New Jersey Film Critics Circle Awards (NJFCC) 2025: Complete list of winners explored

The New Jersey Film Critics Circle Awards announced the winners on December 31, days after revealing their nominees for the last year’s awards. The winners are revealed for a total of 27 different categories at the New Jersey Film Critics Circle Awards.

Multiple awards have been bagged by One Battle After Another at New Jersey Film Critics Circle Awards. In addition to this, other movies like Sinners, Marty Supreme, Weapons, and more earned titles in different categories of New Jersey Film Critics Circle Awards.

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More about winners and runner-ups at the New Jersey Film Critics Circle Awards

Here’s the complete list of winners and runner-ups at the New Jersey Film Critics Circle Awards:

Best Picture at New Jersey Film Critics Circle Awards

• Hamnet
• It Was Just An Accident
• Marty Supreme
• No Other Choice
• One Battle After Another (WINNER)
• The Secret Agent
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners (RUNNER-UP)
• Train Dreams
• Weapons

Best Director

• Chloé Zhao – Hamnet
• Park Chan-wook – No Other Choice
• Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another (WINNER)
• Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
• Ryan Coogler – Sinners (RUNNER-UP)

Best Original Screenplay

• It Was Just An Accident
• Marty Supreme (RUNNER-UP)
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners (WINNER)
• Weapons

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Bugonia
• Hamnet
• No Other Choice (RUNNER-UP)
• One Battle After Another (WINNER)
• Train Dreams

Best Actor at New Jersey Film Critics Circle Awards

• 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)

Best Actress

• Jessie Buckley – Hamnet (WINNER)
• Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (RUNNER-UP)
• Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
• Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
• Emma Stone – Bugonia

Best Supporting Actor

• Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another (RUNNER-UP)
• Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
• Delroy Lindo – Sinners
• Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
• Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value (WINNER)

Best Supporting Actress

• Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
• Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value (RUNNER-UP)
• Amy Madigan – Weapons (WINNER)
• Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

Best Acting Ensemble

• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another (WINNER)
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners (RUNNER-UP)
• Weapons

Best Original Score

• F1
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme (RUNNER-UP)
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners (WINNER)

Best Original Song

• “Drive” – F1
• “Golden” – KPop Demon Hunters (WINNER)
• “I Lied to You” – Sinners (RUNNER-UP)
• “Last Time (I Seen the Sun)” – Sinners
• “Train Dreams” – Train Dreams

Best Editing

• F1 (RUNNER-UP)
• Marty Supreme
• No Other Choice
• One Battle After Another (WINNER)
• Sinners

Best Production Design

• Frankenstein (WINNER)
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners (RUNNER-UP)
• Wicked: For Good

Best Costume Design

• Frankenstein (WINNER)
• Hamnet
• Hedda
• Sinners
• Wicked: For Good (RUNNER-UP)

Best Hair and Makeup

• Frankenstein (WINNER)
• Sinners
• The Smashing Machine
• Weapons (RUNNER-UP)
• Wicked: For Good

Best Sound

• F1 (RUNNER-UP)
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Sirāt
• Warfare (WINNER)

Best Animated Feature

• Arco (RUNNER-UP)
• Elio
• Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
• KPop Demon Hunters (WINNER)
• Zootopia 2

Best International Feature

• It Was Just An Accident
• No Other Choice (WINNER)
• The Secret Agent
• Sentimental Value (RUNNER-UP)
• Sirāt

Best Documentary

• 2000 Meters to Andriivka
• Come See Me in the Good Light (RUNNER-UP)
• Orwell: 2+2=5
• The Perfect Neighbor (WINNER)
• Predators

Best Cinematography

• Hamnet
• No Other Choice
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners (RUNNER-UP)
• Train Dreams (WINNER)

Best Visual Effects

• Avatar: Fire and Ash (WINNER)
• F1
• Frankenstein (RUNNER-UP)
• Sinners
• Superman

Best Stunts

• F1 (RUNNER-UP)
• Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (WINNER)
• One Battle After Another
• The Running Man
• Sinners

Best Directorial Debut

• The Chronology of Water
• Friendship
• Pillion (RUNNER-UP)
• Sorry, Baby (WINNER)
• The Ugly Stepsister

Best Breakthrough Performance

• Miles Caton – Sinners (RUNNER-UP)
• Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another (WINNER)
• Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
• Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby

Best Animal in a Movie

• Bing the Dog – The Friend
• Googoo the Meerkat – Left-Handed Girl
• Indy the Dog – Good Boy (WINNER)
• Noochie the Cat – Sorry, Baby (RUNNER-UP)
• Tonic the Cat – Caught Stealing

Best LGBTQIA+ Representation

• Blue Moon
• Hedda
• Pillion (RUNNER-UP)
• Plainclothes
• Twinless (WINNER)

Best New Jersey Representation

• The Housemaid
• Marty Supreme (RUNNER-UP)
• Ponyboi
• Presence
• Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere (WINNER)

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