The Best of 2025: Nominees are in!

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Written By Michael Augsberger

The International Catholic Film Critics Association has announced the nominees for its Catholic Film Critics Awards 2025.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another leads all comers with seven nominations. Sentimental Value and Sinners were the next most-nominated films, grabbing six nods each.

F1, Frankenstein, and Hamnet performed well. They have five nominations, include for Best Picture.

Voting opened on January 20 and closed a week later. The membership will reconvene during the first and second week of March, when final voting begins, with the winners announced on March 12.

In alphabetical order, the Catholic Film Critics Awards 2025 official nominees are:

Best Picture

  • Blue Moon

  • F1

  • Frankenstein

  • Hamnet

  • Marty Supreme

  • Nouvelle Vague

  • One Battle After Another

  • Sentimental Value

  • Sinners

  • Train Dreams

Human and Gospel Values Award

Awarded to the film that best reflects human and Gospel values as determined by Catholic critics.

  • Rental Family

  • Train Dreams

  • Wake Up Dead Man

Best Director

  • Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another

  • Guillermo del Toro, Frankenstein

  • Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident

  • Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value

  • Chloe Zhao, Hamnet

Best Actor

  • Timothy Chalamet, Marty Supreme

  • Joel Edgerton, Train Dreams

  • Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon

  • Josh O'Connor, Wake Up Dead Man

  • Brad Pitt, F1

Best Actress

  • Cate Blanchett, Black Bag

  • Jessie Buckley, Hamnet

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

  • Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value

  • Amanda Seyfried, The Testament of Ann Lee

Best Supporting Actor

  • Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another

  • Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein

  • Delroy Lindo, Sinners

  • Sean Penn, One Battle After Another

  • Stellan Skarsgaard, Sentimental Value

Best Supporting Actress

  • Glenn Close, Wake Up Dead Man

  • Kerry Condon, F1

  • Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value

  • Hailee Steinfeld, Sinners

  • Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

Best Screenplay

  • Ryan Coogler, Sinners

  • Maggie Kang & Chris Applehans, et al, KPop Demon Hunters

  • Robert Kaplow, Blue Moon

  • Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value

  • Chloe Zhao & Maggie O'Farrell, Hamnet

Best Cinematography

  • Michael Bauman, One Battle After Another

  • Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners

  • Dan Laustsen, Frankenstein

  • Claudio Miranda, F1

  • Adolpho Veloso, Train Dreams

Best Documentary

  • The Alabama Solution

  • Cover-Up

  • Mr. Nobody Against Putin

  • The Perfect Neighbor

Best Original Score

  • Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein

  • Ludwig Göransson, Sinners

  • Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another

  • Max Richter, Hamnet

  • Marcelo Zarvos, KPop Demon Hunters

  • Hans Zimmer, F1

Honor for Outstanding Criticism (Non-Member)

  • Justin Chang, The New Yorker

  • Owen Gleiberman, Variety

  • Will Jordan, The Critical Drinker

Honor for Outstanding Criticism (ICFCA Member)

  • Vince Kuna

  • Kate O'Hare

  • Peter Sheehan

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