New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO) Awards 2025: Complete winners list explored

Kenneth Branagh, Ryan Coogler, Michael B. Jordan And Miles Caton Attends Special Screening Of "Sinners" - Source: Getty
Kenneth Branagh, Ryan Coogler, Michael B. Jordan And Miles Caton Attends Special Screening Of "Sinners" - Source: Getty

The New York Film Critics Online, aka NYFCO, announced its winners for this year’s awards. Several movies like No Other Choice, Sentimental Value, Sinners, One Battle After Another, and more recorded wins at this year’s New York Film Critics Online.

Major category, Best Picture, at the New York Film Critics Online Awards was taken over by Leonardo DiCaprio’s One Battle After Another. Sinners bagged the Best Director title at the New York Film Critics Online Awards for Ryan Coogler.

The awards once again highlighted the critics’ appreciation for bold storytelling, strong performances, and visionary filmmaking. This year’s winners reflect a diverse mix of genres and narratives that left a lasting impression on audiences and critics alike. Read on to find out the complete list of winners.


More about winners at the New York Film Critics Online Awards

Here’s the complete rundown of winners and nominations at the New York Film Critics Online Awards:

BEST PICTURE at New York Film Critics Online

  • Hamnet
  • If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You
  • It Was Just an Accident
  • Marty Supreme
  • No Other Choice
  • Nuremberg
  • One Battle After Another (WINNER)
  • Sentimental Value
  • Sinners (RUNNER-UP)
  • Train Dreams

DIRECTOR

  • Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another (RUNNER-UP)
  • Park Chan-wook – No Other Choice
  • Ryan Coogler – Sinners (WINNER)
  • Mona Fastvold – The Testament of Ann Lee
  • Olivier Laxe – Sirāt
  • Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident
  • Lynne Ramsey – Die, My Love
  • Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
  • Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
  • Chloe Zhao – Hamnet

SCREENPLAY

  • Bugonia
  • Hamnet
  • If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You
  • It Was Just an Accident (WINNER)
  • Marty Supreme
  • One Battle After Another
  • Sentimental Value (RUNNER-UP)
  • Sinners
  • Sorry, Baby
  • Train Dreams
  • Twinless

BEST ACTOR at New York Film Critics Online

  • Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme (RUNNER-UP)
  • Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
  • Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù – My Father’s Shadow
  • Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
  • Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon (WINNER)
  • Lee Byung Hun – No Other Choice
  • Dylan O’Brien – Twinless
  • Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
  • Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent
  • Jesse Plemons – Bugonia

ACTRESS

  • Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (RUNNER-UP)
  • Jessie Buckley – Hamnet (WINNER)
  • Kathleen Chalfant – Familiar Touch
  • Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue
  • Jennifer Lawrence – Die, My Love
  • Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
  • Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee
  • Emma Stone – Bugonia
  • Sydney Sweeney – Christy
  • Tessa Thompson – Hedda

SUPPORTING ACTOR

  • Michael Cera – The Phoenician Scheme
  • Benicio Del Toro – One Battle After Another
  • Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein (WINNER)
  • Noah Jupe – Hamnet
  • Delroy Lindo – Sinners
  • Pierre Lottin – When Fall is Coming
  • Paul Mescal – Hamnet
  • Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
  • Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly
  • Alexander Skarsgard – Pillion
  • Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value (RUNNER-UP)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

  • Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme
  • Glenn Close – Wake Up Dead Man
  • Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
  • Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good
  • Regina Hall – One Battle After Another
  • Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value (WINNER)
  • Amy Madigan – Weapons (RUNNER-UP)
  • Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
  • Da’Vine Joy Randolph – Eternity
  • Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

ENSEMBLE CAST

  • Avatar: Fire and Ash
  • Hamnet
  • It Was Just an Accident
  • Marty Supreme
  • No Other Choice
  • One Battle After Another (RUNNER-UP)
  • Sentimental Value
  • Sinners (WINNER)
  • The Testament of Ann Lee
  • Wake Up Dead Man

USE OF MUSIC

  • Hamnet
  • KPop Demon Hunters
  • Marty Supreme
  • One Battle After Another
  • Sinners (WINNER)
  • Sirāt (RUNNER-UP)
  • Song Sung Blue
  • Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
  • The Testament of Ann Lee
  • Wicked: For Good

CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • Avatar: Fire and Ash
  • Frankenstein
  • Hamnet
  • No Other Choice
  • One Battle After Another
  • Sinners (WINNER)
  • Sirāt
  • Train Dreams (RUNNER-UP)
  • The Testament of Ann Lee
  • 28 Years Later
  • Wicked: For Good

DEBUT DIRECTOR at New York Film Critics Online

  • Akinola Davies Jr. – My Father’s Shadow
  • Harris Dickerson – Urchin
  • Sarah Friedland – Familiar Touch
  • Scarlett Johansson – Eleanor the Great
  • Harry Lighton – Pillion
  • Carson Lund – Eephus
  • Charlie Polinger – The Plague (RUNNER-UP)
  • Kristen Stewart – The Chronology of Water
  • Constance Tsang – Blue Sun Palace
  • Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby (WINNER)

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER at New York Film Critics Online

  • Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme
  • Everett Blunck – The Plague
  • Miles Caton – Sinners (RUNNER-UP)
  • Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another (WINNER)
  • Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet
  • Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
  • Kayo Martin – The Plague
  • Abou Sangare – Souleymane’s Story
  • Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby

ANIMATION

  • A Magnificent Life
  • Arco (WINNER)
  • Elio
  • KPop Demon Hunters
  • Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (RUNNER-UP TIE)
  • 100 Meters
  • Predator: Killer of Killers
  • Scarlet
  • Zootopia 2 (RUNNER-UP TIE)

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE

  • It Was Just an Accident (WINNER)
  • Left-Handed Girl
  • No Other Choice
  • Resurrection
  • The Secret Agent
  • Sentimental Value (RUNNER-UP)
  • Sirāt
  • Sound of Falling
  • The Voice of Hind Rajib
  • We Will Not Be Moved

DOCUMENTARY at New York Film Critics Online

  • Afternoons of Solitude
  • BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions (WINNER)
  • Come See Me in the Good Light
  • Cover-Up
  • My Undesirable Friends: Part 1 — Last Air in Moscow
  • Pee-wee as Himself
  • Put Your Soul in Your Hand and Walk
  • The Perfect Neighbor (RUNNER-UP)
  • The Alabama Solution
  • 2000 Meters to Andriivka

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Edited by Tanisha Aggarwal