One Battle After Another Wins In Portland


The Portland Critics Association has announced its picks for the best of 2025.  The winners are listed in bold.

Best Picture
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Sinners (RUNNER-UP)
Sorry, Baby
Train Dreams

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Clint Bentley, Train Dreams
Ryan Coogler, Sinners (RUNNER-UP)
Jafar Panahi, It Was Just An Accident
Park Chan-wook, No Other Choice
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme

Best Lead Performance
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (WINNER)
Jessie Buckley, Hamnet (WINNER)
Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme (WINNER)
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Joel Edgerton, Train Dreams
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan, Sinners (RUNNER-UP)
Josh O’Connor, The Mastermind
Amanda Seyfried, The Testament of Ann Lee
Emma Stone, Bugonia

Best Supporting Performance
Mariam Afshari, It Was Just An Accident
Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another (RUNNER-UP)
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Ralph Fiennes, 28 Years Later
Delroy Lindo, Sinners (WINNER)
Amy Madigan, Weapons (WINNER)
Paul Mescal, Hamnet
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners (WINNER)
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value

Best Ensemble Cast
It Was Just An Accident
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Sinners (RUNNER-UP)
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Weapons

Best Animated Feature
I Am Frankelda
K-Pop Demon Hunters
Lost in Starlight
Predator: Killer of Killers (WINNER)
Stitch Head
Zootopia 2 (RUNNER-UP)

Best Documentary Feature
Direct Action
Megadoc (RUNNER-UP)
Orwell: 2+2=5 (WINNER)
Pavements
The Perfect Neighbor
Sly Lives!

Best Film Not in the English Language
Caught by the Tides
It Was Just An Accident
No Other Choice (WINNER)
The Secret Agent (RUNNER-UP)
Sirāt
Sentimental Value

Best Comedy Feature
Bugonia
Eephus (WINNER)
Friendship (RUNNER-UP)
The Naked Gun
Sorry, Baby
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Horror Feature
Frankenstein
Good Boy
The Plague
Sinners (WINNER)
28 Years Later
Weapons (RUNNER-UP)

Best Science Fiction Feature
Bugonia (WINNER)
Companion
Frankenstein
Mickey 17
Predator: Badlands
Superman (RUNNER-UP)

Best Screenplay
It Was Just An Accident
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another (RUNNER-UP)
Sinners (WINNER)
Sorry, Baby

Best Cinematography
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Sinners (RUNNER-UP)
Train Dreams

Best Costume Design
Frankenstein (RUNNER-UP)
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Superman
The Testament of Ann Lee (WINNER)

Best Film Editing
Marty Supreme (RUNNER-UP)
One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Sinners
Train Dreams
28 Years Later
Warfare

Best Production Design
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
The Phoenician Scheme (RUNNER-UP)
Sinners (WINNER)
28 Years Later

Best Original Score
Marty Supreme
The Mastermind
One Battle After Another (RUNNER-UP)
Sinners (WINNER)
Sirāt
Train Dreams

Best Sound Design
F1
One Battle After Another
Sinners (RUNNER-UP)
Superman
28 Years Later
Warfare (WINNER)

Best Stunts or Action Choreography
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (WINNER)
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Thunderbolts
28 Years Later
Warfare (RUNNER-UP)

Best Visual Effects
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Frankenstein
Predator: Badlands
Sinners (WINNER)
Superman (RUNNER-UP)
Thunderbolts

Here Are The 2025 Nominations of the Portland Critics Association


The Portland Critics Association has announced its nominations for the best of 2025.  And here they are:

Best Picture
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sorry, Baby
Train Dreams

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Clint Bentley, Train Dreams
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Jafar Panahi, It Was Just An Accident
Park Chan-wook, No Other Choice
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme

Best Lead Performance
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Joel Edgerton, Train Dreams
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
Josh O’Connor, The Mastermind
Amanda Seyfried, The Testament of Ann Lee
Emma Stone, Bugonia

Best Supporting Performance
Mariam Afshari, It Was Just An Accident
Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Ralph Fiennes, 28 Years Later
Delroy Lindo, Sinners
Amy Madigan, Weapons
Paul Mescal, Hamnet
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value

Best Ensemble Cast
It Was Just An Accident
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Weapons

Best Animated Feature
I Am Frankelda
K-Pop Demon Hunters
Lost in Starlight
Predator: Killer of Killers
Stitch Head
Zootopia 2

Best Documentary Feature
Direct Action
Megadoc
Orwell: 2+2=5
Pavements
The Perfect Neighbor
Sly Lives!

Best Film Not in the English Language
Caught by the Tides
It Was Just An Accident
No Other Choice
The Secret Agent
Sirāt
Sentimental Value

Best Comedy Feature
Bugonia
Eephus
Friendship
The Naked Gun
Sorry, Baby
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Horror Feature
Frankenstein
Good Boy
The Plague
Sinners
28 Years Later
Weapons

Best Science Fiction Feature
Bugonia
Companion
Frankenstein
Mickey 17
Predator: Badlands
Superman

Best Screenplay
It Was Just An Accident
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sorry, Baby

Best Cinematography
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams

Best Costume Design
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Superman
The Testament of Ann Lee

Best Film Editing
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams
28 Years Later
Warfare

Best Production Design
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
The Phoenician Scheme
Sinners
28 Years Later

Best Original Score
Marty Supreme
The Mastermind
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirāt
Train Dreams

Best Sound Design
F1
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Superman
28 Years Later
Warfare

Best Stunts or Action Choreography
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Thunderbolts
28 Years Later
Warfare

Best Visual Effects
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Frankenstein
Predator: Badlands
Sinners
Superman
Thunderbolts