ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER AND SINNERS TIE WITH RECORD TWELVE NOMINATIONS AT CHICAGO FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION 2025 AWARDS

MARTY SUPREME notches seven noms while IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT, TRAIN DREAMS round out Best Picture category; over forty films recognized overall with nominations. 

Chicago, IL (December 9, 2025) — The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) today announces nominees for their top film honors of 2025; winners will be announced at the organization’s annual awards ceremony to be held in Chicago on Thursday, December 11. Winners will be announced at 8p CT. 

Leading with twelve total nominations each are Paul Thomas Anderson’s ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER and Ryan Coogler’s SINNERS. Josh Safdie’s MARTY SUPREME, starring Timothee Chalamet, claims seven nominations while FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo del Toro) and TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley) each earn five. A complete list of nominees is below.

Comprised of voting members who represent outlets including the Chicago Sun-Times, The New York Times, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, RogerEbert.com, The A.V Club, Vulture, NPR, and many more, the Chicago Film Critics Association annually presents traditional awards including Best Picture, Director, Actor and Actress, among others. With a particular focus on emerging talents, the CFCA also presents breakthrough awards to both an actor and filmmaker with the most promise for future career achievements. 

A reliably diverse voting body, the 2025 Chicago Film Critics Awards again honor a broad list of films and creators, with a total of 42 films nominated across nineteen categories. Of note this year are two categories where nominations, which are voted on by the full CFCA membership, resulted in a tie vote and six (rather than the standard five) total nominees are named: Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress. Additionally, Eva Victor notches the most for a single person this year, for Best Original Screenplay, Most Promising Performer and the Milos Stehlik Breakthrough Filmmaker Award. 

The complete list of 2025 Chicago Film Critics Awards nominations is as follows:

BEST PICTURE

It Was Just an Accident

Marty Supreme

One Battle After Another

Sinners

Train Dreams

BEST DIRECTOR

Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another

Ryan Coogler, Sinners

Mona Fastvold, The Testament of Ann Lee

Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident

Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme

BEST ACTOR

Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme

Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another

Joel Edgerton, Train Dreams

Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon

Michael B. Jordan, Sinners

Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent

BEST ACTRESS

Jessie Buckley, Hamnet

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

Jennifer Lawrence, Die My Love

Amanda Seyfried, The Testament of Ann Lee

Tessa Thompson, Hedda

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another

Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein

Delroy Lindo, Sinners

Sean Penn, One Battle After Another

Stellan Skarsgard, Sentimental Value

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Odessa A'Zion, Marty Supreme

Nina Hoss, Hedda

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value

Amy Madigan, Weapons

Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners

Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Blue Moon by Robert Kaplow

It Was Just an Accident by Jafar Panahi

Marty Supreme by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie

Sinners by Ryan Coogler

Sorry, Baby by Eva Victor

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Hamnet by Chloe Zhao & Maggie O'Farrell

No Other Choice by Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, & Jahye Lee

