Annual St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards
Each year, the St. Louis Film Critics Association bestows awards on those films that exhibit excellence in particular categories. Eligible films are those that opened in the greater St. Louis area or had an online premiere during the 2025 calendar year, including those film that were given awards-qualifying runs in 2024, but were not available to all St. Louis Film Critics Association members until 2025. Films slated for release in early in 2025 are also eligible if a press screening, DVD screener, or screening link was provided to all members. Lists of winners from previous years are linked at the bottom of the page.
Winners were announced December 14, 2025.
BEST FILM: One Battle After Another
BEST DIRECTOR: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
BEST ACTOR: Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
BEST ACTRESS: Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Amy Madigan, Weapons
BEST ENSEMBLE: One Battle After Another
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Zach Cregger, Weapons
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Michael Bauman, One Battle After Another
BEST EDITING: Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After Another
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Avatar: Fire and Ash
BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Kate Hawley, Frankenstein
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau, Frankenstein
BEST MUSIC SCORE: Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another
BEST SOUNDTRACK: Sinners
BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE: Will Patton, Train Dreams
BEST STUNTS: Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
BEST FIRST FEATURE: Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby
BEST ACTION FILM: Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
BEST COMEDY: The Naked Gun
BEST HORROR FILM: Weapons
BEST ANIMATED FILM: Zootopia 2
BEST DOCUMENTARY: Orwell: 2+2=5
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE: It Was Just an Accident
BEST SCENE: Music evolution set to “I Lied to You,” Sinners
Complete List of Nominations
Nominees were announced December 7, 2025.
One Battle After Another leads with 15 nominations, followed by Sinners with 14, Hamnet with 11, Frankenstein with 7, Marty Supreme and Weapons with 6 apiece, It Was Just an Accident with 5, and Sentimental Value and F1: The Movie with 4 apiece.
With its propulsive blend of political intrigue, social commentary, thrilling action and dark comedy, Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another was recognized by the St. Louis Film Critics Association with 15 nominations for best film, director, adapted screenplay, actor, actress, supporting actor, supporting actress, ensemble, cinematography, editing, music score, action genre, stunts and individual scene categories.
The group honored Ryan Coogler’s visionary Sinners, an ambitious genre-bending supernatural film with themes of the Jim Crow South, blues music, racism and vampire lore, with 14 nominations for best film, director, original screenplay, actor, ensemble, cinematography, editing, production design, costume design, music soundtrack and score, visual effects, horror genre, and individual scene categories.
Chloé Zhao’s moving historical drama adaptation on love and loss in William Shakespeare’s family, Hamnet earned 11 nominations for film, director, actress, supporting actor, ensemble, adapted screenplay, cinematography, music score, costume design, production design, and individual scene categories.
Guillermo del Toro’s reimagining of the classic gothic horror tale Frankenstein received seven nominations for film, adapted screenplay, cinematography, production design, costume design and music score.
Josh Safdie’s hyperkinetic Marty Supreme, about the chaotic life of a desperate ping-pong playing hustler in the 1950s, earned six nominations for film, director, actor, original screenplay, editing and music soundtrack.
Zach Cregger’s clever modern mystery horror film Weapons, which mixes the occult with dark small-town secrets, received six nods for film, supporting actor, original screenplay, horror genre, vocal performance and individual scene.
Jafar Panahi’s riveting risk-taking Iranian thriller It Was Just an Accident earned five nominations for film, director, original screenplay, international feature and individual scene.
Joachim Trier’s intimate Norwegian drama Sentimental Value, which explores complicated family dynamics touching on art, memory and trauma, received four nods for two supporting actresses, supporting actor and international feature.
The high-octane action-packed F1: The Movie also received four nominations, with compelling features Blue Moon, KPop Demon Hunters, The Phoenician Scheme, The Secret Agent, Superman, The Testament of Ann Lee, Train Dreams, and Wicked: For Good each earning three.
BEST FILM
Frankenstein
Hamnet
It Was Just an Accident
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Phoenician Scheme
The Secret Agent
Sinners
Superman
Weapons
BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
BEST FIRST FEATURE
Emilie Blichfeldt, The Ugly Stepsister
Andrew DeYoung, Friendship
Drew Hancock, Companion
Carson Lund, Eephus
Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby
BEST ACTOR
Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
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
Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another
Amanda Seyfried, The Testament of Ann Lee
Emma Stone, Bugonia
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another
Paul Mescal, Hamnet
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Andrew Scott, Blue Moon
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Glenn Close, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan, Weapons
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
BEST ENSEMBLE
Black Bag
Hamnet
A House of Dynamite
One Battle After Another
Sinners
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Guillermo del Toro, Frankenstein
Maggie O’Farrell and Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar, Train Dreams
Rian Johnson, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Robert Kaplow, Blue Moon
Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident
Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby
Zach Cregger, Weapons
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Dan Laustsen, Frankenstein
Lukasz Żal, Hamnet
Michael Bauman, One Battle After Another
Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners
Adolpho Veloso, Train Dreams
BEST EDITING
Stephen Mirrione, F1: The Movie
Kirk Baxter, A House of Dynamite
Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After Another
Michael P. Shawver, Sinners
BEST MUSIC SCORE
Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein
Max Richter, Hamnet
Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another
Ludwig Göransson, Sinners
Daniel Blumberg, The Testament of Ann Lee
BEST MUSIC SOUNDTRACK
KPop Demon Hunters
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
Wicked: For Good
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Kate Hawley, Frankenstein
Malgosia Turzanska, Hamnet
Ruth E. Carter, Sinners
Malgorzata Karpiuk, The Testament of Ann Lee
Paul Tazewell, Wicked: For Good
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau, Frankenstein
Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton, Hamnet
Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock, The Phoenician Scheme
Hannah Bleachler, Monique Champagne, Sinners
Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales, Wicked: For Good
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1: The Movie
Sinners
Superman
Tron: Ares
BEST ACTION MOVIE
F1: The Movie
Mission: Impossible -- The Final Reckoning
One Battle After Another
Superman
Warfare
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Ne Zha 2
Zootopia 2
BEST COMEDY
Eephus
Friendship
Good Fortune
The Naked Gun
The Phoenician Scheme
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
2000 Meters to Andriivka
Afternoons of Solitude
Deaf President Now!
Orwell: 2+2=5
The Perfect Neighbor
BEST HORROR FILM
28 Years Later
Companion
Frankenstein
Sinners
Weapons
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
It Was Just an Accident
No Other Choice
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sirāt
BEST STUNTS
Ballerina
F1: The Movie
Mission: Impossible -- The Final Reckoning
One Battle After Another
Warfare
BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE
Arden Cho as Rumi, KPop Demon Hunters
Ginnifer Goodwin as Judy Hopps, Zootopia 2
Damian Lewis as narrator, Orwell: 2+2=5
Will Patton as narrator, Train Dreams
Scarlett Sher as narrator, Weapons
BEST SCENE
The Globe theatrical production, Hamnet
Finale, It Was Just an Accident
Music evolution set to “I Lied to You,” Sinners
Climactic rolling hills car chase scene, One Battle After Another
The fate of Aunt Gladys, Weapons