One Battle grabs Best Picture

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Written By Michael Augsberger

The International Catholic Film Critics Association has announced the winners for its Catholic Film Critics Awards 2025, with One Battle After Another taking Best Picture.

Wake Up Dead Man was recognized with the Human and Gospel Values Award, the group’s next highest honor.

It was a very spread-out dispersal of awards this season. Paul Thomas Anderson and Sean Penn also won for One Battle After Another, in the directing and supporting actor categories. It was the only film with as many as three wins.

Blue Moon placed second with two awards, for actor (Ethan Hawke) and for screenplay (Robert Kaplow).

One Battle After Another had led coming into awards day with seven nominations. Sentimental Value and Sinners were the next most-nominated films, grabbing six nods each.

F1, Frankenstein, and Hamnet had five nominations, including for Best Picture. F1 eventually took home the awards for Best Score, and Hamnet for Best Actress.

Voting opened on January 20 and closed a week later. The membership opened final voting on March 4, and it concluded on March 11.

Best Picture

Winner: One Battle After Another

  • Blue Moon

  • F1

  • Frankenstein

  • Hamnet

  • Marty Supreme

  • Nouvelle Vague

  • 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.

Winner: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Story

  • Rental Family

  • Train Dreams

Best Director

Winner: 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

Winner: Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon

  • Timothy Chalamet, Marty Supreme

  • Joel Edgerton, Train Dreams

  • Josh O'Connor, Wake Up Dead Man

  • Brad Pitt, F1

Best Actress

Winner: Jessie Buckley, Hamnet

  • Cate Blanchett, Black Bag

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

  • Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value

  • Amanda Seyfried, The Testament of Ann Lee

Best Supporting Actor

Winner: Sean Penn, One Battle After Another

  • Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another

  • Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein

  • Delroy Lindo, Sinners

  • Stellan Skarsgaard, Sentimental Value

Best Supporting Actress

Winner: Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value

  • Glenn Close, Wake Up Dead Man

  • Kerry Condon, F1

  • Hailee Steinfeld, Sinners

  • Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

Best Screenplay

Winner: Robert Kaplow, Blue Moon

  • Ryan Coogler, Sinners

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

  • Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value

  • Chloe Zhao & Maggie O'Farrell, Hamnet

Best Cinematography

Winner: Adolpho Veloso, Train Dreams

  • Michael Bauman, One Battle After Another

  • Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners

  • Dan Laustsen, Frankenstein

  • Claudio Miranda, F1

Best Documentary

Winner: The Perfect Neighbor

  • The Alabama Solution

  • Cover-Up

  • Mr. Nobody Against Putin

Best Original Score

Winner: Hans Zimmer, F1

  • Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein

  • Ludwig Göransson, Sinners

  • Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another

  • Max Richter, Hamnet

  • Marcelo Zarvos, KPop Demon Hunters

Honor for Outstanding Criticism (Non-Member)

Winner: Justin Chang, The New Yorker

  • Owen Gleiberman, Variety

  • Will Jordan, The Critical Drinker

Honor for Outstanding Criticism (ICFCA Member)

Winner: Peter Sheehan

  • Vince Kuna

  • Kate O'Hare

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