Awards 2025

One Battle After Another (2025)

The 24th Annual Columbus Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2025, were announced on January 8, 2026.

For the complete list of nominees, click here.

Best Film

  1. One Battle After Another
  2. No Other Choice (Eojjeolsuga eobsda)
  3. Sinners
  4. It Was Just an Accident (Yek tasadof-e sadeh)
  5. Bugonia
  6. Wake Up Dead Man
  7. Sentimental Value (Affeksjonsverdi)
  8. Train Dreams
  9. Weapons
  10. Marty Supreme

Best Director

  • Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
  • Runner-up: Ryan Coogler, Sinners

Best Lead Performance

  • Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
  • Runner-up: Jessie Buckley, Hamnet

Best Supporting Performance

  • Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another
  • Runner-up: Sean Penn, One Battle After Another

Best Ensemble

  • One Battle After Another
  • Runner-up: Sinners

Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)

  • Josh O’Connor, The History of Sound, The Mastermind, Rebuilding, and Wake Up Dead Man
  • Runner-up: Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another and The Phoenician Scheme

Breakthrough Film Artist

  • Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another – (for acting)
  • Runner-up: Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby – (for acting, directing, and screenwriting)

Best Cinematography

  • Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners
  • Runner-up: Michael Bauman, One Battle After Another

Best Film Editing

  • Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After Another
  • Runner-up: Stephen Mirrione, F1

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
  • Runner-up: Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, and Jahye Lee, No Other Choice
    (Eojjeolsuga eobsda)

Best Original Screenplay

  • Ryan Coogler, Sinners
  • Runner-up: Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident (Yek tasadof-e sadeh)

Best Score

  • Ludwig Göransson, Sinners
  • Runner-up: Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another

Best Documentary

  • Predators
  • Runner-up: Cover-Up

Best Foreign Language Film

  • It Was Just an Accident (Yek tasadof-e sadeh)
  • Runner-up: No Other Choice (Eojjeolsuga eobsda)

Best Animated Film

  • Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (Amélie et la métaphysique des tubes)
  • Runner-up: KPop Demon Hunters

Frank Gabrenya Award for Best Comedy

  • One of Them Days
  • Runner-up: The Baltimorons

Best Overlooked Film

  • Warfare
  • Runner-up: The Mastermind