2025 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

51st LAFCA Awards
Date	December 7, 2025
Highlights
Best Picture	One Battle After Another
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The 51st Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), honored the best in film for 2025. The awards were announced on December 7, 2025. Paul Thomas Anderson's action thriller One Battle After Another led the awards with three wins, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Supporting Performance (Teyana Taylor). ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The winners will be honored at the association's annual banquet in the Biltmore Hotel on January 10, 2026. On October 22, 2025, it was announced that American filmmaker Philip Kaufman would be honored with the Career Achievement Award. ^[4]

Winners

Paul Thomas Anderson, Best Director winner

Rose Byrne and Ethan Hawke, Best Lead Performance winners

Stellan Skarsgård and Teyana Taylor, Best Supporting Performance winners

• Best Film:
  • One Battle After Another
    • Runner-up: The Secret Agent
• Best Director:
  • Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
    • Runner-up: Ryan Coogler – Sinners
• Best Lead Performance:
  • Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
  • Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
    • Runner-up: Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
    • Runner-up: Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent
• Best Supporting Performance:
  • Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value
  • Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
    • Runner-up: Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
    • Runner-up: Andrew Scott – Blue Moon
• Best Screenplay:
  • Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident
    • Runner-up: Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby
• Best Cinematography:
  • Adolpho Veloso – Train Dreams
    • Runner-up: Autumn Durald Arkapaw – Sinners
• Best Editing:
  • Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
    • Runner-up: Andy Jurgensen – One Battle After Another
• Best Music Score:
  • Kangding Ray  ( fr ) – Sirāt
    • Runner-up: Ludwig Göransson – Sinners
• Best Production Design:
  • Hannah Beachler – Sinners
    • Runner-up: Tamara Deverell – Frankenstein
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • The Secret Agent
    • Runner-up: It Was Just an Accident
• Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film:
  • My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow
    • Runner-up: The Perfect Neighbor
• Best Animation:
  • Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
    • Runner-up: KPop Demon Hunters
• New Generation Award:
  • Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby
• Career Achievement Award:
  • Philip Kaufman
• The Douglas Edwards Experimental Film Award:
  • Albert Serra – Afternoons of Solitude
  • Thom Andersen (for his body of work)
• Special Citation:
  • Judy Kim of Gardena Cinema, "a historic 800-seat, single-screen movie palace that has operated as an independent cinema and beacon of community since the Kim family took ownership in 1976"

References

1. Davis, Clayton (December 7, 2025). "'One Battle After Another' Wins Big at L.A. Film Critics with Best Picture, Ethan Hawke and Rose Byrne Take Lead Acting Prizes". Variety . Retrieved December 7, 2025.
2. Garner, Glenn (December 7, 2025). "'One Battle After Another' Wins Best Film at Los Angeles Film Critics Association 2025 Awards — Full Winners List". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved December 7, 2025.
3. Zilko, Christian (December 7, 2025). "Los Angeles Film Critics Association Names 'One Battle After Another' Best Picture of 2025 (Winners List)". IndieWire . Retrieved December 7, 2025.
4. "Los Angeles Film Critics Association Selects Philip Kaufman for Career Achievement Award" (Press release). Los Angeles Film Critics Association. October 22, 2025. Retrieved December 8, 2025.

External links

• 51st Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards