National Society of Film Critics Awards (NSFC) 2025: Complete list of winners explored

On January 3, the winners of the National Society of Film Critics Awards were announced. The awards had a total of 13 categories.

Leonardo DiCaprio’s hit One Battle After Another bagged most awards at the National Society of Film Critics Awards. Other movies that won at the National Society of Film Critics Awards include Familiar Touch, Blue Moon, It Was Just An Accident, The Secret Agent, Sinners, and more.

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More details about the winners of the National Society of Film Critics Awards

Here’s the complete rundown of winners and runners-up at the National Society of Film Critics Awards, along with the points they scored:

Best Picture

• Winner: ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (57 points)
• Runners-up: SINNERS (29 points) & THE SECRET AGENT (27 points)

Best Director

• Winner: Paul Thomas Anderson, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (54 points)
• Runners-up: Jafar Panahi, IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (48 points) & Richard Linklater, BLUE MOON and NOUVELLE VAGUE (39 points)

Best Actress

• Winner: Kathleen Chalfant, FAMILIAR TOUCH (45 points)
• Runners-up: Rose Byrne, IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU (39 points) & Renate Reinsve, SENTIMENTAL VALUE (37 points)

Best Actor

• Winner: Ethan Hawke, BLUE MOON (57 points)
• Runners-up: Wagner Moura, THE SECRET AGENT (43 points) & Michael B. Jordan, SINNERS (36 points)

Best Supporting Actress

• Winner: Teyana Taylor, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (56 points)
• Runners-up: Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, SENTIMENTAL VALUE (47 points) & Wunmi Mosaku, SINNERS (41 points)

Best Supporting Actor

• Winner: Benicio del Toro, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (54 points)
• Runners-up: Delroy Lindo, SINNERS (37 points) & Stellan Skarsgård, SENTIMENTAL VALUE (30 points)

Best Screenplay

• Winner: Jafar Panahi, IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (53 points)
• Runners-up: Robert Kaplow, BLUE MOON (50 points) & Kleber Mendonça Filho, THE SECRET AGENT (40 points)

Best Cinematography

• Winner: Autumn Durald Arkapaw, SINNERS (50 points)
• Runners-up: Adolpho Veloso, TRAIN DREAMS (36 points) & Michael Bauman, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (29 points)

Best Nonfiction Film

• Winner: MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART I — LAST AIR IN MOSCOW (56 points)
• Runners-up: THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR (22 points) & ORWELL: 2+2=5 (18 points)

Best Film Not In The English Language

• Winner: THE SECRET AGENT (58 points)
• Runners-up: IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (57 points) & SENTIMENTAL VALUE (38 points)

Best Experimental Film

• MORNING CIRCLE (Basma al-Sharif)

Film Heritage Award

• The late Ken and Flo Jacobs, an irreplaceable, gravitational center of the American avant-garde, with a shared artistic sensibility that helped define experimental cinema. The Film Desk, for releasing key movies from all over the world, in 35mm prints and on home video, and publishing books that have enriched the public’s knowledge of cinema. Cinema Tropical, for its tireless efforts to distribute, program, and promote Latin American cinema in the U.S.

Special Citation for a Film Awaiting U.S. Distribution

• LANDMARKS (Lucrecia Martel)

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