2025 Seattle Film Critics Society Awards

10th Seattle Film Critics Society Awards
10th Seattle Film Critics Society Awards
Date	December 15, 2025
Site	Seattle, Washington
Highlights
Best Picture	One Battle After Another
Most awards	One Battle After Another (8)
Most nominations	Sinners (14)

The 10th Seattle Film Critics Society Awards recognized the best in film of 2025. The winners were announced on December 15, 2025.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The nominations were announced on December 5, 2025.^[4] Ryan Coogler's period supernatural horror film Sinners led the nominations with a record-tying fourteen, becoming the film with the most nominations in a single year, matching Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022).^[4] Additional films with multiple nominations include the action thriller film One Battle After Another with twelve and the Pacific Northwest period drama film Train Dreams with eight.^[4]^[5]^[6]

The Seattle Film Critics Society previously announced the nominations for Best Pacific Northwest Feature Film on October 7; the nominees were all screened at the SIFF Film Center through October and November.^[7] Additionally, a Pacific Northwest Short Film Award was introduced.^[8] The John Hartl Pacific Northwest Spotlight Award was presented to filmmaker Sky Hopinka.^[1]

Additionally, the SFCS issued a "special citation" to recognize Indy the Dog's achievements in animal acting for Good Boy.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Best Picture One Battle After Another Bugonia Hamnet It Was Just an Accident Marty Supreme Sentimental Value Sinners Sorry, Baby Train Dreams Weapons	Best Director Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another Clint Bentley – Train Dreams Ryan Coogler – Sinners Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme Chloé Zhao – Hamnet
Best Actor in a Leading Role *Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another* as Bob Ferguson** Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme as Marty Mauser Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams as Robert Grainier Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon as Lorenz Hart Michael B. Jordan – Sinners as Elijah "Smoke" Moore / Elias "Stack" Moore	Best Actress in a Leading Role *Jessie Buckley – Hamnet* as Agnes Shakespeare** Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I'd Kick You as Linda Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee as Ann Lee Emma Stone – Bugonia as Michelle Fuller Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby as Agnes
Best Actor in a Supporting Role *Sean Penn – One Battle After Another* as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw** Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another as Sensei Sergio St. Carlos Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein as The Creature David Jonsson – The Long Walk as Peter "Pete" McVries William H. Macy – Train Dreams as Arn Peeples	Best Actress in a Supporting Role *Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners* as Annie** Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good as Galinda "Glinda" Upland Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value as Agnes Borg Pettersen Amy Madigan – Weapons as Aunt Gladys Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another as Perfidia Beverly Hills
Best Ensemble One Battle After Another – Cassandra Kulukundis Eephus – Carson Lund Marty Supreme – Jennifer Venditti Sinners – Francine Maisler Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Story – Bret Howe and Mary Vernieu	Best Action Choreography Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning – Wade Eastwood Avatar: Fire and Ash – Garrett Warren, Steve Brown, and Stuart Thorp Ballerina – Stephen Dunlevy and Jackson Spidell Predator: Badlands – Jacob Tomuri Sinners – Andy Gill
Best Screenplay One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie Sinners – Ryan Coogler Sorry, Baby – Eva Victor Train Dreams – Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar	Best Animated Film KPop Demon Hunters – Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans Arco – Ugo Bienvenu The Colors Within – Naoko Yamada Little Amélie or the Character of Rain – Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han Zootopia 2 – Jared Bush and Byron Howard
Best Documentary Film WTO/99 – Ian Bell The Alabama Solution – Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman Come See Me in the Good Light – Ryan White Pavements – Alex Ross Perry The Perfect Neighbor – Geeta Gandbhir	Best International Film It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi No Other Choice – Park Chan-wook The Secret Agent – Kleber Mendonça Filho Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier The Ugly Stepsister – Emilie Blichfeldt
Best Cinematography Sinners – Autumn Durald Arkapaw Frankenstein – Dan Laustsen Hamnet – Łukasz Żal One Battle After Another – Michael Bauman Train Dreams – Adolpho Veloso	Best Costume Design Frankenstein – Kate Hawley The Phoenician Scheme – Milena Canonero Sinners – Ruth E. Carter Train Dreams – Malgosia Turzanska Wicked: For Good – Paul Tazewell
Best Film Editing One Battle After Another – Andy Jurgensen F1 – Stephen Mirrione and Patrick J. Smith Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie Reflection in a Dead Diamond – Bernard Beets Sinners – Michael P. Shawver	Best Original Score One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood F1 – Hans Zimmer Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat Sinners – Ludwig Göransson Tron: Ares – Nine Inch Nails
Best Production Design Frankenstein – Tamara Deverell (Production Design); Shane Vieau (Set Decoration) The Fantastic Four: First Steps – Kasra Farahani (Production Design); Jille Azis (Set Decoration) The Phoenician Scheme – Adam Stockhausen (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration) Resurrection – Liu Qiang and Tu Nan Sinners – Hannah Beachler (Production Design); Monique Champagne (Set Decoration)	Best Visual Effects Avatar: Fire and Ash – Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett F1 – Ryan Tudhope, Robert Harrington, and Nicolas Chevallier Frankenstein – Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, and José Granell Predator: Badlands – Olivier Dumont, Alec Gillis, Sheldon Stopsack, and Karl Rapley Sinners – Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter, and Donnie Dean
Best Youth Performance *Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet* as Hamnet Shakespeare** Cary Christopher – Weapons as Alex Lilly Shannon Gorman – Rental Family as Mia Kawasaki Jasper Thompson – The Mastermind as Tommy Mooney Alfie Williams – 28 Years Later as Spike	Villain of the Year *Aunt Gladys – Weapons* (as portrayed by Amy Madigan)** Col. Steven J. Lockjaw – One Battle After Another (as portrayed by Sean Penn) Laura – Bring Her Back (as portrayed by Sally Hawkins) Lex Luthor – Superman (as portrayed by Nicholas Hoult) Remmick – Sinners (as portrayed by Jack O'Connell)
Best Pacific Northwest Feature Film Train Dreams – Clint Bentley Not One Drop of Blood – Jackson Devereux and Lachlan Hinton To Kill a Wolf – Kelsey Taylor Twinless – James Sweeney Wolf Land (Director's Cut) – Sarah Hoffman WTO/99 – Ian Bell	Pacific Northwest Short Film Award Songs of Black Folk – Justin Emeka and Haley Watson Charlotte, 1994 – Brian Pittala A Fateful Weekend – Tony Doupe Shelly's Leg – Wes Hurley Style: A Seattle Basketball Story – Bryan Tucker

