The 38th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards were presented to recognize the best in film of 2025. The nominations were announced on December 9, 2025. One Battle After Another and Sinners received the most nominations with a record twelve each, followed by Marty Supreme with seven; Frankenstein and Train Dreams each earned five nominations.
Additionally, Eva Victor received the most nominations for a single individual this year (Best Original Screenplay, Most Promising Performer, and the Milos Stehlik Breakthrough Filmmaker Award) for Sorry, Baby.
The winners were announced on December 11, 2025. Winning nine awards, One Battle After Another broke the record for the most wins by any film, surpassing the previous record seven wins by The Power of the Dog in 2021. The film was named Best Film, also earning Best Director (Paul Thomas Anderson), Best Supporting Actor (Benicio del Toro), Best Supporting Actress (Teyana Taylor), Best Adapted Screenplay (Anderson), Most Promising Performer (Chase Infiniti) and more; Frankenstein and It Was Just an Accident followed with two wins apiece.
Winners and nominees The winners and nominees for the 38th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards are as follows:
Awards
Best Film Best Director One Battle After Another It Was Just an Accident Marty Supreme Sinners Train Dreams Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another Ryan Coogler – Sinners Mona Fastvold – The Testament of Ann Lee Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme Best Actor Best Actress Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme as Marty Mauser Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another as Bob Ferguson 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 Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent as Marcelo Alves / Armando Solimões / Fernando Solimões Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I'd Kick You as Linda Jessie Buckley – Hamnet as Agnes Shakespeare Jennifer Lawrence – Die My Love as Grace Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee as Ann Lee Tessa Thompson – Hedda as Hedda Gabler Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another as Sensei Sergio St. Carlos Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein as The Creature Delroy Lindo – Sinners as Delta Slim Sean Penn – One Battle After Another as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value as Gustov Borg Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another as Perfidia Beverly Hills Odessa A'zion – Marty Supreme as Rachel Mizler Nina Hoss – Hedda as Eileen Lovborg Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value as Agnes Borg Pettersen Amy Madigan – Weapons as Gladys Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners as Annie Best Original Screenplay Best Adapted Screenplay It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi Blue Moon – Robert Kaplow Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie Sinners – Ryan Coogler Sorry, Baby – Eva Victor | valign="top" | One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson Hamnet – Chloé Zhao and Maggie O'Farrell No Other Choice – Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, and Lee Ja-hye Train Dreams – Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar Wake Up Dead Man – Rian Johnson |- ! Best Animated Film ! Best Documentary Film |- | valign="top" | KPop Demon Hunters Arco Boys Go to Jupiter Little Amélie or the Character of Rain Zootopia 2 The Perfect Neighbor Cover-Up My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Predators Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk Best Foreign Language Film It Was Just an Accident (Iran) No Other Choice (South Korea) The Secret Agent (Brazil) Sentimental Value (Norway) Sirāt (Spain) |- ! Best Cinematography ! Best Editing |- | valign="top" | One Battle After Another – Michael Bauman Frankenstein – Dan Laustsen Hamnet – Łukasz Żal Sinners – Autumn Durald Arkapaw Train Dreams – Adolpho Veloso | valign="top" | One Battle After Another – Andy Jurgensen 28 Years Later – Jon Harris F1 – Stephen Mirrione and Patrick J. Smith Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie No Other Choice – Kim Sang-bum and Kim Ho-bin |- ! Best Costume Design ! Best Original Score |- | valign="top" | Frankenstein – Kate Hawley Hedda – Lindsay Pugh Sinners – Ruth E. Carter The Testament of Ann Lee – Malgorzata Karpiuk Wicked: For Good – Paul Tazewell | valign="top" | One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood The Mastermind – Rob Mazurek Sinners – Ludwig Göransson The Testament of Ann Lee – Daniel Blumberg Train Dreams – Bryce Dessner |- ! Best Art Direction / Production Design ! Best Use of Visual Effects |- | valign="top" | Frankenstein Marty Supreme One Battle After Another The Phoenician Scheme Sinners Sinners Avatar: Fire and Ash Frankenstein Mickey 17 Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning Milos Stehlik Breakthrough Filmmaker Award Most Promising Performer Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby Mary Bronstein – If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Sarah Friedland – Familiar Touch Carson Lund – Eephus James Sweeney – Twinless Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another Miles Caton – Sinners Abou Sangaré – Souleymane's Story Tonatiuh – Kiss of the Spider Woman Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby
Awards breakdown
The following films received multiple nominations:
Nominations Film 12 One Battle After Another Sinners 7 Marty Supreme 5 Frankenstein Train Dreams 4 It Was Just an Accident The Testament of Ann Lee 3 Hamnet Hedda No Other Choice Sentimental Value Sorry, Baby 2 Blue Moon If I Had Legs I'd Kick You The Secret Agent
The following films received multiple wins:
Wins Film 9 One Battle After Another 2 Frankenstein It Was Just an Accident
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