Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association (DFWFCA): ‘One Battle After Another’ Wins 5
The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association has voted One Battle After Another as the best film of 2025, also awarding it Best Director and Screenplay for Paul Thomas Anderson, Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio and Best Supporting Actress for Teyana Taylor.
Sinners was a double winner for Cinematography and Score, as was Sentimental Value for Best Supporting Actor (Stellan Skarsgård) and Best Foreign Language Film.
Here is the full list of winners and ranked runners-up.
BEST PICTURE
Winner: ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Runners-up: SINNERS (2); MARTY SUPREME (3); HAMNET (4); SENTIMENTAL VALUE (5); TRAIN DREAMS (6); FRANKENSTEIN (7); JAY KELLY (8); BUGONIA (9); IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (10)
BEST ACTOR
Winner: Leonardo DiCaprio, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Runners-up: Timothee Chalamet, MARTY SUPREME (2); Michael B. Jordan, SINNERS (3); Ethan Hawke, BLUE MOON (4); Joel Edgerton, TRAIN DREAMS (5)
BEST ACTRESS
Winner: Rose Byrne, IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU
Runners-up: Jessie Buckley, HAMNET (2); Renate Reinsve, SENTIMENTAL VALUE (3); Emma Stone, BUGONIA (4); Chase Infiniti, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (5)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Stellan Skarsgard, SENTIMENTAL VALUE
Runners-up: Benicio del Toro, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (2); Sean Penn, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (3); Paul Mescal, HAMNET (4); Adam Sandler, JAY KELLY (5)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner: Teyana Taylor, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Runners-up: Amy Madigan, WEAPONS (2); Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, SENTIMENTAL VALUE (3); Odessa A’zion, MARTY SUPREME (4); Wunmi Mosaku, SINNERS (5)
BEST DIRECTOR
Winner: Paul Thomas Anderson, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Runners-up: Ryan Coogler, SINNERS (2); Chloé Zhao, HAMNET (3); Josh Safdie, MARTY SUPREME (4); Guillermo del Toro, FRANKENSTEIN (5)
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Winner: SENTIMENTAL VALUE
Runners-up: IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (2); THE SECRET AGENT (3); NO OTHER CHOICE (4); SIRAT (5)
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Winner: THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR
Runners-up: 2000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA (2); ORWELL: 2+2=5 (3); COVER-UP (4); COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT (5)
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Winner: KPOP DEMON HUNTERS
Runner-up: ARCO
BEST SCREENPLAY
Winner: Paul Thomas Anderson, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Runner-up: Ryan Coogler, SINNERS
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Winner: Autumn Durald Arkapaw, SINNERS
Runner-up: Adolpho Veloso, TRAIN DREAMS
BEST MUSICAL SCORE
Winner: Ludwig Göransson, SINNERS
Runner-up: Alexandre Desplat, FRANKENSTEIN
RUSSELL SMITH AWARD (best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film)
Winner: IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
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