Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2025

38th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
Date	December 11, 2025
Site	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Highlights
Best Picture	One Battle After Another
Most awards	One Battle After Another (9)
Most nominations	One Battle After Another / Sinners (12)
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The 38th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards were presented to recognize the best in film of 2025. The nominations were announced on December 9, 2025. ^[1] One Battle After Another and Sinners received the most nominations with a record twelve each, followed by Marty Supreme with seven; Frankenstein and Train Dreams each earned five nominations. ^[1]

Additionally, Eva Victor received the most nominations for a single individual this year (Best Original Screenplay, Most Promising Performer, and the Milos Stehlik Breakthrough Filmmaker Award) for Sorry, Baby . ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The winners were announced on December 11, 2025. ^[4] Winning nine awards, One Battle After Another broke the record for the most wins by any film, surpassing the previous record seven wins by The Power of the Dog in 2021. The film was named Best Film, also earning Best Director (Paul Thomas Anderson), Best Supporting Actor (Benicio del Toro), Best Supporting Actress (Teyana Taylor), Best Adapted Screenplay (Anderson), Most Promising Performer (Chase Infiniti) and more; Frankenstein and It Was Just an Accident followed with two wins apiece. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Winners and nominees

The winners and nominees for the 38th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards are as follows:

Awards

Paul Thomas Anderson, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay winner

Timothée Chalamet, Best Actor winner

Rose Byrne, Best Actress winner

Benicio del Toro, Best Supporting Actor winner

Teyana Taylor, Best Supporting Actress winner

Jafar Panahi, Best Original Screenplay winner

Best Film	Best Director
One Battle After Another It Was Just an Accident Marty Supreme Sinners Train Dreams	Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another Ryan Coogler – Sinners Mona Fastvold – The Testament of Ann Lee Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
Best Actor	Best Actress
Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme as Marty Mauser Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another as Bob Ferguson Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams as Robert Grainier Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon as Lorenz Hart Michael B. Jordan – Sinners as Elijah "Smoke" Moore / Elias "Stack" Moore Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent as Marcelo Alves / Armando / Fernando	Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I'd Kick You as Linda Jessie Buckley – Hamnet as Agnes Shakespeare Jennifer Lawrence – Die My Love as Grace Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee as Ann Lee Tessa Thompson – Hedda as Hedda Gabler
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another as Sergio St. Carlos Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein as The Creature Delroy Lindo – Sinners as Delta Slim Sean Penn – One Battle After Another as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value as Gustov Borg	Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another as Perfidia Beverly Hills Odessa A'zion – Marty Supreme as Rachel Mizler Nina Hoss – Hedda as Eileen Lovborg Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value as Agnes Borg Pettersen Amy Madigan – Weapons as Gladys Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners as Annie
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi Blue Moon – Robert Kaplow Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie Sinners – Ryan Coogler Sorry, Baby – Eva Victor	One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson Hamnet – Chloé Zhao and Maggie O'Farrell No Other Choice – Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, and Lee Ja-hye Train Dreams – Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar Wake Up Dead Man – Rian Johnson
Best Animated Film	Best Documentary Film
KPop Demon Hunters Arco Boys Go to Jupiter Little Amélie or the Character of Rain Zootopia 2	The Perfect Neighbor Cover-Up My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Predators Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
Best Foreign Language Film
It Was Just an Accident (Iran) No Other Choice (South Korea) The Secret Agent (Brazil) Sentimental Value (Norway) Sirāt (Spain)
Best Cinematography	Best Editing
One Battle After Another – Michael Bauman Frankenstein – Dan Laustsen Hamnet – Łukasz Żal Sinners – Autumn Durald Arkapaw Train Dreams – Adolpho Veloso	One Battle After Another – Andy Jurgensen 28 Years Later – Jon Harris F1 – Stephen Mirrione and Patrick J. Smith Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie No Other Choice – Kim Sang-bum and Kim Ho-bin
Best Costume Design	Best Original Score
Frankenstein – Kate Hawley Hedda – Lindsay Pugh Sinners – Ruth E. Carter The Testament of Ann Lee – Malgorzata Karpiuk Wicked: For Good – Paul Tazewell	One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood The Mastermind – Rob Mazurek Sinners – Ludwig Göransson The Testament of Ann Lee – Daniel Blumberg Train Dreams – Bryce Dessner
Best Art Direction / Production Design	Best Use of Visual Effects
Frankenstein Marty Supreme One Battle After Another The Phoenician Scheme Sinners	Sinners Avatar: Fire and Ash Frankenstein Mickey 17 Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Milos Stehlik Breakthrough Filmmaker Award	Most Promising Performer
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby Mary Bronstein – If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Sarah Friedland – Familiar Touch Carson Lund – Eephus James Sweeney – Twinless	Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another Miles Caton – Sinners Abou Sangaré – Souleymane's Story Tonatiuh – Kiss of the Spider Woman Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby

Awards breakdown

The following films received multiple nominations: Nominations Film 12 One Battle After Another Sinners 7 Marty Supreme 5 Frankenstein Train Dreams 4 It Was Just an Accident The Testament of Ann Lee 3 Hamnet Hedda No Other Choice Sentimental Value Sorry, Baby 2 Blue Moon If I Had Legs I'd Kick You The Secret Agent

The following films received multiple wins: Wins Film 9 One Battle After Another 2 Frankenstein It Was Just an Accident

References

1. "'One Battle After Another' and 'Sinners' Tie with Record Twelve Nominations at Chicago Film Critics Association 2025 Awards". Chicago Film Critics Association. December 9, 2025. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
2. Anderson, Erik (December 9, 2025). "Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) Nominations: 'One Battle After Another', 'Sinners' Lead with 12; Eva Victor Lands Most Individual Nods". AwardsWatch. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
3. Tallerico, Brian (December 9, 2025). "'One Battle After Another', 'Sinners' Lead Chicago Film Critics Association Nominees". RogerEbert.com . Retrieved December 11, 2025.
4. "'One Battle After Another' Earns Record Nine Awards at 2025 Chicago Film Critics Association Honors; Rose Byrne, Timothée Chalamet Share Best Acting Awards". Chicago Film Critics Association. December 11, 2025. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
5. Anderson, Erik (December 11, 2025). "Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) Winners: 'One Battle After Another' Tops with 9". AwardsWatch. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
6. Tallerico, Brian (December 11, 2025). "'One Battle After Another' Wins Record Number of Chicago Film Critics Association Awards". RogerEbert.com . Retrieved December 11, 2025.

External links

• Official website