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



BEST DOCUMENTARY
THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR • Netflix
Geeta Gandbhir | Director
Nikon Kwantu, Alisa Payne, Sam Bisbee, Geeta Gandbhir | Producers
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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
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Runner-Up: No Other Choice • NEON



BEST ANIMATED FILM
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS • Netflix
Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang | Directors
Michelle L.M. Wong | Producer
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Andrew DeYoung | Friendship • A24
Drew Hancock | Companion • Warner Bros. Pictures

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“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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