Achievement in Costume Design Award Kate Hawley Template:Won [91]
National Board of Review December 3, 2025 Top 10 Films Frankenstein Template:WonTemplate:Efn [1]
Newport Beach Film Festival 22 October 2025 Outstanding Cinematography Dan Laustsen Template:Won [92]
Maverick Award Jacob Elordi Template:Won [93]
New York Film Critics Online December 15, 2025 Best Supporting Actor Jacob Elordi Template:Won [94]
Best Cinematography Dan Laustsen Template:Nom
Online Film & Television Association February 15, 2026 Best Picture Frankenstein Template:Nom [95]
Best Supporting Actor Jacob Elordi Template:Won
Best Director Guillermo del Toro Template:Nom
Best Adapted Screenplay Template:Nom
Best Original Score Alexandre Desplat Template:Nom
Best Cinematography Dan Laustsen Template:Nom
Best Production Design Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau Template:Won
Best Costume Design Kate Hawley Template:Won
Best Makeup and Hair Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, and Cliona Furey Template:Won
Best Sound Frankenstein Template:Nom
Best Sound Effects Template:Nom
Best Visual Effects Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, and José Granell Template:Nom
Palm Springs International Film Festival January 3, 2026 Visionary Award Guillermo del Toro, Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, and Mia Goth Template:Won [96][97]
Phoenix Film Critics Society December 15, 2025 Top Ten Films Frankenstein Template:WonTemplate:Efn [98]
Best Production Design Tamara Deverell Template:Won
Producers Guild of America Awards February 28, 2026 Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Scott Stuber Template:Nom [99]
San Diego Film Critics Society December 15, 2025 Best Supporting Actor Jacob Elordi Template:Nom [100]
Best Cinematography Dan Laustsen Template:Nom
Best Production Design Tamara Deverell Template:Won
Best Visual Effects Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, and José Granell Template:Nom
Best Costume Design Kate Hawley Template:Runner-up
Best Sound Design Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern, and Greg Chapman Template:Nom
San Francisco Film Critics December 14, 2025 Best Supporting Actor Jacob Elordi Template:Nominated [101]
Best Cinematography Dan Laustsen Template:Nominated
Best Production Design Tamara Deverell Template:Runner-up
Best Score Alexandre Desplat Template:Nominated
San Francisco International Film Festival November 12, 2025 Sloan Science in Cinema Prize Frankenstein Template:Won [102]
Santa Barbara International Film Festival February 8, 2026 Virtuoso Award Jacob Elordi Template:Honored [103][104]
Satellite Awards March 8, 2026 Best Motion Picture – Drama Frankenstein Template:Pending [105]
Best Director Guillermo del Toro Template:Pending
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama Oscar Isaac Template:Pending
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Jacob Elordi Template:Pending
Best Cinematography Dan Laustsen Template:Pending
Best Costume Design Kate Hawley Template:Pending
Best Production Design Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau Template:Pending
Best Original Score Alexandre Desplat Template:Pending
Best Makeup & Hair Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, and Cliona Furey Template:Pending
Best Visual Effects Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, and José Granell Template:Pending
Saturn Awards March 8, 2026 Best Horror Film Frankenstein Template:Pending [106]
Best Film Director Guillermo del Toro Template:Pending
Best Writing Guillermo del Toro Template:Pending
Best Actor Oscar Isaac Template:Pending
Best Supporting Actor Jacob Elordi Template:Pending
Best Supporting Actress Mia Goth Template:Pending
Best Film Editing Evan Schiff Template:Pending
Best Costume Design Kate Hawley Template:Pending
Best Production Design Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau Template:Pending
Best Music Alexandre Desplat Template:Pending
Best Makeup Mike Hill, Megan Many Template:Pending
Best Special Effects Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, and José Granell Template:Pending
Seattle Film Critics Society December 15, 2025 Best Actor in a Supporting Role Jacob Elordi Template:Nom [107]
Best Cinematography Dan Laustsen Template:Nom
Best Costume Design Kate Hawley Template:Won
Best Original Score Alexandre Desplat Template:Nom
Best Production Design Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau Template:Won
Best Visual Effects Design Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, and José Granell Template:Nom
Set Decorators Society Of America Awards February 21, 2026 Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a Fantasy or Science Fiction Feature Film Set Decoration by Shane Vieau SDSA; Production Design by Tamara Deverell Template:Won [108]
Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards February 6, 2026 Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film Alexandre Desplat Template:Nom [109]
Southeastern Film Critics Association December 16, 2025 Top Ten Films Frankenstein Template:Runner-up [110]
St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards December 14, 2025 Best Film Template:Nominated [111]
Best Adapted Screenplay Guillermo del Toro Template:Nominated
Best Cinematography Dan Laustsen Template:Nominated
Best Costume Design Kate Hawley Template:Won
Best Production Design Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau Template:Won
Best Original Score Alexandre Desplat Template:Nominated
Best Horror Film Frankenstein Template:Nominated
The Fashion Awards December 1, 2025 Costume Designer of the Year Kate Hawley Template:Won [112]
Toronto Film Critics Association December 7, 2025 Best Actor in a Supporting Role Jacob Elordi Template:Runner-up [113]
TIFF Tribute Awards September 7, 2025 Ebert Director Award Guillermo del Toro Template:Honored [114]
Toronto International Film Festival September 14, 2025 People's Choice Award Frankenstein Template:Runner-up [115]
USC Scripter Awards January 24, 2026 Film Frankenstein
(Guillermo del Toro) 		Template:Nom [116]
Venice International Film Festival September 6, 2025 Golden Lion Guillermo del Toro Template:Nominated [117]
Fanheart3 Award – Graffetta d'Oro for Best Film Frankenstein Template:Won [118]
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association December 7, 2025 Best Supporting Actor Jacob Elordi Template:Nom [119]
Best Adapted Screenplay Guillermo del Toro Template:Nom
Best Production Design Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau Template:Nom
Best Cinematography Dan Laustsen Template:Nom
Best Score Alexandre Desplat Template:Nom
Writers Guild of America Awards March 8, 2026 Best Adapted Screenplay Guillermo del Toro; based on the novel by Mary Shelley Template:Pending [120]

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