‘One Battle After Another’ Takes Best Picture at Minnesota Film Critics Association 2025 Awards

One Battle After Another took the top honor of Best Picture and received a total of four awards at the Minnesota Film Critics Association 2025 awards reaffirming its status as one of 2025’s most acclaimed films.

The film also received the Best Ensemble award, and Paul Thomas Anderson earned the award for Best Director for his work on the film.

In the leading performance categories, Timothée Chalamet again won Best Lead Actor for his role in Marty Supreme, and Jessie Buckley was named Best Lead Actress for Hamnet.

For supporting acting awards, Stellan Skarsgård received the award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Sentimental Value and Amy Madigan won Best Supporting Actress for her work in Weapons.

Rounding our the top honors, Sentimental Value was named Best International Feature, and KPop Demon Hunters received the award for Best Animated Feature.

See below the complete list of winners of the 2025 Minnesota Film Critics Association awards.

Winners (and nominees) of 2025 Minnesota Film Critics Association awards

Best Picture

WINNER: One Battle After Another
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
Sinners

Best Director

WINNER: Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
Chloé Zhao – Hamnet

Best Original Screenplay

WINNER: Sinners – Ryan Coogler
It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi
Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt
Weapons – Zach Cregger

Best Adapted Screenplay

WINNER: One Battle After Another– Paul Thomas Anderson
Frankenstein – Guillermo del Toro
Hamnet – Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell
No Other Choice – Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, Park Chan-wook
Wake Up Dead Man – Rian Johnson

Best Ensemble

WINNER: One Battle After Another
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Wake Up Dead Man

Best Lead Actor

WINNER: Timotheé Chalamet – Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners

Best Lead Actress

WINNER: Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee

Best Supporting Actor

WINNER: Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value
Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Paul Mescal – Hamnet
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another

Best Supporting Actress

WINNER: Amy Madigan – Weapons
Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

Best Cinematography

WINNER: Sinners
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Train Dreams

Best Film Editing

WINNER: Marty Supreme
F1
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Weapons

Best Music

WINNER: Sinners
Hamnet
KPop Demon Hunters
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another

Best Sound

WINNER: F1
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Warfare

Best Production Design

WINNER: Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good

Best Costume Design

WINNER: Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

WINNER: Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
Sinners
The Smashing Machine
Wicked: For Good

Best Special Effects

WINNER: Avatar: Fire and Ash
Frankenstein
Sinners
Superman
Tron: Ares

Best Stunt Choreography

WINNER: Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Ballerina
F1
One Battle After Another
Sinners

Best International Feature

WINNER: Sentimental Value– Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
It Was Just an Accident – France, Iran, Luxembourg
No Other Choice – South Korea
The Secret Agent – Brazil, France, Germany, Netherlands
The Ugly Stepsister – Denmark, Norway, Poland, Sweden

Best Animated Feature

WINNER: KPop Demon Hunters
Arco
Dog Man
Elio
Zootopia 2