How many National Society of Film Critics Awards did One Battle After Another secure? Complete details explored

Paul Thomas Anderson and Leonardo DiCaprio in-conversation at BFI Southbank discussing One Battle After Another, London - Source: Getty
One Battle After Another sweeps National Society of Film Critics Awards (Image via Getty)

The National Society of Film Critics has officially announced its winners for this year.

The National Society of Film Critics Awards are voted on by more than 60 film critics from across the United States.

At the 2025 National Society of Film Critics Awards, One Battle After Another bagged four awards in total. This made it the top-winning film of the year. The film won in the following categories:

  • Best Picture
  • Best Director
  • Best Supporting Actress
  • Best Supporting Actor

Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another dominated the 2025 National Society of Film Critics Awards. The film's ensemble cast is led by Leonardo DiCaprio, with key supporting performances from Benicio del Toro and Teyana Taylor, among others.

National Society of Film Critics' official website reads:

"The National Society of Film Critics counts among its members many of the country’s leading film critics. Its purpose is to promote the mutual interests of film criticism and filmmaking. Founded in l966, the Society differs from other critical associations in a number of significant ways. In the first place, it is truly national. Its members include critics from major papers in Los Angeles, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Denver."

Complete list of One Battle After Another wins at the 2025 National Society of Film Critics Awards

Best Picture

  • One Battle After Another (Winner)

Best Director

  • Paul Thomas Anderson: One Battle After Another (Winner)

Best Supporting Actress

  • Teyana Taylor: One Battle After Another (Winner)

Best Supporting Actor

  • Benicio del Toro: One Battle After Another (Winner)

It is worth noting that despite playing the lead role in One Battle After Another, Leonardo DiCaprio did not receive the Best Actor award. It went to Ethan Hawke for Blue Moon.


National Society of Film Critics official members

Chair: Justin Chang: The New Yorker

Vice-Chair: Joshua Rothkopf: Los Angeles Times

Sam Adams: Slate

Carlos Aguilar: Freelance

Melissa Anderson: 4Columns

David Ansen

Gary Arnold: Freelance

Richard Brody: The New Yorker

Ty Burr: Ty Burr's Watch List

Walter Chaw: Film Freak Central

Godfrey Cheshire: RogerEbert.com

Kameron Austin Collins: Rolling Stone

Peter Debruge: Variety

A.A. Dowd: Chron

Alonso Duralde: The Film Verdict

Bilge Ebiri: Vulture, New York magazine

David Ehrlich: IndieWire

Steve Erickson: Los Angeles magazine

David Fear: Rolling Stone

Owen Gleiberman: Variety

Tim Grierson: Screen International

Lovia Gyarkye: Hammer and Hope

A.S. Hamrah: n plus 1

Molly Haskell: Freelance

Odie Henderson: The Boston Globe

Ann Hornaday: The Washington Post

Robert Horton: Seattle Weekly

Richard T. Jameson: Parallax View

J.R. Jones: Cine-File

Dave Kehr

Lisa Kennedy: The Denver Post

Peter Keough: The Arts Fuse

Andy Klein: L.A. Times Community Papers KPCC-FM

Michael Koresky: Reverse Shot The Criterion Collection

Richard Lawson: Vanity Fair

Emanuel Levy: Financial Times EmanuelLevy.com Goldenglobes.com

Dennis Lim: Freelance New York Film Festival

Todd McCarthy: Deadline

Soraya Nadia McDonald: ESPN

Joe Morgenstern

Amy Nicholson: Variety The Guardian

Sheila O’Malley: RogerEbert.com

Gerald Peary: The Arts Fuse

Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune

John Powers: NPR’s Fresh Air

Peter Rainer: Christian Science Monitor NPR

Nicolas Rapold: The Last Thing I Saw Freelance

Eleanor Ringel: Atlanta Business Chronicle

David Rooney: The Hollywood Reporter

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Nick Schager: The Daily Beast

Michael Sicinski: Freelance

David Sims: The Atlantic

Farran Smith Nehme: Substack

Michael Sragow: Film Comment

Dana Stevens: Slate

David Sterritt: Quarterly Review of Film and Video

Amy Taubin: Artforum Film Comment

Charles Taylor: The Yale Review

Ella Taylor: Criterion

Peter Travers: Rolling Stone

Kenneth Turan: NPR

James Verniere: Boston Movie News

Alison Willmore: Vulture, New York magazine

Stephanie Zacharek: Time


Complete list of winners and nominees at the 2025 National Society of Film Critics Awards

Best Picture

  • One Battle After Another (Winner)
  • Sinners
  • The Secret Agent

Best Director

  • Paul Thomas Anderson: One Battle After Another (Winner)
  • Jafar Panahi: It Was Just an Accident
  • Richard Linklater: Blue Moon and Nouvelle Vague

Best Actress

  • Kathleen Chalfant: Familiar Touch (Winner)
  • Rose Byrne: If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
  • Renate Reinsve: Sentimental Value

Best Supporting Actress

  • Teyana Taylor: One Battle After Another (Winner)
  • Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas: Sentimental Value
  • Wunmi Mosaku: Sinners

Best Actor

  • Ethan Hawke: Blue Moon (Winner)
  • Wagner Moura: The Secret Agent
  • Michael B. Jordan: Sinners

Best Supporting Actor

  • Benicio del Toro: One Battle After Another (Winner)
  • Delroy Lindo: Sinners
  • Stellan Skarsgård: Sentimental Value

Best Screenplay

  • Jafar Panahi: It Was Just an Accident (Winner)
  • Robert Kaplow: Blue Moon
  • Kleber Mendonça Filho: The Secret Agent

Best Film Not in the English Language

  • The Secret Agent (Winner)
  • It Was Just an Accident
  • Sentimental Value

Best Nonfiction Film

  • My Undesirable Friends: Part I - Last Air in Moscow (Winner)
  • The Perfect Neighbor
  • Orwell: 2+2=5

Best Cinematography

  • Autumn Durald Arkapaw: Sinners (Winner)
  • Adolpho Veloso: Train Dreams
  • Michael Bauman: One Battle After Another

Best Experimental Film

  • Morning Circle: Basma al-Sharif (Winner)

Special Award for a Film Awaiting U.S. Distribution

  • Landmarks: Lucrecia Martel (Winner)

Congratulations to all of the winners at the 2025 National Society of Film Critics Awards.


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