Los Angeles Film Critics Association Gives 2025 Top Prizes to Paul Thomas Anderson, Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke, and ‘One Battle After Another’

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) has finished voting on their favorites for 2025. It was another Best Picture win for One Battle After Another, with Paul Thomas Anderson taking Best Director, while Teyana Taylor shares the Best Supporting Performance prize with Stellan Skarsgård for Sentimental Value. The Best Lead Performance prize was shared by Rose Byrne for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You and Ethan Hawke for Blue Moon. The rest can be seen below.

Here are the LAFCA results:

Best Picture
One Battle After Another
Runner-up: The Secret Agent

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Runner-up: Ryan Coogler, Sinners

Best Film Not in the English Language
The Secret Agent
Runner-up: It Was Just an Accident

Best Documentary/Nonfiction
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow
Runner-up: The Perfect Neighbor

Best Screenplay
Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident
Runner-up: Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby

Best Lead Performance
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Runners-up: Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent

Best Supporting Performance
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
Runners-up: Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
Andrew Scott, Blue Moon

Best Animation
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Runner-up: KPop Demon Hunters

Best Film Editing
Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Runner-up: Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After Another

Best Production Design
Hannah Beachler, Sinners
Runner-up: Tamara Deverell, Frankenstein

Best Music Score
Kangding Ray, Sirāt
Runner-up: Ludwig Göransson, Sinners

Best Cinematography
Adolpho Veloso, Train Dreams
Runner-up: Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners

New Generation
Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby

Douglas Edwards Experimental Film Award (TIE)
Albert Serra, Afternoons of Solitude
Thom Andersen (body of work)

Career Achievement Award
Philip Kaufman