‘One Battle After Another’ Dominates St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards with 9 Wins and Best Film

One Battle After Another won an astounding 9 awards including Best Film at the St. Louis Film Critics Association end of year awards.

The film also won Best Director along With Best Adapted Screenplay for Paul Thomas Anderson, Best Actor for Leonardo Dicaprio, Best Supporting Actor for Sean Penn, and Best Ensemble.

Best Actress went to Jessie Buckley for her performance in Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet.

Other top awards went to Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident for Best International Feature, Best Documentary went to Raoul Peck’s Orwell: 2+2=5 and Best First Feature went to Eva Victor for Sorry, Baby.

2025 St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards Winners

BEST FILM: One Battle After Another

BEST DIRECTOR: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another

BEST ACTOR: Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another

BEST ACTRESS: Jessie Buckley, Hamnet

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Sean Penn, One Battle After Another

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Amy Madigan, Weapons

BEST ENSEMBLE: One Battle After Another

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Zach Cregger, Weapons

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Michael Bauman, One Battle After Another

BEST EDITING: Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After Another

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Avatar: Fire and Ash

BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Kate Hawley, Frankenstein

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau, Frankenstein

BEST MUSIC SCORE: Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another

BEST SOUNDTRACK: Sinners

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE: Will Patton, Train Dreams

BEST STUNTS: Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

BEST FIRST FEATURE: Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby

BEST ACTION FILM: Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

BEST COMEDY: The Naked Gun

BEST HORROR FILM: Weapons

BEST ANIMATED FILM: Zootopia 2

BEST DOCUMENTARY: Orwell: 2+2=5

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE: It Was Just an Accident

BEST SCENE: Music evolution set to “I Lied to You,” Sinners

2025 St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards Nominations

BEST FILM

Frankenstein
Hamnet
It Was Just an Accident
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Phoenician Scheme
The Secret Agent
Sinners
Superman
Weapons

BEST DIRECTOR

Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Chloé Zhao, Hamnet

BEST FIRST FEATURE

Emilie Blichfeldt, The Ugly Stepsister
Andrew DeYoung, Friendship
Drew Hancock, Companion
Carson Lund, Eephus
Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby

BEST ACTOR

Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent

BEST ACTRESS

Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
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

Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another
Paul Mescal, Hamnet
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Andrew Scott, Blue Moon
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Glenn Close, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan, Weapons
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

BEST ENSEMBLE

Black Bag
Hamnet
A House of Dynamite
One Battle After Another
Sinners

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Guillermo del Toro, Frankenstein
Maggie O’Farrell and Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar, Train Dreams
Rian Johnson, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Robert Kaplow, Blue Moon
Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident
Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby
Zach Cregger, Weapons

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Dan Laustsen, Frankenstein
Lukasz Żal, Hamnet
Michael Bauman, One Battle After Another
Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners
Adolpho Veloso, Train Dreams

BEST EDITING

Stephen Mirrione, F1: The Movie
Kirk Baxter, A House of Dynamite
Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After Another
Michael P. Shawver, Sinners

BEST MUSIC SCORE

Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein
Max Richter, Hamnet
Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another
Ludwig Göransson, Sinners
Daniel Blumberg, The Testament of Ann Lee

BEST MUSIC SOUNDTRACK

KPop Demon Hunters
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
Wicked: For Good

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Kate Hawley, Frankenstein
Malgosia Turzanska, Hamnet
Ruth E. Carter, Sinners
Malgorzata Karpiuk, The Testament of Ann Lee
Paul Tazewell, Wicked: For Good

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau, Frankenstein
Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton, Hamnet
Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock, The Phoenician Scheme
Hannah Bleachler, Monique Champagne, Sinners
Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales, Wicked: For Good

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1: The Movie
Sinners
Superman
Tron: Ares

BEST ACTION MOVIE

F1: The Movie
Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning
One Battle After Another
Superman
Warfare

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Ne Zha 2
Zootopia 2

BEST COMEDY

Eephus
Friendship
Good Fortune
The Naked Gun
The Phoenician Scheme

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

2000 Meters to Andriivka
Afternoons of Solitude
Deaf President Now!
Orwell: 2+2=5
The Perfect Neighbor

BEST HORROR FILM

28 Years Later
Companion
Frankenstein
Sinners
Weapons

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE

It Was Just an Accident
No Other Choice
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sirāt

BEST STUNTS

Ballerina
F1: The Movie
Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning
One Battle After Another
Warfare

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE

Arden Cho as Rumi, KPop Demon Hunters
Ginnifer Goodwin as Judy Hopps, Zootopia 2
Damian Lewis as narrator, Orwell: 2+2=5
Will Patton as narrator, Train Dreams
Scarlett Sher as narrator, Weapons

BEST SCENE

The Globe theatrical production, Hamnet
Finale, It Was Just an Accident
Music evolution set to “I Lied to You,” Sinners
Climactic rolling hills car chase scene, One Battle After Another
The fate of Aunt Gladys, Weapons