One Battle After Another has won its third best feature award in less than a week, taking top honours and five awards in total as National Board Of Review (NBR) announced its 2025 winners on Wednesday.
Paul Thomas Anderson was named best director for the Warner Bros adventure epic that previously earned top honours from the Gothams and New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC). The film’s star Leonardo DiCaprio was named best actor, and there was additional recognition for supporting actor Benicio Del Toro and breakthrough performer Chase Infiniti.
“Paul Thomas Anderson is one of the shining lights of contemporary cinema,” NBR president Annie Schulhof said. “He has crafted a bold, funny, and thrilling movie that is somehow one of the most significant films about the world we live in and also a playful, tender story of a father and daughter connecting through some of the wildest events you can imagine. The NBR is honored to celebrate this absolutely remarkable film.”
Rose Byrne continued to build awards season momentum by adding to her NYFCC win with the best actress award for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You. Inga Ibsdotter was named best supporting actress for Sentimental Value, and Eva Victor earned the directing debut award for her Sundance premiere Sorry, Baby.
Jafar Panahi has been on a roll in the past week with multiple Gothams and NYFCC wins and landed another international film award for It Was Just An Accident. Arco was named best animation, Cover-Up won best documentary. In the screenplay categories, Ryan Coogler prevailed in original for Sinners, and Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar won adapted for Train Dreams.
The NBR gala will take place on January 13, 2026, in New York City.
Full list of 2025 National Board Of Review winners:
Best Film: One Battle After Another
Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Best Actress: Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Best Supporting Actor: Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another
Best Supporting Actress: Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
Best Directorial Debut: Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby
Breakthrough Performance: Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another
Best Original Screenplay: Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Best Adapted Screenplay: Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar, Train Dreams
Best Animated Feature: Arco
Best International Film: It Was Just an Accident
Best Documentary: Cover-Up
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography: Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners
Outstanding Achievement in Stunt Artistry: Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
NBR Freedom of Expression Award: Put Your Soul On Your Hand And Walk
Top Films (in alphabetical order):
Avatar: Fire And Ash
F1
Frankenstein
Jay Kelly
Marty Supreme
Rental Family
Sinners
Train Dreams
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Wicked: For Good
Top 5 International Films (in alphabetical order):
Left-Handed Girl
The Love That Remains
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sirāt
Top 5 Documentaries (in alphabetical order):
2000 Meters To Andriivka
Come See Me In The Good Light
My Mom Jayne
Natchez
Orwell: 2+2=5
Top 10 Independent Films (in alphabetical order):
The Baltimorons
Bring Her Back
Father Mother Sister Brother
Friendship
Good Boy
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
The Mastermind
Rebuilding
Sorry, Baby
Urchin.
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