Paul Thomas Anderson’s highly acclaimed “One Battle After Another” has been named the Best Picture of 2025 by the National Society of Film Critics.
The organisation held its 60th annual awards voting meeting on January 3rd, critics voting in-person at gatherings in Los Angeles and New York and also participating virtually across the United States.
The film also landed Best Director, Supporting Actor (Benicio del Toro) and Supporting Actress (Teyana Taylor) – making it the biggest winner for the night, as well as a runner-up for cinematography.
Other notable winners or runners up included “Sinners,” “The Secret Agent,” “It was Just an Accident,” “Blue Moon,” “Sentimental Value” and “Nouvelle Vague”. Here’s the full list:
Best Picture
One Battle After Another
Runners-up: Sinners, The Secret Agent
Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Runners-up: Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident; Richard Linklater, Blue Moon and Nouvelle Vague
Best Actor
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Runners-up: Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent; Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
Best Actress
Kathleen Chalfant, Familiar Touch
Runners-up: Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You; Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
Best Supporting Actor
Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another
Runners-up: Delroy Lindo, Sinners; Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value
Best Supporting Actress
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
Runners-up: Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value; Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Best Screenplay
Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident
Runners-up: Robert Kaplow, Blue Moon; Kleber Mendonça Filho, The Secret Agent
Best Film Not in the English Language
The Secret Agent
Runners-up: It Was Just an Accident, Sentimental Value
Best Nonfiction Film
My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow
Runners-up: The Perfect Neighbor, Orwell: 2+2=5
Best Cinematography
Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners
Runners-up: Adolpho Veloso, Train Dreams; Michael Bauman, One Battle After Another
Best Experimental Film
Morning Circle, Basma al-Sharif
Special Award for a Film Awaiting U.S. Distribution
Landmarks, Lucrecia Martel
