‘One Battle After Another’, ‘The Secret Agent’, ‘My Undesirable Friends’ Take Top Los Angeles Film Critics Awards

2025 Los Angeles Film Critics Awards Winners
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures), The Secret Agent (Neon), My Undesirable Friends (Julia Loktev)

One Battle After Another took the top honor of Best Picture at the 51st Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards.

The film also won Best Director for Paul Thomas Anderson along with Best Supporting Performance for Teyana Taylor who shared the award with Stellan Skarsgård for Sentimental Value.

The other performance honor for Best Lead Performance was also shared between Rose Byrne for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, and Ethan Hawke for Blue Moon.

Best Film Not in the English Language went to Kleber Mendonça Filho’s The Secret Agent, Best Documentary/Non-fiction Film went to Julia Loktev’s My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air In Moscow, and Best Animation went to Little Amélie Or The Character Of Rain by Mailys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han.

Winners of 2025 Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) Awards

BEST PICTURE

One Battle After Another
Runner-up: “The Secret Agent”

BEST DIRECTOR

Paul Thomas Anderson
“One Battle After Another”

Runner-up: Ryan Coogler
“Sinners”

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE

Rose Byrne
“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
&
Ethan Hawke
“Blue Moon”

Runners-up:
Timothée Chalamet, “MARTY SUPREME”
Wagner Moura, “THE SECRET AGENT”

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE

Stellan Skarsgård
“Sentimental Value”
&
Teyana Taylor
“One Battle After Another”

Runners-up:
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, “SENTIMENTAL VALUE”
Andrew Scott, “BLUE MOON”

BEST SCREENPLAY

Jafar Panahi
“It Was Just An Accident”

Runner-up: Eva Victor
“Sorry, Baby”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Adolpho Veloso
“Train Dreams”

Runner-up: Autumn Durald Arkapaw
“Sinners”

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Hannah Beachler
“Sinners”

Runner-up: Tamara Deverell
“Frankenstein”

BEST EDITING

Ronald Bronstein And Josh Safdie
“Marty Supreme”

Runner-up: Andy Jurgensen
“One Battle After Another”

BEST MUSIC SCORE

Kangding Ray
“Sirāt”

Runner-up: Ludwig Göransson
“Sinners”

BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

“The Secret Agent”
Runner-up: “It Was Just An Accident”

BEST DOCUMENTARY/NON-FICTION FILM

“My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air In Moscow”

Runner-up: “The Perfect Neighbor”

BEST ANIMATION

“Little Amélie Or The Character Of Rain”

Runner-up: “Kpop Demon Hunters”

NEW GENERATION AWARD

Eva Victor
“Sorry Baby”

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT
Philip Kaufman

SPECIAL CITATION
Judy Kim Of Gardena Cinema, A Historic 800-Seat, Single-Screen Movie Palace That Has Operated As An Independent Cinema And Beacon Of Community Since The Kim Family Took Ownership In 1976

THE DOUGLAS EDWARDS EXPERIMENTAL FILM AWARD
“Afternoons Of Solitude”
&
Thom Andersen For His Body Of Work

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