14TH ANNUAL ST. LOUIS FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARDS
Sunday, December 14, 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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Frankenstein • Netflix
Hamnet • Focus Features
It Was Just an Accident • NEON
Marty Supreme • A24
The Phoenician Scheme • Focus Features
The Secret Agent • NEON
Sinners • Warner Bros. Pictures
Superman • DC Studios / Warner Bros. Pictures
Weapons • Warner Bros. Pictures / New Lines Cinema



Best Director
PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers
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Ryan Coogler – “Sinners”
Jafar Panahi – “It Was Just an Accident”
Josh Safdie – “Marty Supreme”
Chloe Zhao – “Hamnet”



Best 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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Timothée Chalamet – “Marty Supreme”
Ethan Hawke – “Blue Moon”
Michael B. Jordan – “Sinners”
Wagner Moura – “The Secret Agent”



Best Actress
JESSIE BUCKLEY
HAMNET • Focus Features
Chloé Zhao | Director
Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Sam Mendes, Steven Spielberg | Producers
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Rose Byrne – “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
Chase Infiniti – “One Battle After Another”
Amanda Seyfried – “The Testament of Ann Lee”
Emma Stone – “Bugonia”



Best Supporting Actor
SEAN PENN
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures
Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers
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Benecio del Toro – “One Battle After Another”
Paul Mescal – “Hamnet”
Andrew Scott – “Blue Moon”
Stellan Skarsgard – “Sentimental Value”



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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Glenn Close – “Wake Up Dead Man”
Elle Fanning – “Sentimental Value”
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – “Sentimental Value”
Teyana Taylor – “One Battle After Another”



BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE
Will Patton (Narrator)
Train Dreams • Netflix
Clint Bentley | Director
Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer, Michael Heimler | Producers
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Arden Cho – “KPop Demon Hunters”
Ginnifer Goodwin – “Zootopia 2”
Damian Lewis – “Orwell: 2+2=5”
Scarlet Sher – “Weapons”



Best Ensemble Feature
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures
Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers
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Black Bag
Hamnet
A House of Dynamite
Sinners



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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Frankenstein – Guillermo del Toro
Hamnet – Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell
Train Dreams – Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery – Rian Johnson



BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
WEAPONS • Warner Bros / New Line Cinema
Written by Zach Cregger
Zach Cregger | Director
Zach Cregger, Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, J. D. Lifshitz, Raphael Margules | Producers
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Blue Moon – Robert Kaplow
It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi
Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
Sinners – Ryan Coogler
Sorry, Baby – Eva Victor



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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Frankenstein – Dan Laustsen
Hamnet – Lukasz Zal
Sinners – Autumn Durald Arkapaw
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
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Hamnet – Malgosia Turzanska
Sinners – Ruth E. Carter
The Testament of Ann Lee – Malgorzata Karpiuk
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
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F1: The Movie – Stephen Mirrione, Patrick J. Smith
A House of Dynamite – Kirk Baxter
Marty Supreme – Josh Safdie, Ronald Bronstein
Sinners – Michael P. Shawver



BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
FRANKENSTEIN • Netflix
Production Design by Tamara Deverell
Guillermo del Toro | Director
Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale, Scott Stuber | Producers
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Hamnet – Fiona Crombie & Alice Felton
The Phoenician Scheme – Adam Stockhausen & Anna Pinnock
Sinners – Hannah Bleacher & Monique Champagne
Wicked: For Good – Nathan Crowley & Lee Sandales



BEST MUSIC SCORE
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures
Composed by Jonny Greenwood
Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers
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Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat
Hamnet – Max Richter
Sinners – Ludwig Göransson
The Testament of Ann Lee – Daniel Blumberg



BEST SOUNDTRACK
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures
Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers
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KPop Demon Hunters
Marty Supreme
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
Wicked: For Good



BEST STUNTS
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING • Paramount Pictures
Christopher McQuarrie | Director
Christopher McQuarrie, Tom Cruise | Producers
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Ballerina
F1: The Movie
One Battle After Another
Warfare



BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH •
20th Century Studios
James Cameron | Director
James Cameron, Jon Landau | Producers
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F1: The Movie
Sinners
Superman
Tron: Ares



BEST ACTION FILM
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING • Paramount Pictures
Christopher McQuarrie | Director
Christopher McQuarrie, Tom Cruise | Producers
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F1: The Movie
One Battle After Another
Superman
Warfare

BEST COMEDY FILM
THE NAKED GUN • Paramount Pictures
Akiva Schaffer | Director
Seth MacFarlane, Erica Huggins | Producers
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Eephus
Friendship
Good Fortune
The Phoenician Scheme



BEST HORROR FILM
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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28 Years Later
Companion
Frankenstein
Sinners



BEST ANIMATED FILM
ZOOTOPIA 2 • Walt Disney Pictures
Jared Bush, Byron Howard | Directors
Yvett Merino Flores | Producer
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Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Ne Zha II



BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
ORWELL: 2+2=5 • NEON
Raoul Peck | Director
Alex Gibney, Raoul Peck, George Chignell, Nick Shumaker | Producers
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2000 Meters to Andriivka
Afternoons of Solitude
Deaf President Now
The Perfect Neighbor



BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT • NEON
Jafar Panahi | Director/Producer
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No Other Choice
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sirāt



BEST FIRST FEATURE
SORRY, BABY • A24
Eva Victor | Director
Adele Romanski, Mark Ceryak, Barry Jenkins | Producers
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Emilie Blichfeldt – “The Ugly Stepsister”
Andrew DeYoung – “Friendship”
Drew Hancock – “Companion”
Carson Lund – “Eephus”



BEST SCENE
MUSIC EVOLUTION “I LIED TO YOU”
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures
Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers
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The Globe theatrical production in “Hamnet”
Finale in “It Was Just an Accident”
Baktan Cross Car Chase Scene in “One Battle After Another”
The fate of Aunt Gladys in “Weapons”

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“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”
Amy Madigan – “Weapons”
“One Battle After Another”
Will Patton – “Train Dreams”
“One Battle After Another” – Paul Thomas Anderson
“Weapons” – Zach Cregger
“One Battle After Another” – Andy Jurgensen
“One Battle After Another” – Michael Bauman
“Frankenstein” – Tamara Deverell
“Frankenstein” – Kate Hawley
“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning”
“One Battle After Another” – Jonny Greenwood
“Sinners”
“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning”
“The Naked Gun”
“Weapons”
“Zootopia 2”
“Orwell 2+2=5”
“It Was Just An Accident”
“Sorry, Baby” – Eva Victor
“The Music Evolution” in “Sinners”

ABOUT THE St. Louis Film Critics Association
The St. Louis Film Critics Association (StLFCA) is an organization of professional film critics operating in the greater metropolitan St. Louis area and adjoining areas of Missouri and Illinois. The StLFCA was founded in late 2004.




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