The Boston Online Film Critics Association Honors One Battle After Another

Posted on December 20, 2025 by Lisa Marie Bowman

The Boston Online Film Critics Association has announced its picks for the best of 2025. And here they are:

TOP TEN FILMS OF 2025
1. ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
2. SINNERS
3. MARTY SUPREME
4. NO OTHER CHOICE
5. IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
6. SENTIMENTAL VALUE
7. WEAPONS
8. HAMNET
9. THE SECRET AGENT
10. TRAIN DREAMS

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson – ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

Best Actress
Rose Byrne – IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU

Best Actor
Wagner Moura – THE SECRET AGENT

Best Supporting Actor
Benicio Del Toro – ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Madigan – WEAPONS

Best Screenplay
Paul Thomas Anderson – ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

Best Ensemble
SINNERS

Best Score
Ludwig Göransson – SINNERS

Best Cinematography
Adolpho Veloso – TRAIN DREAMS

Best Editing
Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie – MARTY SUPREME

Best Documentary
THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR

Best International Feature
NO OTHER CHOICE

Best Animated Film
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS

The Brutalist Wins In Boston

Posted on December 15, 2024 by Lisa Marie Bowman

The Boston Online Film Critics Association has announced its picks for the best films of the year!

Best Film
1. THE BRUTALIST
2. THE SUBSTANCE
3. ANORA
4. I SAW THE TV GLOW
5. DUNE: PART TWO
6. NICKEL BOYS
7. HARD TRUTHS
8. FLOW
9. WICKED
10. NOSFERATU

Best Director
Brady Corbet – THE BRUTALIST

Best Actress
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – HARD TRUTHS

Best Actor
Adrien Brody – THE BRUTALIST

Best Supporting Actor
Guy Pearce – THE BRUTALIST

Best Supporting Actress
Margaret Qualley – THE SUBSTANCE

Best Screenplay
Sean Baker – ANORA

Best Ensemble
CONCLAVE

Best Score
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – CHALLENGERS

Best Cinematography
Lol Crawley – THE BRUTALIST

Best Editing
Joe Walker – DUNE: PART TWO

Best Documentary
NO OTHER LAND

Best International Feature
THE BEAST

Best Animated Film
FLOW

The Boston Online Film Critics Association Honors Killers of the Flower Moon

Posted on December 17, 2023 by Lisa Marie Bowman

The Boston Online Film Critics Association has announced their picks for the best of 2023! While the majority of the awards went Oppenheimer, Killers of the Flower Moon was named Best Picture of the year.

Top 10 of 2023
1. KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
2. OPPENHEIMER
3. THE HOLDOVERS
4. PAST LIVES
5. MAY DECEMBER
6. BARBIE
7. THE ZONE OF INTEREST
8. AMERICAN FICTION
9. POOR THINGS
10. ANATOMY OF A FALL

Best Director
Christopher Nolan, OPPENHEIMER

Best Actress
Lily Gladstone, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

Best Actor
Cillian Murphy, OPPENHEIMER

Best Supporting Actor
Charles Melton, MAY DECEMBER

Best Supporting Actress
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, THE HOLDOVERS

Best Screenplay
David Hemingson, THE HOLDOVERS & Samy Burch, MAY DECEMBER (TIE)

Best Ensemble
OPPENHEIMER

Best Score
Ludwig Göransson, OPPENHEIMER

Best Cinematography
Hoyte va Hoytema, OPPENHEIMER

Best Editing
Jennifer Lame, OPPENHEIMER

Best Documentary
MENUS-PLAISIRS – TROISGROS

Best International Feature
THE ZONE OF INTEREST

Best Animated Film
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE

The Boston Online Film Critics Honor Banshees!

Posted on December 17, 2022 by Lisa Marie Bowman

Earlier today the Boston Online Film Critics Association announced their picks for the best of 2022!

And here they are:

Top 10 of 2022
1. THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
2. EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
3. THE FABELMANS
4. AFTERSUN
5. TÁR
6. TOP GUN: MAVERICK
7. DECISION TO LEAVE
8. NOPE
9. CRIMES OF THE FUTURE
10. GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY

Best Director
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, TÁR

Best Actor
Colin Farrell, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

Best Supporting Actor
Ke Huy Quan, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

Best Supporting Actress
Kerry Condon, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

Best Screenplay
Martin McDonagh, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

Best Ensemble
GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY

Best Score
Justin Hurwitz, BABYLON

Best Cinematography
Claudio Miranda, TOP GUN: MAVERICK

Best Editing
Paul Rogers, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

Best Documentary
ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED

Best International Feature
DECISION TO LEAVE

Best Animated Film
GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO

The Boston Online Film Critics Honor The Power of the Dog!

Posted on December 11, 2021 by Lisa Marie Bowman

The Boston Online Film Critics Association has announced their picks for the best of 2021 and they definitely favored Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog! (It’s a really good movie, by the way!) Check out all of their winners below:

Top 10 of 2020
1. The Power Of The Dog
2. Licorice Pizza
3. The Green Knight
4. Drive My Car
5. Pig
6. Dune
7. Titane
8. The Worst Person In The World
9. Spencer
10. Flee

Best Director
Jane Campion – The Power Of The Dog

Best Actress
Kristen Stewart – Spencer

Best Actor
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power Of The Dog

Best Supporting Actor
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power Of The Dog

Best Supporting Actress
Kirsten Dunst – The Power Of The Dog

Best Screenplay
Jane Campion – The Power Of The Dog

Best Ensemble
Licorice Pizza

Best Score
Hans Zimmer – Dune

Best Cinematography
Ari Wegner – The Power Of The Dog

Best Editing
Joe Walker – Dune

Best Documentary
Flee

Best International Feature
The Worst Person In The World