2025 Seattle Film Critics Society Awards
Best Picture
One Battle After Another
Bugonia
Hamnet
It Was Just an Accident
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Sorry, Baby
Train Dreams
Weapons
Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another
Clint Bentley - Train Dreams
Ryan Coogler - Sinners
Josh Safdie - Marty Supreme
Chloé Zhao - Hamnet
Best Ensemble
One Battle After Another - Cassandra Kulukundis
Eephus - Carson Lund
Marty Supreme - Jennifer Venditti
Sinners - Francine Maisler
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Story - Bret Howe and Mary Vernieu
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Leonardo DiCaprio - One Battle After Another as Bob Ferguson
Timothée Chalamet - Marty Supreme as Marty Mauser
Joel Edgerton - Train Dreams as Robert Grainier
Ethan Hawke - Blue Moon as Lorenz Hart
Michael B. Jordan - Sinners as Elijah "Smoke" Moore / Elias "Stack" Moore
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Jessie Buckley - Hamnet as Agnes Shakespeare
Rose Byrne - If I Had Legs I'd Kick You as Linda
Amanda Seyfried - The Testament of Ann Lee as Ann Lee
Emma Stone - Bugonia as Michelle Fuller
Eva Victor - Sorry, Baby as Agnes
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Sean Penn - One Battle After Another as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw
Benicio del Toro - One Battle After Another as Sensei Sergio St. Carlos
Jacob Elordi - Frankenstein as The Creature
David Jonsson - The Long Walk as Peter "Pete" McVries
William H. Macy - Train Dreams as Arn Peeples
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Wunmi Mosaku - Sinners as Annie
Ariana Grande - Wicked: For Good as Galinda "Glinda" Upland
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas - Sentimental Value as Agnes Borg Pettersen
Amy Madigan - Weapons as Gladys
Teyana Taylor - One Battle After Another as Perfidia Beverly Hills
Best Screenplay
One Battle After Another - Paul Thomas Anderson
Marty Supreme - Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
Sinners - Ryan Coogler
Sorry, Baby - Eva Victor
Train Dreams - Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar
Best Film Editing
One Battle After Another - Andy Jurgensen
F1 - Stephen Mirrione and Patrick J. Smith
Marty Supreme - Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
Reflection in a Dead Diamond - Bernard Beets
Sinners - Michael P. Shawver
Best Cinematography
Sinners - Autumn Durald Arkapaw
Frankenstein - Dan Laustsen
Hamnet - Łukasz Żal
One Battle After Another - Michael Bauman
Train Dreams - Adolpho Veloso
Best Production Design
Frankenstein - Tamara Deverell (Production Design); Shane Vieau (Set Decoration)
The Fantastic Four: First Steps - Kasra Farahani (Production Design); Jille Azis (Set Decoration)
The Phoenician Scheme - Adam Stockhausen (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration)
Resurrection - Liu Qiang and Tu Nan
Sinners - Hannah Beachler (Production Design); Monique Champagne (Set Decoration)
Best Costume Design
Frankenstein - Kate Hawley
The Phoenician Scheme - Milena Canonero
Sinners - Ruth E. Carter
Train Dreams - Malgosia Turzanska
Wicked: For Good - Paul Tazewell
Best Visual Effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash - Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett
F1 - Ryan Tudhope, Robert Harrington, and Nicolas Chevallier
Frankenstein - Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, and José Granell
Predator: Badlands - Olivier Dumont, Alec Gillis, Sheldon Stopsack, and Karl Rapley
Sinners - Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter, and Donnie Dean
Best Original Score
One Battle After Another - Jonny Greenwood
F1 - Hans Zimmer
Frankenstein - Alexandre Desplat
Sinners - Ludwig Göransson
Tron: Ares - Nine Inch Nails
Best International Film
It Was Just an Accident - Jafar Panahi
No Other Choice - Park Chan-wook
The Secret Agent - Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sentimental Value - Joachim Trier
The Ugly Stepsister - Emilie Blichfeldt
Best Documentary Film
WTO/99 - Ian Bell
The Alabama Solution - Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman
Come See Me in the Good Light - Ryan White
Pavements - Alex Ross Perry
The Perfect Neighbor - Geeta Gandbhir
Best Animated Film
KPop Demon Hunters - Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans
Arco - Ugo Bienvenu
The Colors Within - Naoko Yamada
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain - Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han
Zootopia 2 - Jared Bush and Byron Howard
Best Youth Performance
Jacobi Jupe - Hamnet as Hamnet Shakespeare
Cary Christopher - Weapons as Alex Lilly
Shannon Gorman - Rental Family as Mia Kawasaki
Jasper Thompson - The Mastermind as Tommy Mooney
Alfie Williams - 28 Years Later as Spike
Best Action Choreography
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning - Wade Eastwood
Avatar: Fire and Ash - Garrett Warren, Steve Brown, and Stuart Thorp
Ballerina - Stephen Dunlevy and Jackson Spidell
Predator: Badlands - Jacob Tomuri
Sinners - Andy Gill
Villain of the Year
Aunt Gladys - Weapons (as portrayed by Amy Madigan)
Col. Steven J. Lockjaw - One Battle After Another (as portrayed by Sean Penn)
Laura - Bring Her Back (as portrayed by Sally Hawkins)
Lex Luthor - Superman (as portrayed by Nicholas Hoult)
Remmick - Sinners (as portrayed by Jack O'Connell)
Best Pacific Northwest Feature Film
Train Dreams - Clint Bentley
Not One Drop of Blood - Jackson Devereux and Lachlan Hinton
To Kill a Wolf - Kelsey Taylor
Twinless - James Sweeney
Wolf Land (Director's Cut) - Sarah Hoffman
WTO/99 - Ian Bell
Pacific Northwest Short Film Award
Songs of Black Folk - Justin Emeka and Haley Watson
Charlotte, 1994 - Brian Pittala
A Fateful Weekend - Tony Doupe
Shelly's Leg - Wes Hurley
Style: A Seattle Basketball Story - Bryan Tucker