The Phoenix Critics Circle Best Film Nominees and Winners of 2025

We Phoenix Critics Circle members got together and voted for the best films of 2025.

Here are the nominees and the winners of the best films of
2025! “One Battle After Another” picked up six award wins, most especially, Best Picture.

If you haven’t seen them, what are you waiting for?!

This is a great list to go by.

Best Picture:

*One Battle After Another – Winner
Hamnet
It Was Just an Accident
Sentimental Value
Sinners

Best Animated Feature:

*KPop Demon Hunters – Winner
Elio
Predator: Killer of Killers
Zootopia 2

Best Documentary Feature

*The Perfect Neighbor – Winner
Deaf President Now!
Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery
Orwell: 2+2=5
Predators

Best Foreign Language Feature

*Sentimental Value – Winner
It Was Just an Accident
No Other Choice
The Secret Agent
Sirat

Best Actor in a Leading Role:

*Timothee Chalamet, Marty Supreme – Winner
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Joel Edgerton, Train Dreams
Oscar Isaac, Frankenstein
Micheal B, Jordan, Sinners

Best Actress in a Leading Role:

*Jessie Buckley, Hamnet – Winner
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another
Jennifer Lawrence, Die My Love
Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

*Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another – Winner
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo, Sinners
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgard, Sentimental Value

Best Actress in a Supporting Role:

*Amy Madigan, Weapons – Winner
Odessa A’zion, Marty Supreme
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

Best Director:

*Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another – Winner
Park Chan-wook, No Other Choice
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value

Best Screenplay:

*Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another – Winner
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident
Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt, Sentimental Value
Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby

Best Cinematography:

*Michael Bauman, One Battle After Another – Winner
Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners
Adolpho Veloso, Train Dreams
Kim Woo-hyung, No Other Choice

Best Score:

*Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another – Winner
Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein
Ludwig Goransson, Sinners
Kangding Ray, Sirat

Best Stunt Coordination:

*Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning – Winner
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Weapons

Special Recognition Award Winners:

Lifetime Achievement in Filmmaking – David Lynch
Award for Contribution Native Americans in Film – Graham Greene