The Los Angeles Film Critics Association announced their picks for the best of 2025 and it was another victory for One Battle After Another.

​Best Film
Winner: ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Runner-Up: THE SECRET AGENT

Best Film Not In The English Language
Winner: THE SECRET AGENT
Runner-Up: IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT

Best Director
Winner: Paul Thomas Anderson – ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Runner-Up: Ryan Coogler – SINNERS

Best Documentary Film
Winner: MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART I – LAST AIR IN MOSCOW
Runner-Up: THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR

Best Screenplay
Winner: Jafar Panahi – IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
Runner-Up: Eva Victor – SORRY, BABY

Best Leading Performance
Winners: Rose Byrne – IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU & Ethan Hawke – BLUE MOON
Runners-Up: Timothée Chalamet – MARTY SUPREME & Wagner Moura – THE SECRET AGENT

Best Supporting Performer
Winners: Stellan Skarsgård – SENTIMENTAL VALUE & Teyana Taylor – ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Runners-Up:Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – SENTIMENTAL VALUE & Andrew Scott – BLUE MOON

Best Animated Film
Winner: LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN
Runner-Up: KPOP DEMON HUNTERS

Best Editing
Winner: Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie – MARTY SUPREME
​Runner-Up: Andy Jurgensen – ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

Best Production Design
Winner: Hannah Beachler – SINNERS
​Runner-Up: Tamara Deverell – FRANKENSTEIN

Best Music/Score
Winner: Kangding Ray – SIRĀT
Runner-Up: Ludwig Göransson – SINNERS

Best Cinematography
Winner: Adolpho Veloso – TRAIN DREAMS
Runner-Up: Autumn Durald Arkapaw – SINNERS

Special Award (for body of work)
Thom Andersen

Douglas Edwards Experimental Film
Albert Serra – AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE

New Generation Award
Eva Victor – SORRY, BABY

Career Achievement
Philip Kaufman