St. Louis Film Critics Association (StLFCA) Awards: Complete list of winners and nominees explored

The St. Louis Film Critics Association (StLFCA) has officially unveiled its 2025 awards winners. For the 22nd annual StLFCA awards, eligible films included titles that opened in the St. Louis area or premiered online during the 2025 calendar year. It also included select late 2024 releases that were not accessible to members until 2025.

Nominees were announced on December 7, 2025, and winners were officially revealed on December 14, 2025. Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another became the leader of the year at the 2025 St. Louis Film Critics Association (StLFCA) Awards.

The film topped nominations and claimed nine wins, including Best Film. Ryan Coogler's Sinners and Chloé Zhao's Hamnet also performed well across notable categories. StLFCA announced its 2025 winners via an official press release, stating:

"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."

A description of StLFCA on its official website is as follows:

"The St. Louis Film Critics Association (StLFCA) is an organization of professional film critics operating in the greater metropolitan St. Louis area and adjoining areas of Missouri and Illinois. The StLFCA was founded in late 2004.The goal of the StLFCA is to serve the interests of local film critics, and to promote an appreciation for cinema both as an art form and for its societal, cultural, and historical context and impact."

It continues:

"The organization works to: encourage film appreciation in the St. Louis area; raise St. Louis’ profile as an area that appreciates cinema; foster communication between film critics and film educators and historians; and to raise the profile of film art in the St. Louis area. The StLFCA is a membership-driven association: It is of the critics, for the critics, and by the critics. Membership is by invitation only, following recommendation by a current member. Members must be working St. Louis area film critics reviewing for established print, radio, television, and Internet media outlets."

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Complete list of winners and nominees at the 2025 St. Louis Film Critics Association (StLFCA) Awards

Below is the complete list of winners and nominees across every category of the 2025 St. Louis Film Critics Association (StLFCA) Awards.

Best Film at the 2025 StLFCA Awards

Frankenstein

Hamnet

It Was Just an Accident

Marty Supreme

One Battle After Another (Winner)

The Phoenician Scheme

The Secret Agent

Sinners

Superman

Weapons

Best Director at the 2025 StLFCA Awards

Paul Thomas Anderson: One Battle After Another (Winner)

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 (Winner)

Best Actor

Timothée Chalamet: Marty Supreme

Leonardo DiCaprio: One Battle After Another (Winner)

Ethan Hawke: Blue Moon

Michael B. Jordan: Sinners

Wagner Moura: The Secret Agent

Best Actress

Jessie Buckley: Hamnet (Winner)

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 (Winner)

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 (Winner)

Teyana Taylor: One Battle After Another

Best Ensemble

Black Bag

Hamnet

A House of Dynamite

One Battle After Another (Winner)

Sinners

Best Adapted Screenplay

Guillermo del Toro: Frankenstein

Maggie O’Farrell and Chloé Zhao: Hamnet

Paul Thomas Anderson: One Battle After Another (Winner)

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 (Winner)

Best Cinematography

Dan Laustsen: Frankenstein

Lukasz Żal: Hamnet

Michael Bauman: One Battle After Another (Winner)

Autumn Durald Arkapaw: Sinners

Adolpho Veloso: Train Dreams

Best Editing

Stephen Mirrione: F1: The Movie

Kirk Baxter: A House of Dynamite

Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie: Marty Supreme

Andy Jurgensen: One Battle After Another (Winner)

Michael P. Shawver: Sinners

Best Music Score

Alexandre Desplat: Frankenstein

Max Richter: Hamnet

Jonny Greenwood: One Battle After Another (Winner)

Ludwig Göransson: Sinners

Daniel Blumberg: The Testament of Ann Lee

Best Music Soundtrack

KPop Demon Hunters

Marty Supreme

Sinners (Winner)

Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere

Wicked: For Good

Best Costume Design

Kate Hawley: Frankenstein (Winner)

Malgosia Turzanska: Hamnet

Ruth E. Carter: Sinners

Malgorzata Karpiuk: The Testament of Ann Lee

Paul Tazewell: Wicked: For Good

Best Production Design

Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau: Frankenstein (Winner)

Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton: Hamnet

Adam Stockhausen and Anna Pinnock: The Phoenician Scheme

Hannah Bleachler and Monique Champagne: Sinners

Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales: Wicked: For Good

Best Visual Effects

Avatar: Fire and Ash (Winner)

F1: The Movie

Sinners

Superman

Tron: Ares

Best Action Movie

F1: The Movie

Mission: Impossible: The Final Reckoning (Winner)

One Battle After Another

Superman

Warfare

Best Animated Feature

Arco

Elio

KPop Demon Hunters

Ne Zha 2

Zootopia 2 (Winner)

Best Comedy

Eephus

Friendship

Good Fortune

The Naked Gun (Winner)

The Phoenician Scheme

Best Documentary Feature at the 2025 StLFCA Awards

2000 Meters to Andriivka

Afternoons of Solitude

Deaf President Now!

Orwell: 2+2=5 (Winner)

The Perfect Neighbor

Best Horror Film at the 2025 StLFCA Awards

28 Years Later

Companion

Frankenstein

Sinners

Weapons (Winner)

Best International Feature at the 2025 StLFCA Awards

It Was Just an Accident (Winner)

No Other Choice

The Secret Agent

Sentimental Value

Sirāt

Best Stunts

Ballerina

F1: The Movie

Mission: Impossible: The Final Reckoning (Winner)

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 (Winner)

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 (Winner)

Climactic rolling hills car chase scene: One Battle After Another

The fate of Aunt Gladys: Weapons

Congratulations to all the winners at the 2025 StLFCA Awards!

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