9TH ANNUAL ATLANTA FILM CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS
Wednesday, December 3, 2025

BEST FILM

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Warner Bros. Pictures

Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers


02) Sinners • Warner Bros. Pictures
03) Weapons • Warner Bros. Pictures/New Line Cinema
04) Hamnet • Focus Features
05) Marty Supreme • A24
06) It Was Just An Accident • NEON
07) No Other Choice • NEON
08) Sentimental Value • NEON
09) Train Dreams • Netflix
10) The Secret Agent • NEON

BEST DIRECTOR

PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Warner Bros. Pictures

Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers


Runner-Up: Ryan Coogler | Sinners • Warner Bros. Pictures

BEST LEAD ACTOR

LEONARDO DICAPRIO
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Warner Bros. Pictures

Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers


Runner-Up: Michael B. Jordan | Sinners • Warner Bros. Pictures

BEST LEAD ACTRESS

JESSIE BUCKLEY
HAMNET • Focus Features

Chloé Zhao | Director
Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Sam Mendes, Steven Spielberg | Producers


Runner-Up: Rose Byrne | If I Had Legs I’d Kick You • A24

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

BENICIO DEL TORO
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Warner Bros. Pictures

Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers


Runner-Up: Sean Penn | One Battle After Another • Warner Bros. Pictures

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

AMY MADIGAN
WEAPONS • Warner Bros/New Line Cinema

Zach Cregger | Director
Zach Cregger, Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, J. D. Lifshitz, Raphael Margules | Producers


Runner-Up: Teyana Taylor | One Battle After Another • Warner Bros. Pictures

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Warner Bros. Pictures

Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers


Runner-Up: Sinners • Warner Bros. Pictures

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

Written by Ryan Coogler

Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers


Runner-Up: Weapons • Warner Bros. Pictures/New Line Cinema | Zach Cregger

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Warner Bros. Pictures

Written by Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers


Runner-Up: Hamnet • Focus Features | Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell

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BEST DOCUMENTARY

THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR • Netflix

Geeta Gandbhir | Director
Nikon Kwantu, Alisa Payne, Sam Bisbee, Geeta Gandbhir | Producers


Runner-Up: The Alabama Solution • HBO Documentary Films
2000 Meters to Andriivka • PBS Distribution
Apocalypse in the Tropics • Netflix
Come See Me In The Good Light • Apple TV+

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT • NEON

Jafar Panahi | Director/Producer


Runner-Up: No Other Choice • NEON

BEST ANIMATED FILM

KPOP DEMON HUNTERS • Netflix

Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang | Directors
Michelle L.M. Wong | Producer


Runner-Up: Arco • NEON

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Warner Bros. Pictures

Cinematography by Michael Bauman

Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers


Runner-Up: Sinners • Warner Bros. Pictures | Autumn Durald Arkapaw

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

Composed by Ludwig Göransson

Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers


Runner-Up: One Battle After Another • Warner Bros. Pictures | Jonny Greenwood

BEST STUNT WORK

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING • Paramount Pictures

Christopher McQuarrie | Director
Christopher McQuarrie, Tom Cruise | Producers


Runner-Up: F1: The Movie • Warner Bros. Pictures/Apple Original Films

BEST VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE

ARDEN CHO
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS • Netflix

Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang | Directors
Michelle L.M. Wong | Producer


Runner-Up: Jason Bateman | Zootopia 2 • Walt Disney Pictures

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER

CHASE INFINITI
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Warner Bros. Pictures

Kirk Jones | Director
Piers Tempest, Kirk Jones, Georgia Bayliff | Producers


Miles Canton | Sinners • Warner Bros. Pictures
David Corenswet | Superman • DC Studios/Warner Bros. Pictures

BEST FIRST FEATURE FILM

EVA VICTOR
SORRY, BABY • A24

Mark Ceryak, Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski | Producers


Andrew DeYoung | Friendship • A24
Drew Hancock | Companion • Warner Bros. Pictures

ATLANTA FILM CRITICS CIRCLE

BEST PICTURE:
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST:
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

BEST DOCUMENTARY:
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM:
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
BEST STUNT WORK:
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER:
BEST FIRST FILM:

BEST VOICE PERFORMANCE:

“One Battle After Another”
Paul Thomas Anderson – “One Battle After Another”
Leonardo DiCaprio – “One Battle After Another”
Jessie Buckley – “Hamnet”
Benicio del Toro – “One Battle After Another”
Amy Madigan – “Weapons”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners” – Ryan Coogler
“One Battle After Another” – Paul Thomas Anderson
“The Perfect Neighbor”
“It Was Just An Accident”
“KPop Demon Hunters”
“One Battle After Another” – Michael Bauman
“Sinners” – Ludwig Göransson
“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning”
Chase Infiniti – “One Battle After Another”
Eva Victor – “Sorry, Baby”
Arden Cho – “KPop Demon Hunters”

About the ATLANTA FILM CRITICS CIRCLE

Co-founded in 2017 by longtime Atlanta film critics Felicia Feaster and Michael Clark, the Atlanta Film Critics Circle is an attempt to fill a void in the local film community and in the representation of Atlanta’s media on the national stage.

Composed of a dynamic mix of 25 Atlanta-based critics working in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, the AFCC’s mission is to establish a national presence for a film critics group in Atlanta and to foster a vibrant film culture in Atlanta, already home to an exploding film industry production presence.

Founding members (critics living in and/or currently writing for global, national, regional and/or Atlanta metro area outlets) of AFCC vote in early December for the group’s annual awards.

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