One Battle After Another by Paul Thomas Anderson

Train Dreams by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar

Wake Up Dead Man by Rian Johnson

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Arco

Boys Go to Jupiter

KPop Demon Hunters

Little Amelie or the Character of Rain

Zootopia 2

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Cover-Up

My Undesirable Friends, Part 1 - Last Air in Moscow

The Perfect Neighbor

Predators

Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

It Was Just an Accident

No Other Choice

The Secret Agent

Sentimental Value

Sirat

BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN

Frankenstein

Marty Supreme

One Battle After Another

The Phoenician Scheme

Sinners

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Dan Laustsen, Frankenstein

Lukasz Zal, Hamnet

Michael Bauman, One Battle After Another

Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners

Adolpho Veloso, Train Dreams

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Kate Hawley, Frankenstein

Lindsay Pugh, Hedda

Ruth E. Carter, Sinners

Malgorzata Karpiuk, The Testament of Ann Lee

Paul Tazewell, Wicked: For Good

BEST EDITING

Jon Harris, 28 Years Later 

Stephen Mirrione & Patrick J. Smith, F1: The Movie 

Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme 

Kim Sang-beom & Kim Ho-bin, No Other Choice 

Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After Another

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Rob Mazurek, The Mastermind

Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another

Ludwig Goransson, Sinners

Daniel Blumberg, The Testament of Ann Lee

Bryce Dessner, Train Dreams

BEST USE OF VISUAL EFFECTS

Avatar: Fire and Ash

Frankenstein

Mickey 17

Mission: Impossible - Final Reckoning

Sinners

MILOS STEHLIK AWARD FOR BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER

Mary Bronstein, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

Sarah Friedland, Familiar Touch

Carson Lund, Eephus

James Sweeney, Twinless

Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby

MOST PROMISING PERFORMER

Miles Caton, Sinners

Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another

Abou Sangare, Souleymane's Story

Tonatiuh, Kiss of the Spider Woman

Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby

NOMINATIONS BY FILM

Twelve Nominations

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

- Best Picture; Best Director (Paul Thomas Anderson); Best Actor (Leonardo DiCaprio); Best Supporting Actor (Benicio del Toro, Sean Penn); Best Supporting Actress (Teyana Taylor); Best Adapted Screenplay; Best Art Direction; Best Cinematography; Best Editing; Best Original Score; Most Promising Performer (Chase Infiniti)

SINNERS

- Best Picture; Best Director (Ryan Coogler); Best Actor (Michael B. Jordan); Best Supporting Actor (Delroy Lindo); Best Supporting Actress (Wunmi Mosaku); Best Original Screenplay; Best Art Direction; Best Cinematography; Best Costume Design; Best Original Score; Best Use of Visual Effects; Most Promising Performer (Miles Caton)

Seven Nominations

MARTY SUPREME

- Best Picture; Best Director (Josh Safdie); Best Actor (Timothée Chalamet); Best Supporting Actress (Odessa A'Zion); Best Original Screenplay; Best Art Direction; Best Editing

Five Nominations

FRANKENSTEIN 

- Best Supporting Actor (Jacob Elordi); Best Art Direction; Best Cinematography; Best Costume Design; Best Use of Visual Effects

TRAIN DREAMS 

- Best Picture; Best Actor (Joel Edgerton); Best Adapted Screenplay; Best Cinematography; Best Original Score

Four Nominations

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT

- Best Picture; Best Director (Jafar Panahi); Best Original Screenplay; Best Foreign Language Film 

THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE

- Best Director (Mona Fastvold); Best Actress (Amanda Seyfried); Best Costume Design; Best Original Score

Three Nominations

HAMNET

- Best Actress (Jessie Buckley); Best Adapted Screenplay; Best Cinematography

HEDDA

- Best Actress (Tessa Thompson); Best Supporting Actress (Nina Hoss); Best Costume Design

NO OTHER CHOICE

- Best Adapted Screenplay; Best Foreign Language Film; Best Editing

SENTIMENTAL VALUE

- Best Supporting Actor (Stellan Skarsgård); Best Supporting Actress (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas); Best Foreign Language Film

SORRY, BABY

- Best Original Screenplay; Most Promising Performer (Eva Victor); Milos Stehlik Breakthrough Filmmaker Award

Two Nominations

BLUE MOON

- Best Actor (Ethan Hawke); Best Original Screenplay

IF I HAD LEGS, I’D KICK YOU

- Best Actress (Rose Byrne); Milos Stehlik Breakthrough Filmmaker Award

THE SECRET AGENT

- Best Actor (Wagner Moura); Best Foreign Language Film

One Nomination 

28 YEARS LATER - Best Editing

ARCO - Best Animated Feature

AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH - Best Use of Visual Effects

BOYS GO TO JUPITER - Best Animated Feature

COVER-UP - Best Documentary

DIE MY LOVE - Best Actress (Jennifer Lawrence)

EEPHUS - Milos Stehlik Breakthrough Filmmaker Award

F1: THE MOVIE - Best Editing

FAMILIAR TOUCH - Milos Stehlik Breakthrough Filmmaker Award

KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN - Most Promising Performer

KPOP DEMON HUNTERS - Best Animated Feature

LITTLE AMELIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN - Best Animated Feature

THE MASTERMIND - Best Original Score

MICKEY 17 - Best Use of Visual Effects

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FINAL RECKONING - Best Use of Visual Effects

MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS, PART 1 - LAST AIR IN MOSCOW - Best Documentary

THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR - Best Documentary

THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME - Best Art Direction

PREDATORS - Best Documentary

PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK - Best Documentary

SIRAT - Best Foreign Language Film

SOULEYMANE'S STORY - Most Promising Performer

TWINLESS - Milos Stehlik Breakthrough Filmmaker Award

WAKE UP DEAD MAN - Best Adapted Screenplay

WEAPONS - Best Supporting Actress (Amy Madigan)

WICKED: FOR GOOD - Best Costume Design

ZOOTOPIA 2 - Best Animated Feature