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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


28 Years Later
Companion
Frankenstein
Sinners

BEST ANIMATED FILM

ZOOTOPIA 2 • Walt Disney Pictures

Jared Bush, Byron Howard | Directors
Yvett Merino Flores | Producer


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


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


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


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


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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