The Phoenix Critics Circle are pleased to announce the recipients of their 2025 awards…

Warner Bros. One Battle After Another won big with the most awards, six total, including Best Picture, while also being the only film to nab multiple awards.

Announced on Thursday, December 11th, 2025, at the annual Phoenix Critics Circle Awards Party at Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre, here is the full list of the PCC nominees with the winners highlighted in each category:

BEST PICTURE

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

BEST COMEDY FILM

• The Ballad of Wallis Island
• Bugonia
• Friendship
• The Naked Gun – Winner
• Rental Family

BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM

• Bugonia
• Companion
• Frankenstein – Winner
• Mickey 17
• The Running Man

BEST HORROR FILM

• 28 Years Later
• Bring Her Back
• Sinners – Winner
• The Ugly Stepsister
• Weapons

BEST ANIMATED FILM

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

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

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

BEST DOCUMENTARY

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

BEST ACTOR

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

BEST ACTRESS

• 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 SUPPORTING ACTOR

• 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 SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Odessa A’zion, Marty Supreme
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
• Amy Madigan, Weapons – Winner
• 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

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

BEST STUNT COORDINATION

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

The Phoenix Critics Circle is established as an association for professional film critique and analysis. Administered by the non-profit Phoenix Film Foundation, the Phoenix Critics Circle is committed to the progression and preservation of film and is composed of print, television, radio and internet film critics from Arizona.