San Diego Film Critics Society (SDFCS) Awards: Complete list of winners and nominees explored

The San Diego Film Critics Society Awards have officially revealed their 2025 winners. Sinners was the top performer across multiple San Diego Film Critics Society Awards categories.

Other beloved films, such as One Battle After Another, Hamnet, It Was Just an Accident, and Marty Supreme, also got a notable presence across categories. As listed on the official San Diego Film Critics Society Awards website, the group's confirmed members are as follows:

San Diego Film Critics Society Officers

James Jay Edwards: President, outlets Showbiz Junkies, Eye on Horror
Rhonda Moore: Vice President, outlets TG Geeks, MTR Network, The SilverScreen Analysis and Girls in Capes
Rashmi Gandhi: Treasurer, outlet Moviewallas
Yazdi Pithavala: Secretary, outlets Movie Wallas, Spaces in My Mind
Lance Carter: Membership Chair, outlet Daily Actor

San Diego Film Critics Society Members

Josh Board: Newsradio 600 AM KOGO, Escondido Times Advocate
Kevin Finnerty: KOGO, ShowbizJunkies.com
James Colt Harrison: James Colt Harrison Hollywood, Blog Talk Radio
Glenn Heath Jr.: San Diego CityBeat, Brooklyn Magazine, Little White Lies, Mubi’s Daily Notebook
Sam Kahn: The Geekly Grind
Glenn Kay: CinemaStance, Gallup Sun
Matthew Lickona: San Diego Reader
Jean Lowerison: SD Stage and Screen
Lois Alter Mark: MidlifeAtTheOasis.com, Alliance of Women Film Journalists, Forbes
Rebecca Murray: Showbiz Junkies
Carson Timar: Buttered Popcorn, Clapper, Filmotomy
Betty Jo Tucker: ReelTalkreviews.com, Senior Beacon, Blog Talk Radio
Brittany Witherspoon: Screen Rant, Pop Culture Reviews, Next Best Picture, That Shelf

Below is a complete breakdown of all winners and nominees at the 2025 San Diego Film Critics Society (SDFCS) Awards.

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

Best picture

Hamnet

It Was Just an Accident

Marty Supreme

One Battle After Another

Sinners (Winner)

Best director

Paul Thomas Anderson: One Battle After Another

Ryan Coogler: Sinners (Winner)

Yorgos Lanthimos: Bugonia (Runner Up)

Jafar Panahi: It Was Just an Accident

Chloe Zhao: Hamnet

Best actor

Timothée Chalamet: Marty Supreme

Leonardo DiCaprio: One Battle After Another

Joel Edgerton: Train Dreams (Runner Up)

Michael B. Jordan: Sinners (Winner)

Wagner Moura: The Secret Agent

Best actress

Jessie Buckley: Hamnet (Winner Tie)

Rose Byrne: If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (Winner Tie)

Renate Reinsve: Sentimental Value

Emma Stone: Bugonia

Eva Victor: Sorry, Baby

Best supporting actor

Benicio del Toro: One Battle After Another

Jacob Elordi: Frankenstein

Sean Penn: One Battle After Another (Runner Up)

Stellan Skarsgård: Sentimental Value (Winner)

Jeffrey Wright: Highest 2 Lowest

Best supporting actress

Odessa A’zion: Marty Supreme

Nina Hoss: Hedda (Runner Up)

Amy Madigan: Weapons (Winner)

Wunmi Mosaku: Sinners

Teyana Taylor: One Battle After Another

Best comedic performance

Will Arnett: Is This Thing On?

Molly Gordon: Oh, Hi! (Runner Up)

Liam Neeson: The Naked Gun

Da’Vine Joy Randolph: Eternity (Winner)

Tim Robinson: Friendship

Best youth performance

Cary Christopher: Weapons (Winner)

Shannon Mahina Gorman: Rental Family

Jacobi Jupe: Hamnet (Runner Up)

Alfie Williams: 28 Years Later

Nina Ye: Left Handed Girl

Best original screenplay

Ryan Coogler: Sinners

Zack Cregger: Weapons

David Koepp: Black Bag (Runner Up)

Jafar Panahi: It Was Just an Accident (Winner)

Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt: Sentimental Value

Best adapted screenplay

Paul Thomas Anderson: One Battle After Another (Runner Up)

Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar: Train Dreams

JT Mollner: The Long Walk

Maggie O’Farrell and Chloe Zhao: Hamnet

Will Tracy: Bugonia (Winner)

Best first feature director

Drew Hancock: Companion

Scarlett Johansson: Eleanor the Great

Ben Leonberg: Good Boy

Kristen Stewart: The Chronology of Water (Runner Up)

Eva Victor: Sorry, Baby (Winner)

Best documentary

Becoming Led Zeppelin

Billy Joel: And So It Goes (Runner Up)

John Candy: I Like Me

Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5 (Winner)

Predators

Best animated film

Nominees:

Elio

K Pop Demon Hunters (Winner)

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (Runner Up)

Predator: Killer of Killers

Zootopia 2

Best foreign language film

It Was Just an Accident (Winner)

Left Handed Girl

The Secret Agent

Sentimental Value (Runner Up)

Sirat

Best editing

Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie: Marty Supreme (Winner)

Barry Alexander Brown and Allyson C. Johnson: Highest 2 Lowest

Affonso Goncalves and Chloe Zhao: Hamnet

Andy Jurgensen: One Battle After Another (Runner Up)

Stephen Mirione and Patrick J. Smith: F1: The Movie

Best cinematography

Autumn Durald Arkapaw: Sinners

Michael Bauman: One Battle After Another (Runner Up)

Dan Laustsen: Frankenstein

Adolpho Veloso: Train Dreams (Winner)

Lukasz Zal: Hamnet

Best production design

Hannah Bleachler and Monique Champagne: Sinners (Runner Up Tie)

Cara Brower and Stella Fox: Hedda

Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton: Hamnet

Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau: Frankenstein (Winner)

Kasra Farahani and Jille Azis: The Fantastic Four: First Steps (Runner Up Tie)

Best visual effects

Avatar: Fire and Ash (Winner)

The Fantastic Four: First Steps (Runner Up Tie)

Frankenstein (Runner Up Tie)

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

Superman

Best costume design

Alexandra Byrne: The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Ruth E. Carter: Sinners (Runner Up Tie)

Kate Hawley: Frankenstein (Runner Up Tie)

Paul Tazewell: Wicked: For Good (Winner)

Malgosia Turzanska: Hamnet

Best sound design

Avatar: Fire and Ash

F1: The Movie (Runner Up)

Frankenstein

Sinners

Warfare (Winner)

Best use of music

Hedda (Runner Up)

K Pop Demon Hunters

Marty Supreme

Sinners (Winner)

Sirat

Best stunt choreography

Ballerina: From the World of John Wick

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (Winner)

One Battle After Another

Sinners (Runner Up)

Superman

Best ensemble

Black Bag (Winner)

Jay Kelly

The Long Walk