Portland Critics Association Awards (PCA) 2025 nominations: Complete list of nominees explored

The Portland Critics Association Awards, aka PCA, unveiled their nominations for this year’s awards. The winners are selected by a group of reviewers, writers, cinema historians, and broadcasters dedicated to raising public awareness of cinema as an art.

The winners for the Portland Critics Association Awards will be revealed on December 31. Several hits of the year, like Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, Sinners, and more, are nominated for over 20 categories. Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another took the lead with the most nominations.

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More details about the Portland Critics Association Awards nominations

Here’s the complete rundown of nominees for this year’s Portland Critics Association Awards:

Best Picture

• Marty Supreme
• No Other Choice
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Sorry, Baby
• Train Dreams

Best Director

• Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
• Clint Bentley, Train Dreams
• Ryan Coogler, Sinners
• Jafar Panahi, It Was Just An Accident
• Park Chan-Wook, No Other Choice
• Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme

Best Lead Performance

• Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
• Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
• Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
• Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
• Joel Edgerton, Train Dreams
• Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
• Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
• Josh O’Connor, The Mastermind
• Amanda Seyfried, The Testament of Ann Lee
• Emma Stone, Bugonia

Best Supporting Performance

• Mariam Afshari, It Was Just An Accident
• Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another
• Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
• Ralph Fiennes, 28 Years Later
• Delroy Lindo, Sinners
• Amy Madigan, Weapons
• Paul Mescal, Hamnet
• Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
• Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
• Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value

Best Ensemble Cast

• It Was Just An Accident
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
• Weapons

Best Animated Feature

• I Am Frankelda
• K-Pop Demon Hunters
• Lost in Starlight
• Predator: Killer of Killers
• Stitch Head
• Zootopia 2

Best Documentary Feature

• Direct Action
• Megadoc
• Orwell: 2+2=5
• Pavements
• The Perfect Neighbor
• Sly Lives!

Best Film Foreign Language

• Caught by the Tides
• It Was Just An Accident
• No Other Choice
• The Secret Agent
• Sirât
• Sentimental Value

Best Comedy Feature

• Bugonia
• Eephus
• Friendship
• The Naked Gun
• Sorry, Baby
• Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Horror Feature

• Frankenstein
• Good Boy
• The Plague
• Sinners
• 28 Years Later
• Weapons

Best Science Fiction Feature

• Bugonia
• Companion
• Frankenstein
• Mickey 17
• Predator: Badlands
• Superman

Best Screenplay

• It Was Just An Accident
• Marty Supreme
• No Other Choice
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Sorry, Baby

Best Cinematography

• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Train Dreams

Best Original Score

• Marty Supreme
• The Mastermind
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Sirât
• Train Dreams

Best Costume Design

• Frankenstein
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Superman
• The Testament of Ann Lee

Best Production Design

• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• One Battle After Another
• The Phoenician Scheme
• Sinners
• 28 Years Later

Best Sound Design

• F1
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Superman
• 28 Years Later
• Warfare

Best Visual Effects

• The Fantastic Four: First Steps
• Frankenstein
• Predator: Badlands
• Sinners
• Superman
• Thunderbolts*

Best Stunts or Action Choreography

• Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Thunderbolts*
• 28 Years Later
• Warfare

Best Film Editing

• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Train Dreams
• 28 Years Later
• Warfare

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