‘One Battle After Another’ and ‘Sinners ‘Top Online Film Critics Society Awards

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another took the top prize of Best Picture at the Online Film Critics Society awards, along with Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Editing.

Ryan Coogler’s Sinners lead overall with 10 award wins, including Best Actor for Michael B. Jordan, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Score, and more.

In addition to the top film honors, this year’s Special Achievement Award recipients are Green Film for developing and certifying sustainability criteria to be adopted to reduce the environmental impact of an audiovisual production to a minimum but without slowing down the cast and crew’s work and Film Workers for Palestine for drawing attention to the ethical compromises being made within the film industry and fighting for organizations to support Palestine and acknowledge the current genocide.

Earning Lifetime Achievement Award recognition are industry titans Colleen Atwood, Jack Nicholson, Steven Spielberg, Vittorio Storaro and Walter Murch. The OFCS also recognized a slate of ten international films as the best releases outside the U.S. in 2025.

The complete list of 2025 Online Film Critics Association award winners:

Best Picture
One Battle After Another (Winner)
Sinners
Sentimental Value
It Was Just an Accident
The Secret Agent
Marty Supreme
Weapons
No Other Choice
Hamnet
Train Dreams

Best Animated Feature
KPop Demon Hunters

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another

Best Actor
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners

Best Actress
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet

Best Supporting Actor
Benicio Del Toro – One Battle After Another

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Madigan – Weapons

Best Ensemble & Casting
Sinners

Best Original Screenplay
Sinners

Best Adapted Screenplay
One Battle After Another

Best Editing
One Battle After Another

Best Cinematography
Sinners

Best Original Score
Sinners

Best Production Design
Sinners

Best Costume Design
Sinners

Best Makeup & Hairstyling
Frankenstein

Best Sound
Sinners

Best Visual Effects
Sinners

Best Choreography (Dance & Stunt)
Sinners

Best Debut Feature
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby

Best Film Not in the English Language
Sentimental Value

Best Documentary
The Perfect Neighbor

Lifetime Achievement Awards
Colleen Atwood
Jack Nicholson
Steven Spielberg
Vittorio Storaro
Walter Murch

Special Achievement Awards
Green Film
Film Workers for Palestine

Best Non-U.S. Releases (in alphabetical order)
Aki (dir. Darlene Naponse, Canada)
Copper (dir. Nicolas Pereda, Mexico)
The Good Sister (dir. Sarah Miro Fischer, Germany)
Home Sweet Home (dir. Frelle Petersen, Denmark)
Levers (dir. Rhayne Vermette, Canada)
Meadowlarks (dir. Tasha Hubbard, Canada)
Nino (dir. Pauline Loquès, France)
Phantoms of July (dir. Julian Radlmaier, Germany)
Punku (dir. J.D. Fernández Molero, Peru)
Two Pianos (dir. Arnaud Desplechin, France)