10th Annual Seattle Film Critics Society Awards
Monday, December 15, 2025

BEST PICTURE

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Warner Bros. Pictures

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


Bugonia • Focus Features
Hamnet • Focus Features
It Was Just an Accident • NEON
Marty Supreme • A24
Sentimental Value • NEON
Sinners – Warner Bros. Pictures
Sorry, Baby • A24
Train Dreams • Netflix
Weapons • Warner Bros. Pictures / New Line Cinema

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BEST DIRECTOR

Paul Thomas Anderson
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Warner Bros. Pictures

Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers


Clint Bentley – Train Dreams
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
Chloé Zhao – Hamnet

BEST LEAD ACTOR

LEONARDO DICAPRIO
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Warner Bros. Pictures

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


Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners

BEST LEAD ACTRESS

Jessie Buckley
HAMNET • Focus Features

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


Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee
Emma Stone – Bugonia
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Sean Penn
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Warner Bros. Pictures

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


Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
David Jonsson – The Long Walk
William H. Macy – Train Dreams

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Wunmi Mosaku
Sinners • Warner Bros. Pictures

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


Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan – Weapons
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Warner Bros. Pictures

Casting by Cassandra Kulukundis

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


Eephus – Carson Lund
Marty Supreme – Jennifer Venditti
Sinners – Francine Maisler
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Story – Bret Howe, Mary Vernieu

BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE

JACOBI JUPE
HAMNET • Focus Features

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


Cary Christopher – Weapons
Shannon Gorman – Rental Family
Jasper Thompson – The Mastermind
Alfie Williams – 28 Years Later

BEST 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


Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
Sinners – Ryan Coogler
Sorry, Baby – Eva Victor
Train Dreams – Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar

BEST ANIMATED FILM

KPOP DEMON HUNTERS • Netflix

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


Arco – Ugo Bienvenu
The Colors Within – Naoko Yamada
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain – Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han
Zootopia 2 – Jared Bush, Byron Howard

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BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM

WTO/99 • Foghorn Features

Ian Bell | Director
Laura Tatham, Ian Bell, Alex Megaro | Producers


The Alabama Solution – Andrew Jarecki, Charlotte Kaufman
Come See Me in the Good Light – Ryan White
Pavements – Alex Ross Perry
The Perfect Neighbor – Geeta Gandbhir

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT • NEON

Jafar Panahi | Director/Producer


No Other Choice – Park Chan-wook
The Secret Agent – Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier
The Ugly Stepsister – Emilie Blichfeldt

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BEST PACIFIC NORTHWEST FILM

TRAIN DREAMS • Netflix

Clint Bentley | Director
Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer, Michael Heimler | Producers


Not One Drop of Blood – Jackson Devereux, Lachlan Hinton
To Kill a Wolf – Kelsey Taylor
Twinless – James Sweeney
Wolf Land (Director’s Cut) – Sarah Hoffman
WTO/99 – Ian Bell

BEST PACIFIC NORTHWEST FILM

Songs of Black Folk

Justin Emeka, Haley Watson | Directors
Kevin Del Rosario, Haley Watson | Producers


Charlotte, 1994 – Brian Pittala
A Fateful Weekend – Tony Doupe
Shelly’s Leg – Wes Hurley
Style: A Seattle Basketball Story – Bryan Tucker

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

Cinematography by Autumn Durald Arkapaw

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


Frankenstein – Dan Laustsen
Hamnet – Łukasz Żal
One Battle After Another – Michael Bauman
Train Dreams – Adolpho Veloso

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

FRANKENSTEIN • Netflix

Costume Design by Kate Hawley

Guillermo del Toro | Director
Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale, Scott Stuber | Producers


The Phoenician Scheme – Milena Canonero
Sinners – Ruth E. Carter
Train Dreams – Malgosia Turzanska
Wicked: For Good – Paul Tazewell

BEST EDITING

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Warner Bros. Pictures

Editing by Andy Jurgensen

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


F1: The Movie – Stephen Mirrione, Patrick J. Smith
Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
Reflection in a Dead Diamond – Bernard Beets
Sinners – Michael P. Shawver

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Warner Bros. Pictures

Composed by Jonny Greenwood

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


F1: The Movie – Hans Zimmer
Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat
Sinners – Ludwig Göransson
Tron: Ares – Nine Inch Nails

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

frankenstein • Netflix

Production Design by Tamara Deverell & Shane Vieau

Guillermo del Toro | Director
Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale, Scott Stuber | Producers


The Fantastic Four: First Steps – Kasra Farahani (Production Design); Jille Azis (Set Decoration)
The Phoenician Scheme – Adam Stockhausen (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration)
Resurrection – Liu Qiang, Tu Nan
Sinners – Hannah Beachler (Production Design); Monique Champagne (Set Decoration)

BEST ACTION CHOREOGRAPHY

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING • Paramount Pictures

Action Choreography by Wade Eastwood

Christopher McQuarrie | Director
Christopher McQuarrie, Tom Cruise | Producers


Avatar: Fire and Ash – Garrett Warren, Steve Brown, Stuart Thorp
Ballerina – Stephen Dunlevy, Jackson Spindell
Predator: Badlands – Jacob Tomuri
Sinners – Andy Gill

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
20th Century Studios

Visual Effects by Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett

James Cameron | Director
James Cameron, Jon Landau | Producers


F1: The Movie – Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington
Frankenstein – Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, José Granell
Predator: Badlands – Olivier Dumont, Alec Gillis, Sheldon Stopsack, Karl Rapley
Sinners – Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter, Donnie Dean

BEST VILLAIN OF THE YEAR

AMY MADIGAN (“Aunt Gladys”)
WEAPONS • Warner Bros / New Line Cinema

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


Col. Steven J. Lockjaw – One Battle After Another (as portrayed by Sean Penn)
Laura – Bring Her Back (as portrayed by Sally Hawkins)
Lex Luthor – Superman (as portrayed by Nicholas Hoult)
Remmick – Sinners (as portrayed by Jack O’Connell)

Seattle Film Critics Society

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Villain of the Year:

“One Battle After Another”
Paul Thomas Anderson – “One Battle After Another”
Leonardo DiCaprio – “One Battle After Another”
Jessie Buckley – “Hamnet”
Sean Penn – “One Battle After Another”
Wunmi Mosaku – “Sinners”
Jacobi Jupe – “Hamnet”
“One Battle After Another” – Cassandra Kulukundis
“Train Dreams” – Clint Bentley
“Songs of Black Folk” – Justin Emeka, Haley Watson
“It Was Just an Accident”
“WTO/99”
“KPop Demon Hunters”
“One Battle After Another” – Paul Thomas Anderson
“Sinners” – Autumn Durald Arkapaw
“Frankenstein” – Kate Hawley
“One Battle After Another” – Andy Jurgensen
“One Battle After Another” – Jonny Greenwood
“Frankenstein” – Tamara Deverell (Production Design), Shane Vieau (Set Decoration)
“Avatar: Fire and Ash” – Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett
“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” – Wade Eastwood
Aunt Gladys – “Weapons” as portrayed by Amy Madigan

ABOUT THE Seattle Film Critics Society

After formation in the fall of 2016, The Seattle Film Critics Society officially became a non-profit organization in 2017, with a membership now consisting of 26 film critics, representing print, broadcast, podcasting, and online film criticism. This year’s awards are the fourth held under the banner of the SFCS, honoring the best films and performances of the year.

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