Austin Film Critics Awards Winners – ‘One Battle After Another’, ‘The Perfect Neighbor’, ‘The Secret Agent’ Take Top Honors

One Battle After Another scored 5 awards at the 2025 Austin Film Critics Association Awards, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for Paul Thomas Anderson, Best Supporting Actor for Benicio del Toro, and Best Editing.

Other acting awards including Best Actress went to Rose Byrne for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Timothée Chalamet won Best Actor for Marty Supreme, and Amy Madigan won Best Supporting Actress for Weapons.

Other major film awards including Best Documentary went to The Perfect Neighbor; The Secret Agent won Best International Film and the Best Austin Film Award winner was Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon.

Eva Victor was the recipient of the Best First Film Award for Sorry, Baby, and was also one of five recipients of this year’s Robert R. “Bobby” McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Award.

Winners of 2025 Austin Film Critics Association Awards

Best Film: One Battle After Another

Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another

Best Actress: Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

Best Actor: Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme

Best Supporting Actress: Amy Madigan, Weapons

Best Supporting Actor: Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another

Best Ensemble: Sinners

Best Original Screenplay: Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme

Best Adapted Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another

Best Cinematography: Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners

Best Editing: Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After Another

Best Original Score: Ludwig Göransson, Sinners

Best International Film: The Secret Agent

Best Documentary: The Perfect Neighbor

Best Animated Film: KPop Demon Hunters

Best Voice Acting/Animated/Digital Performance: Oona Chaplin, Avatar: Fire and Ash

Best Stuntwork: Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

Best Visual Effects: Avatar: Fire and Ash

Best Remake/Franchise Film: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Best First Film: Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby

The Robert R. “Bobby” McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Award:

Odessa A’zion, Marty Supreme
Miles Caton, Sinners
Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another
Maggie Kang, KPop Demon Hunters
Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby

2025 Austin Film Award Winner: Blue Moon (dir. Richard Linklater)

Special Awards:

The Dual Threat Special Award to Elle Fanning (Predator: Badlands), Theo James (The Monkey), Michael B. Jordan (Sinners), Diego Luna/Tonatiuh/Jennifer Lopez (Kiss of the Spider Woman), Dylan O’Brien (Twinless), Robert Pattinson (Mickey 17), and Rosamund Pike/Matthew Rhys (Hallow Road).

Indy the Dog for Good Boy: For a uniquely realized performance in the field of animal acting

AFCA Top 10 Films of 2025

One Battle After Another
Sinners
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
Weapons
The Secret Agent
The Testament of Ann Lee
Frankenstein
Train Dreams
Bugonia

2025 Austin Film Critics Association Award Nominations

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Guillermo Del Toro, Frankenstein
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value

Best Picture
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
The Testament of Ann Lee
Train Dreams
Weapons

Best Actress
Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Jennifer Lawrence, Die My Love
Amanda Seyfried, The Testament of Ann Lee
Emma Stone, Bugonia

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 Supporting Actress
Odessa A’zion, Marty Supreme
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan, Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

Best Supporting Actor
Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
David Jonsson, The Long Walk
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Adam Sandler, Jay Kelly

Best Ensemble
The Long Walk
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Original Screenplay
Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Zach Cregger, Weapons
Kleber Mendonça Filho, The Secret Agent
Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value

Best Adapted Screenplay
Paul Thomas Anderson, Thomas Pynchon, One Battle After Another
Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Denis Johnson, Train Dreams
Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Jahye Lee, Don McKellar, Donald E. Westlake, No Other Choice
Guillermo del Toro, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
Will Tracy, Jang Joon-hwan, Bugonia

Best Cinematography
Michael Bauman, One Battle After Another
Autumn Durald, Sinners
Darius Khondji, Marty Supreme
Dan Laustsen, Frankenstein
Adolpho Veloso, Train Dreams

Best Editing
Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After Another
Stephen Mirrione, F1: The Movie
Michael P. Shawver, Sinners
Joe Murphy, Weapons
Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme

Best Original Score
Daniel Blumberg, The Testament of Ann Lee
Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein
Ludwig Göransson, Sinners
Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (NiN), Tron: Ares

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

Best Documentary
Come See Me In The Good Light
Orwell: 2+2=5
The Librarians
The Perfect Neighbor
Predators

Best Animated Film
Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amelie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2

Best Voice Acting/Animated/Digital Performance
Oona Chaplin, Avatar: Fire and Ash
Arden Cho/EJAE, KPop Demon Hunters
Will Patton, Train Dreams
Stephen Lang, Avatar: Fire and Ash
Zoe Saldaña, Avatar: Fire and Ash

Best Stunt Work
Ballerina
F1: The Movie
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
One Battle After Another
Sinners

Best Visual Effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1: The Movie
Frankenstein
Sinners
Superman

Best Remake/Franchise Film
Avatar: Fire & Ash
Frankenstein
Superman
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
28 Years Later

Best First Film
Andrew DeYoung, Friendship
Carson Lund, Eephus
Charlie Polinger, The Plague
Kristen Stewart, The Chronology of Water
Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby

The Robert R. “Bobby” McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award
Continuing our change to this category from last year, all 5 of our top nominees will be honored with the award, and will be announced on December 18th.
As part of the organization’s annual voting, the Austin Film Critics Association acknowledges standout titles with local ties — works made by directors who live in Austin. This award is distinct to our group of critics, recognizing the talent of Austin filmmakers as we celebrate the best films of the year.

In alphabetical order, the five nominees for Best Austin Film 2025 are:

The American Southwest (dir. Ben Masters)
Blue Moon (dir. Richard Linklater)
Man Goes on Rant (dir. Peter Curtis Pardini)
Nouvelle Vague (dir. Richard Linklater)
The Toxic Avenger (dir. Macon Blair)