The Southeastern Film Critics Association Honors One Battle After Another

It’s another day of Awards Season and, this year, that seems to mean that it’s time for another One Battle After Another victory. Here the picks of The Southeastern Film Critics Association.

TOP 10 FILMS OF 2025
1. One Battle After Another
2. Sinners
3. Marty Supreme
4. It Was Just an Accident
5. Sentimental Value
6. Hamnet
7. Train Dreams
8. Weapons
9. Frankenstein
10. The Secret Agent

BEST ACTOR
Winner: Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
Runner-Up: Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon

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

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
Runner-Up: Sean Penn – One Battle After Another

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner: Amy Madigan – Weapons
Runner-Up: Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

BEST ENSEMBLE
Winner: Sinners
Runner-Up: One Battle After Another

BEST DIRECTOR
Winner: Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Runner-Up: Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Winner: Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Runner-Up: Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt – Sentimental Value

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Winner: Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Runner-Up: Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar – Train Dreams

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Winner: The Perfect Neighbor
Runner-Up: Predators

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Winner: KPop Demon Hunters
Runner-Up: Zootopia 2

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Winner: It Was Just an Accident
Runner-Up: Sentimental Value

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Winner: Autumn Durald Arkapaw – Sinners
Runner-Up: Michael Bauman – One Battle After Another