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Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 2025

The 31st Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2025, were announced on December 17, 2025.[1][2][3][4][5]

31st Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
DateDecember 17, 2025 (2025-12-17)
LocationDallas, Texas
CountryUnited States
Presented byDallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association
Websitedfwcritics.com
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One Battle After Another received the most awards with five wins, winning Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay (both for Paul Thomas Anderson), Best Actor (Leonardo DiCaprio), and Best Supporting Actress (Teyana Taylor).[1] Other multiple-winning films include Sinners, which won Best Cinematography (Autumn Durald Arkapaw) and Best Musical Score (Ludwig Göransson), and Sentimental Value, which won Best Foreign Language Film and Best Supporting Actor (Stellan Skarsgård). The winners for the remaining categories were Rose Byrne for Best Actress (If I Had Legs I'd Kick You), The Perfect Neighbor for Best Documentary Film, and KPop Demon Hunters for Best Animated Film.[1]

Winners and nominees

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Paul Thomas Anderson, Best Director and Best Screenplay winner
Leonardo DiCaprio, Best Actor winner
Rose Byrne, Best Actress winner
Stellan Skarsgård, Best Supporting Actor winner
Teyana Taylor, Best Supporting Actress winner

Category awards

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Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface. Other films ranked by the annual poll are listed in order. While most categories saw 5 honorees named, categories ranged from as many as 10 (Best Film) to as few as 2 (Best Animated Film, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Musical Score).

Best Picture Best Director
  1. One Battle After Another
  2. Sinners
  3. Marty Supreme
  4. Hamnet
  5. Sentimental Value
  6. Train Dreams
  7. Frankenstein
  8. Jay Kelly
  9. Bugonia
  10. It Was Just an Accident
  1. Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
  2. Ryan Coogler – Sinners
  3. Chloé Zhao – Hamnet
  4. Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
  5. Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
Best Actor Best Actress
  1. Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another as Bob Ferguson
  2. Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme as Marty Mauser
  3. Michael B. Jordan – Sinners as Elijah "Smoke" Moore / Elias "Stack" Moore
  4. Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon as Lorenz Hart
  5. Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams as Robert Grainier
  1. Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I'd Kick You as Linda
  2. Jessie Buckley – Hamnet as Agnes Shakespeare
  3. Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value as Nora Borg
  4. Emma Stone – Bugonia as Michelle Fuller
  5. Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another as Willa Ferguson
Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress
  1. Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value as Gustav Borg
  2. Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another as Sensei Sergio St. Carlos
  3. Sean Penn – One Battle After Another as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw
  4. Paul Mescal – Hamnet as William Shakespeare
  5. Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly as Ron Sukenick
  1. Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another as Perfidia Beverly Hills
  2. Amy Madigan – Weapons as Gladys
  3. Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value as Agnes Borg Pettersen
  4. Odessa A'zion – Marty Supreme as Rachel Mizler
  5. Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners as Annie
Best Documentary Film Best Foreign Language Film
  1. The Perfect Neighbor
  2. 2000 Meters to Andriivka
  3. Orwell: 2+2=5
  4. Cover-Up
  5. Come See Me in the Good Light
  1. Sentimental Value • Norway
  2. It Was Just an Accident • Iran
  3. The Secret Agent • Brazil
  4. No Other Choice • South Korea
  5. Sirāt • Spain
Best Animated Film Best Screenplay
  1. KPop Demon Hunters
  2. Arco
  1. One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson
  2. Sinners – Ryan Coogler
Best Cinematography Best Musical Score
  1. Sinners – Autumn Durald Arkapaw
  2. Train Dreams – Adolpho Veloso
  1. Sinners – Ludwig Göransson
  2. Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat

Special award

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Russell Smith Award

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 Jorgenson, Todd (December 17, 2025). "DFW Film Critics Name 'One Battle After Another' Best Picture of 2025". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
  2. ↑ Bentley, Alex (December 17, 2025). "DFW Film Critics Name 'One Battle After Another' Best Film of 2025". CultureMap Dallas. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
  3. ↑ Lin, Kristian (December 17, 2025). "DFW Film Critics Pick 'One Battle After Another'". Fort Worth Weekly. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
  4. ↑ Becker, Stephen (December 17, 2025). "Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Names Its Best Movies of 2025". KERA News. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
  5. ↑ Martin, Peter (December 17, 2025). "Dallas Critics Honor 'One Battle After Another' as Best Film of 2025". ScreenAnarchy. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
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