Atlanta Film Critics Circle Awards (AFCC) 2025: Complete Winners list explored

The Atlanta Film Critics Circle Awards (AFCC), now in its ninth year, announced their winners on December 3. The Atlanta Film Critics Circle Awards' thirty nine voting members named filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson's 'One Battle After Another' the year's best film.

The big-budget film took home seven major awards, including Best Director, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Ensemble, Supporting Actor (Benicio del Toro), and Breakthrough Performance for Chase Infiniti.

Leonardo DiCaprio won Best Actor for his portrayal in the film, narrowly defeating Michael B. Jordan in horror hit Sinners. Amy Madigan won Best Supporting Actress for Weapons in another tight fight.

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This year’s voting for nominations was quite competitive, with several races coming down to just a few points. Best International Feature Film saw the closest margin in Atlanta Film Critics Circle Awards history, with only four points separating the top three films.

AFCC advisory board member Kyle Pinion commented on this year’s honorees:

“2025 was another stellar year for film, including two horror sensations in Sinners and Weapons, Chloé Zhao’s heartbreaking excavation of the grief process in Hamnet, and one of the strongest crops of international films in recent memory.”

He continued:

“But it was Paul Thomas Anderson’s crafting of a generational masterpiece in One Battle After Another that ruled the day in AFCC voters’ ballots, and rightfully so. It’s the kind of film that will last.”

Here’s the complete rundown of Atlanta Film Critics Circle Awards winners list:

BEST FILM:

• One Battle After Another

TOP 10 FILMS (ranked):

1. One Battle After Another
2. Sinners
3. Weapons
4. Hamnet
5. Marty Supreme
6. It Was Just an Accident
7. No Other Choice
8. Sentimental Value
9. Train Dreams
10. The Secret Agent

BEST LEAD ACTOR:

• Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
• Runner-up: Michael B. Jordan, Sinners

BEST LEAD ACTRESS:

• Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
• Runner-up: Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

• Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another
• Runner-up: Sean Penn, One Battle After Another

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

• Amy Madigan, Weapons
• Runner-up: Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST:

• One Battle After Another
• Runner-up: Sinners

BEST DIRECTOR:

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

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

• Sinners
• Runner-up: Weapons

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

• One Battle After Another
• Runner-up: Hamnet

BEST DOCUMENTARY:

• The Perfect Neighbor
• Runner-up: The Alabama Solution

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE:

• It Was Just an Accident
• Runner-up: No Other Choice

BEST ANIMATED FILM:

• KPop Demon Hunters
• Runner-up: Arco

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

• One Battle After Another
• Runner-up: Sinners

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:

• Sinners
• Runner-up: One Battle After Another

BEST STUNT WORK:

• Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
• Runner-up: F1

BEST VOICE PERFORMANCE:

• Arden Cho, KPop Demon Hunters
• Runner-up: Jason Bateman, Zootopia 2

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE:

• Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another

BEST FIRST FEATURE:

• Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby

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The Atlanta Film Critics Circle is a group of 39 Atlanta-based critics who work in newspaper, magazine, and online journalism. The objective of the AFCC is to develop a national presence for a film reviewers group in Atlanta while also pushing film culture in Atlanta.