‘Sinners’ Wins Big with 11 Awards, Best Picture, at Pittsburgh Film Critics Association Awards

Ryan Coogler’s vampire thriller Sinners was named Best Picture by the Pittsburgh Film Critics Association.

The film won 11 awards including Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Coogler, along with Breakthrough Performance for Miles Caton.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another finished in second place for Best Picture and walked away with one win for Best Adapted Screenplay for Anderson.

Rose Byrne won Best Lead Actor for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, and Amy Madigan earned Best Supporting Actor for her turn in Zach Cregger’s Weapons. (The PFCA chose to not give out gender-specific acting awards.)

This year’s Good Neighbor Award—given annually to films that reflect the values and ideals of the Pittsburgh community—went to Jafar Panahi’s political thriller It Was Just an Accident. Made without the approval of Iranian authorities, it was realized through a co-production between Iran, France and Luxembourg.

“The Pittsburgh Film Critics Association is proud to once again be honoring our favorite movies from the past year,” says the PFCA board. “We continue to champion the power of film and film criticism throughout the Pittsburgh region. Congratulations to all our 2025 PFCA Awards winners!”

2025 Pittsburgh Film Critics Association Awards Winners — Full List

BEST PICTURE

Winner: Sinners
Runner-Up: One Battle After Another

BEST LEAD ACTOR

Winner: Rose Byrne — If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Runner-Up: Jessie Buckley — Hamnet

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Winner: Amy Madigan — Weapons
Runner-Up: Wunmi Mosaku — Sinners

BEST FEATURED ACTOR (15 minutes or less of screen time)

Winner: William H. Macy — Train Dreams
Runner-Up: Naomi Ackie — Sorry, Baby

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

Winner: Miles Caton — Sinners
Runner-Up: Chase Infiniti — One Battle After Another
Bark-through performance: Indy the Dog — Good Boy

BEST ANIMATED VOICE PERFORMANCE

Winners (Tie): Arden Cho — KPop Demon Hunters; Ke Huy Quan — Zootopia 2

BEST DIRECTOR

Winner: Ryan Coogler — Sinners
Runner-Up: Paul Thomas Anderson — One Battle After Another

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Winner: Ryan Coogler — Sinners
Runner-Up: Eva Victor — Sorry, Baby

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Winner: Paul Thomas Anderson — One Battle After Another
Runner-Up: Rian Johnson — Wake Up Dead Man

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Winner: Autumn Durald Arkapaw — Sinners
Runner-Up: Adolpho Veloso — Train Dreams

BEST EDITING

Winner: Michael P. Shawver — Sinners
Runner-Up: Andy Jurgensen — One Battle After Another

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Winner: Hannah Beachler — Sinners
Runner-Up: Tamara Deverell — Frankenstein

BEST SCORE

Winner: Ludwig Göransson — Sinners
Runner-Up: Jonny Greenwood — One Battle After Another

BEST SONG

Winner: “I Lied to You” — Sinners
Runner-Up: “Golden” — KPop Demon Hunters

BEST SOUND DESIGN

Winner: Steve Boeddeker — Sinners
Runner-Up: Al Nelson — F1: The Movie

BEST HAIR, MAKEUP, & COSTUMES

Winner: Siân Richards, Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine, Shunika Terry (Hair and Makeup); Ruth E. Carter (Costumes) — Sinners
Runner-up: Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey (Hair and Makeup); Kate Hawley (Costumes) — Frankenstein

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Winner: KPop Demon Hunters
Runner-Up: Zootopia 2

BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Winner: Sentimental Value
Runner-Up: It Was Just an Accident

BEST STUNT PERFORMANCE & CHOREOGRAPHY

Winner: Wade Eastwood — Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning
Runner-Up: Andy Gill — Sinners

GOOD NEIGHBOR AWARD

Winner: It Was Just an Accident for director Jafar Panahi’s continued critique of the Iranian regime.