LA Film Critics Awards 2025: ‘One Battle After Another’ becomes hot favourite after latest win

Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest directorial One Battle After Another, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, is quickly moving ahead in the best picture race after clinching yet another prize.

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards announced its winners for 2025 on December 7 and the movie co-starring Chase Infiniti, Teyana Taylor, Benicio del Toro, and Sean Penn bagged three wins — best picture, best director, and supporting performance (Taylor).

According to Variety, the thrilling drama’s latest victory has increased its Oscar chances since previous winners like The Hurt Locker, Spotlight, Moonlight, Parasite, and Anora all “went on to capture the Academy Award for best picture.”

Other significant prizes handed out by the LA film critics association included those received by Ethan Hawke and Rose Byrne for their leading performances in Blue Moon and If I Had Legs I’d Kick You respectively.

Here’s the complete list:

Best Picture

One Battle After Another

Best Director

Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another

Best Film Not in the English Language

The Secret Agent

Best Documentary/Nonfiction

My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow

Best Screenplay

Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident

Best Lead Performance

Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon

Best Supporting Performance

Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value

Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

Best Animation

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

Best Film Editing

Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme

Best Production Design

Hannah Beachler, Sinners

Best Music Score

Kangding Ray, Sirāt

Best Cinematography

Adolpho Veloso, Train Dreams

New Generation

Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby

Douglas Edwards Experimental Film Award

Albert Serra, Afternoons of Solitude

Douglas Edwards Special Award

Thom Andersen

Career Achievement Award

Philip Kaufman