AwardsWatch - Who’s Won What? – The 2025/2026 Critics Awards Leaders

This is the collective leaders guide critics wins guide for the films and performances of 2025, updated as leads widen or get closer by the day. See below for the legend of acronyms with links.

Ineligible titles are listed for context but cannot be Oscar-nominated.

BEST PICTURE

One Battle After Another (22) – AFCA, AFCC, BOFCA, CFCA, DFWFCA, FFCC, GAFCA, Gotham, KCFCC, LAFCA, LVFCS, NBR, NYFCC, NYFCO, PCC, PFCC, PFCS, SEFCA, SFBAFCC, SFCS, StLFCA, TFCA

Sinners – (8) AAFCA, BSFC, DFCC, IFJA, MMCG, OAFFC, SDFCS, WAFCA

Hamnet – WFCC

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You – WFCC

BEST DIRECTOR

Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another (17) – AFCA, BOFCA, CFCA, DFWFCA, GAFCA, IFJA, KCFCC, LAFCA, LVFCS, NBR, PCC, PFCC, PFCS, SFBAFCC, SFCS, StLFCA, TFCA

Ryan Coogler, Sinners (9) – AAFCA, BSFC, DFCC, MMCG, NYFCO, OAFFC, SDFCS, SEFCA, WAFCA

Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident (2) – Gotham, NYFCC

Park Chan-wook, No Other Choice – FFCC

Chloé Zhao, Hamnet – WFCC

BREAKTHROUGH/FIRST-TIME DIRECTOR/DIRECTORIAL DEBUT

Eva Victor (Sorry, Baby) (11) – AFCA, AFCC, BSFC, CFCA, DFCC, FFCC, NBR, NYFCO, OAFFC, SDFCS, StLFCA

Sophy Romvari (Blue Heron) – TFCA

Carson Lund (Eephus) – NYFCC

Akinola Davies Jr. (My Father’s Shadow) – Gotham

Charlie Polinger, The Plague – PFCC

Clint Bentley, Train Dreams – LVFCS

BEST ACTRESS

Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (13) – AFCA, BOFCA, BSFC, CFCA, DFWFCA, FFCC, KCFCC, LAFCA, NBR, NYFCC, SDFCS, SFBAFCC, TFCA

Jessie Buckley, Hamnet (13) – AFCC, GAFCA, MMCG, NYFCO, PCC, PFCC, PFCS, SDFCS, SEFCA, SFCS, StLFCA, WAFCA, WFCC

Emma Stone, Bugonia – DFCC

Tessa Thompson, Hedda – AAFCA

BEST ACTOR

Michael B. Jordan, Sinners (9) – AAFCA, DFCC, KCFCC, MMCG, OAFFC, PFCC, SDFCS, SEFCA, WAFCA

Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another (6) – AFCC, DFWFCA, NBR, PFCS, SFCS, StLFCA

Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon (6) – BSFC, LAFCA, NYFCO, SFBAFCC, TFCA, WFCC

Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme (6) – AFCA, CFCA, GAFCA, IFJA, LVFCS, PCC

Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent (2) – BOFCA, NYFCC

Sopé Dìrísù, My Father’s Shadow – Gotham

Josh O’Connor, The Mastermind – FFCC

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Amy Madigan, Weapons (13) – AFCA, AFCC, BOFCA, BSFC, GAFCA, KCFCC, LVFCS, NYFCC, PCC, SDFCS, SEFCA, SFBAFCC, StLFCA

Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another (7) – CFCA, DFWFCA, FFCC, LAFCA, PFCC, PFCS, WAFCA

Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners (5) – AAFCA, Gotham, MMCG, OAFFC, SFCS

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value (2) – NBR, NYFCO

Regina Hall, One Battle After Another – WFCC

Nina Hoss, Hedda – TFCA

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another (14) – AFCA, AFCC, BOFCA, CFCA, GAFCA, IFJA, NBR, NYFCC, PCC, PFCC, SEFCA, SFBAFCC, TFCA, WAFCA

