Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC) Winners: ‘Hamnet,’ ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ Lead
The Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC) have revealed their winners for the best in film and television for 2025.
For this year, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You and Hamnet were the top winners. Hacks was chosen as Best TV Series.
The WFCC film categories are women-focused (Best Movie About Women, Best Movie by a Woman) but also include categories for Best Actor and ‘Equality of the Sexes.’ Other specialized categories include the Karen Morely Award – For best exemplifying a woman’s place in history or society, and a courageous search for identity. That went to Eleanor the Great. The Josephine Baker Award – For best expressing the woman of color experience in America went to Sinners and the Adrienne Shelly Award – For a film that most passionately opposes violence against women went to Sorry, Baby.
See the full list of winners and runners-up below.
Best Movie About Women
Winner: If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Runner Up: Hamnet
Other nominees: Eleanor the Great; Sorry, Baby
Best Movie by a Woman
Winner: Chloé Zhao (Hamnet)
Runner Up: Eva Victor (Sorry, Baby)
Other nominees: Lynne Ramsay (Die My Love), Mary Bronstein (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You)
Best Woman Storyteller (Screenwriting Award)
Winner: Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell (Hamnet)
Runner Up: Eva Victor (Sorry, Baby)
Other nominees: Lynne Ramsay, Alice Birch (with Enda Walsh) (Die My Love), Mary Bronstein (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You)
Best Actress
Winner: Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)
Runner Up: Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You)
Other nominees: Amanda Seyfried (The Testament of Ann Lee), Jennifer Lawrence (Die My Love)
Best Actor
Winner: Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon)
Runner Up: Michael B. Jordan (Sinners)
Other nominees: Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another), Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)
Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Regina Hall (One Battle After Another)
Runner Up: Andrea Riseborough (Goodbye June)
Other nominees: Odessa A’zion (Marty Supreme), Samantha Morton (Anemone)
Best Foreign Film by or About Women
Winner (tie): Left-Handed Girl
Winner (tie): The Voice of Hind Rajab
Other nominees: All That’s Left of You, Belén
Best Documentary by or About Women
Winner: My Mom Jayne
Runner Up: The Perfect Neighbor
Other nominees: Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, The Librarians
Best Equality of the Sexes
Winner: Sinners
Runner Up: The Testament of Ann Lee
Other nominees: Lilly, Tatami
Best Animated Female
Winner: Rumi (KPop Demon Hunters)
Runner Up (tie): Amélie (Little Amélie or the Character of Rain)
Runner Up (tie): Judy Hopps (Zootopia 2)
Other nominee: Scarlet (Scarlet)
Best Screen Couple
Winner: Wunmi Mosaku and Michael B. Jordan (Sinners)
Runner Up: Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal (Hamnet)
Other nominees: Elizabeth Olsen and Miles Teller (Eternity), Laura Dern and Will Arnett (Is This Thing On?)
Best TV Series
Winner: Hacks (Season 4)
Runner Up: Dying for Sex
Other nominees: The Girlfriend, The White Lotus (Season 3)
Adrienne Shelly Award – For a film that most passionately opposes violence against women
Winner: Sorry, Baby
Runner Up: Christy
Other nominees: Companion, Lilly
Josephine Baker Award – For best expressing the woman of color experience in America
Winner: Sinners
Runner Up: Hedda
Other nominees: Rosemead, Wicked: For Good
Karen Morely Award – For best exemplifying a woman’s place in history or society, and a courageous search for identity
Winner: Eleanor the Great
Runner Up (tie): Die My Love
Runner Up (tie): The Testament of Ann Lee
Other nominee: Familiar Touch
Acting and Activism Award
America Ferrera
Lifetime Achievement Award
Diane Keaton
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