Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards (KCFCC) 2025: Complete list of winners explored

Paul Thomas Anderson And Leonardo DiCaprio Attend A One Battle After Another special Screening And Q&A BFI IMAX London - Source: Getty
Paul Thomas Anderson And Leonardo DiCaprio Attend A One Battle After Another special Screening And Q&A BFI IMAX London - Source: Getty

The Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards, aka KCFCC, revealed the winners for this year’s awards. The winners are awarded in total of 16 categories at Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards.

The beginnings of Kansas City Film Critics Circle is mentioned on their official website in following manner:

"The Kansas City Film Critics Circle is a group of film critics who review current motion pictures on a regular basis. Dr. James Loutzenhiser, who passed away in November 2001, founded the group in 1966. The annual film awards are now called The Loutzenhiser Awards.”

The limits of KCFCC are mentioned on their website as:

“The Kansas City Film Critics Circle is defined by a 60-mile radius around the Kansas City metropolitan area, using 10th and Main Streets, Kansas City, Missouri, as the center point of the circle.”

Just like nominations, the winners list of Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards is also dominated by Leonardo DiCaprio’s One Battle After Another. In addition to this, movies like Sinners and Weapons bagged more than one award at the Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards. The award for Best Animated movie is won by Kpop Demon Hunters.


More about winners at the Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

Here’s the complete list of winners honored by the Kansas City Film Critics Circle this year:

  • Best Film: One Battle After Another
  • Robert Altman Award for Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
  • Best Actor: Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
  • Best Actress: Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
  • Best Supporting Actor: Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
  • Best Supporting Actress: Amy Madigan, Weapons
  • Best Original Screenplay: Zach Cregger, Weapons
  • Best Adapted Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
  • Best Animated Feature: KPop Demon Hunters
  • Best Documentary: Secret Mall Apartment
  • Best Foreign Language Film: It Was Just an Accident
  • Best Cinematography: Michael Bauman, One Battle After Another
  • Best Original Score: Ludwig Göransson, Sinners
  • Vince Koehler Award for Best Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror: Sinners
  • Tom Poe Award for Best LGBTQ Film: Hedda
  • Buster Keaton Award for the Best Stunt Ensemble Film: Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

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Edited by Sarah Nazamuddin Harniswala