Sean Penn (5) – FFCC, KCFCC, PFCS, SFCS, StLFCA

Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value (5) – BSFC, DFWFCA, LAFCA, LVFCS, SDFCS

Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein (2) – NYFCO, OAFFC

Miles Caton, Sinners – MMCG

Damson Idris, F1 The Movie – AAFCA

BEST ENSEMBLE

Sinners (11) – AAFCA, AFCA, BOFCA, FFCC, IFJA, MMCG, NYFCO, OAFFC, PFCC, PFCS, SEFCA

One Battle After Another (4) – GAFCA, LVFCS, SFCS, StLFCA

Black Bag – SDFCS

Marty Supreme – BSFC

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another (11) – AAFCA, AFCC, CFCA, FFCC, IFJA, NBR, NYFCO, OAFFC, PFCC, PFCS, SDFCS

Miles Caton, Sinners –(3) AAFCA, GAFCA, MMCG

Abou Sangaré, Souleymane’s Story (2) – Gotham, TFCA

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

One Battle After Another (17) – AFCA, AFCC, BSFC, CFCA, FFCC, GAFCA, IFJA, KCFCC, LVFCS, OAFFC, PFCS, SEFCA, SFBAFCC, StLFCA, TFCA, WAFCA

Pillion (2) – Gotham, NYFCC

Bugonia – SDFCS

Train Dreams – NBR

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Sinners (9) – AFCC, GAFCA, IFJA, LVFCS, NBR, PFCS, TFCA, SEFCA, WAFCA

It Was Just an Accident (5) – CFCA, FFCC, Gotham, LAFCA, SDFCS

Weapons (2) – KCFCC, StLFCA

Blue Moon – BSFC

Marty Supreme – AFCA

Sentimental Value – SFBAFCC

Sorry, Baby – OAFFC

BEST SCREENPLAY

One Battle After Another (5) – BOFCA, DFWFCA, MMCG, PCC, SFCS

Sinners (3) – AAFCA, DFCC, PFCC

It Was Just an Accident – NYFCO

Marty Supreme – NYFCC

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

KPop Demon Hunters (18) – AAFCA, BOFCA, CFCA, DFWFCA, GAFCA, IFJA, KCFCC, NYFCC, MMCG, OAFFC, PCC, PFCC, SDFCS, SEFCA, SFCS, SFBAFCC, WAFCA

Arco (2) – NBR, NYFCO

Endless Cookie (2) – BSFC, TFCA

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (2) – FFCC, LAFCA

Zootopia 2 (2) – LVFCS, StLFCA

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

The Perfect Neighbor (13) – AAFCA, AFCA, AFCC, BOFCA, CCA, CFCA, DFWFCA, LVFCS, MMCG, OAFFC, PCC, SEFCA, WAFCA

My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow (3) – Gotham, LAFCA, NYFCC

Orwell: 2+2=5 (3) – SDFCS, SFBAFCC, StLFCA

Afternoons in Solitude – BSFC

The Alabama Solution – GAFCA

BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions – NYFCO

Cover-Up – NBR

Grand Theft Hamlet – PFCC

My Mom Jayne – WFCC

Sabbath Queen – FFCC

Secret Mall Apartment – KCFCC

The Tenderness Tour – IFJA

WTO/99 – SFCS

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

It Was Just an Accident (12) – AFCC, CFCA, Gotham, KCFCC, NBR, NYFCO, PFCC, SDFCS, SEFCA, SFCS, SFBAFCC, StLFCA

Sentimental Value (7) – BSFC, DFWFCA, GAFCA, LVFCS, OAFFC, PCC, WAFCA

No Other Choice (4) – BOFCA, FFCC, IFJA, PFCS

The Secret Agent (3) – AFCA, LAFCA, NYFCC

Grand Tour – FFCC

Left-Handed Girl – WFCC

Sirāt – TFCA

BEST CASTING

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Sinners (17) – AFCA, BSFC, DFCC, DFWFCA, GAFCA, IFJA, MMCG, NBR, NYFCC, NYFCO, OAFFC, PFCC, PFCS, SEFCA, SFCS, SFBAFCC, WAFCA

