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The U.K. Film Critics Association has revealed their 2025 awards, with Sinners taking the top prize. One Battle After Another took Best Director, while Hamnet was the other movie to win a prize. The full results are below:
Film of the Year
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners – WINNER
Sorry, Baby
Weapons
Best Director
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
Kaouther Ben Hania – The Voice of Hind Rajab
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another – WINNER
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Best Leading Actor
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners – WINNER
Robert Aramayo – I Swear
Best Leading Actress
Emma Stone – Bugonia
Eva Victor – Sorry Baby
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet – WINNER
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Best Supporting Actor
Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
Delroy Lindo – Sinners
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another – WINNER
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Madigan – Weapons
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
Wumni Mosaku – Sinners – WINNER
Huh. What an odd choice for a U.K.-based critic’s organization. Not that Sinners is a bad winner, necessarily, but it’s so uniquely American in its milieu, attitude, and storytelling that I wouldn’t have pegged it as something that would have appealed to critics from across the pond.