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Seattle Film Critics Society Names 'One Battle After Another' the Best Picture of 2025". Seattle Film Critics Society. December 15, 2025. Retrieved December 15, 2025.
^ Macdonald, Moira (December 15, 2025). "Seattle Film Critics Society Names 'One Battle After Another' Best Movie". The Seattle Times. Retrieved December 15, 2025.
^ Anderson, Erik (December 15, 2025). "Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS) Awards: 'One Battle After Another' Rules with 8 Wins". AwardsWatch. Retrieved December 15, 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c "'Sinners' Ties Seattle Film Critics Nominations Record with 'One Battle After Another' Close Behind". Seattle Film Critics Society. December 5, 2025. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
^ Anderson, Erik (December 5, 2025). "Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS) Nominations: 'Sinners' Leads with Record-Tying 14". AwardsWatch. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
^ Neglia, Matt (December 5, 2025). "The 2025 Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS) Nominations". Next Best Picture. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
^ "The Seattle Film Critics Society Announces Nominees for the Pacific Northwest Filmmaking Award and Local Screenings at SIFF". Seattle Film Critics Society. October 7, 2025. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
^ "The Seattle Film Critics Society Announces Pacific Northwest Short Film Nominees and Screening at NWFF". Seattle Film Critics Society. October 29, 2025. Retrieved December 5, 2025.

External links

Official website

[SFCS-1] "Seattle Film Critics Society Names 'One Battle After Another' the Best Picture of 2025". Seattle Film Critics Society. December 15, 2025. Retrieved December 15, 2025.

[2] Macdonald, Moira (December 15, 2025). "Seattle Film Critics Society Names 'One Battle After Another' Best Movie". The Seattle Times. Retrieved December 15, 2025.

[3] Anderson, Erik (December 15, 2025). "Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS) Awards: 'One Battle After Another' Rules with 8 Wins". AwardsWatch. Retrieved December 15, 2025.

[Nominations-4] "'Sinners' Ties Seattle Film Critics Nominations Record with 'One Battle After Another' Close Behind". Seattle Film Critics Society. December 5, 2025. Retrieved December 5, 2025.

[5] Anderson, Erik (December 5, 2025). "Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS) Nominations: 'Sinners' Leads with Record-Tying 14". AwardsWatch. Retrieved December 5, 2025.

[6] Neglia, Matt (December 5, 2025). "The 2025 Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS) Nominations". Next Best Picture. Retrieved December 5, 2025.

[7] "The Seattle Film Critics Society Announces Nominees for the Pacific Northwest Filmmaking Award and Local Screenings at SIFF". Seattle Film Critics Society. October 7, 2025. Retrieved December 5, 2025.

[8] "The Seattle Film Critics Society Announces Pacific Northwest Short Film Nominees and Screening at NWFF". Seattle Film Critics Society. October 29, 2025. Retrieved December 5, 2025.

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