One Battle After Another (5) – AFCC, CFCA, KCFCC, PCC, StLFCA

Train Dreams (4) – BOFCA, LAFCA, LVFCS, SDFCS

Resurrection – FFCC

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Frankenstein (4) – LVFCS, OAFFC, SFCS, StLFCA

Sinners – PFCS

Wicked: For Good – SDFCS

BEST FILM EDITING

One Battle After Another (7) – AFCA, CFCA, FFCC, OAFFC, PFCS, SFBAFCC, StLFCA

F1 (3) – BSFC, LVFCS, WAFCA

Marty Supreme (3) – BOFCA, LAFCA, SDFCS

Sinners (2) – IFJA, WAFCA

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Frankenstein (8) – CFCA, FFCC, GAFCA, LVFCS, PFCS, SDFCS, SFCS, StLFCA

Sinners (2) – LAFCA, WAFCA

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE/USE OF MUSIC

Sinners (18) – AAFCA, AFCA, AFCC, BOFCA, BSFC, DFWFCA, FFCC, GAFCA, IFJA, KCFCC, LVFCS, NYFCO, PFCC, PFCS, SDFCS, SEFCA, SFBAFCC, WAFCA

One Battle After Another (4) – CFCA, PCC, SFCS, StLFCA

Sirāt – LAFCA

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

“I Lied to You” from Sinners (3) – GAFCA, LVFCS, PFCS

BEST SOUND

Warfare – SDFCS

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Avatar: Fire and Ash (7) – AFCA, FFCC, LVFCS, PFCS, SDFCS, SFCS, StLFCA

Frankenstein – IFJA

Sinners – CFCA

Legend

AAFCA – African American Film Critics Association

AFCA – Austin Film Critics Association

AFCC – Atlanta Film Critics Circle

AWFJ – Alliance of Women Film Journalists

BOFCA – Boston Online Film Critics Society

BSFC – Boston Society of Film Critics

CACF – Critics Association of Central Florida

CCA – Critics Choice Association

CFCA – Chicago Film Critics Association

CIC – Chicago Independent Critics

COFCA – Columbus Film Critics Association

DFCC – Dublin Film Critics Circle

DFCS – Denver Film Critics Society

DFWFCA – Dallas-Ft. Worth Film Critics Association

FFCC – Florida Film Critics Circle

GAFCA – Georgia Film Critics Association

Gotham – Gotham Awards

GWNYFCA – Greater Western New York Film Critics Association

HFCS-1 – Hawaii Film Critics Society

HFCS-2 – Houston Film Critics Society

HMMA – Hollywood Music in Media Awards

IFCA – Iowa Film Critics Association

IFJA – Indiana Film Journalists Association

IDA – International Documentary Association

KCFCC – Kansas City Film Critics Association

LAFCA – Los Angeles Film Critics Association

LVFCS – Las Vegas Film Critics Society

MCFCA – Music City Film Critics Association

MMCG – Michigan Movie Critics Guild

MNFCA – Minnesota Film Critics Association

NBR – National Board of Review

NCFCA – North Carolina Film Critics Association

NDFS – North Dakota Film Society

NFCS – Nevada Film Critics Society

NSFC – National Society of Film Critics

NTFCA – North Texas Film Critics Association

NYFCC – New York Film Critics Circle

NYFCO – New York Film Critics Online

OAFFC – Online Association of Female Film Critics

OFCC – Oklahoma Film Critics Circle

OFCS – Online Film Critics Society

PCA – Portland Critics Association

PCC – Phoenix Critics Circle

PFCA – Pittsburgh Film Critics Association

PFCC – Philadelphia Film Critics Circle

PFCS – Phoenix Film Critics Society

SDFCS – San Diego Film Critics Society

SFBAFCC – San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Association

SEFCA – Southeastern Film Critics Association

SFCS – Seattle Film Critics Society

StLFCA – St. Louis Film Critics Association

TFCA – Toronto Film Critics Association

UKFCA – UK Film Critics Association

WAFCA – Washington Area Film Critics Association

WFCC – Women Film Critics Circle

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